Retirement of directors and notice of AGM Erin Energy Corporation (Incorporated and registered in Delaware, United States of America) Share code on the NYSE MKT: ERN Share code on the JSE: ERN ISIN: US1317452001 (“Erin Energy”) FORM 8-K RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS John Hofmeister, the chairman of Erin Energy Corporation’s (the “Company”) board of directors (the “Board”), William J. Campbell and Ira Wayne McConnell have informed the Company that they will not stand for re-election and will be retiring from service as members of the Board effective as of the date of the Company’s 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting. Their decisions to retire from service as members of the Board did not involve any disagreement with the Company, the Company’s management or the Board. Erin Energy shareholders are advised that the form 8-K pertaining to the retirement of these directors has been filed. A copy of this document may be viewed on the following link at: http://www.erinenergy.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings/sec-filings- details/default.aspx?FilingId=11354016 NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Dear Fellow Stockholder: On behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Erin Energy Corporation (the “Company”), you are invited to attend our 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). We hope you can join us. The Meeting will be held: At: 1330 Post Oak Blvd. 2nd Floor Conference Center, Central Plains Room Houston, TX 77056 On: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m., Houston time (4:00 p.m., Johannesburg, South Africa time) The Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Proxy Statement and our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K may be downloaded on the following link at: http://www.erinenergy.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings/sec-filings- details/default.aspx?FilingId=11354016 2 May 2017 JSE Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited) Date: 02/05/2017 07:05:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.