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Murphy Oil Corporation is providing the additional information below to request your support at the 2013 Annual Meeting for Proposal 3 – 2013 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
 
As of December 31, 2012, the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year, the Company had made awards of no restricted stock units and 227,500 stock options under the company’s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2012 LTIP”).  Of these 227,500 awards, none are Full Value Awards within the meaning of Section 5(b) of the 2012 LTIP, which limits the amount of Full Value Awards that may be made under the 2012 LTIP to awards covering 4,350,000 shares.  Accordingly, as of December 31, 2012, the number of shares available for future grants of Full Value Awards under the 2012 LTIP is 4,350,000 shares.
 
We recommend that you vote “FOR” the approval of Proposal 3.

 
 
 
 
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