DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(Marketwire - Sept. 27, 2010) - Black Marlin Energy Holdings Limited ("Black Marlin") (TSX VENTURE:BLM) is pleased to announce that on September 21, 2010 Afren plc ("Afren") received the approval of the requisite majority of Afren shareholders for the proposed acquisition of Black Marlin by Afren pursuant to a scheme of arrangement under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the "Arrangement").