Director Dealing and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 0746J

Rockhopper Exploration plc

31 March 2015

 

31 March 2015

Rockhopper Exploration Plc

(the "Company" or "Rockhopper")

Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Mediterranean region, provides the following update regarding the Rockhopper Share Incentive Plan ("SIP"), including the participation of certain directors.

Share Incentive Plan (SIP) 

The Trustee of the SIP has approved the issue of 9,315 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the month of March. The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.

As previously advised in an RNS dated 29th January 2015, details of the directors' participation will be made on a quarterly basis. Set out below is the directors' participation in the SIP for the three month period ended 31 March 2015.

Director	Number of Partnership Shares Awarded*	Number of Matching Shares Awarded	Price of Awards	Number of Ordinary Shares held following the grants	% of issued share capital following the grants
Sam Moody	728	1,456	53.75p to 69.00p	1,750,025	0.597
Stewart MacDonald	874	1,748	53.75p to 69.00p	14,846	0.005
Fiona MacAulay	728	1,456	53.75p to 69.00p	41,850	0.014

* Using cash contributed by participants

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 9,315 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 31 March 2015 consists of 292,926,305 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).

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ENQUIRIES:

Rockhopper Exploration plc	via Vigo Communications - 020 7016 9571
Jan Davies, Company Secretary
Canaccord Genuity Limited, Nomad and Joint broker	020 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Vigo Communications, PR adviser to Rockhopper	020 7016 9571
Peter Reilly

 

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