Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 1255U
Rockhopper Exploration plc
04 April 2016
 

4 April 2016

 

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 Greater 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 22,629 and 20,844 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the months of February and March respectively. 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 2016.

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

 

1585

3,170

26.25p to 30.75p

2,037,395

0.446

 

Stewart MacDonald

 

1586

3,172

26.25p to 30.75p

38,688

0.008

 

Fiona MacAulay

 

1585

3,170

26.25p to 30.75p

65,692

0.014

* Using cash contributed by participants

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 43,473 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 31 March 2016 consists of 456,505,064 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).

Ends

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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