Issue of Equity in Lieu of Director Fees
16 October 2026
Rockhopper Exploration plc
("Rockhopper", the "Group" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity in Lieu of Director Fees
Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, announces it has issued 16,968 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 66.3 pence per Ordinary Share in lieu of certain Non-Executive Director fees.
Director fee shares
Barak Mashraki, who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 30 June 2026, has agreed to take his Non-Executive Director fee in Ordinary Shares, to be allotted on a quarterly basis. The number of Ordinary Shares to be issued will be Barak Mashraki's net fees for the preceding quarter divided by the closing share price on the business day before the quarterly fee payment date. Today's share issue covers the period from 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026.
Following this transaction, Barak Mashraki's total beneficial interest in the Company is 16,968 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.002% of the Company's issued share capital.
Total voting rights
Application will be made for the admission of 16,968 Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"), which is expected to become effective on or around 21 October 2026.
In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, immediately following Admission, the Company will have 1,071,985,689 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury and all of the Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights. This issued share capital figure can be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Rockhopper Exploration plc
Sam Moody - Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234 (via Vigo Consulting)
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio/Charlie Hammond
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)
Richard Crichton/Georgia Langoulant
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Vigo Consulting
Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons/Fiona Hetherington
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234
Notes to Editors
Rockhopper Exploration plc is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the Falkland Islands. The Company holds a 35% interest in licences in the North Falkland Basin, where it has sanctioned the development of the significant Sea Lion field which was originally discovered by the Company in 2010.
Rockhopper's shares are quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker RKH.
For more information, visit the Company's website at www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them:
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Barak Mashraki
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
Non-Executive Director
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Rockhopper Exploration plc
b)
LEI
213800IPXW6XRLVCL581
4.
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
Identification code
GB00B0FVQX23
b)
Nature of the transaction
Issue of Ordinary Shares in lieu of Director fees
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price: £0.663
Volume: 16,968
d)
Aggregated information:
Price: £0.663
Aggregated volume: 16,968
e)
Date of the transaction
15 October 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange
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