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Rockhopper ExplorationAnnouncement

31/03/2015 17:30

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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