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Rockhopper Exploration plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Share Incentive Plan
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"):
The Directors named below have acquired a further interest in Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in the Company as a result of their participation in the SIP in November 2016.
Director | Number of Partnership Shares Acquired | Number of Matching Shares Acquired | Price per Share | Date of Transaction |
Sam Moody | 674 | 1348 | £0.2225 | 28 November 2016 |
Fiona MacAulay | 674 | 1348 | £0.2225 | 28 November 2016 |
Stewart MacDonald | 674 | 1348 | £0.2225 | 28 November 2016 |
The Company has previously disclosed participation of the Directors in the Company's SIP on a quarterly basis. In accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, disclosure is now required to be made on a monthly basis. Set out below is the information required by Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 in relation to participation in the Company's SIP by Directors in their capacity as persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) for the period September to November 2016 inclusive:
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Samuel Moody | ||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||
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 | N/A | ||||||||||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB000BOFVQX23 | ||||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transactions | Acquisition of Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
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e) | Dates of the transactions | 28 November 2016 26 October 2016 26 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transactions | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Fiona MacAulay | ||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||||||
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 | N/A | ||||||||||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB000BOFVQX23 | ||||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transactions | Acquisition of Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
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e) | Dates of the transactions | 28 November 2016 26 October 2016 26 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transactions | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||||||||
a) | Name | Stewart MacDonald | ||||||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||
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 | N/A | ||||||||||||
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
Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB000BOFVQX23 | ||||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transactions | Acquisition of Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
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e) | Dates of the transactions | 28 November 2016 26 October 2016 26 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
f) | Place of the transactions | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||||||
Enquiries:
Rockhopper Exploration plc
Jan Davies, Company Secretary
Tel. +44 (0)20 7830 9700 (via Vigo Communications)
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Jack Scott
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 4620
Vigo Communications
Patrick d'Ancona
Ben Simons
Tel. +44 (0)20 7830 9704
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