Last checked at 1 Aug 2016 13:36
1 August 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 14,086 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the month of July. The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement. Set out below is the executive directors' participation in the SIP for the month of July 2016.
Director | Number of Partnership Shares Purchased using cash contributed by participants | Number of Matching Shares Awarded | Price of Awards | Number of Ordinary Shares held following the Awards | % of issued share capital following the Awards |
Sam Moody
| 492 | 984 | 30.5p | 2,042,690 | 0.447 |
Stewart MacDonald
| 491 | 982 | 30.5p | 89,205 | 0.020 |
Fiona MacAulay
| 492 | 984 | 30.5p | 120,854 | 0.026 |
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 14,086 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 26 July 2016 consists of 456,557,285 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).
Ends
ENQUIRIES:
Rockhopper Exploration plc | via Vigo Communications - 020 7830 9700 | |
Jan Davies, Company Secretary |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited, Nomad and Joint broker | 020 7523 8000 |
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Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor Jack Scott |
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Vigo Communications, PR adviser to Rockhopper Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons | 020 7830 9700
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