Rockhopper Regulatory News (RKH)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Rockhopper Exploration Plc

GB00B0FVQX23

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

n/a

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

n/a

Other (please specify):

The event triggering notification is the acquisition of UBS AG by UBS Group AG through the completion of a share transfer offer on 28 November 2014 in which the shareholders of UBS AG became shareholders of UBS Group AG and their shares in UBS AG were transferred to UBS Group AG. As a result, UBS Group AG controls UBS AG. Thus, UBS Group AG has become an indirect shareholder of Rockhopper Exploration Plc.

Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

UBS Investment Bank

UBS Group AG

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

UBS AG London Branch

UBS Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

28 November 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

02 December 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

Above 6%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0FVQX23

17,638,395

17,638,395

-

-

18,973,903

-

6.49%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

-

-

-

-

-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,973,903

6.49%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

UBS Group AG is a group holding company for UBS Investment Bank business. Voting rights are held through its controlled undertakings as set out below.

UBS AG:

- directly through its branches: UBS AG London Branch - 16,971,295 (5.80%); and

- indirectly through its subsidiaries: UBS Limited - 2,005,570 (0.69%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana Görögová

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 44 239 4071