Blocklisting Interim Review

RNS Number : 4998L

Rockhopper Exploration plc

01 August 2011

 



1 August 2011

ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC (The 'Company')

Blocklisting Interim Update and Total Voting Rights

The Company provides the following update in accordance with Schedule Six of the AIM Rules for Companies regarding its existing block listing arrangements.

Name of company	Rockhopper Exploration PLC
Name of scheme	Options over Ordinary Shares that were granted under the 10 May 2005 scheme to Falklands Conservation and various persons associated with businesses in the Falkland Islands
Period of return (from/ to)	29 January 2011 to 28 July 2011
Number and Class of Securities not issued at the start of the period under the scheme	15,348 Ordinary Shares
Number of securities issued under the scheme during the period	990 Ordinary Shares
Balance under the scheme of securities not yet issued at the end of the period	14,358  Ordinary Shares
Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission	50,000 Ordinary Shares  admitted on 3 February 2010

In order to take into account all Ordinary Shares issued under the above blocklisting to date the Company also provides notification that the issued share capital of the Company consists of 258,140,596 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

The above figure of 258,140,596 may 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Sam Moody - Chief Executive Officer

Tel. [phone] (via M: Communications)

M: Communications

Patrick d'Ancona or Ben Simons

Tel. [phone]

Canaccord Genuity Limited
Charles Berkeley / Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor

Tel. [phone]

 

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