Director Share Purchases

RNS Number : 8066Z

Rockhopper Exploration plc

15 January 2020

 

15 January 2020

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Director Share Purchases

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, announces that on 14 January 2020 a total of 285,00 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Shares") were purchased by certain Directors as follows: 

Director	Price (pence)	Number of shares purchased	Total number of shares held following purchases	% of issued share capital following purchases
Sam Moody (CEO)	£0.1945	125,000	2,528,865	0.55
Keith Lough (Chairman)	£0.1924	80,000	80,000	0.02
Stewart MacDonald (CFO)	£0.1924	80,000	405,532	0.09

 Set out below is the information required by Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 in relation to the acquisition of Shares by certain Directors in their capacity as persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs): 

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	213800IPXW6XRLVCL581
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 GB00BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Price: £0.1945 Volume: 125,000
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Aggregated volume: 125,000 Price: £24,312.50
e)	Date of the transaction	14 January 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Keith Lough
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
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	213800IPXW6XRLVCL581
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 GB00BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Price: £0.1924 Volume: 80,000
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Aggregated volume: 80,000 Price: £15,393.36
e)	Date of the transaction	14 January 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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	213800IPXW6XRLVCL581
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 GB00BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Price: £0.1924 Volume: 80,000
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 14 January 2020 Aggregated volume: 80,000 Price: £15,393.36
e)	Date of the transaction	14 January 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Jan Davies, Company Secretary

Tel. [phone] (via Vigo Communications)

Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio

Tel. [phone]

Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

Richard Crichton

Tel. [phone]

Vigo Communications

Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons

Tel. [phone]

 

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