REPLACEMENT:Directors Dealing&Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 0609L

Rockhopper Exploration plc

01 July 2014

 

1 July 2014

This announcement replaces RNS Number : 9797K which was published on 30 June 2014 and restates the number of shares held by Fiona MacAulay. The corrected announcement is copied below.

Rockhopper Exploration Plc

(the "Company" or "Rockhopper")

Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, 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 5,255 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the month of June.  The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.

As previously advised in an RNS dated 28th February 2014, details of the directors' participation will be made on a quarterly basis.  Set out below is the directors' participation in the SIP for the three month period ended 30 June 2014:

Director	Number of Partnership Shares Awarded	Number of Matching Shares Awarded	Number of Ordinary Shares held following the grants	% of issued share capital following the grants
Sam Moody	485	970	1,551,033	0.54%
Stewart MacDonald	204	408	2,608	0.009%
Fiona MacAulay	485	970	30,722	0.01%

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 5255 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 30 June 2014 consists of 284,729,798 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).

Ends

ENQUIRIES:

Rockhopper Exploration plc	via Vigo Communications - 020 7016 9571
Sam Moody, Chief Executive
Stewart MacDonald, Chief Financial Officer
Canaccord Genuity Limited, Nomad and Joint broker	020 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
Vigo Communications, PR adviser to Rockhopper	020 7016 9571
Peter Reilly

 

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