Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6611V

Rockhopper Exploration plc

31 January 2017

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Share Incentive Plan

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"). The Directors named below have acquired a further interest in Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in the Company as a result of their participation in the SIP in January 2017. The Partnership Shares were acquired using cash contributed by the Directors.

Director	Number of Free Shares acquired	Number of Partnership Shares acquired	Number of Matching Shares acquired	Price per Share	Date of Transaction
Sam Moody	11,059	553	1,106	£0.27125	26 January 2017
Fiona MacAulay	11,059	553	1,106	£0.27125	26 January 2017
Stewart MacDonald	11,059	553	1,106	£0.27125	26 January 2017

Set out below is the information required by Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 in relation to participation in the Company's SIP by Directors in their capacity as persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) for the month of January 2017:

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	N/A
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 GB000BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Price: £0.27125 Volume: Free Shares: 11,059 Partnership Shares: 553 Matching Shares: 1,106
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Aggregated volume: 12,718 Price: £0.27125
e)	Date of the transaction	26 January 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Fiona MacAulay
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating 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	N/A
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 GB000BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Price: £0.27125 Volume: Free Shares: 11,059 Partnership Shares: 553 Matching Shares: 1,106
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Aggregated volume: 12,718 Price: £0.27125
e)	Date of the transaction	26 January 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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	N/A
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 GB000BOFVQX23
b)	Nature of the transactions	Acquisition of Free, Partnership and Matching Shares through the Company's Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Price: £0.27125 Volume: Free Shares: 11,059 Partnership Shares: 553 Matching Shares: 1,106
d)	Aggregated information	Date of transaction: 26 January 2017 Aggregated volume: 12,718 Price: £0.27125
e)	Dates of the transactions	26 January 2017
f)	Place of the transactions	Outside a trading venue