Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0581R

Rockhopper Exploration plc

28 October 2011

 



For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION
2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): ___________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Ignis Investment Services Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different:	27/10/2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28/10/2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%

1.  

1.   1.  1.  

8.Notified details: Nominee holdings
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
B0FVQX2					11,047,047		3.89%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion  Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
CFD's			572,298	0.20%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	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
11,619,345.00	4.09%

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

Vidacos Nominees Ltd  (10,232,471.00 3.60%) BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd (567,893.00 0.20%) Merrill Lynch  (342,120.00 0.12%) State Street Nominees  (246,683.00 0.09%) HSBC  (230,178.00 0.08%) Pearl Group Limited Impala Holdings Limited Pearl Group Holdings (No 1) Ltd Ignis Asset Management Ignis Investment Services Limited (indirect)

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:	Percentage calculation based on Issued Share Capital of 284154600
14. Contact name:	Jean Birrell
15. Contact telephone number:	0141 222 8226

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Stephanie Griffin
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR
Phone number & email	0141 222 8286
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Stephanie Griffin

B:        Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Jean Birrell
Contact address	50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 6HR
Phone number	0141 222 8226
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Public Relations Manager

C:       Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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