Rockhopper Exploration plc Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights (3650M)

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RNS Number : 3650M

Rockhopper Exploration plc

27 July 2017

27 July 2017

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding, Total Voting Rights and Blocklisting Application

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 July 2017. The Partnership Shares were acquired using cash contributed by the Directors.

 
 Director      Number            Number         Price per   Date of Transaction 
                of Partnership    of Matching    Share 
                Shares            Shares 
                acquired          acquired 
------------  ----------------  -------------  ----------  -------------------- 
 Sam Moody     732               1464           GBP0.205    26 July 2017 
------------  ----------------  -------------  ----------  -------------------- 
 Stewart 
  MacDonald    732               1464           GBP0.205    26 July 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 July 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                              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               Ordinary Shares of 1 pence 
       financial instrument,            each 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code              GB00BOFVQX23 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Acquisition of Partnership 
                                        and Matching Shares through 
                                        the Company's Share Incentive 
                                        Plan 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Date of transaction: 26 
                                        July 2017 
                                        Price: GBP0.205 
                                        Volume: 
                                        Partnership Shares: 732 
                                        Matching Shares: 1464 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information           Date of transaction: 26 
                                        July 2017 
                                        Aggregated volume: 2196 
                                        Price: GBP0.205 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          26 July 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                              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               Ordinary Shares of 1 pence 
       financial instrument,            each 
       type of instrument 
 
       Identification code              GB00BOFVQX23 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transactions       Acquisition of Partnership 
                                        and Matching Shares through 
                                        the Company's Share Incentive 
                                        Plan 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Date of transaction: 26 
                                        July 2017 
                                        Price: GBP0.205 
                                        Volume: 
                                        Partnership Shares: 732 
                                        Matching Shares: 1464 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information           Date of transaction: 26 
                                        July 2017 
                                        Aggregated volume: 2196 
                                        Price: GBP0.205 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transactions         26 July 2017 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transactions        Outside a trading venue 
---  -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 

Total Voting Rights

In respect of the month of July 2017, the Company has on 26 July 2017 issued 27,084 new ordinary shares as part of the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP").

In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, as at 26 July 2017, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company consisted of 456,992,042 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).

The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure. The issued share capital figure can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.

Blocklisting Application

The Company has in place a blocklisting for the allotment of new shares under the Company's SIP. In order to provide for the anticipated issue of shares under the SIP for the remainder of the current tax year, the Company has applied for a further 500,000 ordinary shares to be blocklisted (the "Blocklisting Shares").

The Company's HMRC approved SIP has been in place since March 2012 and is made available to all employees of the Company including executive Directors who are entitled to participate on an equal basis subject to HMRC limits. Participants can purchase shares in the Company on a monthly basis and receive matching awards of shares and all employees and executive Directors are eligible to receive an annual award of free shares, the level of which is determined by the Company's Remuneration Committee.

The Blocklisting Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 2 August 2017.

Enquiries:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Jan Davies, Company Secretary

Tel. [phone] (via Vigo Communications)

Canaccord Genuity Limited

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor

Tel. [phone]

Vigo Communications

Patrick d'Ancona

Ben Simons

Tel. [phone]

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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