Rockhopper Exploration plc Result of Annual General Meeting (1494Z)

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RNS Number : 1494Z

Rockhopper Exploration plc

15 May 2019

15 May 2019

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today were duly passed on a show of hands.

A presentation given at the AGM is available for viewing on the Company's website:

http://www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk/rockhopper/investors/presentations.html.

As previously announced and as part of the Board's long-term succession planning, David McManus retired from the Board as Non-Executive Chairman at the AGM, having served for nearly nine years. David will be succeeded as Non-Executive Chairman by Keith Lough, who has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since January 2014.

Alison Baker, currently Non-Executive Director, will replace Keith as Senior Independent Director, and as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee.

The total number of proxy votes received on each resolution put to the AGM was as follows:

 
 Resolution (No.                  Total For (i)          Total Against   Withheld (ii) 
  as noted on proxy 
  form) 
                                 No. of    % of   No. of votes    % of    No. of votes 
                                  votes    vote                   vote 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 1: 
  Receive Annual 
  Report and Accounts        92,717,546   99.41     549,686      0.59       552,077 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 2: 
  Elect Alison Baker         93,350,133   99.62     356,630      0.38       112,173 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 3: 
  Re-elect Timothy 
  Bushell                    76,252,750   81.34    17,496,621    18.66      69,917 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 4: 
  Re-elect Keith 
  Lough                      92,857,003   99.07     867,616      0.93       94,690 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 5: 
  Re-elect Stewart 
  MacDonald                  92,843,334   99.05     894,858      0.95       81,117 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 6: 
  Re-elect Samuel 
  Moody                      92,862,800   99.07     874,159      0.93       82,340 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 7: 
  Re-elect John Summers      93,342,929   99.57     406,629      0.43       69,751 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 8: 
  Appoint Pricewaterhouse 
  Coopers as Auditor 
  and authorise Board 
  to approve Auditor 
  remuneration               92,408,007   98.63    1,284,869     1.37       126,433 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 9: 
  Authorise Directors 
  to allot shares            92,061,443   99.27     676,327      0.73      1,081,539 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 10: 
  Authorise Directors 
  to disapply pre-emption 
  rights (up to 10% 
  of issued share 
  capital) (iii)             91,730,808   98.44    1,457,341     1.56       631,160 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 Resolution 11: 
  Authorise Company 
  to purchase its 
  own shares (iii)           93,576,027   99.87     125,861      0.13       117,026 
                            -----------  ------  -------------  ------  -------------- 
 

Notes:

   (i)   The "For" proxy vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion 

(ii) A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not included in the proxy votes "For" or "Against" the resolution

(iii) Special resolution

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company's website at: https://rockhopperexploration.co.uk/investors/shareholder-documents/

Enquiries:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Sam Moody - Chief Executive

Stewart MacDonald - Chief Financial Officer

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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