Rockhopper Exploration PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 18, 2013

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RNS Number : 2371A

Rockhopper Exploration plc

18 March 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION ORD

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the

notification obligation: iii

Royal London Asset Management Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Registered Shareholder	Nominal	%
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	17,313,435	6.0919%

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

15 March 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18 March 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

6%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B0FVQX23	17,018,101				17,018,101			17,313,435		17,313,435		N/A	6.0919%			N/A
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
														Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
17,313,435									6.0919%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
See 4 above
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Ben Forsyth
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7506 6652

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Royal London Asset Management Limited
Contact address	55 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0UF
Phone number & email	020 7506 6652 ben.forsyth@rlam.co.uk
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
No
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

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