Rockhopper Exploration PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 21, 2014

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RNS Number : 9339U

Rockhopper Exploration plc

21 October 2014

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 Plc. (ISIN: GB00B0FVQX23)
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 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:		ING Groep N.V.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		n/a
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		20 October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		3%

8. Notified details:
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			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary shares GB00B0FVQX23	11,151,556			11,151,556											Below 3%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
N/A			N/A		N/A					N/A				N/A
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
N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A				Nominal			Delta
N/A			N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
								Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
ING Bank N.V. a 100% subsidiary of ING Groep N.V.
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:	J. Emke-Petrelluzzi Bojanic
15. Contact telephone number:	+31 20 576 6541

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