Rockhopper Exploration PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 11, 2015

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RNS Number : 8633I

Rockhopper Exploration plc

11 December 2015

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 Ord Gbp0.01

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:

Royal London Asset Management Limited

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

Registered Shareholder	Nominal	%
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd	17,758,583	5.9883

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached:

10 December 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 December  2015

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

reached:

Below 6%

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
GB00B0FVQX23	18,258,583				18,258,583			17,758,583		17,758,583		N/A	5.9883%			N/A
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
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
17,758,583									5.9883%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:	Mamoon Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 506 6662

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