Rockhopper Exploration PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 1, 2016

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RNS Number : 0299D

Rockhopper Exploration plc

01 July 2016

1 July 2016

Rockhopper Exploration Plc

(the "Company" or "Rockhopper")

Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights

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"), including the participation of certain directors.

Share Incentive Plan (SIP) 

The Trustee of the SIP has approved the issue of 5,621 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the month of June. The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.

As previously advised in an RNS dated 29th January 2015, details of the directors' participation will be made on a quarterly basis. Set out below is the directors' participation in the SIP for the three month period ended 30 June 2016.

Director	Number of Partnership Shares Purchased  using cash  contributed by  participants	Number of Matching Shares Awarded	Price of Awards	Number of Ordinary Shares held following the grants	% of issued share capital following the grants
Sam Moody	1,273	2,546	34.25p to 37.50p	2,041,214	0.447
Stewart MacDonald	1,273	2,546	34.25p to 37.50p	87,732	0.019
Fiona MacAulay	1,273	2,546	34.25p to 37.50p	119,378	0.026

Total Voting Rights

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 5,621 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 27 June 2016 consists of 456,543,199 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).

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ENQUIRIES:

Rockhopper Exploration plc	via Vigo Communications - 020 7016 9571
Jan Davies, Company Secretary
Canaccord Genuity Limited, Nomad and Joint broker	020 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor Jack Scott
Vigo Communications, PR adviser to Rockhopper	020 7016 9571
Patrick D'Ancona

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