20 December 2023
Rockhopper Exploration plc
("Rockhopper" or the "Company")
Exercise of Warrants
Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, announces that the Company has received notifications of the exercise of warrants over an aggregate 785,713 new Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at an exercise price of 9 pence per ordinary share (the "Warrant Shares") held by the following directors of the Company, providing the Company with proceeds of £70,714:
| Director | Number of Warrants Exercised | Resultant Shareholding | % of Issued Share Capital as at 20 December 2023 |
| Sam Moody | 714,285 | 4,713,584 | 0.79% |
| Alison Baker | 71,428 | 284,181 | 0.05% |
The Warrant Shares will be issued under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.
Enquiries:
Rockhopper Exploration plc
Jan Davies, Company Secretary
Tel. +44 (0)20 7390 0230 (via Vigo Consulting)
Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio/Ana Ercegovic
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)
Richard Crichton/Georgia Langoulant
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Vigo Consulting
Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons/Fiona Hetherington
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 which forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR').
Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with Them.
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||
| a) | Name | Sam Moody | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer and Director
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| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Rockhopper Exploration plc
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| b)
| LEI | 213800IPXW6XRLVCL581 | ||||
| 4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares
GB00B0FVQX23 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of warrants | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 20 December 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||
| a) | Name | Alison Baker | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Senior Independent Director
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| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Rockhopper Exploration plc
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| b)
| LEI | 213800IPXW6XRLVCL581 | ||||
| 4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares
GB00B0FVQX23 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of warrants | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 20 December 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
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