10th Jul 2008 09:04
Rockhopper Exploration PLC ("the Company")
Director Dealing
The Company announces that on 9 July 2008 it received notification from Richard Visick, a non-executive director of the Company, that on the same day he acquired 200,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 58 pence per Ordinary Share.
Mr. Visick now has an interest in 17,982,443 Ordinary Shares representing 22.43 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company. 192,500 of these Ordinary Shares, representing 0.24 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company, are held in the name of Legal and Commercial Trustee Retirement Benefit Scheme (pension fund), of which Mr. Visick is a trustee and beneficiary. In addition, 464,808 of these Ordinary Shares, representing 0.58 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company, are held in Mr. Visick's IPS pension fund, of which he is the sole beneficiary.
For further information, please contact:
Rockhopper Exploration plc www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk
Sam Moody - Managing Director 01722 414 419
Aquila Financial Ltd www.aquila-financial.com
Peter Reilly 020 7202 2601
Yvonne Fraser 020 7202 2609
Landsbanki Securities (UK) Limited
Tom Hulme / Sebastian Jones 020 7426 9000
Related Shares:
Rockhopper