12th Mar 2007 07:03
Rockhopper Exploration plc12 March 2007 Rockhopper Exploration plc 12 March 2007 Directors' dealings Rockhopper Exploration plc (the "Company") (RKH:AIM) announces that pursuant tothe conditional placing of 3,588,700 new ordinary shares in the Company asannounced on 6 March 2007 (the "Placing"), it was notified today that variousDirectors on 9 March 2007 purchased 189,189 new ordinary shares in the Company. Following the Placing, the interests of the Directors of the Company in the 1pordinary shares of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") are as set out below: Name Previous Options Ordinary Price Resultant Percentage Ordinary over Shares per Ordinary interest Shares held Ordinary purchased Ordinary Shares held held (%) Shares under the Share Placing (pence)P J M H 319,047 (1,850,000) 27,027 37 346,074 0.46JungelsS J Moody 858,428 (1,925,000) 27,027 37 885,455 1.17P JDixon-Clarke 145,129 (525,000) - - 145,129 0.19%R F Visick* 18,897,309 - 135,135 37 19,032,444 25.15D Bodecott 91,000 (525,000) - - 91,000 0.12%K J Crowle 23,809 - - - 23,809 0.03%C J Walton 23,809 - - - 23,809 0.03% * Following the Placing, 152,500 of these Ordinary Shares are held in the nameof Legal and Commercial Trustee Retirement Benefit Scheme (pension fund), ofwhich Mr Richard Visick is one of the trustees and one of the beneficiaries. 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 Notes to editors www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk Rockhopper Exploration plc commenced trading in February 2004 to invest in andcarry out an offshore oil exploration programme to the north of the FalklandIslands. The Company, floated on AIM in August 2005, is currently the largestlicence holder in the North Falkland Basin and has a 100 per cent. interest infour offshore production licences which cover approximately 5,800 sq. km. Theselicences have been granted by the Falkland Islands government. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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