7th Apr 2008 15:42
Rockhopper Exploration plc07 April 2008 7 April 2008 Rockhopper Exploration PLC ("the Company") Directors' Dealings The Company announces that it received notification from Mr. Richard Visick, anon-executive director of the Company, on Monday 7 April 2008, that on the samedate he transferred 121,000 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in the Company("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 84.04p per Ordinary Share to his IPS pensionfund. Mr. Visick's beneficial interest in the Company has not changed as aresult of this transaction. The Company also announces that on 4 April 2008 it received notification fromMr. Visick, that on that date he transferred, by way of a gift, 625,000 OrdinaryShares at a price of 83.25p per Ordinary Share to a trust in the name ofFalklands Islands Settlement. In addition, on the same date Mr. Visicktransferred by way of a gift 625,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 83.25p perOrdinary Share to a trust in the name of Falklands 2008 Trust. Both theFalklands Islands Settlement and the Falklands 2008 Trust have a charitableobject, with the power to add other beneficiaries. Neither Mr. Visick nor any ofhis family are potential beneficiaries of either the Falklands IslandsSettlement or the Falklands 2008 Trust and, therefore, as a result of thesetransactions, Mr. Visick's beneficial interest in the share capital of theCompany has changed. Mr. Visick now has an interest in 17,782,443 Ordinary Shares representing 23.43per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company. 192,500 of theseOrdinary Shares, representing 0.25 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Sharecapital of the Company, are held in the name of Legal and Commercial TrusteeRetirement Benefit Scheme (pension fund), of which Mr. Visick is a trustee andbeneficiary. For further information, please contact: Rockhopper Exploration plc www.rockhopperexploration.co.ukSam Moody - Managing Director 01722 414 419 Aquila Financial Ltd www.aquila-financial.comPeter Reilly 0118 979 4100 Landsbanki Securities (UK) LimitedTom Hulme / Sebastian Jones 020 7426 9000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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