27th Nov 2008 07:00
PRESS RELEASE
Director's Dealing
The Company announces that on Wednesday 26 November 2008 it received notification from Mr. Richard Visick, a non-executive director of the Company, that on the same date he transferred 47,700 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) at a price of 20.01p per Ordinary Share to his IPS pension fund. Mr. Visick's beneficial interest in the Company has not changed as a result of this transaction.
Mr. Visick is interested 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, 512,508 of these Ordinary Shares, representing 0.64 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 0118 979 4100
Teathers
Tom Hulme / Sebastian Jones 020 7131 3000
Notes to editors
www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk
The Rockhopper Group started trading in February 2004 to invest in and carry out an offshore oil exploration programme to the north of the Falkland Islands. The Group, floated on AIM in August 2005, has a 100 per cent. interest in four offshore production licences which cover approximately 3,800 sq. km. These licences have been granted by the Falkland Islands government.
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