1st May 2008 07:00
Rockhopper Exploration plc01 May 2008 Rockhopper Exploration PLC ("the Company") Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights Rockhopper Exploration plc ("the Company") announces that, following receipt ofa Notice of Exercise from HSBC Bank plc, options have been exercised in respectof 238,095 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ata price of 42p per Ordinary Share. The option to purchase Ordinary Shares was granted on 9 August 2005, the date ofthe Company's admission to trading on AIM. Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to tradingon AIM on or around 7 May 2008. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passuwith the existing ordinary share capital of the Company and have been allottedand issued credited as fully paid. Following admission, the total issued share capital of the Company with votingrights will increase to 76,384,520 Ordinary Shares. The above figure of 76,384,520 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders inthe Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determineif they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interestin, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and TransparencyRules. 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 020 7202 2601Yvonne Fraser 020 7202 2609 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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