22nd Nov 2007 13:07
Rockhopper Exploration plc22 November 2007 Press Release For immediate release: 22 November 2007 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, options have been exercised in respect of 4,950 newordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). The option to purchase Ordinary Shares was granted on 10 May 2005. Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to tradingon AIM on or around 28 November 2007. The new Ordinary Shares will rank paripassu with the existing ordinary share capital of the Company and have beenallotted and issued credited as fully paid. Following admission, the total issued share capital of the Company with votingrights will increase to 75,670,235 Ordinary Shares. The above figure of 75,670,235 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) Limited - Corporate FinanceTom Hulme 020 7426 9000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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