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RNS Number : 8824A

Rockhopper Exploration plc

01 October 2015

1 October 2015

ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC (The 'Company')

Blocklisting Interim Update

The Company provides the following updates in accordance with Schedule Six of the AIM Rules for Companies regarding its existing block listing arrangements.

   1.    Share incentive plan 
 
Name of company             Rockhopper Exploration PLC 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Name of scheme              The Company's Share Incentive 
                             Plan 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Period of return            29 March 2015 to 28 September 
 (from/ to)                  2015 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Number and Class            321,690 Ordinary Shares 
 of Securities not 
 issued at the start 
 of the period under 
 the scheme 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Plus: The amount             0 Ordinary Shares 
 for which a blocklisting 
 application has been 
 made since the last 
 date of return 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Less: Number of securities  66,102 Ordinary Shares 
 issued under the 
 scheme during the 
 period 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Equals: Balance under       255,588 Ordinary Shares 
 the scheme of securities 
 not yet issued at 
 the end of the period 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Number and class            40,000 Ordinary Shares admitted 
 of securities originally    on 29 March 2012 
 admitted and the            90,000 Ordinary Shares admitted 
 date of admission           on 3 May 2013 
                             150,000 Ordinary Shares admitted 
                             on 2 April 2014 
                             350,000 Ordinary Shares admitted 
                             on 3 February 2015 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 
   2.    Falkland Islands options 
 
Name of company             Rockhopper Exploration PLC 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Name of scheme              Options over Ordinary Shares 
                             that were granted under the 
                             10 May 2005 scheme to Falklands 
                             Conservation and various persons 
                             associated with businesses 
                             in the Falkland Islands (the 
                             'Falklands Scheme') 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Period of return            31 January 2015 to 30 September 
 (from/ to)                  2015 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Number and Class            13,368 Ordinary Shares 
 of Securities not 
 issued at the start 
 of the period under 
 the scheme 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Plus: The amount             0 Ordinary Shares 
 for which a blocklisting 
 application has been 
 made since the last 
 date of return 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Less: Number of securities  7,920 Ordinary Shares 
 issued under the 
 scheme during the 
 period 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Equals: Balance under       5,448 Ordinary Shares 
 the scheme of securities 
 not yet issued at 
 the end of the period 
--------------------------  --------------------------------- 
Number and class            50,000 Ordinary Shares admitted 
 of securities originally    on 3 February 2010 
 admitted and the 
 date of admission 
--------------------------  ---------------------------------

As at 30 September 2015, 5,448 options under this scheme remained unexercised and duly expired under the terms of the scheme. Accordingly 5,448 of the 50,000 ordinary shares originally blocklisted will never be issued and the Company is requesting the termination of the remaining headroom and closing of the blocklisting.

Enquiries:

 
 Rockhopper Exploration           via Vigo Communications 
  plc                             - 020 7016 9571 
 Jan Davies, Company Secretary 
 Canaccord Genuity Limited, 
  Nomad and Joint broker          020 7523 8000 
 Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor 
 Vigo Communications, 
  PR adviser to Rockhopper        020 7016 9571 
 Peter Reilly

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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