Rockhopper Exploration plcLSE: RKH

Rockhopper Exploration: Issue of Equity in Lieu of Director Fees

· Issued by Rockhopper Exploration plc via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

Rockhopper Exploration plc, an oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, issued 16,968 new ordinary shares at 66.3 pence each to Non-Executive Director Barak Mashraki in place of his director fees for the period from July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026. The transaction date was October 15, 2026.

Key details

  • Barak Mashraki, appointed a Non-Executive Director on June 30, 2026, has agreed to take his fee in shares issued each quarter. The number of shares is his net fees for the previous quarter divided by the closing share price on the business day before the quarterly fee payment date.
  • After this issue, Barak Mashraki's total beneficial interest is 16,968 ordinary shares, approximately 0.002% of the issued share capital.
  • Immediately after the new shares are admitted to trading, Rockhopper will have 1,071,985,689 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue, with none held in treasury and all carrying equal voting rights.

What’s still pending

  • Admission of the 16,968 shares to trading on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange, is expected to become effective on or around October 21, 2026.

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16 October 2026

Rockhopper Exploration plc

("Rockhopper", the "Group" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity in Lieu of Director Fees

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, announces it has issued 16,968 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 66.3 pence per Ordinary Share in lieu of certain Non-Executive Director fees.

Director fee shares

Barak Mashraki, who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 30 June 2026, has agreed to take his Non-Executive Director fee in Ordinary Shares, to be allotted on a quarterly basis. The number of Ordinary Shares to be issued will be Barak Mashraki's net fees for the preceding quarter divided by the closing share price on the business day before the quarterly fee payment date. Today's share issue covers the period from 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026.

Following this transaction, Barak Mashraki's total beneficial interest in the Company is 16,968 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.002% of the Company's issued share capital.

Total voting rights

Application will be made for the admission of 16,968 Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"), which is expected to become effective on or around 21 October 2026.

In conformity with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, immediately following Admission, the Company will have 1,071,985,689 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury and all of the Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights. This issued share capital figure can be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Rockhopper Exploration plc

Sam Moody - Chief Executive Officer

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234 (via Vigo Consulting)

Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor/James Asensio/Charlie Hammond

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

Richard Crichton/Georgia Langoulant

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Vigo Consulting

Patrick d'Ancona/Ben Simons/Fiona Hetherington

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7390 0234

Notes to Editors

Rockhopper Exploration plc is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the Falkland Islands. The Company holds a 35% interest in licences in the North Falkland Basin, where it has sanctioned the development of the significant Sea Lion field which was originally discovered by the Company in 2010.

Rockhopper's shares are quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker RKH.

For more information, visit the Company's website at www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them:

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Barak Mashraki

2.

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Rockhopper Exploration plc

b)

LEI

213800IPXW6XRLVCL581

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each

Identification code

GB00B0FVQX23

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of Ordinary Shares in lieu of Director fees

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price: £0.663

Volume: 16,968

d)

Aggregated information:

Price: £0.663

Aggregated volume: 16,968

e)

Date of the transaction

15 October 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

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