Result of Court and General Meeting

Released : 05 January 2016 17:15

RNS Number : 9320K Falkland Oil and Gas Limited 05 January 2016

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION 5 January 2016

RECOMMENDED ALL‐SHARE MERGER OF PLC ("ROCKHOPPER") AND FALKLAND OIL AND GAS LIMITED ("FOGL") (to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part IV of the Companies Act 1948) Result of Court and General Mee ng

On 24 November 2015, the boards of Rockhopper and Falkland Oil and Gas Limited ("FOGL") announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all‐share merger (the "Merger") to be effected by means of a Court‐sanc oned scheme of arrangement under Part IV of the Companies Act 1948, being the legisla on applicable in the Falkland Islands where FOGL is incorporated (the "Scheme"). The Scheme Document, containing the terms and condi ons of the Scheme, was posted to FOGL Shareholders on 11 December 2015. Unless otherwise stated, defined terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as those used in the Scheme Document. FOGL is now pleased to announce that, at the Court Mee ng and General Mee ng held earlier today to approve the Scheme and associated ma ers, the resolu ons proposed at the Mee ngs were passed. At the Court Mee ng, the required majority in number of those Scheme Shareholders present and vo ng, either in person or by proxy or by corporate representa ve, represen ng approximately 99.78 per cent. in nominal value of all Scheme Shares in respect of which votes were cast, voted in favour of the Scheme. The vo ng of those Scheme Shareholders who cast votes either in person or by proxy or by corporate representa ve at the Court Mee ng was as follows: Total Votes Votes for the Scheme Votes against the Scheme Percentage Percentage No. of of voted No. of of voted Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme No. of Shares Shares Shares Shares No. of Scheme which were which were which were which were Scheme Shares voted in voted in voted voted Shareholders which were favour of favour of against the against the who voted voted the Scheme the Scheme Scheme Scheme Totals in 1,906 92,732,547 92,530,144 99.78 202,403 0.22 person, by proxy and by corporate representa ve

Of a total of 1,906 Scheme Shareholders who voted at the Court Mee ng (in person or by proxy or by corporate representa ve), 1,866 (approximately 97.9 per cent. in number) voted in favour of the Scheme and 40 (approximately 2.1 per cent. in number) voted against the Scheme.

At the General Mee ng, the special resolu on put to the mee ng was duly passed on a poll vote. The vo ng of those FOGL Shareholders who cast votes either in person or by proxy or by corporate representa ve at the General Mee ng was as follows: Votes % Votes % Votes For For Against Against Withheld 93,428,850 99.79 191,995 0.21 8,075

In order to become Effec ve, the Court will need to sanc on the Scheme. The Court Hearing to sanc on the Scheme will be held on 15 January 2016. The Scheme is expected to become Effec ve on 18 January 2016. Enquiries

For further informa on, please contact:

Falkland Oil and Gas Limited +44 (0)20 7563 1260 Tim Bushell, Chief Execu ve Officer

RBC Europe Limited (trading as RBC Capital Markets), +44 (0)20 7653 4000 NOMAD, financial adviser and joint broker to FOGL Ma hew Coakes Andrew Congleton Mark Rushton Roland Symonds

Numis Securi es Limited, joint broker to FOGL +44 (0)20 7260 1000 John Prior Ben Stoop Paul Gillam

FTI Consul ng, PR adviser to FOGL +44 (0)20 3727 1000 Ed Westropp George Parker

Rockhopper Explora on plc via Vigo Communica ons +44 (0) 20 7016 9571 Sam Moody, Chief Execu ve Stewart MacDonald, Chief Financial Officer Fiona MacAulay, Chief Opera ng Officer

Canaccord Genuity Limited, NOMAD, broker and financial +44 (0) 20 7523 8000 adviser to Rockhopper Henry Fitzgerald‐O'Connor Manuel San ago Wei Loon Yap

Liberum Capital Limited, joint broker to Rockhopper +44 (0) 20 3100 2227 Clayton Bush Neil Elliot

Vigo Communica ons, PR adviser to Rockhopper +44 (0) 20 7016 9571 / 9573 Peter Reilly Patrick d'Ancona

Further informa on

This announcement is for informa on only and is not intended to and does not cons tute, or form part of any offer to sell or invita on to purchase or subscribe for any securi es, or any solicita on of any vote or approval in any jurisdic on pursuant to the Merger or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securi es of Rockhopper or FOGL in any jurisdic on in contraven on of applicable law. This announcement does not cons tute a prospectus or a prospectus equivalent document.

Rockhopper reserves the right to elect to implement the Merger by way of a Merger Offer. In such event, the Merger Offer will be implemented on substan ally the same terms, subject to appropriate amendments, as those which would apply to the Scheme.

Please be aware that addresses, electronic addresses and certain other informa on provided by FOGL Shareholders, persons with informa on rights and other relevant persons in connec on with the receipt of communica ons from FOGL may be provided to Rockhopper during the Merger Period.

RBC, which is authorised by the Pruden al Regula on Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pruden al Regula on Authority, is ac ng exclusively for FOGL and no one else in connec on with the Merger and will not be responsible to anyone other than FOGL for providing the protec ons afforded to clients of RBC nor for providing advice in rela on to the Merger or any other ma ers referred to in this announcement.

Numis Securi es Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the , is ac ng exclusively for FOGL and for no one else in connec on with the Merger and will not be responsible to anyone other than FOGL for providing the protec ons afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connec on with the Merger or any other ma er referred to herein.

Canaccord Genuity Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is ac ng exclusively for Rockhopper and no one else in connec on with the Merger and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rockhopper for providing the protec ons afforded to clients of Canaccord Genuity Limited nor for providing advice in connec on with the Merger or this announcement or any ma er referred to herein.

Liberum Capital Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is ac ng exclusively for Rockhopper and no one else in connec on with the Merger and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rockhopper for providing the protec ons afforded to clients of Liberum Capital Limited nor for providing advice in connec on with the Merger or this announcement or any ma er referred to herein.

Overseas shareholders

The release, publica on or distribu on of this announcement in or into, and the availability of the Rockhopper Considera on Shares in certain jurisdic ons may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes who are not resident in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory restric ons in those jurisdic ons. FOGL Shareholders who are in any doubt regarding such ma ers should consult an appropriate independent adviser in the relevant jurisdic on without delay. Any failure to comply with such restric ons may cons tute a viola on of the securi es laws of any such jurisdic on. To the fullest extent permi ed by applicable law, the companies involved in the Merger disclaim any responsibility or liability for the viola on of such restric ons by any person. This announcement does not cons tute an offer to sell, or the solicita on of any offer to buy, any Rockhopper Considera on Shares in any jurisdic on in which such an offer or solicita on would be unlawful.

This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with Falkland Islands law, English law, the AIM Rules, the rules of the Stock Exchange plc (the "") and the informa on disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of any jurisdic on outside the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands.

The availability of Rockhopper Considera on Shares to FOGL Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdic ons in which they are resident. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.

The Rockhopper Considera on Shares to be issued pursuant to the Scheme have not been and will not be registered under the US Securi es Act of 1933 (as amended) (the "Securi es Act") or under the relevant securi es laws of any state or territory or other jurisdic on of the United States, but are expected to be offered in the United States in reliance upon the exemp on from the registra on requirements of the Securi es Act provided by Sec on 3(a)(10) thereof. The Scheme will be subject to the disclosure requirements and prac ces applicable in the Falkland Islands to schemes of arrangement, which differ from the disclosure requirements of the US proxy solicita on rules and tender offer rules. However, if Rockhopper were to elect to implement the Merger by means of a Merger Offer, such offer will be made in compliance with the US tender offer rules, to the extent applicable, or an exemp on therefrom.

None of the securi es referred to in this announcement have been approved or disapproved by the US Securi es and Exchange Commission, any state securi es commission in the United States or any other US regulatory authority, nor have such authori es passed upon or determined the adequacy or accuracy of this announcement. Any representa on to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

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