Director/PDMR Shareholding

Longboat Energy PLC

04 August 2023

 

4 August 2023

                                                                                   Longboat Energy plc                                              

("Longboat Energy", "the Company" or "Longboat")

Notification of Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")

Co-Investment Plan Awards

Following the acquisition of ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Company Shares") by various PDMRs as announced on 11 July 2023, Longboat Energy announces conditional awards made under the Company's Co-Investment Plan (the "CIP" or "Plan") to PDMRs of the Company. 

The Plan

The Plan allows participating employees to be granted matching awards over one Company Share ("Plan Share") for every Company Share ("Investment Share") acquired by the employees up to a maximum of 50% of their pre-tax base salary.  The Company believes that awards under the Plan will strengthen alignment between employees and shareholders through increased share ownership.

At present, the Company may issue up to 15% of its share capital within a ten-year period to satisfy awards to participants in the Plan, the Company's Founders Incentive Plan ("FIP") and Long Term Incentive Plan, and any other share plan operated by the Company under which shares are issued. The Company plans to restrict dilution under this limit to 10% of its share capital, in line with market practice, by the end of 2024 to be achieved by a combination of the anticipated lapse of existing awards made under the Plan and FIP together with the surrender of certain awards made under the FIP.

Awards

The Company's Remuneration Committee, which is made up exclusively of Non-Executive Directors, has made awards under the Plan to the following PDMRs (the "Awards") in the form of options to acquire Plan Shares (the "Nil Cost Options").  The number of Investment Shares acquired, and the number of Plan Shares and percentage of the Company's issued share capital ("ISC") as at 3 August 2023 over which the Nil Cost Options have been granted, is set out below:

		Company Shares		Award		ISC
PDMR	Title	Acquired	Value	Price	Plan Shares
		No.	£	£	No.	%
Helge Hammer	CEO	240,000	64,045	0.27	240,000	0.42%
Jonathan Cooper	CFO	8,084	2,000	0.25	8,084	0.01%
Nick Ingrassia	Corporate Development Director	39,343	10,313	0.26	39,343	0.07%
Julian Riddick	Company Secretary	7,654	2,000	0.26	7,654	0.01%
Hilde Salthe	MD Longboat JAPEX	19,134	5,000	0.26	19,134	0.03%
		314,215	83,358		314,215	0.55%

Performance Condition and Vesting

The Base Awards' performance conditions are based on the Company's volume weighted average share price ("VWAP") over 30 days to the end of the three-year performance period which will be measured as soon as practicable after the end of such performance period. The Nil Cost Options will become exercisable, subject to the rules of the Plan, as follows:

Longboat Energy 30 day VWAP at end of the three-year performance period	Percentage of Base Award Vesting
Below 40 pence	Nil
40 pence	25%
50 pence or greater	100%

Any Nil Cost Options, awarded to the PDMRs above, that vest shall be subject to a further two-year holding period.

Notification of Deal Forms of each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

This announcement does not contain inside information.

Enquiries:
Longboat Energy	via FTI
Helge Hammer, Chief Executive Officer
Jon Cooper, Chief Financial Officer Nick Ingrassia, Corporate Development Director
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nomad, Joint Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Callum Stewart Jason Grossman Ashton Clanfield

Cenkos Securities plc (Joint Broker)                                              Tel: [phone]

Neil McDonald              

Pete Lynch      

Leif Powis        

FTI Consulting (PR adviser)	Tel: [phone]
Ben Brewerton Rosie Corbett	[e-mail]

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated
a)	Name	Helge Hammer
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position/Status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Longboat Energy plc
b)	LEI	213800D1D587TB36ST68
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 and identification code	Nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482
b)	Nature of transaction	Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Co-Investment  Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 240,000
d)	Aggregated Information	n/a
e)	Date of transaction	3 August 2023
f)	Place of transaction	XOFF

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated
a)	Name	Jonathan Cooper
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position/Status	CFO
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Longboat Energy plc
b)	LEI	213800D1D587TB36ST68
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 and identification code	Nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482
b)	Nature of transaction	Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Co-Investment  Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 8,084
d)	Aggregated Information	n/a
e)	Date of transaction	3 August 2023
f)	Place of transaction	XOFF

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated
a)	Name	Nicholas Ingrassia
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position/Status	Corporate Development Director
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Longboat Energy plc
b)	LEI	213800D1D587TB36ST68
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 and identification code	Nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482
b)	Nature of transaction	Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Co-Investment  Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 39,343
d)	Aggregated Information	n/a
e)	Date of transaction	3 August 2023
f)	Place of transaction	XOFF

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated
a)	Name	Julian Riddick
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position/Status	Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Longboat Energy plc
b)	LEI	213800D1D587TB36ST68
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 and identification code	Nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482
b)	Nature of transaction	Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Co-Investment  Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 7,654
d)	Aggregated Information	n/a
e)	Date of transaction	3 August 2023
f)	Place of transaction	XOFF

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated
a)	Name	Hilde Salthe
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position/Status	Managing Director Longboat JAPEX Norge AS
b)	Initial notification/amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Longboat Energy plc
b)	LEI	213800D1D587TB36ST68
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 and identification code	Nil-cost options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482
b)	Nature of transaction	Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Co-Investment  Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 19,134
d)	Aggregated Information	n/a
e)	Date of transaction	3 August 2023
f)	Place of transaction	XOFF

 

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