Grant of Share Options and PDMR Notification

Ascent Resources PLC

16 March 2026

 

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16 March 2026

Ascent Resources plc

("Ascent" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options / PDMR Notification

Ascent Resources Plc (LON: AST), the onshore US focused oil and gas company, announces that it has granted options over a total of 30,000,000 ordinary shares of £0.005 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), including 15 million to the Non Executive Chairman and 15 million to a Non Executive Director, under individual share option agreements.

The options have an exercise price of 0.65 pence per Ordinary Share and will vest in three approximately equal tranches on 12 March 2027, 12 March 2028 and 12 March 2029, subject to continued service (or accelerated vesting in the case of a good leaver cessation, including death). Each tranche has an exercise period of five years from its vesting date.

The options are not subject to performance conditions beyond continued service, but have an exercise price at a premium to the current share price which aligns the interests of the directors with those of shareholders as the share price is likely to be a proxy for operational performance.

Notifications have been made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and are set out below.

Enquiries:

Ascent Resources plc Jean-Michel Doublet	[e-mail]
Zeus, Nominated Adviser & Broker James Joyce / James Bavister	0203 829 5000
Fortified Securities, Joint-Broker Guy Wheatley	0203 411 7773
Shard Capital Partners LLP, Joint-Broker Damon Heath	0207 186 9952

1		Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)		Name		Jean-Michel Doublet
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status		Non Executive Chairman
b)		Initial notification/Amendment		Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Ascent Resources plc
b)	LEI		213800Q8R5GV7DLNEL37
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 £0.005 each
	Identification code		GB00BJVH7905
b)	Nature of the transaction		Award of Options
c)	Price(s) and volumes(s)		Price(s)		Volume(s)
			£0.0065		15,000,000
d)	Aggregated information		N/A
	Aggregated volume		N/A
	Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		13 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside of a trading venue

1		Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)		Name		Edouard Etienvre
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		Ascent Resources plc
b)	LEI		213800Q8R5GV7DLNEL37
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 £0.005 each
	Identification code		GB00BJVH7905
b)	Nature of the transaction		Award of Options
c)	Price(s) and volumes(s)		Price(s)		Volume(s)
			£0.0065		15,000,000
d)	Aggregated information		N/A
	Aggregated volume		N/A
	Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		13 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside of a trading venue

 

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