Exercise of Options; PDMR Dealing
25 February 2021
Block Energy plc
("Block" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options / PDMR Dealing
Block Energy plc, the development and production company focused on Georgia, announces that a director, William McAvock, and an employee have exercised nil-cost options ("Options") to acquire 653,517 and 295,231 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each respectively.
The Options had been acquired as a result of the Company's salary and fees sacrifice scheme that was announced on 7 April 2020, whereby directors and employees of the Company agreed to receive 40 per cent of their salaries/fees in nil-cost options in lieu of cash.
948,748 of the shares held in the Block Energy plc Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") will be used to satisfy some of the exercise. Following the exercise of the Options, the remaining number of shares held by the EBT will be 36,646,658, representing 5.94 per cent of the current total issued share capital.
Following the exercise, Mr McAvock holds 653,517 shares in the Company, representing 0.10 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
Block Energy plc's Chief Financial Officer, William McAvock, said:
"After receiving 40 per cent of my salary in options for the past eleven months, I am pleased to exercise some of the options, pay the tax on the value of the shares acquired and become a shareholder of the Company."
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
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For further information please visit http://www.blockenergy.co.uk/ or contact:
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Paul Haywood (Chief Executive Officer) |
Block Energy Plc |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3468 9891 |
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Neil Baldwin (Nominated Adviser) |
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3368 3554 |
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Peter Krens (Corporate Broker) |
Tennyson Securities Limited |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7186 9030 |
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Owen Roberts / Violet Wilson (Financial PR) |
Camarco |
Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4980 |
Notes to editors
Block Energy plc is an AIM-listed independent oil and gas company focused on production and development in Georgia, applying innovative technology to realise the full potential of previously discovered fields.
Block has recently acquired a 100% working interest in Georgian onshore licence blocks IX and XIB. Licence block XIB is Georgia's most productive block, with 2P oil and gas reserves of 64 million boe and historic production of over 180 MMbbls of oil from the Middle Eocene, peaking in the mid-1980s at 67,000 bopd.
The Company has a 100% working interest in the highly prospective West Rustavi onshore oil and gas field with multiple wells that have tested oil and gas from a range of geological horizons. The field has so far produced 50 Mbbls of light sweet crude and has 0.9 MMbbls of gross 2P oil reserves in the Middle Eocene. It also has 38 MMbbls of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of oil and 608 Bcf of gross unrisked 2C contingent resources of gas in the Middle, Upper and Lower Eocene formations (Source: CPR Gustavson Associates: 1 January 2018).
Block also holds 100% and 90% working interests respectively in the onshore oil producing Norio and Satskhenisi fields.
The Company offers a clear entry point for investors to gain exposure to Georgia's growing economy and the strong regional demand for oil and gas.
Glossary
1. bbls: barrels. A barrel is 35 imperial gallons.
2. boe: barrels of oil equivalent.
3. bopd: barrels of oil per day.
4. boepd: barrels of oil equivalent per day.
5. Mbbls: thousand barrels.
6. MMbbls: million barrels.
7. Bcf: billion cubic feet.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCA") with them.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
William McAvock |
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Reason for notification |
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Position / status |
CFO |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Block Energy plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800E2J8QA1J6KN415 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Options to acquire ordinary shares in Block Energy plc ISIN GB00BF3TBT48 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Exercise of options |
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Price(s) and volumes(s) |
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d) |
Aggregated information |
n/a |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
24 February 2021 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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