Director purchase of CLNs

Sunda Energy PLC

29 July 2026

 

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29 July 2026

Sunda Energy Plc

("Sunda" or "Sunda Energy" or the "Company")

Director purchase of CLNs

Sunda Energy Plc (AIM: SNDA), the AIM-quoted oil & gas company focused on oil and gas assets in the Asia-Pacific region, is pleased to report that its board of directors (the "Board") has been informed by Dr Andy Butler, CEO of Sunda, that he has agreed to acquire from Alumni Capital Limited ("Alumni") the outstanding balance of unsecured convertible loan notes (the "CLNs"), which have a face value of £400,000. The CLNs were issued as part of the financing arrangements in relation to the conditional acquisition of Matahio Energy NZ Limited, as announced by the Company on 8 April 2026 (the "Transaction"). The Transaction remains conditional, inter alia, on New Zealand government approval for the change of control and the Company is working towards completion of the Transaction in September 2026.

The terms of the CLNs, as detailed in the announcement of 8 April 2026, will remain unchanged following completion of the transfer of these CLNs from Alumni to Dr Andy Butler. Dr Butler has indicated to the Board that he does not currently intend to convert the acquired CLNs.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Sunda Energy Plc Andy Butler, Chief Executive Rob Collins, Chief Financial Officer	Tel: [phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Nick Athanas, Nick Harriss, Ashur Joseph (Corporate Finance) Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking)	Tel: [phone]
Hannam & Partners Advisory Limited (Advisor and Joint Broker) Neil Passmore (Corporate Finance) Leif Powis (Sales)	Tel: [phone]
Celicourt Communications (Financial PR and IR) Mark Antelme, Philip Dennis, Charles Denley-Myerson	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

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	Dr Andrew Butler
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sunda Energy Plc
b)	LEI	213800MBSOS9UZ5SW712
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	Loan notes convertible into ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00BSHSGY88
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Convertible Loan Notes
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price: £432,000 Volume (principal value of CLNs): £400,000 of Convertible Loan Notes
d)	Aggregated information: - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	28 July 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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