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Pan African Resources PLC announced the expiry of equity funded transactions involving LTS Ventures (Pty) Ltd, an entity associated with the Chief Executive Officer, Cobus Loots. This resulted in the termination of a pledge over 3,007,222 ordinary shares securing a ZAR 11,340,187.01 loan and the disposal of 2,609,616 ordinary shares at ZAR 33.03 each to settle the loan and derivative obligations. Following these transactions, Mr. Loots holds an indirect beneficial interest of 2,187,538 shares (0.0937% of issued capital) and a direct beneficial interest of 1,148,700 shares (0.04922% of issued capital).

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Pan African Resources PLC

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)

Share code on LSE: PAF

Share code on JSE: PAN

ISIN: GB0004300496

ADR ticker code: PAFRY

(‘Pan African Resources’ or the ‘Company’)

 

Pan African Resources Funding Company Limited

Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability

Registration number: 2012/021237/06

Alpha code: PARI

 

 

 

DIRECTOR’S DEALINGS IN SECURITIES

 

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

 

The Company announces that it received notification on 14 May 2026 of the expiry of the equity funded transactions entered into by LTS Ventures (Pty) Ltd (“LTS”), an entity associated with the Chief Executive Officer, Cobus Loots, as previously announced to the market on 14 May 2024.

The expiry of the transactions entailed the following:

  • The termination of the pledge and cession over 3,007,222 ordinary shares of 1p each in Pan African Resources, as security for a ZAR 11,340,187.01 loan advanced to LTS for a term of 2 years from May 2024
  • Disposal of 2,609,616 ordinary shares of 1p each in Pan African Resources to, inter alia , settle the loan and derivative obligations under the collar structure, at a price of ZAR33.03 per share

Following these transactions, Mr Loots has an indirect beneficial interest of 2,187,538 ordinary shares, representing 0.0937% of the Company's issued share capital and a direct beneficial interest of 1,148,700 ordinary shares, representing 0.04922% of the Company's issued share capital.

The below information and notification are made in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the JSE Listings Requirements.

 

1.                     

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name:

Cobus Loots

 

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)

Company name:

Pan African Resources PLC

b)

LEI:

213800EAXURCXMX6RL85

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 1p each

 

Identification code: GB0004300496

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Trade 1: Termination of the pledge and cession

Trade 2: Settlement of collar and financing transaction through disposal of shares

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

Trade 1: Termination of pledge and cession over 3,007,222 shares

Trade 2: Settlement of collar and financing transaction to the value of ZAR86,058,228.52 through disposal of 2,609,616 shares at a price of ZAR33.03 per share.

d)

Aggregated information:

 

Trade 1: No value

Trade 2: Disposal value of ZAR86,195,616.50, of which a portion was utilised to settle the collar and financing transaction to the value of ZAR86,058,228.52

 

e)

Dates of the transactions:

Trade 1 and 2: 11 May 2026

f)

Place of the transactions:

Trade 1 and 2: Johannesburg Stock Exchange

 

Additional information disclosed in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements:

a)

Nature of interest of executive:

Trade 1 and 2: Indirect beneficial

b)

On-market or off-market:

Trade 1: Off-market

Trade 2: On-market

c)

Clearance given in terms of paragraph 6.83 of the JSE Listings Requirements:

Yes

d)

Total value of transactions

Trade 1: Market value of the pledged shares of ZAR100,050,275.94, based on the prevailing market price on the JSE of ZAR33.27 per share on 13 May 2026

Trade 2: Disposal value of ZAR86,195,616.50, of which a portion was utilised to settle the collar and financing transaction to the value of ZAR86,058,228.52

e)

Holding following transactions:

Indirect beneficial 2,187,538 ordinary shares

Direct beneficial 1,148,700 ordinary shares  

 

 

Johannesburg

 

15 May 2026

 

For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at

www.panafricanresources.com

 

Corporate information

Corporate Office

The Firs Building

2nd Floor, Office 204

Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues

Rosebank, Johannesburg

South Africa

Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900

info@paf.co.za

Registered Office

107 Cheapside, 2 nd Floor

London, EC2V 6DN

United Kingdom

Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706

  jane.kirton@corpserv.co.uk

Chief Executive Officer  

Cobus Loots      

Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900                                          

Financial Director and debt officer

Marileen Kok

Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900

Head: Investor Relations

Hethen Hira
Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za

Website: www.panafricanresources.com

Company Secretary

Jane Kirton

St James's Corporate Services Limited

Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706

Joint Broker

Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant

Peel Hunt LLP

Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900

JSE Sponsor & JSE Debt Sponsor

Ciska Kloppers

Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited

Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802

Joint Broker

Thomas Rider/Nick Macann

BMO Capital Markets Limited

Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010

 

Joint Broker

Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG (Berenberg)

Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800

 




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