25th March 2026
AFENTRA PLC
VESTING OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS’ FOUNDERS’ SHAREPLAN AWARDS
Afentra plc (‘Afentra’ or the ‘Company’) (AIM: AET), the upstream oil and gas company focused on acquiring production and development assets in
Founders’ Share Plan Awards
The Founders’ Share Plan (‘FSP’) is a five-year incentive scheme for the founders, designed to reward exceptional shareholder returns, which was approved by shareholders at the 2022 AGM and subsequently adopted by the Board.
Conditional Awards made to the Executive Directors under the FSP were assessed at three measurement dates, and Nil Cost Options are awarded based on the increase in Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) since the commencement of the FSP performance period on 16 March 2021.
Following the first and second measurement dates (16 Marc 2024, 16 March 2025), the Conditional Awards converted into Nil Cost Options on each date, half of which vested immediately, with the remainder vesting automatically on the third and final measurement date which occurred on 16 March 2026. Additionally on the third measurement date the remaining Conditional Award was assessed and further Nil Cost Options over ordinary shares of
The number of Nil Cost Options awarded following the occurrence of the third measurement date is restricted in accordance with FSP scheme rules which limit the overall dilution limit of the Company’s issued share capital in consequence of aggregate awards under the FSP to 10%.
Following the occurrence of the third measurement date the Nil Cost Options awarded and which have all now vested in full are summarised in the Table below.
Details of Vesting at the Third Measurement Date
|
|
Options Vesting |
||
|
Director |
Awarded at 3rd Measurement Date
|
Awarded at 1st & 2nd Measurement Dates1
|
Total |
|
|
292,571
|
4,546,451
|
4,839,022
|
|
|
218,547
|
3,396,145
|
3,614,692
|
|
|
193,873
|
3,012,709
|
3,206,582
|
1 Aggregate Options awarded at the 1st and 2nd Measurement date which vested at the 3rd measurement date.
The total aggregate shareholding in the Company and number of unexercised Options held by each of the Executive Directors is as follows:
|
Director |
Ordinary Shares
|
% of Issued Share Capital |
Options Vested and remaining to be exercised
|
|
|
5,497,811
|
2.43%
|
4,839,022
|
|
|
3,923, 749
|
1.73%
|
3,614,692
|
|
|
2,644,636
|
1.17%
|
3,206,582
|
Further details of the FSP and the Nil Cost Options made thereunder will be disclosed in the Company’s annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
In line with the Company’s commitment to avoid shareholder dilution, Afentra has been making share purchases utilising an existing Employee Share Benefit Trust (“Trust”) to reduce the need to issue new Ordinary Shares. The Company continues to purchase shares through the Trust and to date 4,728,286 shares are held in the Trust available for utilisation.
The total number of shares required to cover the above Nil Cost Options (on a net of tax liability basis) at the time that the Directors elect to exercise their Nil Cost Options is approximately 6,180,000 shares.
For further information contact:
Afentra plc +44 (0)20 7405 4133
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 7710 7600
Simon Mensley
Tennyson Securities (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7186 9033
About Afentra
Afentra plc (AIM: AET) is an upstream oil and gas company focused on opportunities in
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