FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
2 February 2024
CAPRICORN ENERGY PLC
("Capricorn" or "the Company")
Interests of Directors / Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")
in the Company's
Shares
1. Purchase of
Partnership Shares / Award of Matching Shares under the Company's
2010 Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP" or the
"Plan")
Capricorn announces that, on the
dates noted in the table below, the trustee of the Company's HMRC
approved all-employee SIP purchased ordinary shares of
735/143 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") in the market on behalf of Nathan Piper in the
"Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions made from
his gross salary.
Capricorn also announces that, on the
dates noted in the table below, awards of further Ordinary Shares
were made to Nathan Piper under the "Matching Share" element of the
SIP on the basis of two free Matching Shares for every one
Partnership Share purchased. The Ordinary Shares used to satisfy
these awards were previously purchased on the market.
Details of the PDMR who participated
in the purchase / award are as follows:
PDMR
|
Date of
transaction
|
Price per Ordinary
Share*
|
Number of Partnership Shares
Purchased
|
Number of Matching Shares
Awarded
|
Total Number of Shares
Acquired
|
Nathan Piper, Commercial
Director
|
06/11/23
|
£1.7146
|
87
|
174
|
261
|
06/12/23
|
£1.3823
|
109
|
218
|
327
|
08/01/24
|
£1.6532
|
90
|
180
|
270
|
* The figures in this column
represent the price paid for the corresponding Partnership
Shares. No consideration was payable by the PDMR for his
Matching Shares.
In accordance with the rules of the
SIP, Partnership and Matching Shares are initially held by the
Trustee on the participants' behalf and, in the case of Matching
Shares, must normally remain so held throughout a period of five
years from the date of award.
2.
Summary of current
holdings of Executive Directors / PDMRs
Following the above transactions, and on the date of
this announcement, Nathan Pipers' beneficial interests in the
Ordinary Shares of the Company are as follows:
PDMR
|
Previous
Shares*
|
Current Shares
|
% Issued Share Capital
|
Outstanding entitlements under 2017
LTIP
|
Unvested Awards still subject to
performance conditions
|
Vested but unexercised
Awards**
|
Nathan Piper
|
2,107
|
2,965
|
0.003
|
107,700
|
0
|
* This number represents the PDMR's
shareholding as disclosed on 30 October 2023.
** This column includes all
outstanding awards that have vested following the expiry of the
applicable performance period, regardless of whether or not they
are currently capable of being exercised under the rules of the
2017 LTIP.
The following notifications are intended to
satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU
Regulation No 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue
of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
1
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Nathan Piper
|
2
|
Reason for the
notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Commercial Director
|
b)
|
Initial notification/ Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3
|
Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Capricorn Energy PLC
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800ZJEUQ8ZOC9AL24
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Partnership shares purchased under the
Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010).
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£1.7146
|
87
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Not applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
6 November 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Matching shares awarded under the Company's
all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010) on the basis of two free
matching shares for every one partnership share
purchased.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£0.00
|
174
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
- Not
applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
6 November 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
1
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Nathan Piper
|
2
|
Reason for the
notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Commercial Director
|
b)
|
Initial notification/ Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3
|
Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Capricorn Energy PLC
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800ZJEUQ8ZOC9AL24
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Partnership shares purchased under the
Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010).
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£1.3823
|
109
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Not applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
6 December 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Matching shares awarded under the Company's
all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010) on the basis of two free
matching shares for every one partnership share
purchased.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£0.00
|
218
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
- Not
applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
6 December 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
1
|
Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
|
a)
|
Name
|
Nathan Piper
|
2
|
Reason for the
notification
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Commercial Director
|
b)
|
Initial notification/ Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3
|
Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Name
|
Capricorn Energy PLC
|
b)
|
LEI
|
213800ZJEUQ8ZOC9AL24
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Partnership shares purchased under the
Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010).
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£1.6532
|
90
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Not applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
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 735/143 pence
each
|
Identification code
|
GB00BRJ7R218
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Matching shares awarded under the Company's
all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010) on the basis of two free
matching shares for every one partnership share
purchased.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£0.00
|
180
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
- Not
applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2024
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|