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Longboat Energy PLC

05 July 2021

5 July 2021

Longboat Energy plc

("Longboat Energy", "the Company" or "Longboat")

Notification of Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")

Long Term Incentive Plan Award

Longboat Energy, established by the former management team of Faroe Petroleum plc to build a significant North Sea-focused E&P business, announces a conditional award made under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ( the "LTIP" or "Plan") to a PDMR of the Company.

The Plan

The Plan is an employee share plan designed to provide incentivisation and retention for management personnel of the Company over a three-year period (the "Performance Period"). The terms of the Plan were summarised in the Notice of AGM dated 28 May 2020.

The Company may issue 15% of its share capital within a ten-year period to satisfy awards to participants in the Plan, the Founders Incentive Plan, the Co-Investment Plan and any other share plan operated by the Company under which shares are issued.

Conditional Awards

The Company's Remuneration Committee, which is made up exclusively of Non-Executive Directors, has made a conditional award under the Plan to Nick Ingrassia, Corporate Development Director (the "Award") in the form of an option to acquire 536,700 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company (the "Nil Cost Options") representing 0.95% of the Company's current issued share capital .

The Award is conditional upon the completion of the Farm-ins and associated reverse take-over ("RTO"), as approved by shareholders at the General Meeting of 28 June 2021. In the event that the RTO does not occur, the Award shall lapse.

Performance Conditions

The Award's performance conditions and vesting criteria are summarised below. T he total shareholder return ("TSR") performance period will be measured from the award date of 2 July 2021 to the end of the original performance period of 23 September 2023.

 
 Longboat Energy TSR growth per      Percentage of LTIP Option Vesting 
              annum 
 Below 15%                                          Nil 
                                 ---------------------------------------- 
 15%                                                50% 
                                 ---------------------------------------- 
 26%                                               100% 
                                 ---------------------------------------- 
 Between 15% and 26%              Between 50% and 100% on a straight-line 
                                                   basis 
                                 ---------------------------------------- 
 

S ubject to meeting the performance conditions, the Award will vest on 23 September 2023 and then be subject to a further two-year holding period.

Notification of Deal Forms of each PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/persons closely associated 
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 a)   Name                                                      Nicholas Ingrassia 
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 2.   Reason for notification 
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 a)   Position/Status                                           Business Development Director 
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 b)   Initial notification/amendment                            Initial notification 
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 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                                                      Longboat Energy plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                       213800D1D587TB36ST68 
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 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          Ordinary Shares of GBP0.10 each in the capital of 
      instrument and identification code                        Longboat Energy plc ISIN: GB00BKFW2482 
---  --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of transaction                                     Grant of options under the Longboat Energy plc Long 
                                                                Term Incentive Plan 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                     Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                                                 ---------  --------------- 
                                                                  Nil        536,700 shares 
                                                                 ---------  --------------- 
---  --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated Information                                    n/a 
---  --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of transaction                                       2 July 2021 
---  --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of transaction                                      XOFF 
---  --------------------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------- 
 

This announcement does not contain inside information

 
 
   Enquiries: 
 Longboat Energy                         via FTI 
 Helge Hammer, Chief Executive Officer 
 Jon Cooper, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 Stifel (Nomad)                          Tel: +44 20 7710 7600 
 Callum Stewart 
  Jason Grossman 
  Simon Mensley 
  Ashton Clanfield 
 
 FTI Consulting (PR adviser)             Tel: +44 20 3727 1000 
 Ben Brewerton 
  Sara Powell 
  Ntobeko Chidavaenzi                    longboatenergy@fticonsulting.com 
 

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