Share Options; The Reality15 Nov 2025 11:25
Heywood and others have swapped options for actual shares:
heywood: Options cancelled: ~75.75m (4p, 1.325p and nil-cost). Receives: 57,143,382 new/assigned shares. Now owns 134,139,905 shares, c. 13.3% of voting rights once admitted.
Other also receive sizeable share blocks but no longer hold options.
Management now have more vested interest in success, but no longer needs the share price to reach 4p or 1.325p (original options prices) to unlock value. Those cancelled options are well above the current price, incentively, those are underwater, so they only pay out if the price performs, but free options given to people no longer working there which is not ideal.
The company gives a fully-diluted reduction labelled as 0.8%, but the raw numbers imply about –2.7% suggesting deception. Its not carelessness and serves to create further confusion.
heywood now now has circa 13% plus other insiders’ holdings means the boardroom vote is stronger, which MAY be good (they are locked in and motivated). However the downside is that its harder for shareholders to force change, depending on TRUST in the current strategy. If its ’s a housekeeping move pre-CCS farm-out,: to clean up the mess of old incentive plans, removing EBT distortion, and standardising everything ahead of a potentially transformational 12–18 months then potentially a good thing. The real drivers remaining are the CCS proof-of-concept, Project III farm-out, and Project IV farm-in completion.
Fridays trading flat close, tiny volume, wide spread suggests “indifference / no strong view” rather than fear or excitement potentially viewed as administrative clean-up. Serious holders view this as positive, hold, wait for CCS / Project III / Project IV catalysts. Others might dislike these optics but clearly not enough to sell given the tiny volumes. Either way, trading says more about a lack of interest/liquidity than about a strong view on the RNS itself.
The RNS is structural hygiene which slightly improves long-term outlook, but doesn’t move valuation. The real share-price catalysts remain: CCS performance/scaling news, Project III gas farm-out terms, Project IV drilling progress/results and KRT-39ST slim-hole data.
Despite all the above heywood remains the problem. He cannot read the room and clearly doesn't give a damn about the shareholders. He needs to be explicitly clear about the company's intentions, provide evidence of alignment, not just words, reassurance on process, not outcomes and delivering operationally.
The fastest way to make de-listing fears fade is simply to execute CCS progress/Project III farm-out/Project IV drilling success. Only consistent actions, aligned incentives, and tangible operational progress will prove heywood is aligned with shareholders. He needs to demonstrate true alignment, not just language, less “quantum leap”, more delivery vs timelines; visible, personal alignment, buying stock on the same