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19 April 2023
Angus Energy Plc
("Angus Energy", the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
(AIM:ANGS)
Finalisation of Management Changes and Issue of Options
Further to the announcement of 2 March 2023 and Angus's vision of becoming a significant player in the aggregation, production and storage of gas, the Company is pleased to finalise the appointment of Richard Herbert as Chief Executive Director, George Lucan as Executive Chairman and Patrick Clanwilliam as Non-Executive Director.
The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Kaye as (non-board) Director of UK Operations. Tim has worked with Angus since September 2022, leading the project to install and commission the second gas compressor at Saltfleetby, which is now operating. He brings extensive operations experience from the North Sea, both with BP and Enquest.
Issue of Options
The Company has also agreed the grant of 103 million share options, representing 2.87% of the Company's issued share capital, under the Company's existing Employee Incentive Schemes (the "Options") to Directors and other members of staff.
The share options to be granted were proposed by the remuneration committee and approved by the Board as part of the Company's annual share option grants; the most recent grant of which was on 24 October 2022. The conditional share options are as follows:
Richard Herbert* 70,000,000
Other employees 33,000,000
*Director of the Company
The share options have an exercise price of 1.8 pence per share (being a premium of 7% to the closing price on 18 April 2023) (the "Exercise Price") and vest as to 100 per cent., upon the closing mid-market price of the Ordinary Shares being 3 pence or above (being 66 per cent. above the Exercise Price). The options have a 10 year term from the date of issue. The total award to Directors represents 1.95% of the Company's issued share capital.
Following the grant of the share options outlined above, the total share options outstanding will be 345,100,892 representing approximately 9.61% of the 3,590,393,701 ordinary shares in issue.
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For further information on the Company, please visit www.angusenergy.co.uk or contact:
Enquiries:
Angus Energy Plc www.angusenergy.co.uk
George Lucan Tel: +44 (0) 208 899 6380
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) www.beaumontcornish.com
James Biddle / Roland Cornish Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396
WH Ireland Limited (Broker)
Katy Mitchell / Harry Ansell Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666
Flagstaff PR/IR angus@flagstaffcomms.com
Tim Thompson / Fergus Mellon Tel: +44 (0) 207 129 1474
Aleph Commodities info@alephcommodities.com
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"anticipates", "projects", "expects", "intends", "may", "will", "seeks", "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events or intentions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this Announcement and include statements regarding the Company's and the Directors' intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, amongst other things, the Company's prospects, growth and strategy. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The Company's actual performance, achievements and financial condition may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this Announcement. In addition, even if the Company's results of operations, performance, achievements and financial condition are consistent with the forward-looking statements in this Announcement, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Any forward-looking statements that the Company makes in this Announcement speak only as of the date of such statement and (other than in accordance with their legal or regulatory obligations) neither the Company, nor the Bookrunner nor Beaumont Cornish nor any of their respective associates, directors, officers or advisers shall be obliged to update such statements. Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance, unless expressed as such, and should only be viewed as historical data.
Beaumont Cornish Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as nominated adviser to the Company in relation to the matters referred herein. Beaumont Cornish Limited is acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in relation to the matters described in this announcement and is not advising any other person and accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Beaumont Cornish Limited, or for providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matter referred to in it.