16 February 2024
Tower Resources plc
Grant of Options under Annual Long Term Incentive Plan
Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN)), the AIM listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, announces that it has made an annual award of share options under its Long Term Incentive plan ("LTIP").
The share options (the "Options"), over a total of 1,182,000,000 new ordinary shares ("Shares") in the capital of the Company, were awarded on 15 February 2024 at an exercise price of 0.018 pence per ordinary share, being the same as the price of the share subscription announced that same day. The Options will vest in three equal tranches being 12, 24 and 36 months respectively after issue and will expire, if not previously exercised, on the fifth anniversary of their issue, and will be governed by the terms of the Company's existing share option scheme (the "Scheme"). The award of options under the LTIP is an annual event, which normally takes place in the first quarter of each year.
Details of the grant to directors, PDMRs and consultants are set out below:
| Director/PDMR | Existing number of options | Number of new options granted | Total number of options held following issue |
| Jeremy Asher‡ | 420,000,000 | 800,000,000 | 1,220,000,000 |
| Honore Dairou | 142,000,000 | 270,000,000 | 412,000,000 |
| Consultants | 22,500,000 | 88,000,000 | 110,500,000 |
| Others | 5,500,000 | 24,000,000 | 29,500,000 |
| TOTAL | 590,000,000 | 1,182,000,000 | 1,772,000,000 |
‡ Held by Pegasus Petroleum Ltd, which is owned and controlled by Jeremy Asher
Options in issue
Following the above issue of Options, the total number of Options in issue is 1,772,000,000 equating to 8.9% of the Company's enlarged share capital assuming full exercise of all warrants and share options.
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Contacts:
| Tower Resources plc Jeremy Asher Chairman & CEO
Andrew Matharu VP - Corporate Affairs
| +44 20 7157 9625
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| BlytheRay Financial PR Tim Blythe Megan Ray | +44 20 7138 3208 |
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| SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP Stuart Gledhill Caroline Rowe Kasia Brzozowska
| +44 20 3470 0470 |
| Axis Capital Markets Limited Lewis Jones Ben Tadd | +44 203 026 2689 |
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| Novum Securities Ltd Jon Bellis Colin Rowbury
| +44 20 7399 9400 |
| Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited John Prior Hugh Rich
| +44 20 7886 2500 |
About Tower Resources
Tower Resources plc is an AIM listed energy company building a balanced portfolio of energy opportunities in Africa across the exploration and production cycle in oil and gas and beyond. The Company's current focus is on advancing its operations in Cameroon to deliver cash flow through short-cycle development and rapid production with long term upside, and de-risking attractive exploration licenses through acquiring 3D seismic data in the emerging oil and gas provinces of Namibia and South Africa, where world-class discoveries have recently been made.
Tower's strategy is centred around stable jurisdictions that the Company knows well and that offer excellent fiscal terms. Through its Directors, staff and strategic relationship with EPI Group, Tower has access to decades of expertise and experience in Cameroon and Namibia, and its joint venture with New Age builds on years of experience in South Africa.
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM:
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name: | 1) Jeremy Asher 2) Honore Dairou | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status: | 1) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 2) Director Tower Resources Cameroon S.A | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment: | Initial notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name: | Tower Resources PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI: | 2138002J9VH6PN7P2B09 | ||||
| 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: Identification code: | Ordinary Shares of 0.001 pence each GB00BZ6D6J81
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| b) | Nature of the transaction: | Grant of Share Options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s): |
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| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price: | Single transaction as in 4 c) above
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| e) | Date of the transaction: | 15 February 2024 19:00 GMT | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction: | Outside a trading venue | ||||
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