Purchase of Shares & Option Exercises by Directors
CEO and Non-Executive Director purchased shares and exercised options on 6 November 2025.
- Shares purchased by Ferrar 12,669
- Purchase price per share £1.57818
- Options exercised by Ferrar 277,824
- Options exercised by Robinson 617,276
- Cash settlement price per share £1.537668
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The Company (AIM:CAML) was notified on 6 November 2025 that, Gavin Ferrar, Chief Executive Officer and Nigel Robinson, a Non-Executive Director of the Company undertook the following dealings in the Company's ordinary shares of US$0.01 each ('Shares'):-
Purchase of Shares
Mr Ferrar purchased 12,669 Shares on 6 November 2025 at a price of £1.57818 per Share. The Shares were purchased on the open market.
Following this acquisition, Mr Ferrar owns a total of 22,588 Shares.
Exercise of Options
Mr Ferrar and Mr Robinson exercised nominal cost options under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 and the Central Asia Metals Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022 (the Plans) over Ordinary Shares of US$0.01 each in the Company at an exercise price of US$0.01, as set out in the table below. The option exercises were settled by the Company in cash at £1.537668 per share. Under the Plans, the cash settlement price is calculated from the difference between the average of the middle-market quotations (from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange) for the preceding five days and the exercise price of US$0.01. No actual shares were sold or acquired in this process.
| Name | Position | Number of options over Ordinary Shares exercised 1 | Total options remaining post exercise 2 |
| Gavin Ferrar | Chief Executive Officer | 277,824 | 1,063,166 |
| Nigel Robinson | N on-Executive Director | 617,276 | 984,055 |
| 1 includes accrued dividends | |||
| 2 before any adjustments for accrued dividends | |||
| a) | Name | Gavin Ferrar | |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | |
| a) | Name | Central Asia Metals plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800EYQBJZIT64NH43 | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each | |
| Identification code | GB00B67KBV28 | ||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Acquisition of Shares | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £1.57818 Volume(s) 12,669 | |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 12,669 £19,993.96 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 6 November 2025 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | XLON | |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Gavin Ferrar | |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | |
| a) | Name | Central Asia Metals plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800EYQBJZIT64NH43 | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each | |
| Identification code | GB00B67KBV28 | ||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Exercise of nominal cost options over Ordinary Shares in the Company under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 cash settled at an exercise price of £1.537668 per Share. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £1.537668 Volume(s) 277,824 | |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 277,824 £427,201.07 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 6 November 2025 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Nigel Robinson | |
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | |
| a) | Name | Central Asia Metals plc | |
| b) | LEI | 213800EYQBJZIT64NH43 | |
| a) | Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of US$0.01 each | |
| Identification code | GB00B67KBV28 | ||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Exercise of nominal cost options over Ordinary Shares in the Company under the Central Asia Metals Employee Share Plan 2011 and the Central Asia Metals Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022 cash settled at an exercise price of £1.537668 per Share. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £1.537668 Volume(s) 617,276 | |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | 617,276 £949,165.55 | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 6 November 2025 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
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