Director/PDMR Shareholding
Capricorn Energy PLC announced that on October 6, 2026, the trustee of its Share Incentive Plan purchased 420 partnership shares at £4.28 each on behalf of Commercial Director Nathan Piper, who also received 840 matching shares for free. Following these transactions, Nathan Piper's beneficial interest in the company's shares increased to 14,594, representing 0.02% of the issued share capital, with additional outstanding entitlements under long-term incentive plans.
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- Purchase of Partnership Shares / Award of Matching Shares under the Company's 2010 Share Incentive Plan (the “SIP”)
Capricorn announces that, on 6 October 2026, the trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Company's HMRC approved all-employee SIP purchased ordinary shares of 799/122 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in the market at a price of £4.28 per Ordinary Share on behalf of participants in the "Partnership Share" element of the SIP using deductions made from their gross salary.
Capricorn also announces that, on 6 October 2026, awards of further Ordinary Shares were made to the participants under the "Matching Share" element of the SIP on the basis of two free Matching Shares for every one Partnership Share purchased. The Ordinary Shares used to satisfy these awards were previously purchased in the market.
Details of the PDMR who participated in the purchase / award are as follows:
| PDMR | Number of Partnership Shares Purchased | Number of Matching Shares Awarded | Total Number of Shares Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Piper, Commercial Director | 420 | 840 | 1,260 |
In accordance with the rules of the SIP, Partnership and Matching Shares are initially held by the Trustee on the participants' behalf and, in the case of Matching Shares, must normally remain so held throughout a period of five years from the date of award.
Summary of current holdings of PDMR
Following this announcement, Nathan Piper’s beneficial interests in the Shares of the Company are as follows:
| PDMR | Previous Shares | Current Shares | % Issued Share Capital | Outstanding entitlements under 2017 LTIP and DBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards still subject to performance conditions | Awards not subject to performance conditions * | ||||
| Nathan Piper | 13,334 | 14,594 | 0.02 | 299,218 | 8,891 |
* This column includes (i) all outstanding awards under the 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (“2017 LTIP”) that have vested following the expiry of the applicable performance period; and (ii) all outstanding awards under the Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”), the vesting of which is not subject to performance condition satisfaction.
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company’s obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Nathan Piper | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Commercial Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
| a) | Name | Capricorn Energy PLC | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800ZJEUQ8ZOC9AL24 | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 799/122 pence each | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BNKT5L33 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Partnership shares purchased under the Company’s all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010). | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information — Aggregated volume — Price | - Not applicable | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 799/122 pence each | ||||
| Identification code | GB00BNKT5L33 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Matching shares awarded under the Company’s all-employee Share Incentive Plan (2010) on the basis of two free matching shares for every one partnership share purchased. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information — Aggregated volume — Price | - Not applicable | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 6 October 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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