Grant of Deferred Share Awards

RNS Number : 5466R

Chariot Oil & Gas Ld

15 June 2018

 

15 June 2018

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited

("Chariot", the "Company" or the "Group")

Grant of Deferred Share Awards

In line with best practice corporate governance for AIM companies, Chariot aims to remunerate its Executive Team through an appropriate mix of cash and share awards, thus aligning their interests with those of its Shareholders. With this purpose the Annual Executives' Bonus Scheme looks to reward the achievement of pre-defined corporate performance targets through the grant of deferred bonus share awards based on the extent to which these targets were achieved during 2017.

As a result, under the 2017 Executives' Bonus Scheme, the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") were granted deferred bonus share awards in the form of nil cost options over Ordinary Shares on 15 June 2018 under the Company's Long Term Incentive Share Scheme. Subject to continued employment, these share awards will vest on 1 January 2021 and will remain exercisable until 14 June 2028.

PDMR	Position	Number of Shares Awarded
Larry Bottomley	Chief Executive Officer	561,539
Julian Maurice-Williams	Chief Financial Officer	212,308

This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

For further information please contact: Chariot Oil & Gas Limited Larry Bottomley, CEO [phone] finnCap (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Matt Goode, Christopher Raggett (Corporate Finance) [phone] Celicourt Communications (Financial PR) Henry Lerwill [phone]

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT CHARIOT

Chariot Oil & Gas Limited is an independent oil and gas exploration group. It holds licences covering two blocks in Namibia, three blocks in Morocco and four blocks in the Barreirinhas Basin offshore Brazil. All of these blocks are currently in the exploration phase.

The ordinary shares of Chariot Oil & Gas Limited are admitted to trading on the AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange under the symbol 'CHAR'.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Larry Bottomley
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chariot Oil & Gas Limited
b)	LEI	21380046DOGKITYU6X54
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	Option over Ordinary Shares.
	Identification code	ISIN for Chariot Oil & Gas Limited Ordinary Shares: GG00B2R9PM06
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of option over Ordinary Shares. In accordance with the Company's Long Term Incentive Share Scheme this option will vest on 1 January 2021 and will remain exercisable until 14 June 2028.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 561,539
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	Not applicable, single transaction.
e)	Date of the transaction	15 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Julian Maurice-Williams
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chariot Oil & Gas Limited
b)	LEI	21380046DOGKITYU6X54
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	Option over Ordinary Shares.
	Identification code	ISIN for Chariot Oil & Gas Limited Ordinary Shares: GG00B2R9PM06
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of option over Ordinary Shares. In accordance with the Company's Long Term Incentive Share Scheme this option will vest on 1 January 2021 and will remain exercisable until 14 June 2028.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 212,308
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	Not applicable, single transaction.
e)	Date of the transaction	15 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.

 

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