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Tower Resources PLC - Issue of Warrants to Directors
1st July 2024, 06:00
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Tower Resources PLC
01 July 2024
 

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1 July 2024

Tower Resources plc

("Tower" or the "Company")

Issue of Warrants to Directors

 

Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN)), the AIM listed oil and gas company with its focus on Africa, announces the following issue of warrants to Directors and a consultant to the Company in lieu of fees. 

 

Warrants are being issued in lieu of £30,000 (in aggregate) of Directors fees to Paula Brancato and Mark Enfield (both Non-Executive Directors), and Jeremy Asher (as Chairman) in settlement of fees due for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024, to conserve the Company's working capital.

 

The warrants are exercisable at a strike price of 0.018 pence ("Warrants"), which is a premium of 29% to the mid-point closing share price on 28 June 2024. The Warrants are exercisable for a period of 5 years from the date of issue and those being issued are detailed below:

 

Director

Number of Warrants being issued

Total number of Warrants held including this issue*

Shareholding upon exercise of total number of Warrants held

% of issued share capital upon exercise of Warrants

Jeremy Asher

142,857,142

554,266,437

2,261,522,219

11.6%

Paula Brancato

71,428,571

256,129,357

256,129,357

1.3%

Mark Enfield

71,428,571

254,285,509

256,163,055

1.3%

*Warrants are held at different prices.

 

As previously announced, the Directors will consider issuing further warrants in lieu of fees for each calendar quarter based on the closing price of the shares and the warrant valuation on the last day of the previous quarter and will make an election and announce the issue of warrants (if so elected) at the earliest opportunity in each calendar quarter. This election will be made by the Board with each Director taking into consideration the working capital position of the Company.

 

The Company also announces the issue of 71,428,571 warrants, on the same terms as the Warrants issued to Directors to Mr Duncan Rushworth, a consultant to the Company, in lieu of fees for work for the Company during the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024.

Warrants in issue

Following the above issue of Warrants the total number of Warrants in issue is 1,741,482,955 equating to 8.1% 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

 

BlytheRay

Financial PR

Tim Blythe

Megan Ray

+44 20 7138 3208

 

 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Stuart Gledhill

Kasia Brzozowska

 

+44 20 3470 0470

Novum Securities Limited
Joint Broker

Jon Beliss

Colin Rowbury

+44 20 7399 9400

 

 

Axis Capital Markets Limited
Joint Broker

Richard Hutchison

 

+44 203 026 2689

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Joint Broker

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:

Mark Enfield

2.     

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status:

Non-Executive Director

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

 

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Warrants in lieu of Directors fees

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

71,428,571

 

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume:

Price:

Single transaction as in 4 c) above

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

71,428,571



 

e)

Date of the transaction:

1 July 2024

07:00 BST

f)

Place of the transaction:

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 

1.     

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name:

Paula Brancato

2.     

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status:

Non-Executive Director

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

 

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Warrants in lieu of Directors fees

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

71,428,571

 

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume:

Price:

Single transaction as in 4 c) above

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

71,428,571



 

e)

Date of the transaction:

1 July 2024

07:00 BST

f)

Place of the transaction:

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

1.     

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name:

Jeremy Asher

2.     

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status:

Chairman and 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:

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

 

b)

Nature of the transaction:

Warrants in lieu of Directors fees

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

142,857,142

 

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume:

Price:

Single Transaction as in 4 c) above

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0.018 pence

142,857,142



 

e)

Date of the transaction:

1 July 2024

07:00 BST

f)

Place of the transaction:

Outside a trading venue

 

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