20 February 2024

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc

("Borders & Southern" or the "Company")

Grant of Employee Share Options

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc (AIM: BOR), the London based independent oil and gas exploration company with assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announces that the Remunerations Committee has agreed to issue options over a total of 30,800,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of 2.3 pence ("Options"), being the closing mid-market price on the London Stock Exchange on 19 February 2024. The options vest on 20 February 2027 and expire on 19 February 2034.

The Options represent in aggregate 4.21% of the existing issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company and have been issued in line with the Company's ongoing incentive plans.  

Harry Dobson, Non-Executive Chairman, said:

"The share option scheme was put in place to provide material incentives for the key executives to successfully execute the Company's business plan.  Given the expiry of the majority of the options under the scheme, the Board has determined that new incentives should be provided and this award provides these, aligning the executives' interests with those of shareholders."

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Notes to Editors:

Borders & Southern Petroleum plc is an oil & gas exploration company listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM (BOR). The Company operates and has a 100% interest in three Production Licences in the South Falkland Basin covering an area of nearly 10,000 square kilometres. The Company has acquired 2,517 square kilometres of 3D seismic and drilled two exploration wells, making a significant gas condensate discovery with its first well.

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