Grant of Share Options

23 September 2021

Deltic Energy Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: DELT / Sector: Natural Resources

Deltic Energy Plc ("Deltic" or the "Company")

Grant of share options

Notification of transactions by directors/persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Deltic Energy Plc, the AIM quoted natural resources investing company with a high impact exploration and appraisal portfolio focused on the Southern North Sea, announces that the Company has granted options over a total of 34,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to its Directors, senior management and employees (the "Options"). The Options have been granted at an exercise price of 2.05 pence each, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 22 September 2021, the latest practicable date prior to this announcement.

The Options have been granted as a mixture of qualifying and non-qualifying options pursuant to the Company's Enterprise Management Incentives Plan and are subject to certain share price performance criteria as detailed below.

The Options may vest in three equal tranches over three years, subject to meeting certain share price performance criteria and are exercisable, to the extent vested, until 10 years from the date of grant. The first tranche of one third of the Options may vest after one year from the date of grant, subject to the Company's share price increasing by at least 25% over the exercise price and remaining at or above that level for at least 30 consecutive days. The second tranche of one third of the Options may vest after two years, subject to the Company's share price increasing by at least 50% over the exercise price and remaining at or above that level for at least 30 consecutive days. The third and final tranche may vest after three years, subject to the Company's share price increasing by at least 75% over the exercise price and remaining at or above that level for at least 30 consecutive days. The earliest the Options may be exercised is three years following the date of grant.

Directors and Senior Management

The following Options have been granted to Deltic's Directors and Senior Management:

Other Senior Staff and Employees

A further 9,000,000 Options have been granted to certain other senior staff and employees at the same exercise price of 2.05 pence per Ordinary Share.

The Options awarded today are equivalent to 2.4% of the Company's current issued share capital. In total, 128,840,450 options over ordinary shares in the Company are now outstanding, representing approximately 9.2% of the Company's current issued share capital. The total number of Ordinary Shares currently in issue is 1,405,964,855.  The FCA notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation is appended below.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

**ENDS**

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Notes to Editors

Deltic has created a strategically located portfolio of high-quality gas exploration licences in the Southern North Sea over several licensing rounds.  These licences are located in areas that have been underexplored despite significant discoveries such as Tolmount, Breagh, Pegasus and Cygnus, most of which have gone on to be developed and could provide ready access to export infrastructure for future developments on Deltic's licence acreage.