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26 September 2025

EnergyPathways plc

("EnergyPathways" or the "Company")

Results for the half year ended 30 June 2025

EnergyPathways (AIM: EPP), an integrated energy transition company, is pleased to announce its unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2025.

Period Highlights:

·    Marram Energy Storage Hub ("MESH") development design selected following pre-FEED activities in conjunction with strategic partners

·    Progress on MESH hybrid compressed-air energy storage project

·    Zenith Energy Ltd. ("Zenith") engaged as the well engineering department for EnergyPathways

·    Preparation for application to the Marine Management Organisation ("MMO") for compressed air storage licence

·    Subscription by existing shareholders and Directors raising £743,692

·    Loss for the period £607,201 (30 June 2024: loss £550,159; 31 December 2024: loss £1,203,671). Cash at year end of £695,335 (31 December 2024: £857,650)

Post period-end:

·    MOU for strategic engagement with Hazer Group Ltd ("Hazer") for use of proprietary hydrogen production technology licensed with KBR Inc ("KBR").

·    Siemens Energy Limited ("Siemens") engaged to carry out feasibility assessment of MESH

·    Costain Group PLC ("Costain") engaged to assess onshore facility options for the MESH integrated energy system

·    Application submitted for direction under Section 35 Planning Act 2008

·    Requirement to submit new gas storage licence application

·    Placing and subscription with warrants to raise £400,000

Ben Clube, EnergyPathways' CEO, commented:

"We have made strong operational progress on MESH in the year to date, having signed strategic agreements with a number of world class contractors to support EnergyPathways through the FEED phase and move the project towards FID status.  We continue to maintain good dialogue with the various silos that comprise the relevant authorities overlooking our planning and licensing and we remain optimistic that we will obtain the requisite approvals to move MESH to the next phase in due course.  Our optimism is underpinned by an unwavering belief that the socioeconomic and environmental benefits of MESH are too valuable for the UK to be overlooked."

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About EnergyPathways

Energy Pathways is developing the Marram Energy Storage Hub, or MESH, in the UK Irish Sea. MESH is designed to be a decarbonised, fully electrified storage facility that can supply natural gas and green hydrogen to the UK market, at scale. The Company is developing the MESH project so that it is wholly in line with the UK government's energy policy and ambitions, to deliver both Energy Security and Net Zero.

Chairman's Statement

I am pleased to provide the following statement to frame strategic progress through the first half of the financial year and outline EnergyPathways' priorities and areas of focus for the remainder of the year.  It has indeed been a very eventful period, both in terms of activities at the Company as well as wider macro events which, in our view, only serve to enhance the relevance and necessity for MESH.

A new 'new' world

The world is undoubtedly going through another shift in the global rhetoric regarding energy industries and this is again causing the sands to shift in terms of global policies around energy transition and security.  The impact of this shift in tone regarding the pace and structure of what a responsible energy transition should look like - and how it can delivered logistically and financially - has resulted in a change of strategy by the Majors who are key players in plugging the investment and skills gaps to deliver the ambitious global decarbonisation targets. 

With Majors scaling back their renewables ambitions and capital becoming harder to access for "renewables investments" as a result of this shift in sentiment and higher interest rate backdrop, we believe the growing pragmatism around decarbonisation requiring an integrated approach rather an "either/or scenario" only serves to underscore the purpose of EnergyPathways.  Furthermore, with an ongoing cost of living crisis in the UK - further aggravated by high energy costs - there is a clear requirement for commercially viable integrated energy storage projects like MESH that can make a major contribution to accelerating the UK energy transition and meeting the Government's 2030 clean energy targets without loading extra costs on to UK consumers.

Aligning with world class partners

In that context, the period has seen EnergyPathways materially advancing the design and planning aspects of its MESH project through the engineering, construction, commissioning and management phases by expanding its collaborative network with industry leading partners.  Building on the critical appointment in December of Wood PLC as lead engineering partner for MESH, we announced the appointment in January of PDi Ltd to provide engineering study support for the tie in of the MESH project to the Marram Field.  Additionally, in June we engaged with Zenith, one of the UK's largest privately owned independent well engineering and project management companies, as a contractor to support the MESH project.  This was further complemented post-period in July by partnering with Costain, Siemens and Hazer.  The calibre of the firms that comprise the MESH partnership cannot be overstated and their strategic engagement with EnergyPathways should be viewed by all stakeholders as a major validation of the quality of our internal and contractor capabilities - as well as endorsement around the technical and commercial viability of the MESH project as a whole. 

In particular, the strategic engagement with Hazer to use its proprietary hydrogen production technology - globally licensed through Hazer's strategic alliance with KBR, provides an insight into the integrated and multi-benefit nature of MESH as we seek to use this technology to develop a bolt-on clean hydrogen facility that will expand the Company's MESH integrated energy storage project to deliver what we think will be the lowest-cost clean hydrogen production in the UK, as well as the technology to capture carbon as synthetic anode-quality graphite.

MESH is a project of national significance

What has become even more apparent through the period is the fact that the UK absolutely requires MESH for the multitude of social, environmental and commercial reasons that we continue to promote to all stakeholders.  As previously announced, post period in August, EnergyPathways received correspondence from The North Sea Transition Authority ("NSTA") in respect of its Gas Storage Licence application.  The Company continues to engage with the NSTA and is reviewing a number of options for taking these forward, which includes amending and resubmitting its Gas Storage Licence application.

We remain optimistic that MESH will obtain the natural gas and hydrogen storage licences in due course and our optimism is underpinned by continued supportive engagement with the various authorities at NSTA and the Department for Energy and Net Zero ("DESNZ").  To support our view of MESH being an infrastructure project of national significance and streamline the planning and consent processes, EnergyPathways made the request for a section 35 direction, which is a process in which an infrastructure developer seeks approval from the Secretary of State for its project to be treated as a project requiring consent through a Development Consent Order (DCO) process under the Planning Act 2008.

Requesting a section 35 direction is a key step in EnergyPathways' process to obtain appropriate consents and recognition from the UK Government of the potential of its integrated MESH energy storage and decarbonisation project to be a project of national significance.  The Company expects to learn the outcome of this application in the near term and will update the market accordingly.

Continued focus on Capital Discipline and Shareholder Alignment

With the acceleration of partner engagement through the period, EnergyPathways strengthened its balance sheet in April through a subscription by existing shareholders and Directors raising £743,692.  Post period end, in August we undertook a further placing with an institutional investors and a subscription to raise a total of £400,000.  The Directors again demonstrated their confidence in the investment proposition and alignment with wider shareholders through participation in both fundraises.  The proceeds provided working capital to progress pre-development activities on MESH.  The Company continues to prioritise capital discipline and maintains a lean model to preserve cash.

During the period, EnergyPathways saw some changes to the Board, with Ben Hodges and Stephen West both stepping down to pursue other business interests, and Max Williams appointed to the Board as Finance Director and Company Secretary.  EnergyPathways is fortunate to have a board with the right mix of skills and experience to deliver on its strategy - and our collective "skin-in-the-game" ensures we are fully focused and incentivised to deliver long-term value creation for our shareholders.

In summary, it has been a very eventful period through which we remained fully focused on delivering MESH, with a strong belief that the change in backdrop to Energy Transition only amplifies the necessity of our project for the benefit of the UK and its people.  We have delivered significant operational progress in collaboration with our world class partners and have taken meaningful strides towards Final Investment Decision ("FID").  The focus for the remainder of the year will be to continue progressing the pre-FEED elements of MESH and build on our constructive engagement with the relevant authorities to obtain the outstanding approvals to move MESH into the next phase.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

All operations are continuing.