14 January 2022 

Pharos Energy plc

("Pharos" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

INCREASES IN DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company announces that on, 13 January 2022, three of its Directors increased their shareholdings pursuant to the purchase of shares in the market, and the vesting and exercise of awards ("Awards") under the Company's Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2014 ("DSBP") over ordinary shares of £0.05 each in the Company ("Shares").

Purchase of Shares by Jann Brown

Jann Brown, the Managing Director of the Company, purchased 381,909 Shares at a purchase price of £0.24875 per Share. The Shares were purchased on the open market.

Including the shares acquired through the vesting and exercise of DSBP Awards set out below, Jann Brown acquired a total of 820,080 Shares. Following these acquisitions, Jann owns a total of 1,536,692 representing 0.347% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).

Vesting and Exercise of Deferred Bonus Awards

The DSBP Awards vested and exercised are set out in the table below. The Awards were originally granted in 2019 and 2020 to vest and become exercisable after two years at nil cost in respect of a proportion of the performance related annual bonus earned in the 2018 and 2019 financial years.

1. 14,596,613 Shares (3.298%) are held personally by E Story. 1,675,000 Shares (0.379%) are held through The Story Family Trust, a closely associated person to Ed Story.

2. Jann Brown satisfied all tax liabilities arising on exercise personally and no Shares were sold to cover this.

The shares delivered to the Directors under the DSBP are from those held by the Pharos employee benefit trust to satisfy such Awards. There is therefore no increase in the issued share capital of the Company as a result of the vesting and exercise of these Awards. 

For further information, please contact:

Pharos Energy plc                                                                                                                                   Tel: 0207 603 1515

Tony Hunter, Company Secretary

Notes to editors

Pharos Energy plc is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on sustainable growth and returns to stakeholders, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Pharos has production, development and/or exploration interests in Egypt, Vietnam and Israel. In Egypt, until completion of the farm-out to IPR Energy announced on 15 September 2021 (the "Farm-out Transaction"), Pharos holds a 100% working interest in the El Fayum oil Concession in the Western Desert. The Concession produces from 10 fields and is located 80 km southwest of Cairo. It is operated by Petrosilah, a 50/50 JV between Pharos and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). Similarly, until completion of the Farm-Out Transaction occurs, Pharos is also an operator with a 100% working interest in the North Beni Suef (NBS) Concession, which is located immediately south of the El Fayum Concession. In Vietnam, Pharos has a 30.5% working interest in Block 16-1 which contains 97% of the Te Giac Trang (TGT) field and is operated by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company. Pharos' unitised interest in the TGT field is 29.7%. Pharos also has a 25% working interest in the Ca Ngu Vang (CVN) field located in Block 9-2, which is operated by the Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company. Blocks 16-1 and 9-2 are located in the shallow water Cuu Long Basin, offshore southern Vietnam. Pharos also holds a 70% interest in and is designated operator of Blocks 125 & 126, located in the moderate to deep water Phu Khanh Basin, north east of the Cuu Long Basin, offshore central Vietnam. In Israel, Pharos together with Capricorn Energy PLC (formerly known as Cairn Energy PLC) and Israel's Ratio Oil Exploration, have eight licences offshore Israel. Each party has an equal working interest and Capricorn Energy is the operator.