Mr. Jason Gray reports
ECORA ROYALTIES PLC ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS, TREASURY & VOTING RIGHTS
On March 26, 2026, Ecora Royalties PLC transferred 147,586 ordinary shares of two pence each in the company out of treasury, to satisfy exercises of options by Marc Bishop Lafleche, chief executive officer, and Kevin Flynn, chief financial officer.
Mr. Bishop Lafleche and Mr. Flynn exercised 113,379 and 34,207 nil cost option awards granted under the company's long-term inventive plan (LTIP) on March 26, 2026, respectively. Of the awards exercised by Mr. Bishop Lafleche, 60,711 vested on May 12, 2025, following the assessment of performance conditions which are disclosed in the 2024 remuneration report on pages 117 and 118 of the 2024 annual report and accounts.
The balance of awards exercised by Mr. Bishop Lafleche (52,668 awards) and those exercised by Mr. Flynn related to awards that vested on Feb. 24, 2026, following the assessment of the performance conditions which are disclosed in the 2025 remuneration report on page 84 of the 2025 annual report and accounts. Subsequently, Mr. Bishop Lafleche and Mr. Flynn sold 53,502 and 16,142 shares, respectively, at an average price of 1.2437 pounds sterling per share, to satisfy income tax associated with the awards.
On March 26, 2026, awards of shares were made under the company's LTIP at nil cost, with Mr. Bishop Lafleche granted 680,878 awards and Mr. Flynn granted 414,662 awards as detailed below. A share price of 1.2652 pounds sterling, being the five-day volume-weighted average price before grant as approved by the company's remuneration committee, has been used to determine the number of shares awarded.
The LTIP provides directors with shares awarded on a conditional basis as determined by the remuneration committee. These awards will vest in March, 2029, subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions linked to total shareholder return, portfolio contribution and adjusted earnings per share as detailed on page 80 of the 2025 annual report and accounts. Any vested shares will then be subject to a further holding period of two years and will be released in March, 2031.
Total voting rights
Following the above transfer, the company's issued capital consisted of 261,732,553 shares, of which 12,131,486 shares were held in treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the company is 249,601,067. This number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
These transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange.
Director share dealings -- further information
In accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, the relevant FCA notification is set out in the attached table.
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