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Pan African Resources Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding

        
          Pan African Resources PLC
        

(Incorporated and registered in England
and Wales under the Companies Act 1985     Pan African Resources Funding Company
with registered number 3937466 on 25       Limited
February 2000)
                                           Incorporated in the Republic of South
Share code on LSE: PAF                     Africa with limited liability

Share code on JSE: PAN                     Registration number: 2012/021237/06

ISIN: GB0004300496                         Alpha code: PARI

ADR ticker code: PAFRY

(‘Pan African Resources’ or the ‘Company’)





 

 

DIRECTOR’S DEALINGS IN SECURITIES

 

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

 

The Company announces that it received notification on 14 May 2026 of the expiry of the equity funded transactions entered into by LTS Ventures (Pty) Ltd (“LTS”), an entity associated with the Chief Executive Officer, Cobus Loots, as previously announced to the market on 14 May 2024.

The expiry of the transactions entailed the following:

    --  The termination of the pledge and cession over 3,007,222 ordinary shares
        of 1p each in Pan African Resources, as security for a ZAR 11,340,187.01
        loan advanced to LTS for a term of 2 years from May 2024
    --  Disposal of 2,609,616 ordinary shares of 1p each in Pan African
        Resources to,   inter alia  , settle the loan and derivative obligations
        under the collar structure, at a price of ZAR33.03 per share

Following these transactions, Mr Loots has an indirect beneficial interest of 2,187,538 ordinary shares, representing 0.0937% of the Company's issued share capital and a direct beneficial interest of 1,148,700 ordinary shares, representing 0.04922% of the Company's issued share capital.

The below information and notification are made in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the JSE Listings Requirements.

 

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|  | Details of the person discharging   |                                     |
|1.|managerial responsibilities/person   |                                     |
|  |closely associated                   |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Cobus Loots                          |
|a)|Name:                                |                                     |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  | Reason for the notification         |                                     |
|2.|                                     |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|a)|Position/status:                     |Chief Executive Officer              |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|b)|Initial notification/Amendment:      |Initial notification                 |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  | Details of the issuer, emission     |                                     |
|  |allowance market participant, auction|                                     |
|3.|platform, auctioneer or auction      |                                     |
|  |monitor                              |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|a)|Company name:                        |Pan African Resources PLC            |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|b)|LEI:                                 |213800EAXURCXMX6RL85                 |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  | Details of the transaction(s):      |                                     |
|  |section to be repeated for (i) each  |                                     |
|  |type of instrument; (ii) each type of|                                     |
|4.|transaction; (iii) each date; and    |                                     |
|  |(iv) each place where transactions   |                                     |
|  |have been conducted                  |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |Description of the financial         |Ordinary shares of 1p each           |
|  |instrument, type of instrument:      |                                     |
|a)|                                     |                                     |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|  |                                     |Identification code: GB0004300496    |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Trade 1: Termination of the pledge   |
|  |                                     |and cession                          |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|b)|Nature of the transaction:           |Trade 2: Settlement of collar and    |
|  |                                     |financing transaction through        |
|  |                                     |disposal of shares                   |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Trade 1: Termination of pledge and   |
|  |                                     |cession over 3,007,222 shares        |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|c)|Price(s) and volume(s):              |Trade 2: Settlement of collar and    |
|  |                                     |financing transaction to the value of|
|  |                                     |ZAR86,058,228.52 through disposal of |
|  |                                     |2,609,616 shares at a price of       |
|  |                                     |ZAR33.03 per share.                  |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Trade 1: No value                    |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|  |                                     |Trade 2: Disposal value of           |
|  |Aggregated information:              |ZAR86,195,616.50, of which a portion |
|d)|                                     |was utilised to settle the collar and|
|  |                                     |financing transaction to the value of|
|  |                                     |ZAR86,058,228.52                     |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|  |                                     |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|e)|Dates of the transactions:           |Trade 1 and 2: 11 May 2026           |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|f)|Place of the transactions:           |Trade 1 and 2: Johannesburg Stock    |
|  |                                     |Exchange                             |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|


 

Additional information disclosed in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements:

 ______________________________________________________________________________
|a)|Nature of interest of executive:     |Trade 1 and 2: Indirect beneficial   |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Trade 1: Off-market                  |
|b)|On-market or off-market:             |                                     |
|  |                                     |Trade 2: On-market                   |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |Clearance given in terms of paragraph|                                     |
|c)|6.83 of the JSE Listings             |Yes                                  |
|  |Requirements:                        |                                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Trade 1: Market value of the pledged |
|  |                                     |shares of ZAR100,050,275.94, based on|
|  |                                     |the prevailing market price on the   |
|  |                                     |JSE of ZAR33.27 per share on 13 May  |
|  |                                     |2026                                 |
|d)|Total value of transactions          |                                     |
|  |                                     |Trade 2: Disposal value of           |
|  |                                     |ZAR86,195,616.50, of which a portion |
|  |                                     |was utilised to settle the collar and|
|  |                                     |financing transaction to the value of|
|  |                                     |ZAR86,058,228.52                     |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|
|  |                                     |Indirect beneficial 2,187,538        |
|  |                                     |ordinary shares                      |
|e)|Holding following transactions:      |                                     |
|  |                                     |Direct beneficial 1,148,700 ordinary |
|  |                                     |shares                               |
|__|_____________________________________|_____________________________________|


 

 

Johannesburg

 

15 May 2026

 

For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at

www.panafricanresources.com

 


 Corporate information

 Corporate Office

The Firs Building                        Registered Office

2nd Floor, Office 204                   107 Cheapside, 2 nd  Floor

Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues     London, EC2V 6DN

Rosebank, Johannesburg                  United Kingdom

South Africa                            Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706

Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900                 jane.kirton@corpserv.co.ukinfo@paf.co.za

 Chief Executive Officer                 Financial Director and debt officer

Cobus Loots                             Marileen Kok

Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900             Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900

 Head: Investor Relations

Hethen Hira                             Website:   www.panafricanresources.com
Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
E-mail:   hhira@paf.co.za

 Company Secretary                       Joint Broker

Jane Kirton                             Ross Allister/Georgia Langoulant

 St James's Corporate Services Limited   Peel Hunt LLP

Office: + 44 (0)20 3869 0706            Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900

 JSE Sponsor & JSE Debt Sponsor          Joint Broker

Ciska Kloppers                          Thomas Rider/Nick Macann

 Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary  BMO Capital Markets Limited
Limited
                                        Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
Office: + 27 (0) 63 482 3802

                                         Joint Broker

                                        Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee

                                         Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG
                                        (Berenberg)

                                        Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800