Ambeon Capital to issue up to 10 m shares for ESOP

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Ambeon Capital PLC said its Board has approved the establishment of an Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) to grant share options to senior management roles across the Ambeon Group, including executives holding permanent or fixed-term positions in its subsidiaries.

The company said the ESOP will allow eligible employees to purchase ordinary shares in Ambeon Capital, with the total number of shares to be issued capped at 10 million. If fully exercised, the allotment would represent about one percent of the company’s total issued shares.

Ambeon Capital currently has a stated capital of Rs. 1.053 billion and 1,002,724,815 shares in issue.

The granting of options under the ESOP will comply with Colombo Stock Exchange Listing Rules and remains subject to in-principle approval from the CSE and shareholder approval via a special resolution at a general meeting.

The public shareholding was 18.26% as of end-September 2025. ARRC Capital was the majority shareholder at 13.24%, followed by ATX Partners (9.77%) and Arcasia Investments and Trading (7.63).

The group reported Rs.10.10 net asset per share as of end-September 2025.