BW LPG Issues Final LTIP Share Options and Settles Executive Exercises With Treasury Stock

The latest update is out from BW LPG Ltd ( (GB:0QIX) ).

BW LPG has approved the final annual award of share options under its five-year long-term incentive plan launched in 2022, granting a total of 506,631 options to senior management and selected employees in connection with its fourth-quarter 2025 results. The company also reported that top executives, including CEO Kristian Sorensen, exercised a significant number of vested options, which will be settled using treasury shares, leaving BW LPG with 7,467,396 treasury shares and underscoring ongoing alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Sorensen received 220,647 new options and exercised 220,647 options granted in 2023 at strike prices of NOK 32.192 and NOK 85.907, while CFO Samantha Xu was granted 85,000 options and COO Prodyut Banerjee and CTO Knut-Helge Knutsen each received 50,812 new options and exercised an equal amount. The completion of this final LTIP grant clarifies the structure of management’s equity-based remuneration and may be seen by investors as a signal of confidence in BW LPG’s longer-term performance and capital management discipline.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:0QIX) stock is a Buy with a NOK199.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on BW LPG Ltd stock, see the GB:0QIX Stock Forecast page.

More about BW LPG Ltd

BW LPG is the world’s leading owner and operator of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels, operating a fleet of about 50 Very Large Gas Carriers, including 22 ships with LPG dual-fuel propulsion. Leveraging more than five decades of LPG shipping experience and an in-house LPG trading division, the company focuses on reliable global LPG transport and related value chain investments, and is associated with BW Group’s large maritime and energy portfolio.

Average Trading Volume: 513,204

Current Market Cap: NOK25.49B

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