Anton Oilfield Services' (HKG:3337) board granted about 84.1 million restricted shares to 137 eligible participants under its restricted share award scheme, according to a Monday Hong Kong bourse filing.

Seven directors, including the chairman and chief executive officer, received 16.6 million shares while 130 employees received about 84.1 million shares, the filing said.

The granted shares represent 2.82% of the issued share capital of the company and had an aggregate market value of around HK$49.6 million as of the filing date.

After the grant, the oil and gas field development technical service provider company will still have 216,590,985 shares available for future grants under the share award scheme.