Grant of Options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR')

Molten Ventures Plc (GROW) Molten Ventures Plc: Grant of Options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR') 23-Jun-2025 / 07:00 GMT/BST MOLTEN VENTURES PLC

("Molten Ventures" or the "Company")

 

 

Grant of Options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")

 

Molten Ventures PLC (LSE: GROW) announces that options (the "Options") over a total of 1,253,968 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each have been awarded to certain PDMRs of the Company pursuant to the Company's 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”), as set out below.

 

LTIP	No. of Options awarded
Ben Wilkinson	429,817
Stuart Chapman	361,295
Andrew Zimmermann	265,780
DBP	No. of Options awarded
Ben Wilkinson	105,373
Stuart Chapman	91,703

 

The Options awarded under the LTIP have an exercise price of 1p each and are subject to LTIP performance conditions which, together with a summary of the LTIP, are set out in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was published on 11 June 2025 (available at www.moltenventures.com) (“Annual Report”).

 

The Options awarded under the DBP have an exercise price of 1p each and are subject to a deferral period of two years before they can be exercised.

 

The notification set out in the Annex below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK and EU Market Abuse Regulations, provides further details of the Options awarded:

 

ANNEX

 

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
	Name	Ben Wilkinson
	Reason for the notification
	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	Name	Molten Ventures plc
	LEI	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	Description of financial instrument, type of instrument	Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
	Price(s) and volume(s)	535,190 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of 1p per share
	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
	Date of the transaction	20 June 2025
	Place of the transaction	n/a

 

 

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
	Name	Stuart Chapman
	Reason for the notification
	Position / status	Executive Director
	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	Name	Molten Ventures plc
	LEI	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	Description of financial instrument, type of instrument	Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
	Price(s) and volume(s)	452,998 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of 1p per share
	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
	Date of the transaction	20 June 2025
	Place of the transaction	n/a

 

 

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
	Name	Andrew Zimmermann
	Reason for the notification
	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	Name	Molten Ventures plc
	LEI	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	Description of financial instrument, type of instrument	Options in respect of the LTIP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
	Price(s) and volume(s)	265,780 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of 1p per share
	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
	Date of the transaction	20 June 2025
	Place of the transaction	n/a

 

 

Enquiries

Molten Ventures plc Gareth Faith (Company Secretary)	[phone] [e-mail]
Deutsche Numis Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Simon Willis Jamie Loughborough Iqra Amin	[phone]
Goodbody Stockbrokers Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Don Harrington Charlotte Craigie Tom Nicholson William Hall	[phone]
Sodali & Co Public relations Elly Williamson Jane Glover	[phone] [e-mail]

About Molten Ventures

Molten Ventures is a leading venture capital firm in Europe, developing and investing in high growth technology companies.

It invests across four sectors: Enterprise & SaaS; AI, Deeptech & Hardware; Consumer Technology; and Digital Health with highly experienced partners constantly looking for new opportunities in each.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Molten Ventures provides a unique opportunity for public market investors to access these fast-growing tech businesses, without having to commit to long term investments with limited liquidity. Since its IPO in June 2016, Molten has deployed over £1bn capital into fast growing tech companies and has realised £660m to 31 March 2025.

For more information, go to https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc

 

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ISIN:	GB00BY7QYJ50
Category Code:	DSH
TIDM:	GROW
LEI Code:	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
OAM Categories:	2.2. Inside information
Sequence No.:	393457
EQS News ID:	2158414

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