REG-Molten Ventures Plc Molten Ventures Plc: Grant of Options to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR')
23/06/2025 07:00
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Molten Ventures Plc (GROW)
Molten Ventures Plc: Grant of Options to Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility ('PDMR')
23-Jun-2025 / 07:00 GMT/BST
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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 1 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 /
1. person closely associated
Ben Wilkinson
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Chief Executive Officer
a. Position / status
Initial notification / Initial notification
b. amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
3. auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Molten Ventures plc
a. Name
213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
b. LEI
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
4. (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP
a. instrument, over ordinary shares of 1p each
type of instrument
GB00BY7QYJ50
Identification Code
Issue of options
b. Nature of the transaction
535,190 options over ordinary shares of
1p each with an exercise price of 1p per
c. Price(s) and volume(s) share
n/a
Aggregated information
d. - Aggregated volume
- Price
20 June 2025
e. Date of the transaction
n/a
f. Place of the transaction
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
1. person closely associated
Stuart Chapman
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Executive Director
a. Position / status
Initial notification / Initial notification
b. amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
3. auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Molten Ventures plc
a. Name
213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
b. LEI
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
4. (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP
a. instrument, over ordinary shares of 1p each
type of instrument
GB00BY7QYJ50
Identification Code
Issue of options
b. Nature of the transaction
452,998 options over ordinary shares of
1p each with an exercise price of 1p per
c. Price(s) and volume(s) share
n/a
Aggregated information
d. - Aggregated volume
- Price
20 June 2025
e. Date of the transaction
n/a
f. Place of the transaction
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
1. person closely associated
Andrew Zimmermann
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Chief Financial Officer
a. Position / status
Initial notification / Initial notification
b. amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
3. auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Molten Ventures plc
a. Name
213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
b. LEI
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
4. (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP over
a. instrument, ordinary shares of 1p each
type of instrument
GB00BY7QYJ50
Identification Code
Issue of options
b. Nature of the transaction
265,780 options over ordinary shares of
1p each with an exercise price of 1p per
share
c. Price(s) and volume(s)
n/a
Aggregated information
d. - Aggregated volume
- Price
20 June 2025
e. Date of the transaction
n/a
f. Place of the transaction
Enquiries
Molten Ventures plc
+44 (0)20 7931 8800
Gareth Faith (Company Secretary)
2 cosec@molten.vc
Deutsche Numis
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Simon Willis
+44 (0)20 7260 1000
Jamie Loughborough
Iqra Amin
Goodbody Stockbrokers
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Don Harrington
Charlotte Craigie +44 (0) 20 3841 6202
Tom Nicholson
William Hall
Sodali & Co
Public relations +44 (0)7889 297 217
Elly Williamson 3 molten@sodali.com
Jane Glover
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 4 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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