DJ Molten Ventures Plc: 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
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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 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
1.
Ben Wilkinson
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Chief Executive Officer
a. Position / status
Initial notification
b. Initial notification / amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
3.
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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4.
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
instrument,
a.
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 share
Price(s) and volume(s)
c.
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 / person closely associated
1.
Stuart Chapman
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Executive Director
a. Position / status
Initial notification
b. Initial notification / amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
3.
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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4.
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
instrument,
a.
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 share
Price(s) and volume(s)
c.
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 / person closely associated
1.
Andrew Zimmermann
a. Name
Reason for the notification
2.
Chief Financial Officer
a. Position / status
Initial notification
b. Initial notification / amendment
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
3.
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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
4.
Description of financial Options in respect of the LTIP over ordinary shares of 1p each
instrument,
a.
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
Price(s) and volume(s)
c.
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)
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 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 GBP1bn capital into fast growing tech companies and has realised GBP660m to 31 March 2025.
For more information, go to https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc
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