DJ Director/PDMR Shareholding
Molten Ventures Plc (GROW)
Director/PDMR Shareholding
29-Jul-2026 / 08:00 GMT/BST
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MOLTEN VENTURES PLC
("Molten Ventures", the "Company" or the "Group")
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs")
Molten Ventures plc (LSE: GROW) announces that on 27 July 2026 Stuart Chapman, an Executive Director of the Company,
exercised in aggregate 304,576 options over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company that had vested under the
Company's 2016 Company Share Option Plan (the "CSOP"), 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and 2021 Deferred
Bonus Plan (the "DBP").
On exercise, 268,245 ordinary shares were sold in the market through the Company's Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT")
at an average price of GBP6.162674 per share to fund the aggregate exercise price and the associated income tax and
employee's National Insurance contributions. The balance of 36,331 vested awards was settled in cash by the Company
rather than in shares, at a cash amount equivalent to the market value per share.
Following these transactions, Stuart Chapman's beneficial shareholding in the Company remains 1,054,756 ordinary
shares, representing approximately 0.61% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The notifications below, made in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.
Transaction 1 - Exercise of options
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Stuart Chapman
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position / status Executive Director
b) Initial
notification / Initial notification
amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
a) Name Molten Ventures plc
b) LEI 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each
type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the
financial
Ordinary shares of 1p each
instrument, type of
instrument
GB00BY7QYJ50
Identification code
b) Nature of the Exercise of options over ordinary shares vested under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 Company Share
transaction Option Plan ("CSOP"), 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan
("DBP")
Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP3.87 per share 234,835 (CSOP)
c) Price(s) and volume GBP0.01 per share 19,047 (LTIP)
(s)
GBP0.01 per share 50,694 (DBP)
d) Aggregated information
304,576
- Aggregated volume
GBP2.99 per share (weighted average exercise price)
- Price
e) Date of the 27 July 2026 transaction
f) Place of the Outside a trading venue (XOFF) transaction
Transaction 2 - Sale of shares
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Stuart Chapman
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position / Executive Director
status
b) Initial
notification / Initial notification
amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
a) Name Molten Ventures plc
b) LEI 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each
type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of
the financial
instrument, type of
instrument
Ordinary shares of 1p each
Identification code
GB00BY7QYJ50
b) Nature of the Sale of ordinary shares (through the Molten Ventures Employee Benefit Trust) following the exercise
transaction of options, to fund the aggregate exercise price, associated income tax and employee's National
Insurance contributions, with the balance retained by / paid to the PDMR
Price(s) Volume(s)
c) Price(s) and GBP6.162674 per share 268,245
volume(s)
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated 268,245 volume
GBP6.162674 per share
- Price
e) Date of the 27 July 2026 transaction
f) Place of the London Stock Exchange (XLON) transaction
Transaction 3 - Cash cancellation of vested awards
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a) Name Stuart Chapman
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position / status Executive Director
b) Initial
notification / Initial notification
amendment
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or
auction monitor
a) Name Molten Ventures plc
b) LEI 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each
type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the
financial
Ordinary shares of 1p each
instrument, type of
instrument
GB00BY7QYJ50
Identification code
b) Nature of the Cash cancellation of vested awards. The balance of the PDMR's vested awards was settled in cash
transaction by the Company rather than in shares, at a cash amount equivalent to the market value per share
Price(s) Volume(s)
c) Price(s) and volume GBP6.162674 per share 36,331
(s)
d) Aggregated information
36,331
- Aggregated volume
GBP6.162674 per share
- Price
e) Date of the 27 July 2026 transaction
f) Place of the Outside a trading venue (XOFF) 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
Joshua Hughes +44 (0)20 7260 1000
Liam Kingsmill
Berenberg
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Ben Wright
+44 (0)20 3207 7800
Harry Nicholas
Mark Whitmore
Sodali & Co
Public relations +44 (0)7889 297 217
Elly Williamson molten@sodali.com
Sam Austrums
About Molten Ventures
Molten Ventures is one of Europe's leading venture capital firms, developing and investing in high-growth technology companies. It invests across four core sectors - Enterprise & SaaS, AI, Deeptech & Hardware, Consumer Technology, and Digital Health - with a team of highly experienced partners continuously seeking new opportunities across these domains.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GROW), Molten Ventures offers public market investors access to a portfolio of fast-growing technology businesses, providing liquidity and diversification unavailable in traditional venture structures. Since its IPO in June 2016, Molten has deployed over GBP1 billion of capital and realised more than GBP750 million as at 31 March 2026.
For further details, please visit: https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc
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