MOLTEN VENTURES PLC
Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated (PCAs)
Molten Ventures plc (LSE: GROW) announces that on 20 August 2025 Stuart Chapman exercised 112,931 options with an exercise price of £0.01 per share under the Molten Ventures plc 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”) and 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). After exercising the options, the shares were sold. Following this exercise of options and subsequent sale of shares, Stuart Chapman’s shareholding in the Company is 1,054,756.
| 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 / amendment | Initial notification |
| 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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
| a) | Description of financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p each |
| | Identification Code | GB00BY7QYJ50 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of nil cost share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc Deferred Bonus Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £0.01 per share | 38,619 |
| £0.01 per share | 61,481 |
| £0.01 per share | 12,831 |
| d) | Aggregated information | 112,931 £0.01 £1,129.31 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 August 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | XOFF |
| 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 / amendment | Initial notification |
| 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; (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
| a) | Description of financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p each |
| | Identification Code | GB00BY7QYJ50 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of shares following an exercise of nil cost share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc Deferred Bonus Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £3.708035 | 112,931 |
| d) | Aggregated information | 112,931 £3.708035 £418,752.10 |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 22 August 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
Enquiries
| Molten Ventures plc Gareth Faith (Company Secretary) | +44 (0)20 7931 8800 cosec@molten.vc |
| Goodbody Stockbrokers Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Don Harrington Charlotte Craigie Tom Nicholson William Hall | +44 (0) 20 3841 6202 |
| Deutsche Numis Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Simon Willis Jamie Loughborough Iqra Amin | +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
| Sodali & Co Public relations Elly Williamson Georgia Way | +44 (0)7889 297 217 molten@sodali.com |
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