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 1 December 2025 Stuart Chapman exercised 226,385 options with an exercise price of £3.55 per share under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 Company Share Option Plan (“CSOP”). 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.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Stuart Chapman
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position / status
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Executive Director
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b)
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Initial notification / amendment
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Initial notification
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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Molten Ventures plc
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b)
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LEI
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213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
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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
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a)
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Description of financial instrument, type of instrument
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Ordinary shares of 1p each
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Identification Code
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GB00BY7QYJ50
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 CSOP
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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£3.55 per share
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226,385
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d)
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Aggregated information
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226,385
£3.55
£803,666.75
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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1 December 2025
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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XOFF
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Stuart Chapman
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position / status
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Executive Director
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b)
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Initial notification / amendment
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Initial notification
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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Molten Ventures plc
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b)
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LEI
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213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
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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
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a)
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Description of financial instrument, type of instrument
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Ordinary shares of 1p each
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Identification Code
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GB00BY7QYJ50
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Sale of shares following an exercise of share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 CSOP
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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£4.5844
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226,385
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d)
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Aggregated information
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226,385
£4.5844
£1,034,205.45
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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1 December 2025
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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Enquiries
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Molten Ventures plc
Gareth Faith (Company Secretary)
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+44 (0)20 7931 8800
[email protected]
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Goodbody Stockbrokers
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Don Harrington
Charlotte Craigie
Tom Nicholson
William Hall
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+44 (0) 20 3841 6202
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Deutsche Numis
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Simon Willis
Jamie Loughborough
Iqra Amin
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+44 (0)20 7260 1000
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Sodali Co
Public relations
Elly Williamson
Sam Austrums
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+44 (0)7889 297 217
[email protected]
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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 more than £700m to 30 September 2025.
For more information, go to https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc
