Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0249Z

Molten Ventures PLC

20 January 2022

 

MOLTEN VENTURES PLC

("Molten" or the "Company")

Dealings by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")

Molten Ventures plc (LSE: GROW, Euronext Dublin: GRW), a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, announces that it has been notified of the following acquisitions of ordinary shares on 17 January 2022 and 18 January 2022 by Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer) and Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer) and the exercise of options over ordinary shares on 19 January 2022 by Stuart Chapman (Chief Portfolio Officer):

Director	Position	Date of transaction	Shares acquired	Resulting Position (ordinary shares)
Martin Davis	Chief Executive Officer	18/01/2022	2,500	17,132
Ben Wilkinson	Chief Financial Officer	17/01/2022 & 18/01/2022	4,698	16,923
Stuart Chapman	Chief Portfolio Officer	19/01/2022	8,450	1,054,756

The notifications set out below, which was made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of such dealing.

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Name	Martin Davis
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer (and PDMR)
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; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £8.58 2,500
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	2022-01-18
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Name	Ben Wilkinson
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer (and PDMR)
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; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £8.73 2,278
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - Single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	2022-01-17
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Name	Ben Wilkinson
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer (and PDMR)
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; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £8.425 1,179 £8.405 1,241
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price Total	2,420 £8.415 £20,363.68
e)	Date of the transaction	2022-01-18
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

3.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Name	Stuart Chapman
4.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ( 'PCA')
a)	Position / status	Chief Portfolio Officer (and PDMR)
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; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
g)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BY7QYJ50
h)	Nature of the transaction	The trustee of the Company's Employee Benefit Trust has agreed to transfer 8,450 ordinary shares to the PDMR following the exercise of options by the PDMR under the Molten Ventures plc Company Share Option Plan.
i)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Transfer: 8,450 ordinary shares with an exercise price of £3.55 per ordinary share.
j)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - Single transaction
k)	Date of the transaction	2022-01-19
l)	Place of the transaction	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Enquiries:

Molten Ventures plc Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer) Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)	[phone]
Numis Securities Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Simon Willis Richard Thomas Jamie Loughborough	[phone]
Goodbody Stockbrokers Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker Euronext Dublin Sponsor Don Harrington Charlotte Craigie Linda Clarke	[phone]
Powerscourt Public relations Elly Williamson Jane Glover	[phone] / [phone]

 

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