Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3758P

Molten Ventures PLC

17 June 2022

 

17 June 2022

MOLTEN VENTURES PLC

("Molten Ventures" or the "Company")

Grant of Options to 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 options (the "Options") over a total of 754,719 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each in the share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") 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.

The Options awarded under the LTIP have a nominal value exercise of 1p price and are subject to LTIP performance conditions which, together with a summary of the LTIP, are set out in the Company's prospectus issued on 19 July 2022 (a copy of which is available at www.moltenventures.com) ("Prospectus") and the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 published on 13 June 2022 (a copy of which is available at www.moltenventures.com) ("Annual Report").

The Options awarded under the DBP have a nominal value exercise of 1p price and are subject to LTIP deferral conditions before they can be exercised which, together with a summary of the DBP, are set out in the Prospectus and the Annual Report.

After the grant of these Options, the PDMRs set out below have the following Ordinary Shares and Options:

PDMR	LTIP Options awarded	DBP Options awarded	Total Options	Ordinary Shares
Martin Davis	230,319	89,444	949,283	21,132
Stuart Chapman	158,314	61,481	1,196,904	1,054,756
Ben Wilkinson	154,976	60,185	725,738	16,923

The notification set out in the Annex below, which was made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of such dealings.

ANNEX

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Martin Davis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
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	Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	319,763 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of one pence per share
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	17 June 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stuart Chapman
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Portfolio Officer
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	Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	219,795 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of one pence per share
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	17 June 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Ben Wilkinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
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	Options in respect of the LTIP and DBP over ordinary shares of 1p each
	Identification Code	GB00BY7QYJ50
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	215,161 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of one pence per share
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	17 June 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Enquiries

Molten Ventures plc Martin Davis (Chief Executive Officer) Ben Wilkinson (Chief Financial Officer)	[phone]
Numis Securities Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker Simon Willis Richard Thomas Jamie Loughborough	[phone]
Goodbody Stockbrokers Euronext Growth Adviser & Joint Broker Don Harrington Charlotte Craigie Dearbhla Gallagher	[phone]
Powerscourt Public relations Robin O'Kelly Jane Glover	[phone]

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