Director / PDMR Shareholding

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.  

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 share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 CSOP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.55 per share	226,385
d)	Aggregated information   Aggregated volume   Price   Total	226,385   £3.55   £803,666.75
e)	Date of the transaction	1 December 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 share options vested under the Molten Ventures plc 2016 CSOP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£4.5844	226,385
d)	Aggregated information   Aggregated volume   Price   Total	226,385   £4.5844   £1,034,205.45
e)	Date of the transaction	1 December 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 Sam Austrums	+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 more than £700m to 30 September 2025.   For more information, go to https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc