Molten Ventures Plc (GROW; GRW)
Director/PDMR Shareholding

04-Dec-2024 / 07:00 GMT/BST

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) announces that options over ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each (the "Options") have been awarded to Ben Wilkinson, CEO pursuant to the Company's 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), as set out below.

 

LTIP

No. of Options awarded

 

 

Ben Wilkinson

30,669

 

 

 

The award has been made by the Remuneration Committee to reflect the pro-rata salary adjustment following Ben Wilkinson’s promotion to CEO with effect from 28 October 2024. Full details will be disclosed in the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ending 31 March 2025.

 

The Options awarded under the LTIP have an exercise price of 1p each and are subject to LTIP performance conditions which, together with a summary of the LTIP, are set out in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024, which was published on 12 June 2024 (available at www.moltenventures.com). In accordance with the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, the options will vest over three years and are subject to a two-year post-vesting holding period.

 

The notification set out in the Annex below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK and EU Market Abuse Regulations, provides further details of the Options awarded:

 

ANNEX

 

  1.  

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 
  1.  

Name

Ben Wilkinson

 
  1.  

Reason for the notification

 
  1.  

Position / status

CEO

 
  1.  

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

 
  1.  

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 
  1.  

Name

Molten Ventures plc

 
  1.  

LEI

213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10

 
  1.  

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

 
  1.  

Description of financial instrument,

type of instrument

Options in respect of the LTIP over ordinary shares of 1p each

 

 

Identification Code

GB00BY7QYJ50

 
  1.  

Nature of the transaction

Issue of options

 
  1.  

Price(s) and volume(s)

30,669 options over ordinary shares of 1p each with an exercise price of 1p per share

 
  1.  

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/a

 

 

 
  1.  

Date of the transaction

3 December 2024

 
  1.  

Place of the transaction

N/a

 

 

 

Enquiries

Molten Ventures plc

Gareth Faith (Company Secretary)

 

+44 (0)20 7931 8800

 cosec@molten.vc

Deutsche Numis Securities

Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker 

Simon Willis

Jamie Loughborough

Iqra Amin

 

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

 

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker,

Euronext Dublin Sponsor

Don Harrington

Tom Nicholson 

William Hall

 

+44 (0) 20 3841 6202

 

Sodali & Co.

Public relations

Elly Williamson

Jane Glover

 

+44 (0)7970 246 725

molten@sodali.com

 

 


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ISIN: GB00BY7QYJ50
Category Code: DSH
TIDM: GROW; GRW
LEI Code: 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
OAM Categories: 2.2. Inside information
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