Molten Ventures PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 14, 2023

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Molten Ventures Plc (GROW; GRW)

Form 8 - Molten Ventures Plc: DCC-Form 8 (DD)

14-Dec-2023 / 15:00 GMT/BST

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14 December 2023

MOLTEN VENTURES PLC

(the "Company" or "Molten")

Registered number: 09799594

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10

FORM 8 (DD)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Benjamin David Wilkinson
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/a
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Molten Ventures plc ("Molten")
(d) Status of person making the disclosure:  e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with the offeror/offeree (specify name of offeror/offeree)	Person acting in concert with the offeror, Molten
(e) Date dealing undertaken:	14 December 2023
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Shares")
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	39,126	0.02	NIL	-
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	NIL	-	NIL	-
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	NIL	-	NIL	-
TOTAL:	39,126	0.02	NIL	-

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Shares")

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

Number of Shares under option	Name of scheme or plan	Type of award	Grant date	Vest date*	Exercise price
178,100	Draper Esprit CSOP	Option at market value on grant date	30/07/2018	30/07/2021	£4.92
178,434	Draper Esprit CSOP	Option at market value on grant date	12/02/2019	12/02/2022	£5.30
36,615	Draper Esprit LTIP	Nominal cost option	29/06/2020	29/06/2023	£0.01
91,497	Molten LTIP	Nominal cost option	16/07/2021	16/07/2024	£0.01
154,976	Molten LTIP	Nominal cost option	17/06/2022	17/06/2025	£0.01
60,185	Deferred Bonus Plan	Nominal cost option	17/06/2022	17/06/2024	£0.01
32,344	Molten LTIP	Nominal cost option	22/06/2023	17/06/2025	£0.01
12,560	Deferred Bonus Plan	Nominal cost option	22/06/2023	17/06/2024	£0.01
317,182	Molten LTIP	Nominal cost option	23/06/2023	23/06/2026	£0.01

* The options will expire if any performance conditions to which they are subject have not been met by the vest date and otherwise if they have not been exercised by the tenth anniversary of the grant date.

3. DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

(i) Party to an offer or person acting in concert (except for a principal trader in the same group as a connected adviser)

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

(ii) Principal trader where the sole reason for the connection is that the principal trader is in the same group as a connected adviser

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Shares")	Subscription	Subscription for 10,000 Shares pursuant to a placing undertaken by Molten as announced on 27 November 2023.	270 pence

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
None.

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
None.

(c) Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)	NO
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	14 December 2023
###### Contact name:	Gareth Faith, Company Secretary of Molten
###### Telephone number:	07871 735499

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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ISIN:	GB00BY7QYJ50
Category Code:	DCC - Molten Ventures plc
TIDM:	GROW; GRW
LEI Code:	213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10
OAM Categories:	2.2. Inside information
	3.1. Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State
Sequence No.:	292113
EQS News ID:	1797323

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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