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Molten Ventures Plc (GROW)
Result of AGM
08-Jul-2025 / 13:00 GMT/BST
Molten Ventures plc
("Molten" or the "Company")
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Molten Ventures plc (LSE: GROW), a leading venture capital firm investing in and developing high growth digital technology businesses, is pleased to announce that all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were duly passed.
Voting was held by poll. The poll results on each resolution proposed are set out in the table below.
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Resolution
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For1
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% of votes cast
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Against
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% of votes cast
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Votes withheld2
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1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2025.
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132,239,762
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99.47%
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705,120
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0.53%
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168,868
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2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2025.
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129,282,547
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97.71%
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3,035,361
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2.29%
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718,171
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3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy.
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129,296,046
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98.06%
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2,556,539
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1.94%
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1,183,494
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4. To elect Andrew Zimmermann as a Director.
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132,895,124
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99.90%
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136,381
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0.10%
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4,574
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5. To re-elect Stuart Chapman as a Director.
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132,893,475
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99.90%
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138,021
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0.10%
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4,583
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6. To re-elect Grahame Cook as a Director.
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130,104,803
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97.80%
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2,926,693
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2.20%
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4,583
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7. To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a Director.
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132,053,829
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99.27%
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977,692
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0.73%
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4,558
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8. To re-elect Laurence Hollingworth as a Director.
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119,380,046
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95.21%
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6,002,178
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4.79%
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7,653,855
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9. To re-elect Lara Naqushbandi as a Director.
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131,016,715
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98.49%
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2,014,806
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1.51%
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4,558
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10. To re-elect Gervaise Slowey as a Director.
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129,869,366
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97.62%
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3,162,130
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2.38%
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4,583
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11. To re-elect Ben Wilkinson as a Director.
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131,883,942
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99.14%
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1,147,563
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0.86%
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4,574
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12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company.
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132,262,845
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99.94%
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79,097
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0.06%
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694,137
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13. To authorise the Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
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133,016,555
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99.99%
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13,026
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0.01%
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6,498
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14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
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128,995,817
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96.97%
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4,034,248
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3.03%
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6,014
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15. Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights.*
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128,920,780
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96.91%
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4,109,400
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3.09%
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5,899
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16. Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights.*
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119,905,238
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90.13%
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13,129,649
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9.87%
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1,192
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17. To authorise the Company to purchase
its own ordinary shares.*
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133,000,503
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99.99%
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13,204
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0.01%
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22,372
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18. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*
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131,881,833
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99.13%
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1,153,645
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0.87%
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601
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*Special resolution
1. Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the chair of the meeting has been included in the "for" totals.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any resolution.
3. The total number of ordinary shares of 1p each in issue is 189,046,450. The total number of voting rights is 180,670,386.
4. In accordance with Financial Conduct Authority Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at today's AGM, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
5. The Notice of AGM can be found on the Company’s website at https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc/documents
Enquiries
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Molten Ventures plc
Gareth Faith (Company Secretary)
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+44 (0)20 7931 8800
cosec@molten.vc
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Deutsche Numis
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Simon Willis
Jamie Loughborough
Iqra Amin
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+44 (0)20 7260 1000
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Goodbody Stockbrokers
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Don Harrington
Charlotte Craigie
Tom Nicholson
William Hall
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+44 (0) 20 3841 6202
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Sodali & Co
Public relations
Elly Williamson
Jane Glover
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+44 (0)7889 297 217
molten@sodali.com
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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 £660m to 31 March 2025.
For more information, go to https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc
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