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Molten Ventures Plc (GROW)
Result of AGM
22-Jul-2026 / 13:00 GMT/BST
Molten Ventures plc
("Molten" or the "Company")
Results of 2026 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 2026.
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116,359,873
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99.79
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239,801
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0.21
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143,604
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2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2026.
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115,304,794
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99.00
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1,166,183
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1.00
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272,301
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3. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy.
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103,851,911
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88.97
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12,872,554
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11.03
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18,813
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4. To re-elect Stuart Chapman as a Director.
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115,610,622
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99.64
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413,756
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0.36
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718,900
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5. To re-elect Grahame Cook as a Director.
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109,715,144
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93.99
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7,019,333
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6.01
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8,801
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6. To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a Director.
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115,141,763
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98.64
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1,592,714
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1.36
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8,801
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7. To re-elect Laurence Hollingworth as a Director.
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107,305,757
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91.96
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9,384,950
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8.04
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52,571
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8. To re-elect Lara Naqushbandi as a Director.
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115,165,203
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98.66
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1,569,532
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1.34
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8,543
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9. To re-elect Gervaise Slowey as a Director.
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115,140,383
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98.64
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1,593,324
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1.36
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9,571
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10. To re-elect Ben Wilkinson as a Director.
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115,615,272
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99.65
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409,876
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0.35
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718,130
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11. To re-elect Andrew Zimmermann as a Director.
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115,200,441
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99.29
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823,937
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0.71
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718,900
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12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company.
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116,663,610
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99.94
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65,766
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0.06
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13,902
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13. To authorise the Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
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116,724,422
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99.99
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7,485
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0.01
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11,371
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14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
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115,370,300
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98.83
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1,362,593
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1.17
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10,385
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15. Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights.*
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115,136,875
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98.63
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1,598,024
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1.37
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8,379
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16. Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights.*
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108,640,927
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93.07
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8,093,935
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6.93
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8,416
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17. To authorise the Company to purchase
its own ordinary shares.*
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116,708,319
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99.99
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7,644
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0.01
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27,315
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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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115,390,416
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98.85
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1,347,960
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1.15
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4,902
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19. To approve and adopt the Molten Ventures plc 2026 Long Term Incentive Plan.
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114,293,327
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97.92
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2,431,851
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2.08
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18,100
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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 173,511,793.
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
Joshua Hughes
Liam Kingsmill
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+44 (0)20 7260 1000
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Berenberg
Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Ben Wright
Harry Nicholas
Mark Whitmore
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+44 (0)20 3207 7800
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Sodali & Co
Public relations
Elly Williamson
Sam Austrums
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+44 (0)7889 297 217
molten@sodali.com
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About Molten Ventures
Molten Ventures is one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, developing and investing in high-growth technology companies. It invests across four core sectors — Enterprise & SaaS, AI, Deeptech & Hardware, Consumer Technology, and Digital Health — with a team of highly experienced partners continuously seeking new opportunities across these domains.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GROW), Molten Ventures offers public market investors access to a portfolio of fast-growing technology businesses, providing liquidity and diversification unavailable in traditional venture structures. Since its IPO in June 2016, Molten has deployed over £1 billion of capital and realised more than £750 million as at 31 March 2026.
For further details, please visit:
https://investors.moltenventures.com/investor-relations/plc
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