Last checked at 8 Feb 2024 07:00
For Immediate Release | 8 February 2024 |
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boohoo group plc
("boohoo" or the "Company")
Issuance of Ordinary Shares to all Non?Executive Directors and Total Voting Rights
boohoo group plc (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, announces that it has issued new ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("New Ordinary Shares") to its Non?Executive Directors as part of their compensation package.
A total of 206,309 New Ordinary Shares were issued at an effective price of 33.93 pence under the terms of their letter of appointment which require compensation to be made partly in cash and partly in Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares represent the share compensation due for the financial year ending 28 February 2024 and are subject to lock in provisions for as long as the recipient remains a director of boohoo.
The details of the issuance are set out below:
Director | Value of the share issuance | Number of New Ordinary Shares Issued | Number of Ordinary Shares held following the issuance | Percentage of the enlarged Ordinary Share Capital (%)
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Iain McDonald | £20,000 | 58,945 | 810,873 | 0.064 |
Tim Morris | £10,000 | 29,473 | 75,735 | 0.006 |
Kirsty Britz | £10,000 | 29,473 | 60,065 | 0.005 |
Alistair McGeorge | £20,000 | 58,945 | 58,945 | 0.005 |
John Goold | £10,000 | 29,473 | 29,473 | 0.002 |
Trading in the New Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares, is expected to commence on or around 13 February 2024.
Total Voting Rights
Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company will be 1,268,675,790. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries | |
boohoo group plc | |
Pete Templeton, Group Finance Director | Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050 |
Mike Cooper, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Development | Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050 |
Mark Mochalski, Investor Relations | Tel: +44 (0)20 3239 6289 |
Zeus - Nominated adviser and joint broker | |
Andrew Jones / James Edis / Dan Bate | Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512 |
Benjamin Robertson | Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000 |
Jefferies - Joint broker | |
Ed Matthews / Harry Le May | Tel: +44 (0)20 7029 8000 |
HSBC - Joint broker | |
Adam Miller / James Hopton | Tel: +44 (0)20 7029 8000 |
Buchanan - Financial PR adviser | boohoo@buchanan.uk.com |
Richard Oldworth / Toto Berger / Verity Parker | Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
About boohoo group plc
"Leading the fashion eCommerce market"
Founded in Manchester in 2006, boohoo is an inclusive and innovative global brand targeting young, value-orientated customers, pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7.
In 2017, the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing and free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. In March 2019, the group acquired the MissPap brand, in August 2019 the Karen Millen and Coast brands and in June 2020 the Warehouse and Oasis brands, all complementary to the group's scalable, multi-brand platform. In January 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, with the goal of transforming a leading UK fashion and beauty retailer into a digital department store and marketplace through a new capital-light and low-risk operating model. In February 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of UK brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton. As at 31 August 2023, the boohoo group had 17 million active customers across all its brands around the world.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) | Name | i. Iain McDonald ii. Tim Morris iii. Kirsty Britz iv. Alistair McGeorge v. John Goold
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| i. Non-Executive Director ii. Non-Executive Director iii. Non-Executive Director iv. Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director v. Non-Executive Director
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| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | boohoo group plc
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b) | LEI | 213800SZF3KFCECWY243 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | i. Ordinary shares of 1p each ii. Ordinary shares of 1p each iii. Ordinary shares of 1p each iv. Ordinary shares of 1p each v. Ordinary shares of 1p each
ISIN: JE00BG6L7297
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b) | Nature of the transaction | i. Issue of shares as part of compensation package ii. Issue of shares as part of compensation package iii. Issue of shares as part of compensation package iv. Issue of shares as part of compensation package v. Issue of shares as part of compensation package
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
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e) | Date of the transaction | i. 6 February 2024 ii. 6 February 2024 iii. 6 February 2024 iv. 6 February 2024 v. 6 February 2024
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f) | Place of the transaction | i. Outside of a trading venue ii. Outside of a trading venue iii. Outside of a trading venue iv. Outside of a trading venue v. Outside of a trading venue | ||||||||||||||||||