8 Jul 2019 07:00
8 July 2019
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")
Block Listing Six Monthly Return
Date: 8 July 2019
Name of applicant: | Hotel Chocolat Group plc | |||
Name of scheme: | Hotel Chocolat Group plc 2016 Save as You Earn and Hotel Chocolat Group plc 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan | |||
Period of return: | From: | 06/01/2019 | To: | 05/07/2019 |
Balance of unallotted shares under scheme at end of last return: | 4,327,827 | |||
Plus: The amount by which the block scheme has been increased since the date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for): | Nil | |||
Less: Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period: | Nil | |||
Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 4,327,827 | |||
Name of contact: | Peter Harris |
Telephone number of contact: | 01763 257700 |
For further information: | ||
Hotel Chocolat Group plc | c/o Citigate | + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
Angus Thirlwell, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Peter Harris, Co-founder and Development Director | ||
Matt Pritchard, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR | + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 | |
Angharad Couch | ||
Ellen Wilton | ||
Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and Broker | + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 | |
Clayton Bush | ||
James Greenwood | ||
Trystan Cullen |
Notes to Editors:
Hotel Chocolat is a premium British chocolatier with a strong and distinctive brand. The business was founded in 1993 by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris and has traded under the Hotel Chocolat brand since 2003. The Group sells its products online and through a network of stores in the UK and abroad. The Group has a cocoa plantation and eco-hotel in Saint Lucia, offering complete cocoa immersion thorough tree-to-bar experiences and wellness treatments. The Group also has a flagship restaurant and cocoa roastery in London's Borough Market: Rabot 1745. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.