8 Jan 2024 07:00
8 January 2024
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")
Block Listing Six Monthly Return
Date: 8 January 2024
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: | 06/07/2023 | To: | 05/01/2024 |
Balance of unallotted shares under scheme at end of last return: | 877,652 | |||
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: | 80,068 | |||
Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period: | 797,584 | |||
Name of contact: | Bernadette Young |
Telephone number of contact: | 01702 476824 |
Hotel Chocolat Group plc | c/o Citigate + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
Angus Thirlwell, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer | |
Jon Akehurst, Chief Financial Officer | |
Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser and Broker | + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 |
Dru Danford | |
Edward Thomas | |
Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR | + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
Angharad Couch | |
Ellen Wilton | |
Alex Winch |
In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the Takeover Code, a copy of this announcement will be available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted jurisdictions, on Hotel Chocolat's website at https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/investor-relations-offer.html by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the business day following the date of this announcement. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.
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 130 locations in the UK and abroad. The Group has one restaurant in the UK and a cocoa estate and hotel in Saint Lucia. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.