1 Dec 2020 07:00
1 December 2020
HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC
("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")
PDMR Dealing
The Company announces that on 30 November 2020 Chief Operating Officer, Matt Margereson, a PDMR of the Company, sold 25,690 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 395 pence per Ordinary Share. Mr Margereson's interest is now in 227,875 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.18% of the Company's issued share capital.
Previous Holding | Resultant Holding | |||||
PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares | Percentage of issued share capital | Ordinary Shares sold | Price of Ordinary Shares sold | Number of Ordinary Shares | Percentage of issued share capital |
Matthew Margereson | 253,565 | 0.20% | 25,690 | 395p | 227,875 | 0.18% |
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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
| MATTHEW PAUL MARGERESON
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
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b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800B4D3J15PZHVY29 | ||||
4
| 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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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.1P EACH | ||||
Identification code | ISIN: GB00BY23CB04 | |||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | |||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||||
£3.95 | 25,690 | |||||
d)
| Aggregated information | |||||
- Aggregated volume | n/a single transaction | |||||
- Price | ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 30 November 2020 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AIM | ||||
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 | ||
Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and Broker | + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 | |
Clayton Bush | ||
James Greenwood | ||
Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR | + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 | |
Angharad Couch | ||
Ellen Wilton | ||
Kieran Farthing |
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.