1 Mar 2021 07:00
1 March 2021
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")
Total Voting Rights
For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), Hotel Chocolat notifies the market of the following.
As at 26 February 2021, the Company's issued and fully paid share capital consisted of 125,577,399 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), all of which carry one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
The figure of 125,577,399 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company, under the DTRs.
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.