PDMR Dealing

Hotel Chocolat

29/07/2022 15:04

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RNS Number : 3141U  Hotel Chocolat Group PLC  29 July 2022

29 July 2022

HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC

 

("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

PDMR Dealing

 

The Company announces that on 27 July 2022, Alison Hawksley, a person closely
associated (PCA) with the Company's non-executive chairman and PDMR, Andrew
Gerrie, purchased 14,814 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares")
at a price of 135 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Mr
Gerrie, together with persons closely associated with him, is interested in
708,019 Ordinary Shares representing 0.52% of the Company's issued share
capital.

 

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

 a)   Name                                                         ALISON HAWKSLEY

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              PCA

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              INITIAL NOTIFICATION

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 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

 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                                    ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                                   Price(s)        Volume(s)
                                                                                                   £1.35           14,814

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a single transaction

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      27 JULY 2022

 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
 Edward Thomas
 Miquela Bezuidenhoudt

 Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR                    + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571
 Angharad Couch
 Ellen Wilton
 Kieran Farthing

 

Notes to Editors:

Hotel Chocolat is a direct-to-consumer premium chocolate brand, involved in
every stage of chocolate from growing to making and distributing. 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 locations in the UK and USA, and in Japan via a joint
venture. The Group has an organic cacao farm and hotel in Saint Lucia,
offering complete cacao immersion through tree-to-bar experiences and wellness
treatments. The Group also has the Rabot flagship restaurant and cacao
roastery in London's Borough Market. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM
in 2016.

 

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