REG - Hotel Chocolat Group - Block Listing Six Monthly Return

Hotel ChocolatAnnouncement

08/01/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8635Y  Hotel Chocolat Group PLC  08 January 2024

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       Nil
 of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):
 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.

 

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