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| | 2 July 2021 |
boohoo group plc
("boohoo" or "the Group")
Block Listing Application and Total Voting Rights
boohoo (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion retailer, today announces that an application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for a block listing of securities in respect of 13,532,931 ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("New Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM.
These New Ordinary Shares will be issued from time to time in order to satisfy the requirement to allot shares under the boohoo group SAYE share scheme, the boohoo group plc ESOP and the boohoo group plc Long Term Incentive Plan. It is expected that admission will become effective on 8 July 2021.
New Ordinary Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company.
Total Voting Rights
As at 2 July 2021, the total number of ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") and voting rights in the Group is as follows:
| Class of share | Total number of shares | Number of voting rights per share | Total number of voting rights per class of share
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| Ordinary Shares | 1,264,553,632 | 1 | 1,264,553,632 |
No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.
The above figure for total number of Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations 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 Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.
| Enquiries
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| boohoo group plc | |
| Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer | Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050 |
| Alistair Davies, Investor Relations | Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050 |
| Clara Melia, Investor Relations | Tel: +44 (0)20 3289 5520 |
| Mark Mochalski, Investor Relations | Tel: +44 (0)20 3239 6289 |
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| Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker | |
| Nick Cowles/Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance) | Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512 |
| John Goold/Benjamin Robertson (Corporate Broking) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000 |
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| Jefferies - Joint broker | |
| Philip Noblet/Max Jones | Tel: +44 (0)20 7029 8000 |
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| Buchanan - Financial PR adviser | boohoo@buchanan.uk.com |
| Richard Oldworth / Kim Looringh-van Beeck / Toto Berger / Sophie Wills | Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
About boohoo group plc
"Leading the fashion eCommerce market"
Founded in Manchester in 2006, boohoo is an inclusive and innovative global brand targeting young, value-orientated customers, pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7.
In 2017, the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing and free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. In March 2019, the group acquired the MissPap brand, in August 2019 the Karen Millen and Coast brands and in June 2020 the Warehouse and Oasis brands, all complementary to the group's scalable, multi-brand platform. In January 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, with the goal of transforming a leading UK fashion and beauty retailer into a digital department store and marketplace through a new capital-light and low-risk operating model. In February 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of UK brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton. As at 28 February 2021, the boohoo group had 18 million active customers across all its brands around the world.
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