24 September 2021
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")
Short delay to announcement of 2021 preliminary results
The Group's auditors, BDO LLP, have requested additional time to complete its audit processes. Therefore, the Company will now publish its 2021 preliminary financial results for the year ended 27 June 2021 ("2021 Results") on 5 October 2021.
The Company emphasises that the delay arises from undertaking the ordinary course audit process that BDO is required to perform and not as a result of any concerns relating to its 2021 Results.
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 |
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| Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser and Broker + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 |
| Clayton Bush |
| James Greenwood |
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| Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
| Angharad Couch |
| Ellen Wilton |
| Alex Winch |
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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