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
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| ALISON HAWKSLEY
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| 2
| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| PCA
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| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| 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
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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.1P EACH | ||||
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00BY23CB04 | |||||
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES | ||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | | |
| | | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | | £1.35 | 14,814 | | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | ||||
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| - Aggregated volume | n/a single transaction | |||||
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| - Price | | |||||
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| 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 | |
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| Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and Broker | + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 |
| Clayton Bush | |
| Edward Thomas | |
| Miquela Bezuidenhoudt | |
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| 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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