Grant of Options

RNS Number : 9804S

boohoo.com plc

29 June 2018

 

For Immediate Release

29 June 2018

boohoo.com plc

("boohoo.com" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

boohoo.com (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, announces that options over a total of 1,281,497 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each ("Shares") were granted, at nominal value, on 28 June 2018 pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP').

The grant comprises an option over 128,744 Shares to Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer and options over 1,152,753 Shares in aggregate, to 15 senior managers.

Following this grant Neil's interest in Shares is as follows:

Director	Shares held personally	Shares under option in LTIP	Shares held under SIP	Shares under option in SAYE	Total interest	% of issued share capital
Neil Catto	14,306	671,603	9,571	59,604	755,084	0.065%

The LTIP options granted have a performance period of three years ending on 28 February 2021 and vesting is dependent on meeting challenging performance conditions.

In addition, the Company announces that options over a total of 7,940,000 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each were granted on 28 June 2018 to 350 employees pursuant to the Company's Employee Share Option Plan ('ESOP').

The options granted have a vesting period of three years, a total exercise period of ten years and an exercise price of 201.95 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following these grants the Company has a total of 33,087,003 Shares under option representing approximately 2.86% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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	Neil Catto
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CFO
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Boohoo.com plc
b)	LEI	213800SZF3KFCECWY243
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 1p ISIN: JE00BG6L7297
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of shares under option in the Company's LTIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 201.95 128,744
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	28 June 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries

Enquiries
boohoo.com plc
Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer	Tel: [phone]
Alistair Davies, Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Clara Melia, Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker
Nick Cowles/Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance)	Tel: [phone]
John Goold/Benjamin Robertson (Corporate Broking)	Tel: [phone]
Jefferies Hoare Govett - Joint broker
Nick Adams/Max Jones	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan - Financial PR adviser	[e-mail]
Richard Oldworth/Madeleine Seacombe/	Tel: [phone]
Gemma Mostyn-Owen

About boohoo.com plc

"Leading the fashion eCommerce market"

Founded in Manchester in 2006, the group started life as boohoo.com, an inclusive and innovative brand targeting young, value-orientated customers. For over 10 years, boohoo has been pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7. boohoo has grown rapidly in the UK and internationally, expanding its offering with range extensions into menswear through boohooMAN.

In early 2017 the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, and free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. United by a shared customer value proposition, our brands design, source, market and sell great quality clothes, shoes and accessories at unbeatable prices. This investment proposition has helped us grow from a single brand, into a major multi-brand online retailer, leading the fashion eCommerce market for 16 to 30-year-olds around the world. Today the boohoo group sells to over 9.8 million customer accounts across all its brands in almost every country in the world.

 

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