1 March 2023
Hotel Chocolat Group plc
(" Hotel Chocolat ", the "Company" or the "Group")
Total Voting Rights
For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), Hotel Chocolat notifies the market of the following.
As at 28 February 2023, the Company's issued and fully paid share capital consisted of 137,537,554 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), all of which carry one voting right per share. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
The figure of 137,537,554 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation 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 DTRs.
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 |
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Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Adviser 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 |
Alex Winch |
Notes to Editors:
Hotel Chocolat is a premium British chocolate maker with a strong and distinctive D2C brand. The business was founded by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris, who are still executives within the business, and has traded under the Hotel Chocolat brand since 2003. The Group is unusual in being a grower (organic cacao farm in Saint Lucia), a manufacturer (Cambridgeshire) and owning its extensive direct to consumer channels (branded stores, websites). The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.