Director's Dealings

RNS Number : 6233D

boohoo.com plc

28 April 2017

 

This announcement contains inside information

boohoo.com plc

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

Director's Dealings

boohoo.com plc (AIM: BOO), the leading online fashion retailer, announces the following dealings in the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") by Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer. The dealings took place and were notified to the Company on 27 April 2017.

Neil Catto has exercised an option over 1,560,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 50 pence per Ordinary Share, and has sold these shares at a price of 186.91p per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Neil has an interest in Ordinary Shares comprising options over 2,027,395 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.18 per cent. of the Company's issued Ordinary Share Capital.

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	Exercise of Option and Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 186.91p 1,560,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A - two separate transactions
e)	Date of the transaction	27 April 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries

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

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 and children's wear, through boohooMAN and boohooKIDS. 

In early 2017 the Group has 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 6 million customers in almost every country in the world. 

 

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