PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 0223S

Hotel Chocolat Group PLC

11 November 2021

 

11 November 2021

HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC

("Hotel Chocolat", the "Company" or the "Group")

PDMR Dealing

The Company announces that on 10 November 2021, non-executive director, Sophie Tomkins, a PDMR of the Company, sold 3,500 Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 501.1 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Ms Tomkins is interested in 5,014 Ordinary Shares of the Company representing 0.004% 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

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	SOPHIE ALICE TOMKINS
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.1P EACH
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00BY23CB04
b)	Nature of the transaction	SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Price(s)	Volume(s)
				£5.011	3,500
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	n/a single transaction
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	10 NOVEMBER 2021
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

Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and Broker  + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222

Clayton Bush

James Greenwood

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 chocolatier with a strong and distinctive brand. 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 130 locations in the UK and abroad. The Group has one restaurant in the UK and a cocoa estate and hotel in Saint Lucia. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.

 

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