Hotel Chocolat Group PLC Block Listing Six Monthly Return (2863M)

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RNS Number : 2863M

Hotel Chocolat Group PLC

07 January 2019

7(th) January 2019

Hotel Chocolat Group plc

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

Block Listing Six Monthly Return

Date: 7th January 2019

 
 Name of applicant:                                 Hotel Chocolat Group plc (AIM ticker: HOTC) 
 Name of scheme:                                               Hotel Chocolat Group plc 2016 Save as You Earn and 
                                                               Hotel Chocolat Group plc 2016 Long Term 
                                                               Incentive Plan 
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 Period of return:        From:                     06/07/2018               To:                 05/01/2019 
                         ------------------------  -----------------------  ------------------  ---------------------- 
 Balance of unallotted shares under scheme from 
  commencement of the block listing:                4,328,212 
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 Plus: The amount by which the block scheme has     Nil 
 been increased since the date of the last return 
 (if any increase has been applied for): 
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 Less: Number of shares issued/allotted under 
  scheme during period:                             385 
                                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet 
  issued/allotted at end of period:                 4,327,827 
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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 
 
 Citigate Dewe Rogerson - Financial PR                                      + 44 (0) 20 7638 9571 
 Simon Rigby 
 Angharad Couch 
 Ellen Wilton 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and Broker                     + 44 (0) 20 3100 2222 
 Clayton Bush 
 James Greenwood 
 Trystan Cullen 
 

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 stores in the UK and abroad. The Group has a cocoa plantation and eco-hotel in Saint Lucia, offering complete cocoa immersion thorough tree-to-bar experiences and wellness treatments. The Group also has a flagship restaurant and cocoa roastery in London's Borough Market: Rabot 1745. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.

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