Hotel Chocolat Group PLC Block Listing Six Monthly Return (7511Y)

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RNS Number : 7511Y

Hotel Chocolat Group PLC

06 January 2020

6 January 2020

Hotel Chocolat Group plc

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

Block Listing Six Monthly Return

Date: 6 January 2020

 
 Name of applicant:                                 Hotel Chocolat Group plc 
 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:                     06/07/2019               To:                 05/01/2020 
                         ------------------------  -----------------------  ------------------  ---------------------- 
 Balance of unallotted shares under scheme at end 
  of last return:                                   4,327,827 
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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): 
                                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Less: Number of shares issued/allotted under 
  scheme during period:                             2,755,024 
                                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet 
  issued/allotted at end of period:                 1,572,803 
                                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 Name of contact:                Bernadette Barber 
 Telephone number of contact:    01702 476824 
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For further information:

 
                                                             + 44 (0) 20 
 Hotel Chocolat Group plc                    c/o Citigate     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 
 Angharad Couch 
 Ellen Wilton 
 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited - Nominated Advisor and    + 44 (0) 20 
  Broker                                              3100 2222 
 Clayton Bush 
 James Greenwood 
 

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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