Hotel Chocolat Group PLC Director/PDMR Dealing - Exercise of SAYE Options (9995R)

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RNS Number : 9995R

Hotel Chocolat Group PLC

01 November 2019

1 November 2019

Hotel Chocolat Group plc

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

Director/PDMR Dealing - Exercise of SAYE Options

Hotel Chocolat announces today that Matt Pritchard, Chief Financial Officer, has exercised 4,864 options over ordinary shares of 0.1p in the Company ("Ordinary Shares" and the "Options") with an exercise price of GBP1.48 per Ordinary Share.

The Options were issued pursuant to the Hotel Chocolat Group plc 2016 Save As You Earn Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan allows employees to make regular monthly contributions up to an agreed maximum, for a three-year period, after which time employees can utilise the lump sum to purchase Ordinary Shares in the Group, at a pre-agreed price.

Following the exercise of Options, Matt Pritchard's beneficial holding in the Company is 109,861 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.1 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

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

William Hall

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.

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                                     Matthew Robert Phillip Pritchard 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                          Chief Financial Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification                     Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
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 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                     Hotel Chocolat Group plc 
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 b)    LEI                                      213800B4D3J15PZHVY29 
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 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 
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 a)    Description of the                       Hotel Chocolat Group plc ordinary 
        financial instrument,                    shares of 0.1p each 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                      ISIN: GB00BY23CB04 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction                Exercise of Options 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                                  Price(s)            Volume(s) 
                                                                     ----------------- 
     GBP1.48                                                          4,864 
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 d)    Aggregated information 
                                                  n/a (single transaction) 
 
  - Aggregated volume 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                  1 November 2019 
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 f)    Place of the transaction                 Outside a trading venue 
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