Hotel Chocolat Group PLC PDMR Dealing (3616U)

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RNS Number : 3616U

Hotel Chocolat Group PLC

01 April 2021

1 April 2021

HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC

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

PDMR Dealing

The Company announces that on 31 March 2021, non-executive director, Greg Hodder, a PDMR of the Company, purchased 8,802 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 397.6 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Mr Hodder is interested in 8,802 Ordinary Shares of the Company representing 0.01% 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                                        BRIAN GREGORY HODDER 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                                  NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
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 b)    Initial notification                        INITIAL NOTIFICATION 
        /Amendment 
      ------------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 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 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of the                          HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP PLC ORDINARY SHARES 
        financial instrument,                       OF 0.1P EACH 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                         ISIN: GB00BY23CB04 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction                   ACQUISITION OF ORDINARY SHARES 
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 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                                                           --------------------- 
                                                     Price(s)               Volume(s) 
                                                                           --------------------- 
     GBP3.976                                                               8,802 
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 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                         n/a single transaction 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                     31 MARCH 2021 
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 f)    Place of the transaction                    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AIM 
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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 
 
 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 
 Kieran Farthing 
 

Notes to Editors:

Hotel Chocolat is a direct-to-consumer premium chocolate brand, involved in every stage of chocolate from growing to making and distributing. 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 locations in the UK and USA, and in Japan via a joint venture. The Group has an organic cacao farm and hotel in Saint Lucia, offering complete cacao immersion through tree-to-bar experiences and wellness treatments. The Group also has the Rabot flagship restaurant and cacao roastery in London's Borough Market. The Group was admitted to trading on AIM in 2016.

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