BOOHOO GROUP PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 3, 2020

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RNS Number : 7364Y

boohoo group plc

03 January 2020

For Immediate Release	3 January 2020

boohoo group plc

("boohoo" or "the group")

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

boohoo group plc (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, has been notified of the following dealing in the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") made on 18 December 2019 by Nurez Kamani. Nurez has gifted a total of 10 million Ordinary Shares (representing 0.86% per cent of the Company's issued share capital) for nil consideration to a trust established for the benefit of Nurez Kamani's adult children.  The gifts were notified to the Company on 20 December 2019. 

Immediately following the gifts on 18 December 2019, Nurez and the trust for the benefit of Nurez's adult children each had interests in 25,108,623 and 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares respectively, representing 2.15 per cent and 0.86 per cent of the Company's issued share capital respectively.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			boohoo group plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer						X
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Please see section 11, additional information.
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name			NUREZ KAMANI
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:			18/12/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			20/12/2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.15%	0		2.15%	1,165,419,387
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	3.79%	0		3.79%	1,162,811,822

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
JE00BG6L7297		25,108,623					2.15%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		25,108,623					2.15%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer				X
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information

Place of completion	LONDON, UK
Date of completion	3 January 2020

Enquiries
boohoo group plc
Neil Catto, Chief Financial Officer	Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050
Alistair Davies, Investor Relations	Tel: +44 (0)161 233 2050
Clara Melia, Investor Relations	Tel: +44 (0)20 3289 5520
Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker
Nick Cowles/Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance)	Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512
John Goold/Benjamin Robertson (Corporate Broking)	Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000
Jefferies - Joint broker
Philip Noblet/Max Jones	Tel: +44 (0)20 7029 8000
Buchanan - Financial PR adviser	boohoo@buchanan.uk.com
Richard Oldworth/Kim Looringh-van Beeck/Toto Berger	Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000

About boohoo group plc

"Leading the fashion eCommerce market"

Founded in Manchester in 2006, boohoo is an inclusive and innovative brand targeting young, value-orientated customers. For 13 years, boohoo has been pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7. boohoo has grown rapidly in the UK and internationally, expanding its offering with range extensions into menswear, through boohooMAN.

In early 2017 the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, and free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. In March 2019 the group acquired the MissPap brand and in August 2019, the Karen Millen and Coast brands, all complementary to the group's scalable multi-brand platform. United by a shared customer value proposition, our brands design, source, market and sell great quality clothes, shoes and accessories at unbeatable prices. These investment propositions have helped us grow from a single brand, into a major multi-brand online retailer, leading the fashion eCommerce market for 16 to 40-year-olds around the world. As at 31 August 2019, the boohoo group had around 13 million active customers across all its brands around the world. 

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