Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 21, 2022
Major Shareholding Notification
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boohoo group plc
21 February 2022
| For Immediate Release | 21 February 2022 |
boohoo group plc
("boohoo" or the "Company")
Issuance of Ordinary Shares to all Non‐Executive Directors and Total Voting Rights
boohoo group plc (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, announces that it has issued new ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("New Ordinary Shares") to its Non‐Executive Directors as part of their compensation package.
A total of 63,761 New Ordinary Shares were issued at an effective price of 94.10 pence under the terms of their letter of appointment which require compensation to be made partly in cash and partly in Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares represent the share compensation due for the financial year ending 28 February 2022 and are subject to lock in provisions for as long as the recipient remains a director of boohoo. The details of the issuance are set out below:
| Director | Value of the share issuance | Number of New Ordinary Shares Issued | Number of Ordinary Shares held following the issuance | Percentage of the enlarged Ordinary Share Capital (%) |
| Brian Small | £20,000 | 21,253 | 98,734 | 0.0077 |
| Shaun McCabe | £10,000 | 10,627 | 110,627 | 0.0087 |
| Tim Morris | £10,000 | 10,627 | 26,297 | 0.0021 |
| Iain McDonald | £10,000 | 10,627 | 731,963 | 0.0577 |
| Kirsty Britz | £10,000 | 10,627 | 10,627 | 0.0008 |
Trading in the New Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares, is expected to commence on or around 23 February 2022.
Total Voting Rights
Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company will be 1,267,688,084. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.
The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
| 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 |
| Mark Mochalski, Investor Relations | Tel: +44 (0)20 3239 6289 |
| Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker | |
| Nick Cowles / Andrew Jones | Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512 |
| Benjamin Robertson | Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000 |
| Jefferies - Joint broker | |
| Philip Noblet / Max Jones | Tel: +44 (0)20 7029 8000 |
| Buchanan - Financial PR adviser | [email protected] |
| Richard Oldworth / Kim Looringh-van Beeck / Toto Berger / Sophie Wills | 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 global brand targeting young, value-orientated customers, pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7.
In 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, in August 2019 the Karen Millen and Coast brands and in June 2020 the Warehouse and Oasis brands, all complementary to the group's scalable, multi-brand platform. In January 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, with the goal of transforming a leading UK fashion and beauty retailer into a digital department store and marketplace through a new capital-light and low-risk operating model. In February 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of UK brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton. As at 31 August 2021, the boohoo group had 19 million active customers across all its brands around the world
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