Grant of Options and Director's Dealing

RNS Number : 4555B
boohoo group plc
03 October 2022
 

    3 October 2022

 

 

 boohoo group plc

 

("boohoo" or the "Company"  or the "Group")

 

Grant of Options and Director's Dealing

 

boohoo (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion group, confirms that, further to announcements made on 23 June 2022 and 27 September 2022, Shaun McCabe has joined as Chief Financial Officer and shall be appointed as a director of the Company, with effect from today, 3 October 2022.

 

boohoo further announces that it has granted a conditional share award (the "CSA") to Shaun McCabe today, 3 October 2022. The CSA takes the form of a nil cost option over 3,073,778 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Shares") and is granted as part of his compensation for the loss of benefits which lapsed on leaving his previous employment.

 

The CSA shall vest according to the below vesting schedule provided that Shaun remains employed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company on each vesting date.

 

· 1,253,109 options to vest in May 2023;

· 1,575,812 options to vest in May 2024; and

· 244,857 options to vest in May 2025.

 

 

Following this grant, his interest in the Company's Shares is as follows:

 

Director

Shares held personally

Shares under option in LTIP

Shares held under SIP

Shares under option in SAYE

 Shares under option in DBP

Shares under option in Conditional Award

Total interest

% of issued share capital

Shaun McCabe

110,627

0

0

0

  0

 3,073,778

3,184,405

0.25%

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Further details are set out in the below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.  

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Shaun McCabe

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

boohoo group plc

b)

LEI

213800SZF3KFCECWY243

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 financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1p

 

ISIN: JE00BG6L7297

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of Conditional Share Option as part of the CSA

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 Price(s)

Volume(s)

NIL

3,073,778



d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price


N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

3 October 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

Off market

 

 

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Enquiries


boohoo group plc


Shaun McCabe, 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


Andrew Jones / James Edis

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

boohoo@buchanan.uk.com

Richard Oldworth / Kim Looringh-van Beeck / Toto Berger / Verity Parker

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 2022, the boohoo group had 19 million active customers across all its brands around the world.

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