Hotel Chocolat Group Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:H0C Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
17 Jan 24	Buy€12,141,215	Samson Rock Capital LLP	Company	2,790,000	€4.35
17 Jan 24	Sell€8,920,964	Franklin Resources, Inc.	Company	2,050,000	€4.35
16 Jan 24	Buy€61,539	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	14,156	€4.35
16 Jan 24	Sell€773	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	178	€4.34
04 Jan 24	Buy€13	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	3	€4.31
04 Jan 24	Sell€13	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	3	€4.31
02 Jan 24	Buy€610	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	143	€4.26
02 Jan 24	Buy€90,235	Alpine Associates Management Inc.	Company	21,100	€4.28
19 Dec 23	Buy€215,173	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	50,000	€4.30
08 Dec 23	Buy€2,246,242	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	524,528	€4.28
08 Dec 23	Sell€295	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	Company	69	€4.28

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of H0C?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Public Companies	95,183	0.0691%
Hedge Funds	10,329,481	7.5%
Institutions	59,271,091	43%
Individual Insiders	68,095,727	49.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.5%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 97.77% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
23.2%	Peter Harris	31,955,657	€142.9m	-14.2%	no data
23.2%	Angus Thirlwell	31,955,657	€142.9m	-14.2%	no data
15.4%	Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.	21,212,632	€94.9m	8.61%	8.6%
7.51%	Samson Rock Capital LLP	10,329,481	€46.2m	0%	8.25%
4.32%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	5,945,972	€26.6m	-7.47%	0.01%
3.03%	Alexandre Da Costa	4,170,000	€18.6m	0%	no data
2.94%	Martin Currie Ltd.	4,050,244	€18.1m	-1.54%	0.2%
2.9%	Santander Asset Management SA SGIIC	3,995,000	€17.9m	272%	0.1%
1.63%	Norges Bank Investment Management	2,237,809	€10.0m	0%	no data
1.62%	Brooks MacDonald Asset Management	2,228,162	€10.0m	2.54%	0.82%
1.6%	Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.	2,201,987	€9.8m	4.76%	0.14%
1.44%	Ninety One UK Limited	1,974,947	€8.8m	-15%	0.01%
1.3%	Alpine Associates Management Inc.	1,787,200	€8.0m	0%	1.29%
1.21%	Heronbridge Investment Management LLP	1,662,000	€7.4m	39.4%	0.51%
1.1%	Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC	1,520,490	€6.8m	49.4%	0.15%
0.89%	Baillie Gifford & Co.	1,222,014	€5.5m	-56.9%	no data
0.82%	Investec Wealth & Investment Limited	1,123,924	€5.0m	-2.4%	0.04%
0.76%	EdenTree Investment Management Limited	1,050,000	€4.7m	-4.02%	0.25%
0.64%	InsingerGilissen Asset Management N.V	886,261	€4.0m	135%	1.29%
0.5%	West Yorkshire Pension Fund	693,568	€3.1m	0%	0.06%
0.4%	HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited	545,583	€2.4m	-1.82%	0.02%
0.38%	A J Bell Holdings Limited, Asset Management Arm	522,448	€2.3m	4.66%	0.02%
0.34%	Liberum Capital Limited, Asset Management Arm	471,084	€2.1m	91.4%	3.13%
0.32%	Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division	445,368	€2.0m	-5.77%	0.02%
0.27%	Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd, Asset Management Arm	370,735	€1.7m	-6.02%	0.01%