Boohoo : Share issue to Chairman and Non-Exec Directors

For Immediate Release	28 February 2018

boohoo group plc

('boohoo' or the 'Company')

Issuance of Ordinary Shares to the Chairman and Non‐Executive Directors

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 Chairman and Non‐executive Directors as part of their compensation package.

A total of 31,223 New Ordinary Shares were issued at an effective price of 176.15 pence under the terms of their service agreements 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 year ending February 2019 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
Peter Williams	£25,000	14,192	506,154	0.044
Sara Murray	£10,000	5,677	17,921	0.002
Pierre Cuilleret	£10,000	5,677	111,096	0.010
Iain McDonald	£10,000	5,677	440,096	0.038

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 5 March 2019.

Total Voting Rights

Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company will be 1,162,811,822.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: [phone]
Alistair Davies, Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Clara Melia, Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Zeus Capital - Nominated adviser and joint broker
Nick Cowles/Andrew Jones (Corporate Finance)	Tel: [phone]
John Goold/Benjamin Robertson (Corporate Broking)	Tel: [phone]
Jefferies Hoare Govett - Joint broker
Nick Adams/Max Jones	Tel: [phone]
Buchanan - Financial PR adviser	[e-mail]
Richard Oldworth/ Sophie Wills/ Maddie Seacombe/	Tel: [phone]

About boohoo group plc

'Leading the fashion eCommerce market'

Founded in Manchester in 2006, the group started life as boohoo.com, an inclusive and innovative brand targeting young, value-orientated customers. For over 12 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. United by a shared customer value proposition, our brands design, source, market and sell great quality clothes, shoes and accessories at unbeatable prices. This investment proposition has helped us grow from a single brand, into a major multi-brand online retailer, leading the fashion eCommerce market for 16 to 30-year-olds around the world. Today the boohoo group sells to over 11 million customer accounts across all its brands around the world.