Franchise Brands PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3021I)

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RNS Number : 3021I

Franchise Brands PLC

07 August 2019

7 August 2019

Franchise Brands plc

("Franchise Brands", the "Company" or "Group")

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Franchise Brands announces that, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 23 April 2019, on 7 August 2019 the Company purchased 25,000 of its own ordinary shares of 0.5p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 82.5p per share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following this transaction, the total number of Ordinary Shares held as treasury shares by the Company is 513,700 Ordinary Shares. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 77,732,033 (including shares held as treasury shares). Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 77,218,333 which may be used by shareholders 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Dowgate Capital Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries:

 
                                               + 44 (0) 1562 
 Franchise Brands plc                           826705 
 Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman 
 Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer 
  Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development 
  Director 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser    +44 (0) 203 
  and Joint Broker)                             328 5656 
 Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner 
 
                                               +44 (0) 203 
 Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)         903 7715 
 James Serjeant / Colin Climie 
 
                                               +44 (0) 203 
 MHP Communications (Financial PR)              128 8100 
 Katie Hunt 
 

Schedule of Purchases

 
 Shares purchased:    Franchise Brands plc (ISIN: GB00BD6P7Y24) 
 Date of purchases:   7 August 2019 
 Investment firm:     Dowgate Capital Limited 
 

Aggregate information:

 
 Venue                    Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                           pence 
 London Stock Exchange    82.5p             25,000 
 

Individual transaction:

 
 Number of shares   Transaction   Time of        Trading venue 
  purchased          price         transaction 
                     (pence per 
                     share) 
 25,000             82.5p         12.47          London Stock Exchange 
 

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