FIF.L Regulatory News (FIF)

Finsbury Food Group plc

Director's Dealings

The Company announces that on 16th July 2013, Mr Martin Lightbody, the Chairman of the Company, sold 6,500,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 53.9 pence per share. Following this sale, Mr Lightbody's beneficial holding in the Company is now 7,200,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 11.2 per cent. of the Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

The Ordinary Shares have been placed with both existing and new institutional investors.

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Notes to Editors:

§ Finsbury Food Group plc (AIM: FIF), is a leading manufacturer of cake, bread and bakery goods. Within its Cake business, the Group's focus is premium and celebration cakes plus low fat cake slices. Its Bread business manufactures artisan and organic bread and also morning goods.

§ Finsbury Food Group is the second largest manufacturer of Ambient Packaged Cake (excluding In Store Bakery) in the UK, a market valued at £901m (Source: Kantar Worldpanel Total UK Coverage, June 2013).

§ The Group's strategy is to generate returns for shareholders by building a crafted bakery group focused on premium, celebration and well being that delivers for customers and consumers. Finsbury continues to develop its licensed brand portfolio to complement its core retailer brand relationships and improve its understanding of and response to changing consumer needs.

§ Whilst the Company sees exciting organic growth opportunities in all its businesses and its short-term focus is on integrating and growing its existing businesses, the aim is to take advantage of the appropriate bolt on acquisitions to drive longer term value as opportunities and circumstance allow.