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28 April 2017
FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC
("Franchise Brands", the "Company" or the "Group")
Total Voting Rights
Franchise Brands plc, a multi-brand international franchisor, announces that the issued share capital of the Company at the date of this announcement comprises 77,732,033 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence, with one voting right per share. 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Franchise Brands plc + 44 (0) 800 012 6462
Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman
Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director
Allenby Capital Limited +44 (0) 20 3328 5656(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)Jeremy Porter/ James Thomas / Liz Kirchner
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers +44 (0)1293 517744
(Joint Broker)
James Serjeant / Neil Badger
MHP Communications +44 (0) 20 3128 8100(Financial PR) franchisebrands@mhpc.com
Katie Hunt / Hannah Winter
Further information on Franchise Brands:
Franchise Brands is a group of international multi-brand franchisors with a combined network currently of over 450 franchisees in 12 countries, but predominantly in the UK. The Group's main brands are ChipsAway, a mobile car paintwork repair specialist with over 220 franchisees in the UK; Ovenclean, a mobile domestic oven cleaning business with over 100 franchisees; Barking Mad, a leading franchise provider of dog sitting services in the UK with over 70 franchisees and Metro Rod, a leading provider of drain clearance and maintenance services with 40 franchisees.
Founded in September 2008 by Stephen Hemsley (Executive Chairman) and Nigel Wray (Non-Executive Director), the Group's principal shareholders, Franchise Brands has a highly experienced management team and Board with extensive expertise in franchising (gained through their notable involvement with Domino's Pizza), operating and growing profitable businesses and investigating acquisition targets.
Franchise Brands has developed a highly professional central services platform including marketing, franchise recruitment and support services such as IT, which enables it to support the acquisition of some new franchise brands without significantly increasing its central overhead.
The Board has a clear strategy to build the Group by the selective, earnings enhancing acquisition of high quality franchise businesses that can benefit from its central services, whilst addressing the same B2B and B2C market as its existing brands.
Franchise Brands was admitted to AIM in August 2016 (ticker code: FRAN.L).