19 Oct 2023 12:20
19 October 2023
LEI: 213800V4LJ2FXMQKKA46
The Restaurant Group plc ("the Company")
Issue of Shares to the Employee Benefit Trust
The Restaurant Group plc today announces that it has issued, conditional on admission, 5,150,530 ordinary shares of 28.125 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to a subscription by the Company's Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy share awards granted to employees under the Company's Restricted Share Plan.
Application will be made for the admission to trading of the new Ordinary Shares on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and to listing on the Official List, with dealings expected to commence at 8 a.m. on or around 24 October 2023.
Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares, the Company will have a total of 770,212,928 Ordinary Shares with voting rights in issue. The Company currently holds no shares in treasury.
The above figure of 770,212,928 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 and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Andrew Eames 020 3117 5001
Company Secretary
MHP Communications 07885224532/07584142665
Oliver Hughes/James McFarlane ? TRG@mhpc.com