Franchise Brands PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3180V)
05 April 2019 - 10:35PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3180V
Franchise Brands PLC
05 April 2019
5 April 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 25 April 2018, on 5 April 2019 the Company
purchased 80,000 of its own ordinary shares of 0.5p each ("Ordinary
Shares") at a price of 73.5p 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 363,700 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 77,368,333 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
Stockbrokers 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) 203 328
and Joint Broker) 5656
Jeremy Porter/ Liz Kirchner
+44 (0) 203 903
Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker) 7715
James Serjeant/Colin Climie
+44 (0) 203 128
MHP Communications (Financial PR) 8100
Katie Hunt
Schedule of Purchases
Shares purchased: Franchise Brands plc (ISIN: GB00BD6P7Y24)
Date of purchases: 5 April 2019
Investment firm: Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers
Aggregate information:
Venue Volume-weighted Aggregated volume
average price,
pence
London Stock Exchange 73.5p 80,000
Individual transaction:
Number of shares Transaction Time of Trading venue
purchased price transaction
(pence per
share)
London Stock
80,000 73.5p 10:04 Exchange
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