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RNS Number : 7168O

Franchise Brands PLC

12 October 2021

FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC

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

Director/PDMR Notification

Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), a multi-brand franchise business, announces that Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer, and Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director, have purchased ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below.

 
                    N o. of Ordinary    Resulting interest    % of issued share 
                     Shares purchased    in Ordinary Shares    capital 
 Chris Dent         300                 61,602                0.06 
                   ------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 Julia Choudhury    2,030               1,546,701             1.45 
                   ------------------  --------------------  ------------------ 
 

The notification below, which has been made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Enquiries:

 
 Franchise Brands plc                          + 44 (0) 1625 813231 
 Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman 
 Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer 
 Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development 
  Director 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser 
  and Joint Broker)                            +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 
 Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner (Corporate 
  Finance) 
  Amrit Nahal (Sales) 
 
 Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)        +44 (0) 20 3903 7715 
 James Serjeant / Colin Climie / Nicholas 
  Chambers 
 
 MHP Communications (Financial PR)             +44 (0) 20 3128 8100 
 Katie Hunt                                    +44 (0) 7884 494112 
                                               franchisebrands@mhpc.com 
 

About Franchise Brands plc

Franchise Brands is focused on building market-leading businesses in selected customer segments using primarily a franchise model. The Group currently has a combined network of over 425 franchisees across five principal franchise brands. Our focus is on established brands which can benefit from our shared support services, specialist sector expertise, management experience and group resources.

The Group is organised into a B2B division comprised of Metro Rod, Metro Plumb, and Willow Pumps, and a B2C division that incorporates ChipsAway, Ovenclean and Barking Mad. This divisional organisation of our brands is designed to provide a greater focus and structure to support the strategic development of our B2B and B2C brands.

Each of our brands are leaders in their respective markets and each brand has a long trading history. The combined trading history of all the Group's brands is over 135 years.

Franchise Brands plc employs some 280 people across three principal locations in Macclesfield, Kidderminster and Aylesford.

For further information, visit www.franchisebrands.co.uk.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                         Chris Dent        Chief Financial 
                                                       Officer 
                                    Julia Choudhury   Corporate Development 
                                                       Director 
                                                     ---------------------- 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             See 1 a) above 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Franchise Brands plc 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                         213800CFRX6CJ8LCKN37 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the          ordinary shares of 0.5p each 
       financial instrument,       in Franchise Brands plc 
       type of instrument          Identification code (ISIN) for 
       Identification code         Franchise Brands plc ordinary 
                                   shares: GB00BD6P7Y24 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the transaction   Purchase of ordinary shares 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                          price     volume 
                                    Chris Dent         132.99p   300 
                                                      --------  ------- 
                                    Julia Choudhury    132.99p   2,030 
                                                      --------  ------- 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information      n/a 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction     11 October 2021 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange - AIM 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 

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