Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0722C

Franchise Brands PLC

16 June 2021

 

FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC

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

Director/PDMR Notification

Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), a multi-brand franchise business, announces that Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman, has purchased 23,200 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), at a price of 147 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Stephen Hemsley now has a total interest in 22,179,844 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 23.16% of the Company's total voting rights.

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)	[phone]
Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance) Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate Broking)
Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
James Serjeant / Colin Climie / Nicholas Chambers
MHP Communications (Financial PR)	[phone]
Katie Hunt	[phone]
	[e-mail]

About Franchise Brands plc

Franchise Brands is focused on building market-leading businesses in selected customer segments, primarily via 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 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 265 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	Stephen Hemsley
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
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 financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ordinary shares of 0.5p each in Franchise Brands plc Identification code (ISIN) for Franchise Brands plc ordinary shares: GB00BD6P7Y24
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price: 147p Volume: 23,200  shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	15 June 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - AIM

 

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