FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2023

Mar 8, 2023

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RNS Number : 3539S

Franchise Brands PLC

08 March 2023

8 March 2023

Franchise Brands plc

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

Holding in Company

Franchise Brands plc, an international multi-brand franchise business, announces that it was informed on 7 March 2023 that Gresham House Asset Management Limited's shareholding in the Company is 7,159,812 Ordinary Shares of 0.5 pence, equivalent to approximately 5.49 per cent. of the current issued share capital and voting rights of the Company.

Enquiries:

Franchise Brands plc	+ 44 (0) 1625 813231
Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman
Andrew Mallows, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 20 3328 5656
Jeremy Porter / George Payne (Corporate Finance) Amrit Nahal (Sales & Corporate Broking)
Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 20 3903 7715
James Serjeant / Russell Cook / Nicholas Chambers
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Broker)	+44 (0)20 7710 7688
Matthew Blawat / Francis North / Harry Billen
MHP Group (Financial PR)	+44 (0) 20 3128 8100
Katie Hunt / Catherine Chapman	+44 (0) 7884 494112
	franchisebrands@mhpgroup.com

About Franchise Brands plc

Franchise Brands is an international, multi-brand franchisor focused on building market-leading businesses primarily via a franchise model. The Group currently has a combined network of 590 franchisees across six principal franchise brands in the UK, North America and Europe.

Franchise Brands' focus is on B2B van-based reactive and planned services. The Company owns several market-leading brands with a long trading history which benefit from the Group's central support services, in particular technology, marketing, management experience and other group resources. At the centre of Franchise Brands' business building strategy is helping its franchisees grow their businesses.

Franchise Brands employs 420 people from 5 principal offices in the UK, Orlando, Florida and the Netherlands.

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

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