Franchise Brands : AGM Statement and Q1 Trading Update

23 April 2019

FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC

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

AGM statement and Q1 Trading Update

Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), an international multi-brand franchisor, will hold its Annual General Meeting today at 11.00am, at which Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman, will provide the following update:

"Metro Rod's forward momentum in Q1 has continued apace, with our franchise network growing their system sales by 12.9% (FY2018: 10.4%) resulting in a record quarter. Our Vision 2023 strategy of providing franchisees with sales and marketing support and new IT systems has seen 12 of our franchisees achieve year-on-year growth of over 30% in Q1.

We are encouraged to see that our B2C brands, ChipsAway, Ovenclean and Barking Mad, have had a positive start to the year and that franchisee recruitment has improved.

Overall, the group is trading well, and the board looks forward to the remainder of the year with confidence."

Enquiries:
Franchise Brands plc	+ 44 (0) 1562 826705
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
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers (Joint Broker)	[phone]
James Serjeant / Colin Climie
MHP Communications (Financial PR)	[phone]
Katie Hunt / Patrick Hanrahan