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Exercise of share options & total voting rights
Exercise of share options & total voting rights.
About this update from Franchise Brands Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 1822F\n Franchise Brands PLC\n 05 March 2020\n \n \n \n \n Franchise Brands plc \n \n \n (\"Franchise Brands\", the \"Company\" or \"Group\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Exercise of share options and change to total voting rights\n \n \n \n \n \n Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), a multi-brand franchise business, announces the issue of 196,970 new ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company (\"New Ordinary Shares\") pursuant to the exercise of EMI options under the Company's 2016 IPO Share Plan (the \"Option Exercises\") by employees of the Group.\n \n \n \n \n \n Application has been made for the admission to trading on AIM (\"Admission\") of the 196,970 New Ordinary Shares and it is expected that Admission will occur on or around 11 March 2020.\n \n \n \n \n \n Following the Option Exercises, the Company has a total of 4,304,347 options over Ordinary Shares outstanding.\n \n \n \n \n \n Total voting rights\n \n \n \n \n \n Upon Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 79,710,757\n \n Ordinary Shares, each with one voting right. \n There are 25,000 Ordinary Shares held in treasury and so the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 79,685,757. \n This figure 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.\n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:\n \n \n \n \n Franchise Brands plc\n \n \n + 44 (0) 1562 826705\n \n \n \n \n Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)\n \n \n +44 (0) 20 3328 5656\n \n \n \n \n Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner / Nicholas Chambers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)\n \n \n +44 (0) 20 3903 7715\n \n \n \n \n James Serjeant / Colin Climie\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MHP Communications (Financial PR)\n \n \n +44 (0) 20 3128 8100\n \n \n \n \n Katie Hunt / Patrick Hanrahan\n \n \n...