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Transaction in Own Shares
Transaction in Own Shares.
About this update from Franchise Brands Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3021I Franchise Brands PLC 07 August 2019 \n\n7 August 2019\n \nFranchise Brands plc\n \n(\"Franchise Brands\", the \"Company\" or \"Group\")\n \nTRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES\n \nThe Board of Franchise Brands announces that, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 23 April 2019, on 7 August 2019 the Company purchased 25,000 of its own ordinary shares of 0.5p each (\"Ordinary Shares\") at a price of 82.5p per share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.\n \nFollowing this transaction, the total number of Ordinary Shares held as treasury shares by the Company is 513,700 Ordinary Shares. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 77,732,033 (including shares held as treasury shares). Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 77,218,333 which 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. \nIn accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Dowgate Capital Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.\n \nEnquiries:\n \n\n\n\nFranchise Brands plc\n\n\n+ 44 (0) 1562 826705\n\n\n\n\nStephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Dent, Chief Financial Officer\nJulia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)\n\n\n+44 (0) 203 328 5656\n\n\n\n\nJeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDowgate Capital Limited (Joint Broker)\n\n\n+44 (0) 203 903 7715\n\n\n\n\nJames Serjeant / Colin Climie\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMHP Communications (Financial PR)\n\n\n+44 (0) 203 128 8100\n\n\n\n\nKatie Hunt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nSchedule of Purchases\n \n\n\n\nShares purchased: \n\n\nFranchise Brands plc (ISIN: GB00BD6P7Y24)\n\n\n\n\nDate of purchases:\n\n\n7 August 2019\n\n\n\n\nInvestment firm: \n\n\nDowgate Capital Limited\n\n\n\n \nAggregate information:\n \n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\nVolume-weigh...