Director’s dealing

Franchise Brands PLC

20 August 2026

 

20 August 2026

FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC

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

Director's dealing

Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), a platform of international B2B franchise brands focused on essential services through a mobile workforce, announces that Neil Miller, a director and the Chief Financial Officer has today bought 8,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company, at a price of 153 pence per share.

Following this purchase, Mr Miller has an interest in 43,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company, equating to 0.02% of the issued share capital.

The table at the end of this announcement provides further information in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Enquiries:

Franchise Brands plc	+ 44 (0) 1625 813231
Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman
Peter Molloy, Chief Executive Officer
Neil Miller, Chief Financial Officer
Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	[phone]
Matthew Blawat
Jason Grossman
Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance)
Amrit Nahal / Tony Quirke (Sales & Corporate Broking)
MHP Group (Financial PR)	[phone]
Katie Hunt / Hugo Harris	[phone]
	[e-mail]

About Franchise Brands plc

Franchise Brands (FTSE AIM UK 50) is a platform of international B2B franchise brands focused on essential services through a mobile workforce. We have clarity of purpose which is acquire, develop and scale proven franchise businesses. Our focus is to help our franchisees grow their businesses, so that "as they grow, we grow".

Our franchise partners benefit from our One Franchise Brands platform which includes shared, bespoke technology systems, a strategic growth maximisation methodology and management franchising expertise.

We have 7 franchise brands in 10 countries, approximately 600 franchisees and 2,500 mobile service vehicles. We focus on resilient reactive and planned services and carry out approximately 1.3m jobs per year at an average value of £325 for approximately 65,000 commercial customers. We earn an average management service fee of 15% from each job undertaken by our franchise partners.

Our market-leading brands include Pirtek, Metro Rod and Filta. We employ approximately 600 people across the Group and there are over 3,000 people employed in the franchise community.

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

Information required under the UK Market Abuse Regulation:

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Neil Miller
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director and Chief Financial Officer
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 ISIN: GB00BD6P7Y24
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price: 153p per share Volume: 8,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	20 August 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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