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Hostmore plc

Appointment of Corporate Brokers

3 November 2021

Hostmore plc ('Hostmore') is pleased to announce the appointment of Numis Securities Limited ('Numis') and HSBC Bank plc ('HSBC') as joint corporate brokers with immediate effect.

ENDS

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Robert B. Cook, Chief Executive Officer

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

[email protected]

+44 330 460 5588

Numis Securities Limited

Stuart Dickson, Edmund van der Klugt, Shivam Haria

020 7260 1000

HSBC Bank plc

Simon Alexander, Sam McLennan, Alex Moraru

020 7991 8888

Vico Partners

John Sunnucks, Iain Rawlinson, Sofia Newitt  

020 3957 5045

Hostmore plc

Hostmore is a growing hospitality business with its current operations focused on the American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', and the cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand, '63rd+1st'.  While Fridays has been trading for over three decades in the UK, Hostmore was established in 2021 to provide a platform for the development of hospitality brands under the leadership of an experienced management team that has a track record of building businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors.  Hostmore's businesses are defined by their iconic brand experience and vibrant heritage. As of 2 November 2021, Hostmore operated 87 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Jersey, a majority of which are located in high footfall locations, including retail parks, shopping centres and city centres.  Hostmore is exploring opportunities with TGI Friday's, Inc., the franchisor of Fridays, to expand its existing brands into new franchise territories and is seeking to add rapidly growing, early-stage businesses to its portfolio of complementary hospitality brands, as well as to extend its offering in other experience-led, leisure concepts.