11 April 2022

Hostmore plc (the "Company")

Posting of Annual Report and Financial Statements and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022 and the Notice of the 2022 Annual General Meeting

The Company confirms that its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 53 week period ended 2 January 2022 (the "Annual Report") has been posted to shareholders, together with the Notice of the 2022 Annual General Meeting (the "Notice of AGM") and associated form of proxy. The Annual Report and the Notice of AGM are available from the Company's website at www.hostmoregroup.com/results-reports-presentations.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 11am on Friday, 27 May 2022 at the offices of Numis Securities Ltd, 45 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7BF (the "AGM"). 

As we all adapt to living with COVID-19, the Board recognises the need to remain vigilant. We will, therefore, continue to observe all necessary precautions as the health and safety of all participants remains paramount.  We are asking shareholders to confirm their attendance to us in advance, so that we can ensure that the meeting is held in a safe, and appropriately socially distanced, manner.  Therefore, if you plan to attend the AGM in person, we ask that you email [email protected] as soon as possible.

Please note that shareholders, their appointed representatives or proxies should not attend the AGM if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or if they are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 on the day of, or in the days leading up to, the AGM.

The Board will continue to monitor developments in relation to the coronavirus pandemic and the latest Government guidance over the coming weeks to ensure that we are able to adapt our arrangements to respond to any change in circumstances should it be necessary to do so between now and the date of the AGM. Any change to the AGM arrangements will be announced as soon as practically possible through the Company's website at https://www.hostmoregroup.com and, where appropriate, by RNS announcement.  Therefore, please check the Company's website regularly in the run up to the AGM.

ENDS

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Robert B. Cook, Chief Executive Officer

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

[email protected]

+44 330 460 5588

Vico Partners

Sofia Newitt 

[email protected]

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 11 April 2022, Hostmore operates 88 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Jersey, the majority of which are in high footfall locations, including retail parks, shopping centres and city centres.  Hostmore 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, and exploring opportunities with TGI Friday's, Inc., the franchisor of Fridays, to expand its existing brands into new franchise territories.