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Various Eateries PLC

12 April 2021

VARIOUS EATERIES PLC

("Various Eateries" or "the Company"

and with its subsidiaries "the Group")

PDMR Trading Notification

The Company has received notice today that a company which is deemed to be controlled by Mr Osmond, but which also has other minority shareholders, has undertaken a number of transfers of shares in Various Eateries. The details are set out as follows

 
 Transferring        Original    Number of Shares   Price per       Total Shares 
  Party               Holding     Transferred        Transferring    remaining 
                                                     Share 
 Rare Bird Hotels 
  Limited            9,523,809   1,164,381          73p             8,359,428 
                    ----------  -----------------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 

These transfers were intended and permitted pursuant to the terms of a series of Lock In Agreements signed by each of Hugh Osmond and Rare Bird Hotels Limited on 18 September 2020 and are to principally facilitate the settlement in specie of certain shareholder loan notes within the Rare Bird Hotels Limited group (further details of these arrangements are set out in the Company's Admission Document, which can be found on the Company's website www.variouseateries.co.uk . As a result of these transfers, certain individuals and companies, who have been supportive long term investors in the hotel businesses acquired by the Company, will now become shareholders in Various Eateries. The effective date of the transfer of shares is today.

Following these transfers, Hugh Osmond is deemed to be interested in 41,616,859 Ordinary Shares representing 46.76% of the total issued share capital of the Company of which 24,569,344 Ordinary Shares are held by Xercise 2 Limited, 8,359,428 Ordinary Shares are held by Rare Birds Hotel Limited, 3,174,603 Ordinary Shares are held by the Great House at Sonning Limited and 5,513,484 Ordinary Shares are held by Friends Provident International (FPI operates on an execution only basis on the sole instruction of Hugh Osmond).

Enquiries

 
 Various Eateries 
  plc 
 Yishay Malkov             Chief Executive Officer     Via Alma PR 
 Andrew Bassadone          Executive Chairman 
 Hugh Osmond               Non-Executive Director 
 
                           Sole Broker and Nominated   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 
 WH Ireland Limited         Adviser                     1666 
 Broking - Harry Ansell, 
  Adam Pollock 
 Corporate Finance 
  - Katy Mitchell, 
  Lydia Zychowska 
 
                                                       Tel: +44 (0) 20 3405 
 Alma PR                   Financial PR                 0205 
 Susie Hudson                                          variouseateries@almapr.co.uk 
 David Ison 
 Molly Gretton 
 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
 a)   Name                                                          Rare Bird Hotels Limited 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                               PCA of Hugh Osmond 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/ Amendment                               Initial Notification 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                                                          Various Eateries plc 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                                                           21300SWZ6W3RNE32B76 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 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   Ordinary shares of 1p 
 
       Identification code 
                                                                     GB000B9BZK23 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                     Share Transfer 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                        1,164,381 ordinary shares at 73p 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information 
         *    Aggregated volume                                       1,164,381 ordinary shares 
                                                                      73p 
 
         *    Price 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction                                       12 April 2021 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction                                      London Stock Exchange, AIM 
     ------------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------- 
 

About Various Eateries

Various Eateries owns, develops and operates restaurant sites in the United Kingdom. The Group's stated mission is "great people delivering unique experiences through continuous innovation".

The Group is led by a highly experienced senior team including Andy Bassadone (Executive Chairman), Hugh Osmond (Founder), Yishay Malkov (CEO) and Oliver Williams (CFO). The Group operates two core brands across ten locations:

-- Coppa Club, a multi-use, all-day concept that combines restaurant, terrace, café, lounge, bar and work spaces (and in some locations, hotels)

-- Tavolino, a restaurant aiming to address a gap in the market for high quality Italian food at mid-market prices

For more information visit www.variouseateries.co.uk

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