Restamax Plc: FINNISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED THE LISTING PROSPECTUS CONCERNING THE LISTING OF NEW SHARES ISSUED IN RESTAMAX PLC'S DIRECTED ISSUE

Restamax Plc

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 April 2014, 17:30

FINNISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED THE LISTING PROSPECTUS CONCERNING THE LISTING OF NEW SHARES ISSUED IN RESTAMAX PLC'S DIRECTED ISSUE

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has today 15 April 2014 approved Restmax Plc's ('Restamax' or the 'Company') Finnish-language listing prospectus in accordance with the Finnish Securities Markets Act concerning the listing of the Company's 2,130,000 new shares on the official list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (the 'Helsinki Stock Exchange').

Restamax has on 4 March 2014 acquired all the shares in Rengasravintolat Oy. As part of the purchase price of the transaction, 2,130,000 new shares in Restamax were directed to the sellers of all the shares in Rengasravintolat Oy through a directed issue (the 'Listing Shares'). The transaction and the issue of the Listing Shares were announced on 5 March 2014. The Listing Shares were registered with the Trade Register maintained by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office on 11 March 2014. The Company has submitted a listing application to the Helsingin Stock Exchange for the admission of the Listing Shares to trading on the official list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

The Finnish-language listing prospectus concerning the Listing Shares has been prepared only for listing, and no Listing Shares are offered or sold based on the Finnish-language listing prospectus. Trading in the Listing Shares is expected to commence on the official list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange on or about 17 April 2014.

The Finnish-language listing prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority is available as of 15 April 2014 on Restamax's website at www.restamax.fi/sijoittajille. The listing prospectus has only been drafted in Finnish.

The legal advisor to the Company is Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd and the Company's auditor is Deloitte & Touche Oy.

Restamax Plc

Markku Virtanen
CEO

Additional information:

CEO Markku Virtanen, Restamax Plc, +358 (0)400 836 477, markku.virtanen@restamax.fi

Chairman of the Board Timo Laine, Restamax Plc, +358 (0)400 626 064, timo.laine@restamax.fi

Restamax Plc is a Finnish restaurant business group established in 1996. The company has continued to grow steadily throughout its history. The group companies include approximately 80 restaurants, cafés, pubs and nightclubs all over Finland. Well-known restaurant concepts of the group include Ristorante Bella Roma, Gringos Locos, Viihdemaailma Ilona, Daddy's Diner and Stefan's Steakhouse. Wayne's Coffee is also a part of the company's portfolio. Restamax Plc employs approximately 900 people, the group's 2013 pro forma turnover was MEUR 87.0 and its EBITDA MEUR 13.3. www.restamax.fi.

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This release is not a prospectus, and thus, is not an offer for securities. No securities are offered based on this release in any jurisdiction. Securities are also not offered based on the Finnish-language prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority in any jurisdiction. Investors must make their investment decisions based only on the information presented in the Finnish-language prospectus approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority and other information published by the Company.
Shares cannot be offered or sold in the United States without registration in accordance with the US Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) or in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act of 1933. Restamax has not registered, and does not intend to register, any part of a possible offer in the United States, nor does it intend to offer securities to the public in the United States.

The Company's shares are not, and will not be, registered in accordance with the securities market legislation of the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore or Japan, nor will the Company's shares be offered or sold to or on behalf of or in favour of residents or citizens of the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore or Japan.

This release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include factors that are not historical facts, statements on, among other things, Restamax's results, financial position, solvency, opportunities, growth, strategies and Restamax's intentions, beliefs and current expectations concerning its industry. By nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, because they relate to events or are due to circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and, thus, express only the circumstances at the time they are given. Restamax gives notice that forward-looking statements are no assurance of future performance, and that its actual results, financial position and solvency as well as the development of its industry could significantly differ from what has been stated or proposed in the forward-looking statements herein. In addition, even if Restamax's results, financial position and solvency as well as the development of its industry correspond to the forward-looking statements herein, such results or development are no indication of future results or developments. Restamax does not undertake to verify expectations or estimates or to publish corrections to forward-looking statements reflecting events or circumstances subsequent to the publication of this release.