Restamax Plc: RESTAMAX PURCHASED A MAJORITY OF STAFF INVEST GROUP'S LABOUR HIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS

Restamax Plc

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 1 August 2014, 12:00

RESTAMAX PURCHASED A MAJORITY OF STAFF INVEST GROUP'S LABOUR HIRE SERVICE OPERATIONS

Restamax Group has purchased a majority of Staff Invest group's labour hire service operations. The operations and ownership of the object of acquisition are transferred on 1 August 2014, and the operations will from then on be included in the Restamax Group and reported as a separate segment.

The total purchase price for the object of corporate acquisition is approximately MEUR 7.7 with the added difference of the current assets and borrowed funds of the subsidiaries specified below in accordance with their financial statements on 31 July 2014. The purchase price will be paid in cash. Approximately MEUR 7.0 of the purchase price will be paid on 1 August 2014, the date of transferring ownership. MEUR 0.7 of the purchase price will be paid to the vendor in 24 equal monthly instalments starting on 1 September 2014. The final purchase price will be determined based on financial statements issued on 31 July 2014 no later than on 31 December 2014, by which date the difference between the current assets and borrowed funds of the companies to be purchased will also be paid to the vendor in accordance with the companies' financial statements of 31 July 2014.

The corporate acquisition is bank-funded within the framework of Restamax Plc's current funding limits. Some of the purchase price will be paid to the vendor within a payment period.

The object of acquisition comprises about 75 per cent of all Staff Invest group's business operations. Staff Invest group's turnover in the financial period which ended on 31 July 2013 was approximately MEUR 18.0, EBITDA MEUR 2.2 and the income of the financial period MEUR 1.2. The estimated turnover of the object of acquisition in the financial period ending on 31 July 2014 is approximately MEUR 13.4, with an estimated EBITDA of approximately MEUR 1.8. Restamax's share of the turnover of the object of acquisition in the financial period ending on 31 July 2014 was approximately MEUR 8. The object of acquisition has close to 100 corporate clients. The majority of these clients operate in the restaurant industry.

The object of acquisition's stock of contracts in the field of labour hiring services is worth approximately MEUR 33.5 (30 June 2014).

The object of acquisition comprises the labour hiring services and customer contract base of Staff Invest, and the shares of Staff Invest in certain Staff Invest subsidiaries, which conduct labour hiring services, as follows:

The majority of the vendor's shareholders are parties related to Restamax Plc, which makes the corporate acquisition a related party transaction.

The property of Staff Invest Oy is divided as follows: Wawe Capital Oy 45%, Avemari Oy 27.5%, Eiran Ravintolatoimi Oy 11.25%, JV-Staff Oy 11.25% and Mr Max Oy 5%. Of the shareholders, Wawe Capital Oy is controlled by the spouse of Timo Laine who is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Restamax Plc; Mr Max Oy is jointly owned by Timo Laine and Restamax Plc board member Mikko Aartio; the chief shareholder of Eiran Ravintolatoimi Oy is Mikko Aartio while Timo Laine from Avemari Oy owns half the company through Almalex Capital Oy, which he controls.

Additional information:

Markku Virtanen, CEO, Restamax Plc, tel. +358 400 836 477
Jarno Suominen, CFO, Restamax Plc, tel. +358 40 721 5655

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major media
www.restamax.fi

Restamax Plc is a Finnish restaurant business group established in 1996 that also offers labour hire services. The company, which listed at NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy in 2013 and became the first Finnish listed restaurant company, has continued to grow steadily throughout its history. The group companies include over 80 restaurants, cafés, pubs and nightclubs all over Finland. Well-known restaurant concepts of the group include, among others, Gringos Locos, Bodega Salud, Viihdemaailma Ilona, Classic American Diner, Daddy's Diner, Stefan's Steakhouse and Wayne's Coffee Finland. Restamax Plc employs approximately 900 people, the Group's pro forma turnover in 2013 was MEUR 87.0 and EBITDA MEUR 13.3.

Restamax company website: www.restamax.fi, Restamax consumer website: www.ravintola.fi