FAMOUS BRANDS LIMITED - Trading Statement for the year ended 28 February 2021

Trading Statement for the year ended 28 February 2021

FAMOUS BRANDS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1969/004875/06)
Share code: FBR
ISIN code: ZAE000053328
(“Famous Brands” or “the Group” or “the Company”)

TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2021

In terms of paragraph 3.4(b) of the JSE Limited ("JSE") Listings Requirements, the
board of directors of Famous Brands is satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty
exists that the Group's financial results for the year ended 28 February 2021 (“review
period”) will differ by at least 20% from those reported for the prior comparable period
ended 29 February 2020.

Basic loss per share ("EPS") and basic headline loss per share (“HEPS”) (including
discontinued operations) are expected to range between 1 113 to 1 361 cents per
share (“cps”) (compared to the prior comparable period EPS of 362 cps) and 78 to 95
cps (compared to the prior comparable period HEPS of 417 cps) respectively.

Basic EPS from continuing operations* are expected to be within the range of 149 to
183 cps.

Basic HEPS from continuing operations are expected to be within the range of 14 to
17 cps. This is an approximate decline of 96% to 97%, compared to HEPS of 416 cps
in the prior comparable period.

* Continuing operations exclude GBK, which was placed into administration on 14
October 2020 in accordance with the insolvency legislation in the UK. The comparative
EPS and HEPS have been restated to provide a split between continuing and
discontinued operations.

The anticipated decline in basic EPS includes the following pre-tax amounts:

   •   R1.5 billion impairment relating to Gourmet Burger Kitchen (“GBK”) in the UK;
   •   R137 million impairment relating to Signature brands operations;
   •   R25 million impairment relating to Wimpy UK;
   •   R18 million impairment relating to our investment in associate - UACR in
       Nigeria;
   •   R13 million impairment relating to Manufacturing operations;
   •   R10 million loss on disposal of an associate company in which the Group had
       a minority stake;
   •   R25 million profit on disposal relating to Signature brands operations; and
   •   R368 million profit relating to the recycling of GBK’s foreign currency translation
       reserve.

The Group's results for the review period will be published on SENS on or about 25
May 2021.
The financial information on which this announcement is based has not been reviewed
or reported on by the Group’s external auditors.

A live webcast of the Group’s results presentation will be held 25 May 2021 at 10h00
To pre-register link to: https://www.corpcam.com/FamousBrands25May21


Midrand
13 May 2021

Sponsor:
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Date: 13-05-2021 03:09:00
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