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21 December, 2015

Naturhouse makes its debut on the Ibex Small Cap® index on Monday 

Naturhouse makes its debut on the Ibex Small Cap® index on Monday

  • The company will start to trade on the index, which is made up SIBE’s most liquid small capitalisation stocks.
  • This year, the Group is fulfilling all the commitments it made when listed on the stock exchange on 24 April with regards to business margins, shareholder remuneration and centre openings.

 Barcelona, 21 December 2015.- Naturhouse, a company specialising in the sale of diet products and dietary re-education, makes its debut today on the Ibex Small Cap®, an index made up of small market capitalisation stocks trading on the four Spanish stock exchanges’ Exchange Interconnection System.

The index is made up of 30 stocks that, after the Ibex 35 companies and the 20 included on the Ibex Medium Cap market, have the highest capitalisation in terms of floating capital and meet the following liquidity requirements within the control period – a floating capital percentage above 15% and annualised rotation with regards to their actual floating capital of more than 15%.

The Ibex® indices’ Technical Advisory Committee considers that Naturhouse fulfils all the requirements for joining the index.

Since it started to trade on the Spanish stock exchange on 24 April 2015, Naturhouse has fulfilled all the commitments acquired with the market, showing a clear commitment to the dividend and an EBITDA margin above 35%, while also completing 70% of net openings forecast for 2015-16 (167 of 240).

In this regard, Naturhouse ended November with 2,121 centres in 29 countries; it brought the payment of a €3 million dividend charged against 2015 profits forward to September; and raised net income to €18.7 million in the first nine months of the year.

About Naturhouse

Naturhouse is a Spanish business group listed on the Spanish stock exchange that works in the diet and nutrition sector, with a proprietary and distinctive business model based on the “Naturhouse Method”. The method combines the sale of food supplements with free, personalised advice and monitoring from a qualified specialist. Since it opened its first shop in the Spanish city of Vitoria in 1992, Naturhouse has provided advice to more than 4,000,000 people. The company, which operates in 29 countries, had 2,121 centres at 30  November  2015, both directly operated and franchises. Naturhouse is the only diet food business to be present throughout the whole value chain, from product development and manufacturing to sales and customer assessment. This, alongside the business’ low investment requirements and an attractive return for franchisees, has meant the company has received numerous awards. For seven consecutive years, it has been selected as one of the top 100 franchises worldwide by Franchise Direct.

For further information, please contact Kreab:

Óscar Torres / José Luis González (+34 91 702 71 70) otorres@kreab.com/jlgonzalez@kreab.com

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