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For immediate release

17 October 2017

Statement from Stonegate Pub Company Limited ("Stonegate") regarding its recommended cash offer for Revolution Bars Group plc ("Revolution") which has now lapsed

Stonegate notes the announcement by Revolution on 17 October.

On 20 September 2017, Stonegate made a cash offer for Revolution at a price of 203p per Revolution share (the "Offer"). This Offer was at a 62.4% premium to the undisturbed Revolution share price on 28 July 2017, was unanimously recommended by the Board and had the support of Revolution's largest shareholder. Support for the Offer from Revolution's largest shareholder was withdrawn on 6 October 2017, and Stonegate notes the outcome of the shareholder meetings and that the Scheme has lapsed. Stonegate wishes Revolution and its shareholders every success in the future as Revolution continues as an independent business.

Stonegate has built its business by being a disciplined buyer of pubs and pub estates. Since creation, Stonegate has grown to over 700 sites and is the UK's leading drinks led licensed retailer as a result of this discipline.

Commenting on the results of the Scheme vote, Ian Payne, Chairman of Stonegate, said:

"Stonegate has always been disciplined in its approach to acquisitions. We put forward what we believed to be an attractive proposal and made an offer at a 62 per cent premium to the undisturbed share price which was unanimously recommended by the Board. However, we respect the shareholders' decision and wish them all the best."

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Important Notices

Barclays, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively for Stonegate and no one else in connection with the offer (the "Offer") and shall not be responsible to anyone other than Stonegate for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer or any other matter referred to herein.

This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer shall be made solely by means of the Scheme Circular or any document by which the Offer is made which shall contain the full terms and Conditions of the Offer, including details of how to vote in respect of the Offer.

This Announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the Takeover Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this Announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom.

This Announcement does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document.

The statements contained in this Announcement are made as at the date of this Announcement, unless some other time is specified in relation to them, and service of this Announcement shall not give rise to any implication that there has been no change in the facts set out in this Announcement since such date.

Overseas Shareholders

The release, publication or distribution of this Announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or who are subject to other jurisdictions should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.

The Offer relates to shares of a UK company and is proposed to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under the laws of England and Wales. However, if Stonegate were to elect to implement the Offer by means of a takeover offer, such takeover offer shall be made in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including Section 14(e) of the US Exchange Act and Regulation 14E thereunder. Such a takeover would be made in the United States by Stonegate and no one else. In addition to any such takeover offer, Stonegate, certain affiliated companies and the nominees or brokers (acting as agents) may make certain purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, shares in Revolution outside such takeover offer during the period in which such takeover offer would remain open for acceptance. If such purchases or arrangements to purchase were to be made they would be made outside the United States and would comply with applicable law, including the US Exchange Act.

Unless otherwise determined by Stonegate or required by the Takeover Code, and permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Offer shall not be made available, directly or indirectly, in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction and no person may vote in favour of the offer by any such use, means, instrumentality or form within a Restricted Jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of that jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this Announcement and all documents relating to the Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and persons receiving this Announcement and all documents relating to the Offer (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdictions where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction.

The availability of the Offer to Revolution Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are resident. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.

The Offer shall be subject to the applicable requirements of the Takeover Code, the Panel, the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Conduct Authority and the UKLA.

Forward-looking statements

This Announcement may include certain 'forward-looking statements'. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements that typically contain words such as 'will', 'may', 'should', 'continues', 'aims', 'believes', 'expects', 'estimates', 'intends', 'anticipates', 'projects', 'plans' or similar expressions.  By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known or unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that all occur in the future.  Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements depending on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the enactment of legislation or regulation that may impose costs or restrict activities, the satisfaction of the conditions to the offer, future market conditions, the behaviour of other market participants, an adverse change in the economic climate, a fluctuation in the level of clients' commercial activity, appropriate consultation with employee representative bodies, a loss of key personnel and the extent to which the Revolution and Stonegate businesses are successfully integrated.  Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the companies' abilities to control or estimate precisely, such as future market conditions and the behaviours of other market participants.  The forward-looking statements contained in this Announcement and are made as at the date thereof.  Neither Revolution nor Stonegate assumes any obligation or intends publicly to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise, except as required pursuant to applicable law.

No profit forecasts or estimates

No statement in this Announcement is intended as a profit forecast or profit estimate for any period and no statement in this Announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings or earnings per share for Revolution or Stonegate, as appropriate, for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed their historical published earnings or earnings per share, as appropriate.

Disclosure requirements of the Takeover Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Takeover Code, any person who is interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Takeover Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror, save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. If you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure, you should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

In accordance with the Takeover Code, normal United Kingdom market practice and Rule 14e-5(b) of the Exchange Act, Barclays and its affiliates will continue to act as exempt principal trader in Revolution securities on the London Stock Exchange. These purchases and activities by exempt principal traders which are required to be made public in the United Kingdom pursuant to the Takeover Code will be reported to a Regulatory Information Service and will be available on the London Stock Exchange website at www.londonstockexchange.com. This information will also be publicly disclosed in the United States to the extent that such information is made public in the United Kingdom.

Electronic Communications

Please be aware that addresses, electronic addresses and certain information provided by Revolution Shareholders, persons with information rights and other relevant persons for the receipt of communications from Revolution may be provided to Stonegate during the Offer Period as requested under Section 4 of Appendix 4 of the Takeover Code to comply with Rule 2.11(c) of the Takeover Code.

Publication on Website and Availability of Hard Copies

A copy of this Announcement shall be made available subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions on Stonegate's website at http://www.stonegatepubs.com/ by no later than 12 noon (London time) on 18 October 2017. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of these websites are not incorporated into and do not form part of this Announcement.

Any person who is required to be sent a copy of this Announcement under the Takeover Code may request a hard copy of this Announcement by contacting Daniel Wilkinson at 500 Capability Green, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3LS or on 01582 957009. You may also request that all future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you in relation to the Offer should be in hard copy form. A hard copy of this Announcement will not be sent to you unless requested.