AGM Statement

25 June 2019  

AIM: UNG.L

Universe Group plc

("Universe", the "Company", or the "Group")

AGM STATEMENT

Universe Group plc (AIM: UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier of point of sale, payment and loyalty systems, will be holding its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") later today and the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Lewis, will make the following statement on current trading:

"Trading in the first half of 2019 has been in line with expectations.

"The Group is currently integrating the recent acquisition of Celtech, and as in previous years the trading performance for the full year will be weighted towards the second half.

"I look forward to providing further updates in due course."

A brief presentation containing no inside information will be provided to shareholders. This presentation will be uploaded to the Company's website at www.universe-group.com/investor-relations.

For further information:

Universe Group plc T: +44 2380 689 510

Andrew Blazye, Non-Executive Chairman

Jeremy Lewis, Chief Executive Officer

Daryl Paton, Chief Financial Officer

finnCap T: +44 20 7220 0500

Stuart Andrews / Henrik Persson (Corporate Finance)

Richard Chambers (ECM)

IFC Advisory T: +44 20 3934 6630

Tim Metcalfe

Heather Armstrong

Florence Chandler

About Universe Group plc:

Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with point of sale, payment and loyalty systems. The Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are offered out of the cloud on a software as a service model with its data centres processing over 6 billion transactions every year. For further information, please see www.universe-group.co.uk