Purchase of Shares by Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc

19 March 2014

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc has been advised by the trustees of The Restaurant Group Employee Benefit Trust (the potential beneficiaries of the trust being certain employees of The Restaurant Group plc including directors and PDMRs of the Company) that on 17 March 2014, the Trust acquired 750,000 shares at a price of 698p each.

The Employee Benefit Trust now has a beneficial interest in 2,456,132 ordinary shares representing 1.22% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

The Restaurant Group plc

Alex Small 020 3117 5001

Deputy Company Secretary

Instinctif Partners

Matthew Smallwood 0207 457 2020