Trading Statement

18 July 2018

Biffa plc

AGM Trading Update

Biffa plc ('Biffa' or 'the Group'), a leading UK integrated waste management company, today issues a trading update for the period from 31 March 2018 to date. This statement is released in advance of its Annual General Meeting which takes place at 11.00 am BST today.

Overall trading for the first three months of the year has been in line with the Board's projections, and expectations for the full year remain unchanged.

Enquiries:

Investors & Analysts

Ian Wakelin, Chief Executive Officer

Michael Topham, Chief Financial Officer

[email protected]

Media

Instinctif Partners

+44 (0) 20 7547 2020

Mark Garraway

Helen Tarbut

James Grey

[email protected]

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to the usual risk factors and uncertainties associated with the Company's business. Whilst the Company believes the expectations reflected herein to be reasonable in light of the information available to them at this time, the actual outcome may be materially different owing to factors beyond the Company's control or within the Company's control where, for example, the Company decides on a change of plan or strategy. Accordingly, no reliance may be placed on the figures contained in such forward-looking statements.

About Biffa

 Biffa is a leading UK-based integrated waste management business. The Group operates across the breadth of the waste management value chain, including the collection, treatment, processing and disposal of waste and recyclable materials, as well as related work in the production and sale of energy derived from waste and the sale of recovered commodities such as paper, glass, metals and plastic. Biffa's customer base for these services includes local authorities (which includes the collection of waste from households), large corporates and SMEs, and purchasers of end-product commodities and energy. The Group's services are organised across four operating divisions: Industrial & Commercial; Municipal; Resource Recovery & Treatment (RR&T); and Energy. In FY 2018, the Group's total revenue was £1,076.7 million and its Underlying EBITDA was £150.0 million. Biffa was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities in October 2016 under the ticker "BIFF".

For more information visit www.biffa.co.uk