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Mr Bricolage wins a “Best Franchisees and partners of France” award - 18/10/2011

Mr Bricolage received an award at the 24th “Meilleurs Franchisés et partenaires de France” competition. This competition is organised by the Fédération des Réseaux Européens de Partenariat et de Réseaux de Franchise (Federation of European Partnership networks and Franchise networks). This institute is better known by its acronym, IREF, and unites independent structured trading networks.

The franchisee of the Mr.Bricolage store in Hazebrouck, Dominique Duquesnoy, received the Grand Award for Commercial Attack. The awards were sponsored by Pierre Lellouche, Secretary of State in charge of foreign trade, and Frédéric Lefèvre, Secretary of State in charge of Commerce and Crafts, SME’s, Tourism, Services, Independent Professions and Consumption.

The IREF also celebrated its 30th anniversary on this occasion. Since its creation, over 600 franchisees and partners have received awards from this institute. The competition received 30% more applications than usual for this 24th edition.

The awards are based on criteria focusing on economic performance, participation in the network, advertising, communication campaigns and involvement in the local community (Chamber of Commerce, associations, etc.).

Dominique Duquenoy (franchisee for the store in Hazebrouck and Thierry Portelette (in charge of development for the Northern region)

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Official signing of the transfer agreement between the Mr.Bricolage group and Les Briconautes - 21/01/2010

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The transfer agreement for Le Club group, operating Les Briconautes stores, was recently officially signed.

The scope of the transfer includes the referencing agency Le Club, 14 Integrated Stores operating under the Les Briconautes store name and the property on eight of these sites.

The Competition authority had approved the planned acquisition a few days beforehand.

This acquisition was integrated in the consolidated accounts of Mr.Bricolage SA from 1 October 2009.

This event makes the Mr.Bricolage group the 3rd actor specialised in DIY distribution in France and the leading group of independent operators in the sector. Consolidated turnover generated by sales was equal to approximately 2.2 thousand million euros at end-2009. This represents a market share estimated at 12.4%.

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Mr.Bricolage ranks 3rd on the French market! - 01/10/2009

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Mr.Bricolage group head office in Orléans

The Mr.Bricolage group has acquired the Le Club pool and its Briconautes and Jardinautes stores, taking up position as number 3 on the French DIY market. This acquisition also positions the group as number 1 on the independent group hit list.

The group can now boast almost 700 stores including 178 Briconautes and Jardinautes stores, plus the 200 partner sales outlets in the Le Club pool.

Overall market share is estimated as 12.4% with 2.2 thousand million in turnover (source: Unibal 2008).

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