For Immediate Release Toronto Stock Exchange: BPF.UN
BOSTON PIZZA ROYALTIES INCOME FUND ANNOUNCES AUGUST, 2004 DISTRIBUTION
VANCOUVER, BC, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 - Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (the “Fund”) (TSX: BPF.UN) announced today a cash distribution of $0.095 per unit for the period from August 1, 2004 to August 31, 2004. The distribution will be paid to unitholders of record at the close of business on September 21, 2004 and will be payable on or before September 30, 2004.
Same Store Sales Growth for the period January 1, 2004 through July 31, 2004 was 8.1%, compared to the same period last year.
Royalties paid to the Fund will be adjusted annually to include the franchise revenues of the new Boston Pizza restaurants opened prior to November 1 of each year. Since November 1, 2003, 14 new restaurants have opened, bringing the total number of restaurants open in Canada as of September 7, 2004 to 191.
The Fund is a limited purpose, open-ended trust established under the laws of British Columbia to acquire indirectly certain trade marks and trade names used by Boston Pizza International Inc. (“BPI”) in its Boston Pizza restaurants in Canada. The trade marks are licensed to BPI for 99 years for which BPI pays the Fund 4% of franchise revenues of its 177 Boston Pizza restaurants in Canada as at November 1, 2003.
The trustees of the Fund have approved the contents of this news release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Robert Groom
Director, Investor Relations
Tel: 604-270-1108
® Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership. All Boston Pizza registered Canadian trade-marks and unregistered Canadian trade-marks containing the words "Boston", "BP", and/or "Pizza" are trade-marks owned by the Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership and licensed by the Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership to Boston Pizza International Inc.
© Boston Pizza International Inc. 2004