RNS No 3001j
FITNESS FIRST PLC
24 June 1999

Part 2

                        
                        
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
As at 30 April 1999

      Audited                                     Unaudited 
      As at                                           As at
   31 October 1998                                  30 April 1999
        #'000                                          #'000
  *(Restated)
              FIXED ASSETS
       38,162 Tangible assets                         48,398
              Investments in joint ventures:
        4,549 Share of gross assets                    5,466
      (1,590) Share of gross liabilities             (2,486)
    ---------                                       --------
        2,959                                          2,980
          812 Investment in loan notes in joint          750
              venture
           45 Investment in associated                    51
    --------- undertaking                           --------
        3,816                                          3,781
    ---------                                       --------
       41,978                                         52,179

              CURRENT ASSETS
           98 Stocks                                     140
        1,339 Debtors                                    723
       10,072 Cash at bank and in hand                 8,402
    ---------                                       --------
       11,509                                          9,265
     (11,504) CREDITORS: amounts falling due         (8,329)
              within one year
    ---------                                       --------
            5 NET CURRENT ASSETS                         936
    ---------                                       --------
       41,983 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT               53,115
              LIABILITIES
     (14,797) CREDITORS: amounts falling due        (23,884)
              after more than one year
    ---------                                      ---------
       27,186                                        29,231
    ---------                                       --------
        8,729 Called up share capital                  8,729
       21,904 Share premium account                   21,949
      (3,447) Profit and loss account                 (1,447)
    ---------                                        --------
      27,186                                          29,231
    =========                                        ========


*See Notes to the unaudited Interim Results, Note 2.

The interim results were approved by the Board on 24 June 1999.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
For the 6 months to 30 April 1999

  Audited                                      Unaudited     Unaudited 
  Year to 31                                  6 months to     6 months to
  October                                     30 April 1999   30 April 1998
  #'000                                          #'000        #'000 

   7,355      Net cash inflow from                1,790        2,193 
              operating activities 
    (145)     Returns on investments and           (457)         (52) 
              servicing of finance 
      45      Taxation                                -           27 
 (20,436)     Capital expenditure               (10,113)      (7,024) 
 (10,413)     Acquisitions and disposals              -         (513)
 --------                                       --------    ---------- 
 (23,594)     Cash outflow before                (8,780)      (5,369) 
              management of liquid 
              resources and financing 
       -      Management of liquid                    -       (4,000)
              resources 
   28,690     Financing                           6,310       11,825
  --------                                       --------    --------
    5,096     Decrease)/increase in              (2,470)       2,456 
  ========    cash)                              ========= =========
                        
                        
Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Net Cash
Inflow from Operating Activities

   2,777      Operating profit                    2,694        1,064
     995      Depreciation charges                  863          386
     (79)     Increase in stocks                    (42)         (19)
    (710)     Decrease/(increase) in                617          159
              debtors
    4,315     Increase/(decrease) in             (2,324)         603
              creditors
       57     (Profit)/loss on disposal             (18)           -
               of fixed assets
  --------                                       -------      -------
    7,355                                         1,790         2,193
   =======                                       =======      ========

Reconciliation of Net Cash Flow to movement in Net Debt

    5,096     (Decrease)/increase in             (2,470)       2,456
              cash in the period
  (10,906)    Cash inflow from increase          (6,265)        (707)
              in debt and lease financing 
        -     Cash outflow from increase              -         4,000 
 ---------    in liquid resources                --------     ------- 
    (5,810)   Movement in debt arising           (8,735)        5,749 
              from cash flows 
    (1,544)   New finance on leases and            (968)        (610)
   ---------  hire purchase contracts            --------      ------- 
    (7,354)   Movement in debt in the             (9,703)       5,139 
              period  
    (2,466)   Net debt at beginning of            (9,820)      (2,468) 
              period
  ---------                                       -------     --------
     (9,820)  Net (debt)/cash at end of          (19,523)       2,671 
   =========  period                             ========      ========




NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS

1.   The  results and summary balance sheet
incorporate the unaudited accounts
of  Fitness First Plc and all its subsidiaries
made up to 30 April  1999,  and have been
prepared on a basis consistent with the
audited financial statements for the year
ended 31 October 1998.

The  results for the year ended 31 October
1998 have been extracted  from  the audited
financial statements for that year, which have
been  filed  with  the Registrar   of
Companies.  The  auditors'  report  on  these
accounts  was unqualified.

2.   Goodwill previously written off to other
reserves has been transferred to
profit  and loss reserves in accordance with
Financial Reporting Standard  No. 10.

3.  Earnings per share of 6.47p (1998: 3.13p)
is based on an average number of shares  in
issue  of  34,915,643 (1998: 29,468,419) and
profits  on  ordinary activities after
taxation of #2,260,000 (1998: #922,000).

The  company  has  adopted  FRS  14 during the
period  and  disclosed  diluted earnings  per
share, which has been calculated using a
diluted average  number of  shares  in issue
of 35,535,309 (1998: 29,792,766) and profits
on  ordinary activities after taxation of
#2,260,000 (1998: #922,000).

4.   The  unaudited Profit and Loss Account
for each of the six month  periods
and  the  unaudited Balance Sheet as at 30
April 1999 do not  amount  to  full accounts
within the meaning of section 240 of the
Companies Act 1985 and  have not been
delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

5.  Copies of this statement are being sent to
all shareholders and copies are available from
the Company's registered office at 51 Queens
Park South  Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9BJ.


REVIEW BY THE AUDITORS OF FITNESS FIRST PLC

We  have  reviewed  the interim financial
information in respect  of  the  six months
ended  30  April 1999, which is the
responsibility of,  and  has  been approved
by, the directors. Our responsibility is to
report on the results  of our review.

Our  review  was  carried  out having regard
to the bulletin  'Review  of  the Interim
Financial Information' issued by the Auditing
Practices  Board.  This review  consisted
principally  of  applying  analytical
procedures  to the underlying  financial data, 
assessing whether accounting  policies  have  
been consistently applied, and making enquiries 
of Group management responsible for financial and
accounting matters. The review excluded audit
procedures such as tests  of  controls  and
verification of  assets  and  liabilities,
and  was therefore  substantially less in
scope than an audit performed  in  accordance
with  Auditing Standards. Accordingly, we do
not express an audit  opinion  on the interim
financial information.

On the basis of our review:

-    in our opinion the interim financial
     information has been prepared using
     accounting policies consistent with
     those adopted by Fitness First Plc in
     its Financial Statements for the year 
     ended 31 October 1998; and
                       
-    we  are not aware of any material
     modifications that should be made  to
     the interim financial information as
     presented.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE                                    Mountbatten House
Chartered Accountants                                1 Grosvenor Square
24 June 1999                                         Southampton
                                                     Hampshire SO15 2BZ


AVAILABILITY OF PROSPECTUS

The  Prospectus will be available free of
charge to the public  for  not  less than 14
days from the date of Admission from the
offices of Investec Henderson Crosthwaite
Corporate Finance, 2 Gresham Street, London
EC2V 7QP.

DEFINITIONS

The   following  definitions  apply throughout  
this  announcement  and the Prospectus and
Application Form sent to Qualifying Shareholders 
today,  unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act"                         the Companies Act 1985

"Admission"                   admission of the New Shares
                              to the Official List
                              becoming effective

"Affordable Fitness"          the provision of the most
                              frequently used health and
                              fitness club facilities at
                              relatively modest subscription
                              fees at around #31 per month
                              and a joining fee of typically
                              between #35 and #60
                              
"AIM"                         the Alternative Investment
                              Market of the London Stock Exchange
                              
"Application Form"            the non-renounceable application form
                              accompanying this document for use by
                              Qualifying Shareholders who wish to apply
                              for New Shares under the terms of the Open
                              Offer
                              
"Board" or "Directors"        the directors of Fitness First

"Existing Ordinary Shares"    the 34,915,643 existing
                              Ordinary Shares in issue prior
                              to the Placing and Open Offer
                              
"Extraordinary General        the extraordinary general
Meeting" or "EGM"             meeting of the Company to be
                              held at 10.30 am on 19 July 1999,
                              notice of which is set out at
                              the end of this document
                              
"The Fitness Company"         Fitness Company Freizeitanlagen GmbH

"Fitness First" or the        Fitness First Plc
"Company"

"Group"                       the Company, its subsidiaries, 
                              associate and joint ventures
                              
"Investec Henderson           Investec Henderson 
Crosthwaite"                  Crosthwaite Corporate Finance, a
                              division of Investec Bank
                              (UK) Limited
                              
"Issue Price"                 570p per New Share

"London Stock Exchange"       the London Stock Exchange
                              Limited

"New Shares"                  the 7,192,982 new Ordinary
                              Shares to be issued pursuant
                              to the Placing and Open Offer
                              
"Official List"               the Official List of the
                              London Stock Exchange

"Open Offer"                  the conditional offer by
                              Investec Henderson Crosthwaite, on
                              behalf of the Company, to
                              Qualifying Shareholders to
                              subscribe for up to 3,879,515 New
                              Shares at the Issue Price, on
                              the terms and conditions
                              contained in the letter from
                              Investec Henderson Crosthwaite set
                              out in Part III of the Prospectus and
                              in the Application Form
                              
"Option Scheme"               the Company's unapproved
                              share option scheme

"Ordinary Shares"             ordinary shares of 25p each
                              in the Company 

"Placing"                     the conditional placing by
                              Investec Henderson Crosthwaite of
                              the New Shares subject, in the
                              case of 2,836,008 New Shares, to
                              recall to satisfy valid applications
                              under the Open Offer
                              
"Placing Agreement"           the agreement dated 24 June
                              1999 between Investec Bank
                              (UK) Limited and the Company
                              relating to the Placing and
                              Open Offer 

"Qualifying Shareholders"     Shareholders on the register
                              of members of the Company at
                              the close of business on the
                              Record Date, excluding
                              certain overseas Shareholders
                              
"Record Date"                 11 June 1999

"Resolution"                  the special resolution
                              numbered 1 to be proposed at the
                              EGM to grant the Directors the
                              necessary authorities to
                              effect the Placing and Open Offer
                              
                              
"Shareholder(s)"              holder(s) of the Existing
                              Ordinary Shares

"UK"                          United Kingdom of Great
                              Britain and Northern Ireland

END
                        

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