** Shares of Cooks Coffee Company CCC.NZ rise as much as 4.7% to NZ$0.225 in early trade, logging their largest intraday pct gain since December 19
** Cafe chain says its Esquires Coffee brand has entered into a master franchise agreement for the United Arab Emirates
** Says agreement is for a period of 10 years and provides for the opening of a minimum of 50 Esquires Coffee outlets in the country
** More than 47,000 shares change hands, 5.4 times the 30-day average
** Stock fell 18.2% last year
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru)
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