Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6830R

Benchmark Holdings PLC

10 March 2016

 

10 March 2016

Benchmark Holdings plc
("Benchmark" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Result of AGM

Benchmark Holdings plc, the biotechnology and food chain sustainability business, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting, held at 10.00am today, all resolutions were duly passed.

For further information, please contact:
Benchmark Holdings plc	Tel:  [phone]
Malcolm Pye, CEO
Roland Bonney, COO
Mark Plampin, CFO
Rachel Aninakwah, Communications	Tel: [phone]
Cenkos Securities PLC	Tel:  [phone]
Ivonne Cantu / Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson (NOMAD)
Russell Kerr / Julian Morse (Sales)
Tavistock	Tel:  [phone]
Matt Ridsdale / Niall Walsh

Notes to Editors:

Founded in 2000, Benchmark represents a new model in sustainable business development. The Company is growing in response to a rapidly increasing demand for sustainable food chains, and in particular for seafood, from both mature and emerging markets.

Benchmark is an ethical company with an explicit policy based on the "3E's" definition of a sustainable business - ethics, environment and economics - which guides its strategy and operations.

The Group has five divisions: Animal Health which researches, manufactures and markets medicines and vaccines particularly for aquaculture; Sustainable Science which researches and informs sustainable development in the food industry; Technical Publishing which effects technology transfer through online publishing and education; Breeding & Genetics which comprises a world-leading salmon and aquaculture breeding business; and Advanced Animal Nutrition which provides cutting edge nutritional products and services to the aquaculture industry. Benchmark operates internationally with offices in England, Scotland, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Iceland, USA, Brazil, China, Moscow, India, Thailand and Chile.  As at 1 March 2016, Benchmark employs 857 people.

For further information on Benchmark please visit www.benchmarkplc.com

 

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