Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 2602D

Benchmark Holdings PLC

17 February 2020

 

Benchmark Holdings plc

("Benchmark" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

and

Total Voting Rights

Benchmark Holdings plc (AIM: BMK), the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business, announces that, at the General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions proposed were duly passed by shareholders. Accordingly, the Company has raised gross proceeds of £43.0 million from the Fundraise and has issued and allotted 107,440,766 New Shares, conditional only on Admission becoming effective. Admission of the New Shares is expected at or around 8.00 a.m. on 19 February 2020.

Following Admission, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will comprise 667,359,046 Ordinary Shares, of which none are held in treasury. The above figure of 667,359,046 may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the voting rights of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

A summary of the votes received will be made available on the Group's website at https://www.benchmarkplc.com/investors/. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the circular sent to shareholders of the Company on 30 January 2020.

Enquiries:

Benchmark Holdings PLC		benchmarkplc.com/investors
Septima Maguire, CFO		[phone]
Ivonne Cantu, Investor Relations
Numis Securities
Freddie Barnfield, Duncan Monteith (Nominated Adviser)		[phone]
James Black (Corporate Broking)
MHP Communications
Katie Hunt / Reg Hoare / Alistair de Kare-Silver		[phone]

About Benchmark Holdings PLC

Benchmark's mission is to enable food producers to improve their sustainability and profitability.

We bring together biology and technology, to develop innovative products which improve yield, quality and animal health and welfare for our customers. We do this by improving the genetic make-up, health and nutrition of their stock - from broodstock and hatchery through to nursery and grow out.

Benchmark has a broad portfolio of products and solutions, including salmon eggs, live feed (Artemia), diets and probiotics and sea lice treatments. Find out more at www.benchmarkplc.com

 

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