Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 2361A

Benchmark Holdings PLC

18 December 2014

 

18 December 2014

Benchmark Holdings plc

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

Result of General Meeting 

Further to the announcement on 24 November 2014 regarding the Placing and Proposed Acquisitions, Benchmark Holdings plc announces that at the Company's General Meeting held at 4.00pm today, all resolutions were duly passed. The acquisitions of Stofnfiskur and SalmoBreed are expected to complete on 19 December upon satisfaction of the final conditions.

In connection with the Placing, application has been made for 82,353,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1p each to be admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission to trading on AIM ("Admission") will occur at 8.00 a.m. on 19 December 2014. Following Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will be 219,330,095 ordinary shares of 0.1p each. The Company holds no shares in Treasury, therefore the above figure (219,330,095) represents the total number of voting rights and may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings set out in the Circular published by the Company on 24 November 2014 relating to the Placing and Acquisitions. A copy of the Circular is available on the Company's website at www.benchmarkplc.com 

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For further information, please contact: Benchmark Holdings plc Tel: [phone] Malcolm Pye, CEO Roland Bonney, COO Amy Firth, Head of Communications Cenkos Securities PLC Tel: [phone] Ivonne Cantu/Liz Bowman (NOMAD) Russell Kerr (Sales) Equity Development Ltd                                                                           Hannah Crowe / Gilbert Ellacombe Tavistock Communications Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone] Niall Walsh / Keeley Clarke / Lucia Caprani

 

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