Camellia Plc
Report and Accounts, notice of annual general meeting and form of proxy
28 April 2015
Report and Accounts 2014, notice of annual general meeting and form of proxy
Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Camellia Plc 01622 746655
Malcolm Perkins, Chairman
Julia Morton, Company Secretary
Charles Stanley Securities (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 020 7149 6000
Russell Cook
James Greenwood
Notes for editors
Camellia Plc (CAM.L) is a global agriculture and horticulture group, whose activities also extend to engineering, food storage and distribution, banking and financial services. The Company employs approximately 75,000 people globally.
The agriculture and horticulture division is engaged in the production of tea, edible nuts (macadamias, pistachios and almonds), citrus fruits, avocado, rubber, forestry, viticulture, cattle, other horticultural produce and general farming (maize and soya). The Company is one of the largest private tea producers world-wide with a total of 65 tea estates and 60 tea factories. The Company's main operations are in India, Bangladesh, Malawi and Kenya, where the tea is grown and produced. It also has notable agricultural operations, other than tea, in Brazil, California, Kenya, South Africa and Malawi.
The engineering division is engaged in precision engineering, cutting and grinding, fabrication, heat treatment, galvanising, powder coating and manufacture of stables, etch inspection and catalysts. These businesses are predominately UK based and serve customers in a number of sectors including the offshore oil and gas and aerospace sectors.
The food storage and distribution division is involved in frozen, chilled and ambient temperature food supply chain management providing cold storage, refrigerated transport and production support to several leading UK food manufacturers. It also specialises in frozen imports and distributes seafood products in Europe and supplies food service customers in the Netherlands with fish products.
The banking and financial services division comprises Duncan Lawrie, which provides an integrated suite of banking services, financial planning, investment management and trust and estate advice.