Last checked at 31 Dec 2015 07:00
31 December 2015
Benchmark Holdings plc
("Benchmark" or the "Company")
Further admission of shares
Further to the announcement made on 30 December 2015, the Company announces that application has been made for 38,635,671 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Consideration Shares and Roll-Over Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM, in connection with the Acquisition and Placing announced on 11 December 2015. The Consideration Shares and Roll-Over Shares are expected to be admitted to trading at 8.00am on 31 December 2015.
Following admission of the Consideration Shares and Roll-Over Shares, the issued share capital of the Company will be 473,907,337 ordinary shares of 0.1p each with voting rights. The Company holds no shares in Treasury, therefore the above figure (473,907,337) 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 11 December relating to the Placing and Acquisition. A copy of the Circular is available on the Company's website at www.benchmarkplc.com
For further information, please contact:
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Benchmark Holdings plc | Tel: +44 (0)1142 409939 |
Malcolm Pye, CEO | |
Roland Bonney, COO | |
Rachel Aninakwah, Communications | Tel: +44 (0)1865 790880 |
Cenkos Securities | Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
Ivonne Cantu | |
Stephen Keys | |
Callum Davidson | |
Rabobank | |
Arthur van der Goes | Tel: +31 (0) 30 216 0000 |
Willem Kroner (ECM) | |
James Cass | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7809 3000 |
Tavistock | Tel: +44 (0)20 7920 3150 |
Matt Ridsdale/Niall Walsh |
Benchmark Holdings
Founded in 2000, Benchmark represents a new model in sustainable business development. Over the last decade it has built a successful group of companies on the economics of a sustainable food supply chain. The company is growing in response to a rapidly increasing demand for sustainable food production, in particular for aquaculture, 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.
For further information on Benchmark please visit www.benchmarkplc.com.