FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
26 November 2024
Benchmark Holdings plc
Notice of General Meeting to approve the Disposal
Benchmark Holdings plc (“Benchmark” or the “Company”), a market leading aquaculture genetics, specialist nutrition, and health business, announces, that further to the announcement made on 25 November 2024, a circular ("Circular") containing the notice of a general meeting ("General Meeting") and related form of proxy have been posted to shareholders today.
In view of the size of the Genetics Business, relative to the Company, the Disposal will result in a fundamental change of business of the Company for the purpose of Rule 15 of the AIM Rules and it is therefore conditional upon the approval of Shareholders, amongst other matters.
Accordingly, the approval will be sought at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on 16 December 2024 at 11 a.m. (UK time) at the offices of DLA Piper UK LLP at 160 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4HTU.
The Circular containing the notice of the General Meeting has also been made available on the Company’s website at https://www.benchmarkplc.com/investors/documents-circulars/.
Further details can be found in the attached pdf.