Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7566D

Benchmark Holdings PLC

21 February 2020

 

21 February 2020

BENCHMARK HOLDINGS PLC
("Benchmark" or the "Company" or the "Group")

PDMR Shareholding

The Company announces, further to the announcement made on 30 January 2020, that the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) for the purposes of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/2014) participated in the Placing and/or Open Offer (the "Fundraising").

Name	Number of existing Ordinary Shares	Number of Placing Shares subscribed for	Number of Open Offer shares subscribed for and awarded	Number of Ordinary Shares now held	Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital now held
Peter George	1,000,000	1,250,000	68,219	2,318,219	0.35%
Septima Maguire	-	250,000	-	250,000	0.04%
Susan Searle	98,125	100,000	-	198,125	0.03%
Hugo Wahnish	275,000	75,000	-	350,000	0.05%
Yngve Myhre	400,000	200,000	-	600,000	0.09%
Kevin Quinn	60,929	25,000	-	85,929	0.01%
Alex Raeber	200,000	-	7,658	207,658	0.03%

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter George (Executive Chairman) Septima Maguire (Chief Financial Officer) Susan Searle (Non Executive Director) Hugo Wahnish (Non Executive Director) Yngve Myhre (Non Executive Director) Kevin Quinn (Non Executive Director) Alex Raeber (Chief Scientific Officer)
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Benchmark Holdings plc
b)	LEI	2138001UQHM4VZGXUJ19
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares ISIN: GB00BGHPT808
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription for new ordinary shares pursuant to the Placing and/or Open Offer
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Director/ PDMR Price(s) Volume(s) Peter George Septima Maguire Susan Searle Hugo Wahnish Yngve Myhre Kevin Quinn Alex Raeber 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 1,318,219 250,000 100,000 75,000 200,000 25,000 7,658
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	Director/ PDMR Aggregated volume Price(s) Aggregated total Peter George Septima Maguire Susan Searle Hugo Wahnish Yngve Myhre Kevin Quinn Alex Raeber 1,318,219 250,000 100,000 75,000 200,000 25,000 7,658 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence 40 pence £527,287.60 £100,000.00 £40,000.00 £30,000.00 £80,000.00 £10,000.00 £3,063.20
e)	Date of the transaction	19 February 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

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Benchmark Holdings plc Tel: [phone] Ivonne Cantu, Investor Relations Director Rachel Aninakwah, Communications Numis Tel: [phone] Freddie Barnfield, Duncan Monteith (NOMAD) James Black (Corporate Broking) MHP Katie Hunt / Reg Hoare /Alistair de Kare-Silver    Tel: [phone]    [e-mail] About Benchmark 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), sea lice treatments, training and data management tools. Find out more at www.benchmarkplc.com

 

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