Benchmark Holdings plc
("Benchmark" or the "Company")
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company notifies that as of 31 July 2025, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 615,377,895 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), all with voting rights. No shares are currently held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company as of 30 June 2025 is therefore 615,377,895.
The change is due to (i) the cancellation of 127,720,171 Ordinary Shares following the completion of the Tender Offer, as announced on 25 July 2025, and (ii) the exercise of options by current and former employees of the Company under its block admission as part of the proposed delisting of the Company.
The above figure (615,377,895 Ordinary Shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company.
Concert Party Interests
Following changes above, the interests of each member of the Concert Party of the Company's total voting rights will be as follows:
| Name |
Number of Ordinary Shares
held |
% of the Company's total
voting rights |
| FERD AS(1) |
191,923,746 |
31.2 |
| JNE Master Fund(2) |
162,618,130 |
26.4 |
JNE Illiquid Opportunities Fund
LP(2) |
6,645,681 |
1.1 |
| Kverva Finans AS(1) |
165,215,579 |
26.8 |
| TOTAL |
526,403,136 |
85.5 |
Notes:
(1) All of FERD AS's and Kverva Finans AS's holdings are held through the structure implemented for the trading of the Ordinary Shares on Euronext Oslo Growth and are therefore registered in the name of Euroclear Nominees Limited as custodian for DNB and held by DNB as nominee in The Norwegian Central Securities Depository (Euronext Securities Oslo).
(2) JNE Partners LLP is the investment manager of each of JNE Master Fund LP and JNE Illiquid Opportunities Fund LP and the Ordinary Shares are registered in the names of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd. and Citibank, N.A respectively and held by Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd. and Citibank, N.A respectively as nominee.
Benchmark Holdings plc [email protected] Trond Williksen, CEO Septima Maguire, CFO Ivonne Cantu, Investor Relations
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated & Financial Adviser and Broker)
Christopher Raggett/James Dance/Rob Patrick Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494
MHP
Katie Hunt/Reg Hoare/Samuel Garner Tel: +44 (0) 7890 952 661
[email protected]