Benchmark Holdings Plc

Capital/Financing Update • Apr 12, 2023

Listing of Green NOK Bond

Listing of Green NOK Bond

Benchmark Holdings plc

("Benchmark" or the "Company")

Listing of Green NOK Bond

Listing of ISIN NO0012704099 — Benchmark Holdings PLC FRN senior unsecured green NOK 750,000,000 bonds 2022/2025 (the “Bond”)

12 April 2023

Benchmark, the aquaculture biotechnology company, notifies that further to the announcement made on 16 September 2022, the Company has today listed its Bond on the Oslo Stock Exchange. As previously announced, the Bond has a coupon of three months NIBOR* + 6.5% p.a. with quarterly interest payments and is expected to mature on 27 September 2025.

A copy of the prospectus, which was approved by the NFSA, the Norwegian Financials Supervisory Authority, on 31 March 2023, and the final terms of the Bond, are available at https://www.benchmarkplc.com/investors/documents-circulars/#documents

*The three-month NIBOR (Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate) stood at 3.63% as at 23 March 2023.

Enquiries

For further information, please contact:

Benchmark Holdings plc Tel: 0114 240 9939

Ivonne Cantu, Investor Relations

Numis (Broker and NOMAD) Tel: 020 7260 1000

James Black, Freddie Barnfield, Duncan Monteith

MHP Communications Tel: 020 3128 8004

Katie Hunt, Reg Hoare, Veronica Farah benchmark@mhpc.com

About Benchmark

Benchmark is a market leading aquaculture biotechnology company. Benchmark's mission is to drive sustainability in aquaculture by delivering mission-critical products and solutions in genetics, advanced nutrition and health which improve yield, growth and animal health and welfare. Through a global footprint in 26 countries and a broad portfolio of products and solutions, Benchmark addresses the major aquaculture species - salmon, shrimp, sea bass and bream, and tilapia, in all the aquaculture regions around the world.

Find out more at www.benchmarkplc.com.