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Plant Health Care PLC

18 March 2021

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

18 March 2021

Plant Health Care plc

("Plant Health Care", or the "Company")

Results of Placing and Subscription

Plant Health Care plc, a leading provider of novel patent-protected biological products to global agricultural markets, today announces that, further to its announcement at 7.00 a.m. today (the "Placing Announcement"), it has successfully completed the Fundraising which is now closed.

The Placing and Subscription has raised approximately $10.0 million (before expenses) through the placing of 50,397,913 new Ordinary Shares of GBP0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") with investors at an Issue Price of 14 pence per share. The Fundraising was substantially over-subscribed.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement (this "Announcement") have the meanings given to them in the Placing Announcement, unless the context provides otherwise.

Director participation

The following Directors of the Company participated in the Fundraising:

 
 Name of Director            Number of Placing               Number of   Total Ordinary Shares   Total interest in the 
                         Shares subscribed for     Subscription Shares           following the   enlarged issued share 
                                                        subscribed for             Fundraising                 capital 
----------------------  ----------------------                          ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 Christopher Richards                  392,000                       -               2,975,015                    1.0% 
                        ----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 Richard Webb                           35,714                       -               1,300,978                    0.4% 
                        ----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 Jeff Hovey                                  -                  15,347                  44,423                   <0.0% 
                        ----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 Jeff Tweedy                                 -                  12,789                  79,153                   <0.0% 
                        ----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------- 
 

Subscription

Under the Subscription, the Company has raised approximately US$0.7 million (before expenses) conditional upon Admission of the Subscription Shares by way of the subscription at the Issue Price of 3,634,863 Subscription Shares.

Admission

Completion of the Placing and Subscription remains subject, inter alia, to Admission of the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares. It is expected that dealings in the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 24 March 2021 (or such time and/or date as the Company and the Joint Brokers may agree, being not later than 30 April 2021).

Total voting rights

Following Admission of the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares, the Company will have a total of 302,387,482 Ordinary Shares in issue. With effect from Admission of the Placing Shares and Subscription Shares, this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA.

For further information, please contact:

 
 Plant Health Care plc                       Tel: +1 919 926 1600 
 Chris Richards, CEO 
 
 Arden Partners plc - Nomad & Joint Broker   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614 
                                              5900 
 John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Benjamin Cryer 
 
 Cenkos Securities plc - Joint Broker         Tel: +44 (0) 20 7391 8900 
 Neil McDonald / Peter Lynch 
 

PDMR Notification Form

The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of MAR.

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
 a)   Name                                  a) Christopher Richards 
                                             b) Richard Webb 
                                             c) Jeffrey Hovey 
                                             d) Jeffrey Tweedy 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                       a) Chief Executive Officer 
                                             b) Non-Executive Chairman 
                                             c) Chief Financial Officer 
                                             d) Chief Operating Officer 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Plant Health Care plc 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   LEI                              213800KBQPJZ2FM8QH27 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 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                   Ordinary Shares of 1p each 
       the financial 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
       Identification 
       code 
                                        GB00B01JC540 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 b)   Nature of the                    Participation in placing and subscription 
       transaction 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                Price - 14p 
                                             Volumes: 
                                             a) 392,000 
                                             b) 35,714 
                                             c) 15,347 
                                             d) 12,789 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 d)   Aggregated information           See 4c) above 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 e)   Date of the transaction          18 March 2021 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 f)   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, AIM 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 

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