Research Cooperation and Relocation of Plant Impact plc Head Office

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Research Cooperation and Relocation of Plant

Impact plc Head Office

PR Newswire

PRESTON, England, July 3, 2012

PRESTON, England

,

July 3, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

- Plant Impact plc and Rothamsted Research - ("Plant Impact" or the

"Company", "Rothamsted Research" or the "Institute")

Rothamsted Research and Plant Impact today announce their intent to

cooperate on agricultural technology and arable crop projects related to plant

nutrition and the amelioration of the effects of environmental stress on crop

quality and yield. In addition, on

1 September 2012

, Plant Impact will relocate

its head office from

Preston

,

Lancashire

to the newly announced Green

Enterprise Science Park at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden,

Hertfordshire

.

In

May 2012

, Rothamsted Research formally announced its 20:20 Wheat®

initiative, a research programme aimed at providing technology and tools to

enhance UK wheat yield potential to 20 tonnes of wheat per hectare within the

next 20 years. Plant Impact will collaborate with Rothamsted's wheat programs

by directing a portion of its own specialty nutrient and anti-stress technology

research into wheat and other arable crops. Working with the Institute, the

Company hopes to bring commercial and practical insight to the Institute's

programs and, where possible, to assist in deploying technology discoveries to

growers around the world.

Through its relocation to the Green Enterprise Science Park at Rothamsted, the

Company expects to benefit from cooperation with the Institute's world-class

scientists as well as from shared access to the campus' wealth of advanced

scientific equipment, glasshouse facilities and on-site research farm. The

Company expects this co-location to greatly increase its R&D capacity, resulting

in accelerated product innovation and greater tools for arable crop growers in

their push for sustainable yield enhancement.

John Brubaker, Chief Executive Officer of Plant Impact, commented; 'This is an

extraordinary opportunity for an emerging R&D-focused company like ours to

work with some of the best crop scientists in the world. Collaboration with the

Institute's visionary wheat projects is a valuable and motivating recognition that

Plant Impact's products will be relevant to growers of the world's most

important food crop. A move to the Rothamsted campus creates a step-

change improvement in our R&D capacity and in our ability to recruit new

members of the Plant Impact team.'

Dr. Maurice Moloney, Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research,

added; 'Achieving the crop technology breakthroughs essential for feeding a

richer and more populous world requires not only leading science but an

appreciation of how that science can be applied by growers to secure

sustainable on-farm benefits. I have high expectations from having Plant

Impact and other emerging technology companies on site here at Rothamsted.

We aim to host a select group of like-minded small and medium enterprises

(SMEs) which will, together with our team of basic researchers, create a

thriving Green Enterprise Science Park here on our main campus.'

About Plant Impact

Plant Impact is a UK-based agricultural bioscience company that develops and

markets crop enhancement and specialty nutrition products to deliver yield and

quality benefits for growers. The company was formed in 2003 and is listed on

the UK AIM stock exchange (LON:PIM).

About Rothamsted Research

Rothamsted Research is the longest-running agricultural research station in the

world, providing cutting-edge science and innovation for over 160 years. It

receives strategic funding from BBSRC to deliver the knowledge and new

practices to increase crop productivity and quality and to develop

environmentally sustainable solutions for food and energy production.

For more information please contact:

Plant Impact plc

David Jones, Chairman

John Brubaker, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: [phone]

Rothamsted Research

Darren Hughes, Head of External Affairs

Tel: [phone] ext 2673