Rehovot, Israel – August 4, 2014 – Evogene Ltd. (NYSE; TASE: EVGN), a leading plant genomics company specializing in enhancing crop productivity for the food, feed and biofuel industries, announced today that Assaf Kacen, Evogene’s Executive Vice President Technology Platform, will present at the Jefferies 2014 Global Industrials Conference taking place at the Grand Hyatt, New York City, August 11-14, 2014. Mr. Kacen’s presentation will review Evogene’s technology platform for gene-based discovery, current product pipeline and areas of activity. The presentation will be part of Jefferies’ Emerging Technologies and Industrials Biotech day, and will take place on Monday, August 11, at 10:30 am. Investors or potential partners attending the conference, who wish to meet with Mr. Kacen, may contact Evogene’s Investor Relations team at investors@evogene.com.
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About Evogene Ltd:
Evogene (NYSE, TASE: EVGN) is a leading company for the improvement of crop quality, productivity and economics for the food, feed and biofuel industries. The Company has strategic collaborations with world-leading agricultural companies to develop improved seed traits in relation to yield and a-biotic stress (such as tolerance to drought), and biotic stress (such as resistance to disease), in key crops as corn, soybean, wheat and rice. In addition, Evogene has earlier stage operations in agriculture chemicals and seeds for second generation feedstock for biodiesel. For more information, please visit www.evogene.com
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Contact:
Karen Mazor, Evogene
Director, Public and Investor Relations
T: +972-54-2288 039
karen.mazor@evogene.com
