Rehovot, Israel – August 6, 2015 – Evogene Ltd. (NYSE; TASE: EVGN), a leading company for the improvement of crop productivity and economics for the food and feed industries, announced today that Ofer Haviv, Evogene’s President and CEO, will present at the Jefferies 2015 Industrials Conference taking place in New York City, August 10-13, 2015. Mr. Haviv’s presentation will review Evogene’s technology platform, current product pipeline and areas of activity, and will take place on Monday, August 10.
Investors attending the conference, who wish to meet with Mr. Haviv, 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 productivity and economics for the food and feed 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 and nematodes), in key crops as corn, soybean, wheat and rice, and is also focused on the research and development of new products for crop protection (such as weed control). In addition, the Company has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Evofuel, developing 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