Melbourne, Feb 9, 2009 AEST (ABN Newswire) - The Directors of Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT)(PINK:BNIKF) announced today that it has issued a further 13,222,222 ordinary shares and 13,222,222 unlisted options to its major shareholder following the investment of a further A$595,000 by Dr Christopher Bremner.

At the general meeting held on 7 January 2009, shareholders authorised the issue of up to 34,771,010 ordinary shares at an issue price of 4.5 cents (A$0.45) with 34,771,010 free attaching unlisted options (with en exercise price of 10 cents (A$0.10) and an expiry date of 31 December 2012).

This investment brings the total investment in recent months by Dr Bremner to A$1 million.

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Sue MacLeman
Chief Executive Officer
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