17 September 2021

GENinCode Plc

("GENinCode" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options and PDMR dealing

GENinCode Plc (AIM:GENI), Oxford, UK, the cardiovascular disease company focused on predictive genetics for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, announces today that the Remuneration Committee has recommended, and the Board has approved, to issue options over a total of 572,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Share Options").

The Share Options have been issued in line with the Company's existing share option plan to Paul Foulger, a director of the Company. The Share Options have been issued in addition to the existing options over ordinary shares granted to Paul Foulger on 15 April 2021 and combined, the number of ordinary shares held under option by Paul Foulger is 1,144,000, representing 1.19% of the existing issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Share Options are exercisable once the average market value of the Company's shares for a period of 30 consecutive dealing days following the date of the issue of the Share Options first exceeds two times the exercise price of £0.44.

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About GENinCode plc

GENinCode plc (AIM: GENI) is engaged in the risk assessment, prediction and prevention of cardiovascular disease ("CVD"). CVD is the leading cause of death worldwide accounting for approximately 18 million deaths annually. The Company's products and technology have been developed with the aim of predicting the onset of CVD and providing a personalised treatment pathway for patient management. Its products have been the subject of clinical studies on over 75,000 patients to assess and predict the onset of CVD.

The Company was incorporated in September 2018 to acquire the assets, intellectual property and know-how of the Ferrer inCode and Gendiag.exe businesses, which were then part of Grupo Ferrer Internacional S.A., a large Spanish multinational private pharmaceutical and healthcare company. The technology and products acquired included Cardio inCode®, Lipid inCode®, Thrombo inCode® and Sudd inCode®. The Directors believe that approximately €50 million has been invested in the research and development of these products since 2007. The Company has begun to commercialise these products in Europe and is now targeting the UK and US.

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 DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING