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Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 1496N

Genus PLC

20 September 2019

Genus plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that, further to the vesting of conditional nil-cost options on 14 September 2019 under the Genus 2014 Performance Share Plan (the 'PSP'), as listed in Table A below, members of the Genus Executive Leadership Team ('GELT'), sold ordinary shares in Genus on 20 September 2019 and 18 September 2019 respectively, on the London Stock Exchange, to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercises and retained the balance of ordinary shares.

The below notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail of the number of nil-cost options exercised and ordinary shares sold on 20 September 2019 and 18 September 2019 respectively.

For further information please contact:

Genus:

Vaughn Walton, Deputy Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)1256 347100

Table A - GELT 2014 Performance Share Plan Exercises

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

Name

1. Stephen Wilson

2. Dan Hartley

Reason for the notification

Position/status

1. Chief Executive

2. General Counsel & Company Secretary

Initial notification

/Amendment

Initial notification

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Name

Genus plc

LEI

54930022EOITNKSIGH56

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the

Financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 10p each

GB0002074580

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of nil-cost options under the PSP.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
1. 0.00p	27,220
2. 0.00p	15,105

Aggregated information

· Aggregated volume

· Price

Average price(s)

Total volume(s)

1. 0.00p

27,220

2. 0.00p

15,105

Date of the transaction

1. 2019-09-20

2. 2019-09-18

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the

Financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 10p each

GB0002074580

Nature of the transaction

Sale of shares arising from the exercise of nil-cost options under the PSP to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1. 2,960.00p

13,095

2. 2,894.00p

7,267