Genus PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2066Y)

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RNS Number : 2066Y

Genus PLC

01 March 2017

1 March 2017

Genus plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that today, in accordance with the terms of joining contained in his employment contract, Dr. Nate Zwald, Chief Operating Officer, Genus ABS Dairy, was granted contingent rights over 7,225 ordinary shares in Genus under an individual award agreement as follows: 3,613 and 3,612 ordinary shares with a normal vesting date of 5 January 2018 and 5 January 2019 respectively.

Subject to the terms of the individual award agreement and continued service, the award will vest on the normal vesting dates as specified above.

No consideration was paid for the grant of this award and no consideration is due in connection with the exercise of this award.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail of the individual award agreement made on 1 March 2017.

For further information please contact:

Genus:

Cara Crichton, Deputy Company Secretary Tel: [phone]

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 a.   Name                            Dr. Nate Zwald 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a.   Position/status                 Chief Operating Officer, Genus 
                                       ABS Dairy 
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 b.   Initial notification            Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
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 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
===  ===================================================================== 
 a.   Name                            Genus plc 
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 b.   LEI                             54930022EOITNKSIGH56 
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 4.   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 
===  ===================================================================== 
 a.   Description                     Ordinary shares of 10p each 
       of the 
       Financial 
       instrument,                     GB0002074580 
       type of instrument 
       Identification 
       code 
===  ==============================  ===================================== 
 b.   Nature of                       Grant of contingent rights over 
       the transaction                 7,225 ordinary shares in Genus 
                                       under an individual award agreement 
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 c.   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         1. 0p      7,225 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
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 d.        Aggregated 
            information 
             *    Aggregated volume                n/a 
 
 
             *    Price 
===  ==============================  ===================================== 
 e.   Date of the                     2017-03-01 
       transaction 
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 f.   Place of the                    London Stock Exchange, Main Market 
       transaction                     (XLON) 
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