Genus PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8772Y)

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RNS Number : 8772Y

Genus PLC

08 December 2017

8 December 2017

Genus plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that, further to the vesting of conditional shares on 20 November 2017 under the Genus 2014 Performance Share Plan ('PSP') as listed in table A below, a member of the Genus Executive Leadership Team ('GELT') sold ordinary shares in Genus on 22 November 2017 on the London Stock Exchange to partly offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise. This exercise and sale was inadvertently not included in the announcement made on 23 November 2017.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail of the number of conditional shares exercised and ordinary shares sold on 22 November 2017.

For further information please contact:

Genus:

Cara Crichton, Deputy Company Secretary Tel: [phone]

Table A - GELT 2014 Performance Share Plan Exercise

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
===  ============================================================================ 
 a.   Name                            Angelle Rosata 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 2.   Reason for the notification 
===  ============================================================================ 
 a.   Position/status                 Group Human Resources Director 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 b.   Initial notification            Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market 
       participant, auction platform, auctioneer or 
       auction monitor 
===  ============================================================================ 
 a.   Name                            Genus plc 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 b.   LEI                             54930022EOITNKSIGH56 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 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                       Exercise of 829 conditional shares 
       the transaction                 under the PSP. 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 c.   Price(s) and                      Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ---------  ---------- 
                                         0p         829 
                                        ---------  ---------- 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 d.        Aggregated 
            information                             Average     Total volume(s) 
             *    Aggregated volume                  price(s) 
                                                   ----------  ---------------- 
                                                    0p          829 
             *    Price                            ----------  ---------------- 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 e.   Date of the                     2017-11-22 
       transaction 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 f.   Place of the                    Outside a trading venue. 
       transaction 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 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                       Sale of 829 shares arising from the 
       the transaction                 exercise of conditional shares under 
                                       the PSP partly to offset income tax 
                                       and social security liabilities due 
                                       on the exercise. 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 c.   Price(s) and                      Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       volume(s)                        ----------  ---------- 
                                         2,185.42p   829 
                                        ----------  ---------- 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 d.        Aggregated                   Aggregated   Total volume(s) 
            information                   price(s) 
             *    Aggregated volume     -----------  ---------------- 
                                         2,185.42p    829 
                                        -----------  ---------------- 
             *    Price 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 e.   Date of the                     2017-11-22 
       transaction 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 f.   Place of the                    London Stock Exchange, Main Market 
       transaction                     (XLON) 
===  ==============================  ============================================ 
 
 

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