Issue of Equity

Genus PLC
08 June 2005


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                                        8 June 2005

                                        GENUS plc
                               ('Genus' or  'the Company')

                      Issue of Equity to Employee Benefit Trust

                                Directors' Share Awards


Application has been made today for the admission to trading on AIM of 363,500
ordinary shares of 10p each ('ordinary shares').  The ordinary shares have been
issued to the Genus plc Employee Benefit Trust at nominal value in connection
with the conditional share awards granted in September 2004.  These awards have
performance conditions which relate to growth in earnings per share over a three
year period and which trigger vesting on an incremental basis.  As previously
announced on 15th September 2004, of these share awards 121,400 and 86,700 were
made to Mr Richard Wood, Chief Executive and to Mr David Timmins, Group Finance
Director, respectively.


The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing
share capital of the company.


Trading of the new ordinary shares will commence on 14th June 2005.


The Company announces that, under the provision of the Genus plc 2004
Performance Share Plan, conditional nil-cost share awards have been made by the
Remuneration Committee of the Board to Mr Richard Wood, Chief Executive, as to
67,700 shares and to Mr David Timmins, Group Finance Director, as to 49,500
shares.  These awards have performance conditions which relate to growth in
earnings per share over a three year period and which trigger vesting on an
incremental basis.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:



Genus Plc
John Hawkins, Chairman               Tel:  [phone]

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