Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 8184N

Genus PLC

06 June 2022

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Genus Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name			Wellington Management Company LLP
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Boston, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.)
Name			Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd BBH ISL NOMINEES LTD GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominee Limited JP Morgan Chase Nominees Limited Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. Nortrust Nominees Limited ROY Nominees Limited State Street Nominees Limited VIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITED
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:			01/06/2022
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			02/06/2022
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B.1 + 8.B.2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.10%	0.03%		5.13%	65,770,066
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.97%	0.03%		5.01%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights				% of voting rights
	Direct (DTR5.1)	Indirect (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)	Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
GB0002074580 Common Stock		3,351,632				5.10%
SUBTOTAL 8.A	3,351,632				5.10%
B 1: Financial Instruments DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted			% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL 8.B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
Equity Swap	15/05/2023	01/11/2018 to 15/05/2023	Cash settlement	12,500 Equity Swap shares or 12,500 votes on a converted basis		0.02%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	15/07/2019 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	1,881 Equity Swap shares or 1,881 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	05/10/2018 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	1,740 Equity Swap shares or 1,740 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	08/10/2018 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	1,102 Equity Swap shares or 1,102 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	06/01/2021 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	712 Equity Swap shares or 712 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	20/01/2020 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	450 Equity Swap shares or 450 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	03/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	436 Equity Swap shares or 436 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	08/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	400 Equity Swap shares or 400 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	01/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	284 Equity Swap shares or 284 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	03/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	265 Equity Swap shares or 265 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	05/05/2023	30/07/2018 to 05/05/2023	Cash settlement	239 Equity Swap shares or 239 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	02/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	204 Equity Swap shares or 204 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	07/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	177 Equity Swap shares or 177 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	03/07/2018 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	159 Equity Swap shares or 159 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	11/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	89 Equity Swap shares or 89 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	15/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	81 Equity Swap shares or 81 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	09/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	80 Equity Swap shares or 80 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	10/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	54 Equity Swap shares or 54 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	15/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	50 Equity Swap shares or 50 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	14/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	46 Equity Swap shares or 46 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
Equity Swap	22/05/2023	04/03/2022 to 22/05/2023	Cash settlement	23 Equity Swap shares or 23 votes on a converted basis		0.00%
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2	20,972		0.03%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)					X
Name		% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Wellington Management Company LLP		5.10%		5.13%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information:
Wellington Management Company LLP has crossed above the 5% notification threshold in its own right. Wellington Management Company is an investment management entity that manages the assets of certain funds and/or managed accounts.   Wellington Management Company LLP is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Group Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP.
Place of completion	Boston, USA
Date of completion	02/06/2022

 

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