Director/PDMR Shareholding

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
a.	Name	Dr. Nate Zwald
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer, Genus ABS Dairy
b.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
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 of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0002074580
b.	Nature of the transaction	Grant of contingent rights over 7,225 ordinary shares in Genus under an individual award agreement
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    0p 7,225
d.	Aggregated information ·     Aggregated volume ·     Price	n/a
e.	Date of the transaction	2017-03-01
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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