Director/PDMR Shareholding

Genus PLC

16 September 2026

 

16 September 2026

Genus plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that, further to the vesting on 13 September 2026 of conditional nil-cost options granted in 2023 under the Genus 2019 Performance Share Plan (the 'PSP'), as listed in table A below; and conditional nil-cost options granted in 2023 under the Genus Deferred Share Bonus Plan (the 'DSBP') as listed in table B below, members of the Genus Executive Leadership Team ('GELT') sold ordinary shares in Genus on 14 September 2026 on the London Stock Exchange, to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercises and retained the following balances of ordinary shares:

PDMR Name	PSP Nil-Cost Options (Table A)			DSBP (Table B)
	Exercised	Sold to offset taxes due on exercise	Retained net of tax	Exercised	Sold to offset taxes due on exercise	Retained net of tax
Jorgen Kokke	111,388	50,236	61,152	N/A	N/A	N/A
Matt Culbertson	23,183	6,751	16,432	1,772	516	1,256
Elena Rice	20,308	8,684	11,624	1,459	624	835
Angelle Rosata	18,399	7,371	11,028	1,237	496	741

Conditional nil-cost options granted under the PSP were subject to relevant performance conditions, measured over a three-year performance period which commenced on 1 July 2023 and ended on 30 June 2026. Following assessment of the performance conditions, the Remuneration Committee determined that the proportion of awards to which performance conditions applied would vest at 89.8% of the original grant and the balance of awards have lapsed.

Genus also announces that, further to the vesting on 13 September 2026 of conditional share awards granted in 2023 and 2024 under the Genus 2019 Performance Share Plan (the 'PSP'), as listed in table C below, Mark Birri, member of GELT, sold ordinary shares in Genus on 15 September 2026 on the London Stock Exchange, to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the releases and retained the following balances of ordinary shares:

PDMR Name	PSP Share Awards (Table C)
	Released	Sold to offset taxes due on exercise	Retained net of tax
Mark Birri	a. 2,246 b. 1,726	a. 1,059 b. 814	a. 1,187 b. 912

Conditional share awards were granted to Mark Birri under the PSP prior to becoming a member of GELT.  These conditional share awards were not subject to company performance conditions.

The below notifications, made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, give further detail on the number of nil-cost options exercised and ordinary shares sold on 14 September 2026 and 15 September 2026.

For further information please contact:

Genus:

Vaughn Walton, Deputy Company Secretary                                       Tel: [phone]

Table A - GELT 2019 Performance Share Plan Exercise

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	1.    Jorgen Kokke 2.    Matt Culbertson 3.    Elena Rice 4.    Angelle Rosata
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	1.    Chief Executive Officer 2.    Chief Operating Officer, Genus PIC 3.    Chief Scientific Officer 4.    Chief Human Resources Officer
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	Exercise of nil-cost options under the PSP.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Numbers 1 to 4 in the left-hand column correspond to the relevant PDMR as detailed in boxes 1a and 2a above. Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    0p 111,388 2.    0p 23,183 3.    0p 20,308 4.    0p 18,399
d.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	NA
e.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-14
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.
5.	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	Sale of shares arising from the exercise of nil-cost options under the PSP to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Numbers 1 to 4 in the left-hand column correspond to the relevant PDMR as detailed in boxes 1a and 2a above. Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    2,150.677p 50,236 2.    2,150.677p 6,751 3.    2,128.8348p 8,684 4.    2,128.8348p 7,371
d.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	NA
e.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-14
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

Table B - GELT Deferred Share Bonus Plan Exercise

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	1.    Matt Culbertson 2.    Elena Rice 3.    Angelle Rosata
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	1.    Chief Operating Officer, Genus PIC 2.    Chief Scientific Officer 3.    Chief Human Resources Officer
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	Exercise of nil-cost options under the DSBP.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Numbers 1 to 3 in the left-hand column correspond to the relevant PDMR as detailed in boxes 1a and 2a above. Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    0p 1,772 2.    0p 1,459 3.    0p 1,237
d.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	NA
e.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-14
f.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.
5.	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	Sale of shares arising from the exercise of nil-cost options under the DSBP to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Numbers 1 to 3 in the left-hand column correspond to the relevant PDMR as detailed in boxes 1a and 2a above. Price(s) Volume(s) 1.    2,150.677p 516 2.    2,128.8348p 624 3.    2,128.8348p 496
d.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	NA
e.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-14
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

Table C - GELT 2019 Performance Share Plan Release

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Mark Birri
2.	Reason for the notification
b.	Position/status	Chief Corporate Development Officer
c.	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
d.	Name	Genus plc
e.	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
f.	Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0002074580
g.	Nature of the transaction	Release of conditional share awards under the PSP.
h.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 0p 2,246 0p 1,726
i.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	NA
j.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-15
k.	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue.
5.	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	Sale of shares arising from the release of conditional share awards under the PSP to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the release.
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 2,146.1193p 1,059 2,146.1193p 814
d.	Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	Price(s) Volume(s) 2,146.1193p 1,873
e.	Date of the transaction	2026-09-15
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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