Annual Report and Annual General Meeting

31 October 2016

Genus plc

Annual Report and Annual General Meeting

Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that the following documents have been sent to shareholders:

· the Company's Annual Report 2016;

· the Notice of Annual General Meeting; and

· the Form of Proxy.

The Annual Report 2016 and Notice of Annual General Meeting are available on the Company's website at www.genusplc.com  and these documents and the Form of Proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Buchanan Communications, 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN on Thursday 17 November 2016 at 11.00am. A summary of the proposed resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

For further information please contact:

Genus:

Dan Hartley, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)1256 347100