15 Mar 2017 17:15
15 March 2017
Genus plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Genus plc (LSE: GNS) announces that, further to the vesting of conditional nil-cost options on 15 March 2017 under the Genus 2004 Performance Share Plan (the 'PSP') as listed in the table below, a member of the Genus Executive Leadership Team ('GELT') sold ordinary shares in Genus today on the London Stock Exchange partly to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise. A total of 2,951 ordinary shares have been retained by the GELT member.
The below notification gives further details of the number of share options exercised and ordinary shares sold today.
For further information please contact:
Genus:
Cara Crichton, Deputy Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)1256 347100
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||
a. | Name | Dr Jonathan Lightner
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2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a. | Position/status | Chief R&D and Scientific Officer
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b. | Initial notification /Amendment
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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 9,683 nil-cost options under the PSP.
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c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
n/a | |||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-15 | |||||
f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |||||
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 | ||||||
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| Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 10p each
GB0002074580 | |||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Sale of 6,732 shares arising from the exercise of nil-cost options under the PSP partly to offset income tax and social security liabilities due on the exercise. The balance of 2,951 shares following the exercise has been retained by Dr Jonathan Lightner.
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c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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n/a | |||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 2017-03-15 | |||||
f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)
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