Genus : Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 6604C

Genus PLC

18 June 2019

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto 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	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	Minneapolis, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
	Nortrust Nominees LTD
	HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd
Name	Vidacos Nominees Ltd
State Street Nominees Limited
	Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd
	State Street Bank & Trust Boston
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:	14/06/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	18/06/2019

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

				Total
	% of voting rights	% of voting rights through financial	Total of both in %	number of
	attached to shares	instruments	voting
	(8.A + 8.B)
	(total of 8. A)	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	rights of
				issuer
Resulting situation on
the date on which	4.998%	0.000%	4.998%	65,051,897
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	5.022%	0.000%	5.022%
applicable)

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	Number of voting rights		%of voting rights
shares
Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN code (if	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
possible)
GB0002074580	9,146	3,242,051	0.014%	4.984%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

3,251,197

4.998%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

			Number of voting rights that
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	may be acquired if the	%of voting rights
instrument	date	Conversion Period	instrument is
			exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or cash	Number of
financial	%of voting rights
date	Conversion Period	settlement	voting rights
instrument

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

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

Fullchain 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	X
rows as necessary)
	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights
	through financial
	equals or is higher	Total of both if it equals or is higher
Name	instruments if it equals
	than the notifiable	or is higher than the	than the notifiable threshold
	threshold
	notifiable threshold
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
Ameriprise International	%	%	%
Holdings GmbH
Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings	%	%	%
SARL
Threadneedle Holdings	%	%	%
Limited
TAM UK Holdings	%	%	%
Limited
Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings	%	%	%
Limited
TC Financing Limited	%	%	%
Threadneedle Asset	%	%	%
Management Limited

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
Columbia Management	%	%	%
Investment Advisers, LLC

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	%	%	%
Columbia Management	%	%	%
Investment Advisers, LLC
Columbia Wanger Asset	%	%	%
Management, LLC
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A

11. Additional information

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Place of completion	Swindon, UK
Date of completion	18/06/2019

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