Genus : Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 3281C

Genus PLC

07 February 2020

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	Genus PLC
rights are attached:

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
			Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen plc affiliated
Name		investment management entities with delegated voting
			rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed	05/02/2020
or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	06/02/2020
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
		% of voting rights
	% of voting rights	through financial	Total of both in %	Total number of voting
	attached to shares	instruments

	attached to shares	instruments	(8.A + 8.B)	rights of issuer
	(total of 8. A)	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B
		2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which	5.07	0.00	5.07	65,079,864
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	Below 5%	0.00	Below 5%
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
ISIN code (if possible)
Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(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)
GB0002074580	N/A	3,297,646	N/A	5.07

SUBTOTAL 8. A

3,297,646

5.07

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

Type of financial

Expiration Exercise/

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if

instrument

date

Conversion Period

the instrument is Exercised/converted.

%of voting rights

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		Exercise/	Physical or
Expiration	cash	Number of
financial	Conversion		%of voting rights
date		voting rights
instrument	Period	settlement
			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	X
(please add additional rows as necessary)
	% of voting	% of voting rights
	rights if it	through financial	Total of both if it equals
	equals or is	instruments if it
Name	or is higher than the
higher than	equals or is higher
	notifiable threshold
	the notifiable	than the notifiable
	threshold	threshold
Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Standard Life Investments (Holdings)

Limited

Standard Life Investments Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Aberdeen Asset Investment Group

Limited

Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Standard Life Investments (Holdings)

Limited

Aberdeen Standard Capital Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Standard Life Investments (Holdings)

Limited

Aberdeen Standard Capital Limited

Aberdeen Standard Capital

International Limited

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

In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

Place of completion	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Date of completion	06/02/2020

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