Total Voting Rights

1 August 2016

Genus plc

('Genus')

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

Genus (LSE: GNS) announces that its issued share capital consists of 61,013,183 ordinary shares of 10p each with voting rights ('Ordinary Shares'). No Ordinary Shares are currently held in treasury and the voting rights of all the Ordinary Shares are identical.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Genus under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Cara Crichton

Deputy Company Secretary

Genus plc

Tel: 01256 347100