REG - Genus - Result of AGM

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14/11/2019 13:25

RNS Number : 4656T
Genus PLC
14 November 2019
 


 
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2019 AGM Poll Results             
 
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Thursday, 14 November 2019, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as Special Resolutions. The following table sets out the votes cast on each resolution:                                                                                                                                                               
 



Resolutions


In Favour
Votes


%


Against
Votes


%


Abstentions
Votes


Total no. of shares in respect of which proxies were validly made




1.     To receive the Company's audited Financial Statements and the Directors' Reports for the year ended 30 June 2019.


44,252,749


99.99


4,559


0.01


1,602,450


44,257,308




2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30 June 2019.


44,735,774


98.43


714,612


1.57


409,372


45,450,386




3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy as set out on pages 72 to 82 of the Company's Annual Report 2019.


42,801,233


93.35


3,046,755


6.65


11,770


45,847,988




4.     To approve the rules of the Genus plc Performance Share Plan


45,014,992


98.17


839,491


1.83


5,276


45,854,483




5.     To approve the rules of the Genus plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan


45,311,924


98.82


540,562


1.18


7,272


45,852,486




6.     To approve the amended rues of the Genus plc 2014 Deferred Share Bonus Plan


45,327,368


98.85


526,142


1.15


6,248


45,853,510




7.     To declare a final dividend of 18.8 pence per Ordinary Share.


45,857,432


100.00


727


0.00


1,600


45,858,159




8.     To re-elect Bob Lawson as a Director of the Company.


45,078,391


98.30


781,317


1.70


50


45,859,708




9.     To re-elect Stephen Wilson as a Director of the Company.


45,857,525


100.00


1,013


0.00


1,221


45,858,538




10.  To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company.


45,757,114


99.78


100,835


0.22


1,810


45,857,949




11.  To re-elect Lykele van der Broek as a Director of the Company.


45,770,496


99.81


86,996


0.19


2,267


45,857,492




12.  To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company.


43,861,742


95.65


1,996,490


4.35


1,526


45,858,232




13.  To re-elect Ian Charles as a Director of the Company.


43,158,331


95.10


2,225,684


4.90


475,743


45,384,015




14.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.


44,259,207


96.52


1,595,398


3.48


5,153


45,854,605




15.  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.


44,777,908


97.65


1,076,830


2.35


5,021


45,854,738




16.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary Shares.


41,308,715


90.10


4,537,252


9.90


13,792


45,845,967




17.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.


45,801,197


99.91


40,455


0.09


18,107


45,841,652




18.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot additional equity securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders provided that this power be used only in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.


41,296,603


90.08


4,545,716


9.92


17,439


45,842,319




19.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to make one or more market purchases of any Ordinary Shares.


45,219,733


98.82


539,384


1.18


100,641


45,759,117




20.  To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.


42,625,519


92.96


3,229,867


7.04


4,373


45,855,386



 
A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
As at the close of business on 13 November 2019, the total number of ordinary shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 65,071,431.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were 65,071,431. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by the votes validly cast was 70.46%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
 
 




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