REG - Genus - Result of AGM

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25/11/2020 13:15

RNS Number : 5104G
  
Genus PLC
  
25 November 2020
  
 

 
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2020 AGM Poll Results              
 
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 25 November 2020, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 14 to 17 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 2020.


46,159,790


99.98%


9,076


0.02%


1,093,088


46,168,866




2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2020, as set out on pages 70 to 93 of the Company's Annual Report 2020.


46,099,609


97.82%


1,026,035


2.18%


136,310


47,125,644




3.     To declare a final dividend of 19.7 pence per Ordinary Share.


47,255,692


100.00%


588


0.00%


5,674


47,256,280




4.     To elect Iain Ferguson as a Director of the Company.


44,508,321


94.19%


2,747,026


5.81%


6,607


47,255,347




5.     To elect Alison Henriksen as a Director of the Company.


47,165,524


99.81%


91,357


0.19%


5,073


47,256,881




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


47,131,304


99.73%


125,442


0.27%


5,208


47,256,746




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


46,485,503


99.40%


278,732


0.60%


497,719


46,764,235




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


47,088,164


99.78%


101,679


0.22%


6,843


47,189,843




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


47,156,595


99.79%


100,286


0.21%


5,073


47,256,881




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


47,157,661


99.79%


98,490


0.21%


5,803


47,256,151




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


45,764,716


96.85%


1,487,591


3.15%


9,647


47,252,307




12.  To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.


46,339,103


98.07%


914,167


1.93%


8,684


47,253,270




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


41,344,310


87.51%


5,901,014


12.49%


16,630


47,245,324




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


47,172,546


99.87%


60,135


0.13%


29,273


47,232,681




15.  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.


43,459,950


92.03%


3,765,419


7.97%


36,585


47,225,369




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


46,618,867


98.74%


596,680


1.26%


46,407


47,215,547




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


44,479,479


94.14%


2,766,994


5.86%


15,481


47,246,473



 
A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available to view at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
As at the close of business on 23 November 2020, the total number of ordinary shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 65,298,224.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were 65,298,224. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by the votes validly cast was 72.37%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
 
 

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