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RNS Number : 4947T  Genus PLC  24 November 2021

 

Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2021 AGM Poll Results

 

The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 24 November 2021,
all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 16
to 20 were passed as Special Resolutions. The following table sets out the
votes cast on each resolution:
 
 
 

 

 Resolutions                                                                     In Favour   %       Against    %      Abstentions  Total no. of shares in respect of which proxies were validly made

                                                                                 Votes               Votes             Votes
 1.     To receive the Company's audited Financial Statements and the            49,712,868  99.96   19,242     0.04   42,133       49,732,110
 Directors' Reports for the year ended 30 June 2021.
 2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30      48,090,655  96.87   1,554,432  3.13   128,957      49,645,087
 June 2021, as set out on pages 70 to 93 of the Company's Annual Report 2021.
 3.     To approve the rules of the Genus plc Share Incentive Plan.              49,764,449  99.99   5,002      0.01   4,902        49,769,451
 4.     To approve the rules of the Genus plc International Share Incentive      49,762,082  99.99   7,106      0.01   5,055        49,769,188
 Plan.
 5.     To declare a final dividend of 21.7 pence per Ordinary Share.            49,769,965  100.00  242        0.00   4,125        49,770,207
 6.     To elect Jason Chin as a Director of the Company.                        49,763,610  100.00  1,350      0.00   9,283        49,764,960
 7.     To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a Director of the Company.                  45,338,003  92.93   3,449,899  7.07   986,341      48,787,902
 8.     To re-elect Stephen Wilson as a Director of the Company.                 48,677,819  97.81   1,090,614  2.19   5,210        49,768,433
 9.     To re-elect Alison Henriksen as a Director of the Company.               49,603,447  99.67   165,620    0.33   5,176        49,769,067
 10.  To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company.                     49,587,428  99.63   181,995    0.37   4,820        49,769,423
 11.  To re-elect Lykele van der Broek as a Director of the Company.             49,626,144  99.72   138,014    0.28   10,085       49,764,158
 12.  To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company.                      48,760,761  97.97   1,009,240  2.03   4,242        49,770,001
 13.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.                      48,768,824  97.99   1,000,568  2.01   4,851        49,769,392
 14.  To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine          49,431,860  99.31   341,129    0.69   1,254        49,772,989
 the remuneration of the auditor.
 15.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary          42,107,726  85.63   7,067,320  14.37  599,197      49,175,046
 Shares.
 16.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity            49,568,645  99.63   184,636    0.37   20,962       49,753,281
 securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.
 17.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot additional        48,349,041  97.20   1,391,398  2.80   33,804       49,740,439
 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.
 18.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to make one or more        49,003,382  98.53   729,081    1.47   41,780       49,732,463
 market purchases of any Ordinary Shares.
 19.  To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be      47,167,575  94.82   2,578,181  5.18   28,487       49,745,756
 called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
 20.  To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company.                       49,735,423  99.97   17,335     0.03   21,485       49,752,758

 

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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

As at the close of business on 23 November 2021, the total number of ordinary
shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 65,767,343.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were
65,767,343. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented
by the votes validly cast was 75.68%.

Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

 

 

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