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RNS Number : 3892H  Genus PLC  23 November 2022

Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2022 AGM Poll Results

 

The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 23 November 2022,
all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 15
to 18 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            49,134,094  99.69   151,519    0.31  509,969      49,285,613
 Directors' Reports for the year ended 30 June 2022.
 2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30      48,707,946  98.23   876,515    1.77  211,121      49,584,461
 June 2022, as set out on pages 70 to 103 of the Company's Annual Report 2022.
 3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy, as set out on pages       46,353,666  93.10   3,433,110  6.90  8,806        49,786,776
 77 to 85 of the Company's Annual Report 2022
 4.     To declare a final dividend of 21.7 pence per Ordinary Share.            49,790,769  100.00  240        0.00  4,573        49,791,009
 5.     To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a Director of the Company.                  44,539,304  90.70   4,568,553  9.30  687,725      49,107,857
 6.     To re-elect Stephen Wilson as a Director of the Company.                 48,083,932  96.57   1,707,327  3.43  4,323        49,791,259
 7.     To re-elect Alison Henriksen as a Director of the Company.               49,722,219  99.86   69,040     0.14  4,323        49,791,259
 8.     To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company.                   49,048,453  98.51   742,806    1.49  4,323        49,791,259
 9.     To re-elect Lykele van der Broek as a Director of the Company.           49,047,797  98.51   743,462    1.49  4,323        49,791,259
 10.  To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company.                      48,774,981  98.45   767,517    1.55  253,084      49,542,498
 11.  To re-elect Jason Chin as a Director of the Company.                       49,048,308  98.51   741,887    1.49  5,387        49,790,195
 12.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.                      48,037,842  96.48   1,752,027  3.52  5,713        49,789,869
 13.  To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine          49,335,816  99.09   453,548    0.91  6,218        49,789,364
 the remuneration of the auditor.
 14.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary          48,552,808  97.53   1,231,820  2.47  10,954       49,784,628
 Shares.
 15.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity            49,661,163  99.77   115,546    0.23  18,873       49,776,709
 securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.
 16.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot additional        49,115,040  98.67   660,562    1.33  19,980       49,775,602
 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.
 17.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to make one or more        49,180,960  98.84   579,526    1.16  35,096       49,760,486
 market purchases of any Ordinary Shares.
 18.  To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be      45,343,113  91.08   4,441,599  8.92  10,870       49,784,712
 called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

 

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 21 November 2022, the total number of ordinary
shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 65,774,603.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were
65,774,603. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented
by the votes validly cast was 75.70%.

Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

 

 

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