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RNS Number : 3593U  Genus PLC  22 November 2023

Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2023 AGM Poll Results

 

The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 22 November 2023,
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 19 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 accounts and reports of the Directors and auditor         47,858,930  99.56  212,575    0.44   797,442      48,071,505
 for the year ended 30 June 2023.
 2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30      44,212,267  93.06  3,297,336  6.94   1,359,344    47,509,603
 June 2023, as set out on pages 89 to 113 of the Company's Annual Report 2023.
 3.     To declare a final dividend of 21.7 pence per Ordinary Share.            48,863,323  99.99  4,795      0.01   829          48,868,118
 4.     To elect Jorgen Kokke as a Director of the Company.                      48,721,594  99.71  144,096    0.29   3,257        48,865,690
 5.     To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a Director of the Company.                  43,849,997  89.74  5,015,075  10.26  3,875        48,865,072
 6.     To re-elect Alison Henriksen as a Director of the Company.               48,716,959  99.70  148,113    0.30   3,875        48,865,072
 7.     To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company.                   48,337,126  98.92  527,560    1.08   4,261        48,864,686
 8.     To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company.                    48,067,501  98.73  616,762    1.27   184,684      48,684,263
 9.     To re-elect Jason Chin as a Director of the Company.                     48,337,114  98.92  529,175    1.08   2,658        48,866,289
 10.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.                      46,072,688  94.29  2,792,651  5.71   3,608        48,865,339
 11.  To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine          48,108,632  98.45  756,533    1.55   3,782        48,865,165
 the remuneration of the auditor.
 12.  That the awards granted to Jorgen Kokke in compensation for the            47,827,969  98.07  939,446    1.93   101,532      48,767,415
 forfeiture of awards granted to him by his previous employer be capable of
 being settled through the issuance of new shares or transfer of treasury
 shares.
 13.  That, in accordance with the Directors' Remuneration Policy, the rules     47,602,005  97.44  1,248,780  2.56   18,162       48,850,785
 of the Performance Share Plan ('PSP') be amended.
 14.  That the PSP award granted to Jorgen Kokke on 13 September 2023 over       47,227,017  96.68  1,622,863  3.32   19,067       48,849,880
 shares worth 100% of his salary be approved.
 15.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary          47,169,545  96.55  1,686,839  3.45   12,563       48,856,384
 Shares.
 16.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity            48,813,217  99.92  39,683     0.08   16,047       48,852,900
 securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.
 17.  To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot additional        47,912,604  98.07  943,745    1.93   12,598       48,856,349
 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        47,920,626  98.09  933,774    1.91   14,547       48,854,400
 market purchases of any Ordinary Shares.
 19.  To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be      48,132,707  98.51  728,883    1.49   7,357        48,861,590
 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 20 November 2023, the total number of ordinary
shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 66,030,465.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were
66,030,465. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented
by the votes validly cast was 74.01%.

Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

 

 

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