Microgen PLC Result of AGM (1339D)

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RNS Number : 1339D

Microgen PLC

24 April 2017

microgen

www.microgen.com

24 April 2017

Result of AGM

The board of directors of Microgen plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2017 annual general meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

As at the date of the meeting, there were 60,771,938 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The following proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting:

 
                 RESOLUTION                                 FOR                          AGAINST              WITHHELD 
--------------------------------------------  ------------------------------  -----------------------------  --------- 
                                                 VOTES      % OF VOTES CAST*     VOTES     % OF VOTES CAST*    VOTES 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
       Receive and adopt the Company's 
        Annual Report and Accounts for the 
        year ended 31 December 
        2016 together with the reports of 
 1      the Directors and Auditors.            44,559,802              99.53           0               0.00          0 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 2     Approve the rules of the Microgen plc   44,548,136              99.53           0               0.00     11,666 
        Save As You Earn Scheme 2016 and the 
        Microgen plc International 
        Sharesave Plan. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 3     Approve the rules of the Microgen plc   42,043,504              93.93   2,504,399               5.60     11,899 
        Performance Share Plan 2016. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 4     Approve the Microgen plc Employee       44,548,136              99.53           0               0.00     11,666 
        Benefit Trust. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 5     Approve the Directors' Remuneration     42,630,950              95.25   1,914,484               4.28     13,516 
        Policy. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 6     Approve the Directors' Remuneration     44,545,665              99.52         621               0.01     13,516 
        Report for the year ended 31 
        December 2016. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 7     Declare a final dividend of 3.5 pence   44,559,569              99.53           0               0.00        233 
        per ordinary share. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 8     Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse as a         44,547,903              99.50      11,666               0.03        233 
        director of the Company. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 9     Re-elect Peter Whiting as a director    42,645,939              95.26   1,913,863               4.27          0 
        of the Company. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 10    Re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP   40,897,090              91.35   3,662,479               8.18        233 
        as auditors of the Company. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 11    Authorise the Audit Committee to        40,545,821              90.56   4,013,981               8.97          0 
        agree the auditors' remuneration. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 12    Authorise the Directors to allot        44,545,303              99.50           0               0.00        233 
        securities pursuant to section 551 
        of the Companies Act 2016 
        (the "Act"). 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 13    Special Resolution:                     44,547,903              99.50      11,666               0.03        233 
        Disapply pre-emption rights under 
        section 561 of the Act within the 
        stated limits. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 14    Special Resolution:                     44,547,903              99.50      11,666               0.03        233 
        Disapply pre-emption rights under 
        section 561 of the Act in additional 
        limited circumstances. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 15    Special Resolution:                     44,561,028              99.53           0               0.00        233 
        Authorise the Company to make 
        purchases of its own shares pursuant 
        to section 701 of the Act. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 16    Special Resolution:                     44,539,168              99.48      20,634               0.05          0 
        Authorise the holding of a general 
        meeting (other than an AGM) on not 
        less than 14 clear days' 
        notice. 
----  --------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------  ----------  -----------------  --------- 
 

*Excludes votes withheld

Contacts

   Mark Heather, Company Secretary                           020-7496-8100 

Philip Wood, Chief Financial Officer

   Darius Alexander, FTI Consulting                              020-3727-1063 

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