Genus PLC Result of AGM (5104G)

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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       %       Against      %      Abstentions    Total no. of shares 
                                          Votes                 Votes                 Votes       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 GBP0.10 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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