Genus PLC Result of AGM (3892H)

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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 
                                             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 2022.       49,134,094   99.69    151,519     0.31   509,969       49,285,613 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      2. To approve the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report for the year ended 30 
       June 2022, as 
       set out on pages 70 to 103 of 
       the Company's 
       Annual Report 2022.                48,707,946   98.23    876,515     1.77   211,121       49,584,461 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      3. To approve the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Policy, as set out on pages 77 
       to 85 of the 
       Company's Annual Report 2022       46,353,666   93.10    3,433,110   6.90   8,806         49,786,776 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      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 the 
       remuneration 
       of the auditor.                    49,335,816   99.09    453,548     0.91   6,218         49,789,364 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      14. To empower the Directors with 
       limited 
       authority to allot Ordinary 
       Shares.                            48,552,808   97.53    1,231,820   2.47   10,954        49,784,628 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      15. To empower the Directors with 
       limited 
       authority to allot equity 
       securities for cash 
       without first offering them to 
       existing shareholders.             49,661,163   99.77    115,546     0.23   18,873        49,776,709 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      16. 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.          49,115,040   98.67    660,562     1.33   19,980        49,775,602 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      17. To empower the Directors with 
       limited 
       authority to make one or more 
       market purchases 
       of any Ordinary Shares.            49,180,960   98.84    579,526     1.16   35,096        49,760,486 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
      18. To allow a General Meeting 
       other than 
       an Annual General Meeting to be 
       called on 
       not less than 14 clear days' 
       notice.                            45,343,113   91.08    4,441,599   8.92   10,870        49,784,712 
                                         -----------  -------  ----------  -----  ------------  ---------------------- 
 

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 21 November 2022, the total number of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 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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