Result of AGM

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 Votes	%	Against Votes	%	Abstentions Votes	Total no. of shares 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 0.10 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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