Result of AGM

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 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 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 0.10 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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