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Genus PLC
24 November 2021
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2021 AGM Poll Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 24
November 2021, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were
passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and
Resolutions 16 to 20 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 2021. 49,712,868 99.96 19,242 0.04 42,133 49,732,110
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the year ended 30
June 2021, as
set out on pages 70 to 93 of
the Company's
Annual Report 2021. 48,090,655 96.87 1,554,432 3.13 128,957 49,645,087
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3. To approve the rules of the
Genus plc Share
Incentive Plan. 49,764,449 99.99 5,002 0.01 4,902 49,769,451
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4. To approve the rules of the
Genus plc International
Share Incentive Plan. 49,762,082 99.99 7,106 0.01 5,055 49,769,188
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5. To declare a final dividend
of 21.7 pence
per Ordinary Share. 49,769,965 100.00 242 0.00 4,125 49,770,207
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6. To elect Jason Chin as a
Director of the
Company. 49,763,610 100.00 1,350 0.00 9,283 49,764,960
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7. To re-elect Iain Ferguson as
a Director
of the Company. 45,338,003 92.93 3,449,899 7.07 986,341 48,787,902
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8. To re-elect Stephen Wilson as
a Director
of the Company. 48,677,819 97.81 1,090,614 2.19 5,210 49,768,433
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9. To re-elect Alison Henriksen
as a Director
of the Company. 49,603,447 99.67 165,620 0.33 5,176 49,769,067
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10. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as
a Director
of the Company. 49,587,428 99.63 181,995 0.37 4,820 49,769,423
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11. To re-elect Lykele van der
Broek as a
Director of the Company. 49,626,144 99.72 138,014 0.28 10,085 49,764,158
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12. To re-elect Lesley Knox as a
Director
of the Company. 48,760,761 97.97 1,009,240 2.03 4,242 49,770,001
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13. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP
as auditor
of the Company. 48,768,824 97.99 1,000,568 2.01 4,851 49,769,392
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14. To authorise the Audit &
Risk Committee
of the Board to determine the
remuneration
of the auditor. 49,431,860 99.31 341,129 0.69 1,254 49,772,989
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15. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to allot Ordinary
Shares. 42,107,726 85.63 7,067,320 14.37 599,197 49,175,046
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16. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to allot equity
securities for cash
without first offering them to
existing shareholders. 49,568,645 99.63 184,636 0.37 20,962 49,753,281
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17. 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. 48,349,041 97.20 1,391,398 2.80 33,804 49,740,439
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18. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to make one or more
market purchases
of any Ordinary Shares. 49,003,382 98.53 729,081 1.47 41,780 49,732,463
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19. To allow a General Meeting
other than
an Annual General Meeting to be
called on
not less than 14 clear days'
notice. 47,167,575 94.82 2,578,181 5.18 28,487 49,745,756
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20. To adopt new Articles of
Association of
the Company. 49,735,423 99.97 17,335 0.03 21,485 49,752,758
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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 2021, the total
number of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each eligible to be voted at
the AGM was 65,767,343.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that
time were 65,767,343. The proportion of the Company's issued share
capital represented by the votes validly cast was 75.68%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
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