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Genus PLC
22 November 2023
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2023 AGM Poll Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 22
November 2023, 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 19 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 accounts and
reports of
the Directors and auditor for
the year ended
30 June 2023. 47,858,930 99.56 212,575 0.44 797,442 48,071,505
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the year ended 30
June 2023, as
set out on pages 89 to 113 of
the Company's
Annual Report 2023. 44,212,267 93.06 3,297,336 6.94 1,359,344 47,509,603
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3. To declare a final dividend of
21.7 pence
per Ordinary Share. 48,863,323 99.99 4,795 0.01 829 48,868,118
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4. To elect Jorgen Kokke as a
Director of
the Company. 48,721,594 99.71 144,096 0.29 3,257 48,865,690
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5. To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a
Director
of the Company. 43,849,997 89.74 5,015,075 10.26 3,875 48,865,072
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6. To re-elect Alison Henriksen
as a Director
of the Company. 48,716,959 99.70 148,113 0.30 3,875 48,865,072
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7. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a
Director
of the Company. 48,337,126 98.92 527,560 1.08 4,261 48,864,686
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8. To re-elect Lesley Knox as a
Director of
the Company. 48,067,501 98.73 616,762 1.27 184,684 48,684,263
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9. To re-elect Jason Chin as a
Director of
the Company. 48,337,114 98.92 529,175 1.08 2,658 48,866,289
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10. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as
auditor
of the Company. 46,072,688 94.29 2,792,651 5.71 3,608 48,865,339
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11. To authorise the Audit & Risk
Committee
of the Board to determine the
remuneration
of the auditor. 48,108,632 98.45 756,533 1.55 3,782 48,865,165
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12. That the awards granted to
Jorgen Kokke
in compensation for the
forfeiture of awards
granted to him by his previous
employer be
capable of being settled through
the issuance
of new shares or transfer of
treasury shares. 47,827,969 98.07 939,446 1.93 101,532 48,767,415
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13. That, in accordance with the
Directors'
Remuneration Policy, the rules
of the Performance
Share Plan ('PSP') be amended. 47,602,005 97.44 1,248,780 2.56 18,162 48,850,785
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14. That the PSP award granted to
Jorgen Kokke
on 13 September 2023 over shares
worth 100%
of his salary be approved. 47,227,017 96.68 1,622,863 3.32 19,067 48,849,880
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15. To empower the Directors with
limited
authority to allot Ordinary
Shares. 47,169,545 96.55 1,686,839 3.45 12,563 48,856,384
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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. 48,813,217 99.92 39,683 0.08 16,047 48,852,900
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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. 47,912,604 98.07 943,745 1.93 12,598 48,856,349
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18. To empower the Directors with
limited
authority to make one or more
market purchases
of any Ordinary Shares. 47,920,626 98.09 933,774 1.91 14,547 48,854,400
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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. 48,132,707 98.51 728,883 1.49 7,357 48,861,590
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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 20 November 2023, the total
number of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each eligible to be voted at
the AGM was 66,030,465.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that
time were 66,030,465. The proportion of the Company's issued share
capital represented by the votes validly cast was 74.01%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
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