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Genus PLC AGM Information 2021

Nov 24, 2021

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AGM Information

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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
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 2021. 49,712,868 99.96 19,242 0.04 42,133 49,732,110
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
20.
To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company.
49,735,423 99.97 17,335 0.03 21,485 49,752,758

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 £0.10 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.