Genus PLC — AGM Information 2021

Nov 24, 2021

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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 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.

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