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Genus PLC
25 November 2020
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2020 AGM Poll Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 25
November 2020, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were
passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and
Resolutions 14 to 17 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 2020. 46,159,790 99.98% 9,076 0.02% 1,093,088 46,168,866
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2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the year ended 30
June 2020, as
set out on pages 70 to 93 of
the Company's
Annual Report 2020. 46,099,609 97.82% 1,026,035 2.18% 136,310 47,125,644
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3. To declare a final dividend
of 19.7 pence
per Ordinary Share. 47,255,692 100.00% 588 0.00% 5,674 47,256,280
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4. To elect Iain Ferguson as a
Director of
the Company. 44,508,321 94.19% 2,747,026 5.81% 6,607 47,255,347
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5. To elect Alison Henriksen
as a Director
of the Company. 47,165,524 99.81% 91,357 0.19% 5,073 47,256,881
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6. To re-elect Stephen Wilson
as a Director
of the Company. 47,131,304 99.73% 125,442 0.27% 5,208 47,256,746
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7. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as
a Director
of the Company. 46,485,503 99.40% 278,732 0.60% 497,719 46,764,235
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8. To re-elect Lykele van der
Broek as a
Director of the Company. 47,088,164 99.78% 101,679 0.22% 6,843 47,189,843
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9. To re-elect Lesley Knox as
a Director
of the Company. 47,156,595 99.79% 100,286 0.21% 5,073 47,256,881
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10. To re-elect Ian Charles as
a Director
of the Company. 47,157,661 99.79% 98,490 0.21% 5,803 47,256,151
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11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP
as auditor
of the Company. 45,764,716 96.85% 1,487,591 3.15% 9,647 47,252,307
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12. To authorise the Audit &
Risk Committee
of the Board to determine the
remuneration
of the auditor. 46,339,103 98.07% 914,167 1.93% 8,684 47,253,270
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13. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to allot Ordinary
Shares. 41,344,310 87.51% 5,901,014 12.49% 16,630 47,245,324
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14. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to allot equity
securities for
cash without first offering
them to existing
shareholders. 47,172,546 99.87% 60,135 0.13% 29,273 47,232,681
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15. 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. 43,459,950 92.03% 3,765,419 7.97% 36,585 47,225,369
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16. To empower the Directors
with limited
authority to make one or more
market purchases
of any Ordinary Shares. 46,618,867 98.74% 596,680 1.26% 46,407 47,215,547
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17. To allow a General Meeting
other than
an Annual General Meeting to
be called on
not less than 14 clear days'
notice. 44,479,479 94.14% 2,766,994 5.86% 15,481 47,246,473
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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 2020, the total
number of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each eligible to be voted at
the AGM was 65,298,224.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that
time were 65,298,224. The proportion of the Company's issued share
capital represented by the votes validly cast was 72.37%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
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