TIDMGNS
RNS Number : 3892H
Genus PLC
23 November 2022
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2022 AGM Poll Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 23
November 2022, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were
passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and
Resolutions 15 to 18 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 2022. 49,134,094 99.69 151,519 0.31 509,969 49,285,613
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
2. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for the year ended 30
June 2022, as
set out on pages 70 to 103 of
the Company's
Annual Report 2022. 48,707,946 98.23 876,515 1.77 211,121 49,584,461
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
3. To approve the Directors'
Remuneration
Policy, as set out on pages 77
to 85 of the
Company's Annual Report 2022 46,353,666 93.10 3,433,110 6.90 8,806 49,786,776
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
4. To declare a final dividend of
21.7 pence
per Ordinary Share. 49,790,769 100.00 240 0.00 4,573 49,791,009
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
5. To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a
Director
of the Company. 44,539,304 90.70 4,568,553 9.30 687,725 49,107,857
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
6. To re-elect Stephen Wilson as
a Director
of the Company. 48,083,932 96.57 1,707,327 3.43 4,323 49,791,259
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
7. To re-elect Alison Henriksen
as a Director
of the Company. 49,722,219 99.86 69,040 0.14 4,323 49,791,259
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
8. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a
Director
of the Company. 49,048,453 98.51 742,806 1.49 4,323 49,791,259
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
9. To re-elect Lykele van der
Broek as a Director
of the Company. 49,047,797 98.51 743,462 1.49 4,323 49,791,259
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
10. To re-elect Lesley Knox as a
Director
of the Company. 48,774,981 98.45 767,517 1.55 253,084 49,542,498
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
11. To re-elect Jason Chin as a
Director of
the Company. 49,048,308 98.51 741,887 1.49 5,387 49,790,195
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as
auditor
of the Company. 48,037,842 96.48 1,752,027 3.52 5,713 49,789,869
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
13. To authorise the Audit & Risk
Committee
of the Board to determine the
remuneration
of the auditor. 49,335,816 99.09 453,548 0.91 6,218 49,789,364
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
14. To empower the Directors with
limited
authority to allot Ordinary
Shares. 48,552,808 97.53 1,231,820 2.47 10,954 49,784,628
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
15. To empower the Directors with
limited
authority to allot equity
securities for cash
without first offering them to
existing shareholders. 49,661,163 99.77 115,546 0.23 18,873 49,776,709
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
16. 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. 49,115,040 98.67 660,562 1.33 19,980 49,775,602
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
17. To empower the Directors with
limited
authority to make one or more
market purchases
of any Ordinary Shares. 49,180,960 98.84 579,526 1.16 35,096 49,760,486
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
18. To allow a General Meeting
other than
an Annual General Meeting to be
called on
not less than 14 clear days'
notice. 45,343,113 91.08 4,441,599 8.92 10,870 49,784,712
----------- ------- ---------- ----- ------------ ----------------------
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 21 November 2022, the total
number of ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each eligible to be voted at
the AGM was 65,774,603.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that
time were 65,774,603. The proportion of the Company's issued share
capital represented by the votes validly cast was 75.70%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the
London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct
Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United
Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution
of this information may apply. For further information, please
contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms
and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information
contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an
anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services.
For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange
use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy
Policy.
END
RAGPPGGUGUPPGWW
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 23, 2022 08:02 ET (13:02 GMT)
Genus (LSE:GNS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Genus (LSE:GNS)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024