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microgen
www.microgen.com
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24 April 2017
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Result of AGM
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The board of directors of Microgen plc (the "Company") announces that, at the Company's 2017 annual general meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
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In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2(R), a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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As at the date of the meeting, there were 60,771,938 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The following proxies were received by the Company from shareholders prior to the meeting:
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RESOLUTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHHELD Â | |||
VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* Â | VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST* | VOTES | ||
1 | Receive and adopt the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 together with the reports of the Directors and Auditors. | 44,559,802 | 99.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2 | Approve the rules of the Microgen plc Save As You Earn Scheme 2016 and the Microgen plc International Sharesave Plan. | 44,548,136 | 99.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 11,666 |
3 | Approve the rules of the Microgen plc Performance Share Plan 2016. | 42,043,504 | 93.93 | 2,504,399 | 5.60 | 11,899 |
4 | Approve the Microgen plc Employee Benefit Trust. | 44,548,136 | 99.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 11,666 |
5 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 42,630,950 | 95.25 | 1,914,484 | 4.28 | 13,516 |
6 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2016. | 44,545,665 | 99.52 | 621 | 0.01 | 13,516 |
7 | Declare a final dividend of 3.5 pence per ordinary share. | 44,559,569 | 99.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 233 |
8 | Re-elect Barbara Moorhouse as a director of the Company. | 44,547,903 | 99.50 | 11,666 | 0.03 | 233 |
9 | Re-elect Peter Whiting as a director of the Company. | 42,645,939 | 95.26 | 1,913,863 | 4.27 | 0 |
10 | Re-appoint PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company. | 40,897,090 | 91.35 | 3,662,479 | 8.18 | 233 |
11 | Authorise the Audit Committee to agree the auditors' remuneration. | 40,545,821 | 90.56 | 4,013,981 | 8.97 | 0 |
12 | Authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2016 (the "Act"). | 44,545,303 | 99.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 233 |
13 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act within the stated limits. | 44,547,903 | 99.50 | 11,666 | 0.03 | 233 |
14 | Special Resolution: Disapply pre-emption rights under section 561 of the Act in additional limited circumstances. | 44,547,903 | 99.50 | 11,666 | 0.03 | 233 |
15 | Special Resolution: Authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act. | 44,561,028 | 99.53 | 0 | 0.00 | 233 |
16 | Special Resolution: Authorise the holding of a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 44,539,168 | 99.48 | 20,634 | 0.05 | 0 |
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*Excludes votes withheld
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Contacts
Mark Heather, Company Secretary 020-7496-8100
Philip Wood, Chief Financial Officer
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Darius Alexander, FTI Consulting 020-3727-1063
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