Last checked at 22 Nov 2023 13:08
Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2023 AGM Poll Results
The Company announces that at its AGM held on Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 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 19 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 accounts and reports of the Directors and auditor for the year ended 30 June 2023. | 47,858,930 | 99.56 | 212,575 | 0.44 | 797,442 | 48,071,505 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2023, as set out on pages 89 to 113 of the Company's Annual Report 2023. | 44,212,267 | 93.06 | 3,297,336 | 6.94 | 1,359,344 | 47,509,603 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 21.7 pence per Ordinary Share. | 48,863,323 | 99.99 | 4,795 | 0.01 | 829 | 48,868,118 |
4. To elect Jorgen Kokke as a Director of the Company. | 48,721,594 | 99.71 | 144,096 | 0.29 | 3,257 | 48,865,690 |
5. To re-elect Iain Ferguson as a Director of the Company. | 43,849,997 | 89.74 | 5,015,075 | 10.26 | 3,875 | 48,865,072 |
6. To re-elect Alison Henriksen as a Director of the Company. | 48,716,959 | 99.70 | 148,113 | 0.30 | 3,875 | 48,865,072 |
7. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company. | 48,337,126 | 98.92 | 527,560 | 1.08 | 4,261 | 48,864,686 |
8. To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company. | 48,067,501 | 98.73 | 616,762 | 1.27 | 184,684 | 48,684,263 |
9. To re-elect Jason Chin as a Director of the Company. | 48,337,114 | 98.92 | 529,175 | 1.08 | 2,658 | 48,866,289 |
10. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company. | 46,072,688 | 94.29 | 2,792,651 | 5.71 | 3,608 | 48,865,339 |
11. To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 48,108,632 | 98.45 | 756,533 | 1.55 | 3,782 | 48,865,165 |
12. That the awards granted to Jorgen Kokke in compensation for the forfeiture of awards granted to him by his previous employer be capable of being settled through the issuance of new shares or transfer of treasury shares. | 47,827,969 | 98.07 | 939,446 | 1.93 | 101,532 | 48,767,415 |
13. That, in accordance with the Directors' Remuneration Policy, the rules of the Performance Share Plan ('PSP') be amended. | 47,602,005 | 97.44 | 1,248,780 | 2.56 | 18,162 | 48,850,785 |
14. That the PSP award granted to Jorgen Kokke on 13 September 2023 over shares worth 100% of his salary be approved. | 47,227,017 | 96.68 | 1,622,863 | 3.32 | 19,067 | 48,849,880 |
15. To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary Shares. | 47,169,545 | 96.55 | 1,686,839 | 3.45 | 12,563 | 48,856,384 |
16. To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders. | 48,813,217 | 99.92 | 39,683 | 0.08 | 16,047 | 48,852,900 |
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. | 47,912,604 | 98.07 | 943,745 | 1.93 | 12,598 | 48,856,349 |
18. To empower the Directors with limited authority to make one or more market purchases of any Ordinary Shares. | 47,920,626 | 98.09 | 933,774 | 1.91 | 14,547 | 48,854,400 |
19. To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 48,132,707 | 98.51 | 728,883 | 1.49 | 7,357 | 48,861,590 |
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 20 November 2023, the total number of ordinary shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 66,030,465.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were 66,030,465. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by the votes validly cast was 74.01%.
Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.