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Result of AGM

14 Nov 2019 13:23

RNS Number : 4656T
Genus PLC
14 November 2019
 

 

Genus plc (the 'Company') - 2019 AGM Poll Results

 

The Company announces that at its AGM held on Thursday, 14 November 2019, all resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll. 

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 17 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 2019.

44,252,749

99.99

4,559

0.01

1,602,450

44,257,308

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy for the year ended 30 June 2019.

44,735,774

98.43

714,612

1.57

409,372

45,450,386

3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy as set out on pages 72 to 82 of the Company's Annual Report 2019.

42,801,233

93.35

3,046,755

6.65

11,770

45,847,988

4. To approve the rules of the Genus plc Performance Share Plan

45,014,992

98.17

839,491

1.83

5,276

45,854,483

5. To approve the rules of the Genus plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan

45,311,924

98.82

540,562

1.18

7,272

45,852,486

6. To approve the amended rues of the Genus plc 2014 Deferred Share Bonus Plan

45,327,368

98.85

526,142

1.15

6,248

45,853,510

7. To declare a final dividend of 18.8 pence per Ordinary Share.

45,857,432

100.00

727

0.00

1,600

45,858,159

8. To re-elect Bob Lawson as a Director of the Company.

45,078,391

98.30

781,317

1.70

50

45,859,708

9. To re-elect Stephen Wilson as a Director of the Company.

45,857,525

100.00

1,013

0.00

1,221

45,858,538

10. To re-elect Lysanne Gray as a Director of the Company.

45,757,114

99.78

100,835

0.22

1,810

45,857,949

11. To re-elect Lykele van der Broek as a Director of the Company.

45,770,496

99.81

86,996

0.19

2,267

45,857,492

12. To re-elect Lesley Knox as a Director of the Company.

43,861,742

95.65

1,996,490

4.35

1,526

45,858,232

13. To re-elect Ian Charles as a Director of the Company.

43,158,331

95.10

2,225,684

4.90

475,743

45,384,015

14. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.

44,259,207

96.52

1,595,398

3.48

5,153

45,854,605

15. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

44,777,908

97.65

1,076,830

2.35

5,021

45,854,738

16. To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot Ordinary Shares.

41,308,715

90.10

4,537,252

9.90

13,792

45,845,967

17. To empower the Directors with limited authority to allot equity securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders.

45,801,197

99.91

40,455

0.09

18,107

45,841,652

18. 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.

41,296,603

90.08

4,545,716

9.92

17,439

45,842,319

19. To empower the Directors with limited authority to make one or more market purchases of any Ordinary Shares.

45,219,733

98.82

539,384

1.18

100,641

45,759,117

20. To allow a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

42,625,519

92.96

3,229,867

7.04

4,373

45,855,386

 

A copy of the special business resolutions will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will soon be available to view at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

As at the close of business on 13 November 2019, the total number of ordinary shares of £0.10 each eligible to be voted at the AGM was 65,071,431.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that time were 65,071,431. The proportion of the Company's issued share capital represented by the votes validly cast was 70.46%.

Equiniti acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

 

 

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