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Genus PLC
22 November 2023

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.

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