GENUIT GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
22 May 2026
Genuit Group plc announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held today at its offices at 4 Victoria Place, Holbeck Leeds, LS11 5AE, all the resolutions contained in the Notice of AGM dated 14 April 2026 were duly passed on a show of hands.
The total number of proxy votes received two business days prior to the meeting in respect of each such resolution is set out below.
|
Resolution |
In favour |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld / Abstained |
|
1. To receive the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report |
217,282,420 |
99.98 |
1,580 |
0.01 |
67,832 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 |
210,256,687 |
96.73 |
7,092,977 |
3.26 |
2,168 |
|
3. To declare a final dividend of 8.7 pence per ordinary share of £0.001 each in the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025 |
217,350,127 |
99.98 |
1,459 |
0.01 |
246 |
|
4. To elect Ms Britta Giesen as a Director of the Company |
216,803,788 |
99.74 |
546,417 |
0.25 |
1,672 |
|
5. To re-elect Mr Joe Vorih as a Director of the Company |
217,335,453 |
99.98 |
15,049 |
0.01 |
1,330 |
|
6. To re-elect Mr Tim Pullen as a Director of the Company |
217,315,305 |
99.97 |
34,393 |
0.02 |
2,134 |
|
7. To re-elect Mr Kevin Boyd as a Director of the Company |
208,837,480 |
96.08 |
8,492,490 |
3.91 |
21,862 |
|
8. To re-elect Mr Shatish Dasani as a Director of the Company |
210,217,929 |
96.71 |
7,132,976 |
3.28 |
927 |
|
9. To re-elect Ms Lisa Scenna as a Director of the Company |
211,537,413 |
97.32 |
5,812,792 |
2.67 |
1,627 |
|
10. To re-elect Ms Bronagh Kennedy as a Director of the Company |
214,668,017 |
98.76 |
2,677,884 |
1.23 |
5,931 |
|
11. To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company |
207,874,638 |
95.63 |
9,475,568 |
4.36 |
1,626 |
|
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine auditor's remuneration |
213,148,849 |
98.06 |
4,200,467 |
1.93 |
2,516 |
|
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
212,049,828 |
97.55 |
5,300,970 |
2.44 |
1,034 |
|
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights |
212,406,046 |
97.72 |
4,942,788 |
2.27 |
2,998 |
|
15. To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment |
210,073,641 |
96.64 |
7,275,192 |
3.35 |
2,999 |
|
16. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
215,073,421 |
98.95 |
2,250,947 |
1.04 |
27,464 |
|
17. To authorise the Company to call a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
210,017,340 |
96.62 |
7,333,943 |
3.37 |
549 |
Notes
Any proxy appointments, which gave discretion to the Chair, have been included in the 'Votes for' total. 'Votes withheld' are not votes in law and do not count in the number of votes counted for or against a resolution. Valid proxy appointments were made in respect of 217,353,395 shares representing 86.21% of the issued share capital.
The total number of shares on the register at close of business on 19 May 2026, being those eligible to be voted on at the AGM, was 252,106,243. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions. In accordance with UKLR 6.4.1R and 6.4.2R copies of the resolutions (other than those relating to ordinary business) will be submitted to the FCA National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
These results can also be viewed on the Genuit Group plc website at https://www.genuitgroup.com.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Emma Versluys
Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary +44 (0) 1138 315 315