GCO - Dividend announcements

Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm Concludes Change is Warranted and Supports the Addition of Highly-Qualified, Independent Director Candidates to Genesco's Board Glass Lewis Endorses Nominees Dawn H. Robertson and Hobart P. Sichel, Who Have Significant Retail Sector Operations and Turnaround Experience Glass Lewis Scrutinizes Long-Tenured Directors – Including Matthew C. Diamond – While Highlighting That, "Genesco's Performance and Returns Have Been Profoundly Substandard by Almost Any Benchmark Over Almost Any Period" Legion Partners Urges Fellow Shareholders to Vote on the WHITE Proxy Card to Elect its Full Slate, Which Possesses the Expertise, Impartiality and Vision Lacking in

Calls on Genesco to Agree to the Utilization of a Universal Proxy Card, Which Would Allow Shareholders to Select the Best Mix of Directors on One Card at the Annual Meeting Highlights that Legion Partners Tried to Reach a Settlement That Advanced Shareholders' Long-Term Interests, but Genesco Refused to Part Ways with Certain Long-Tenured and Underqualified Directors Views Genesco's Partial Board Refresh as a Defensive, Flawed and Reactionary Entrenchment Maneuver Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, "Legion Partners" or "we"), which collectively with the other participants in its solicitation beneficially owns approximately 5.9% of the outstanding common