Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6353V

Ricardo PLC

29 October 2014

 



RNS Number : 6353V

Ricardo plc

29 October 2014

RICARDO PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed on a show of hands.

Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:

	Resolution	For	%	Discretion	%	Against	%	Withheld
1	To receive and adopt the 2014 Report and Accounts	39,236,019	99.98	1,735	0.01	2,187	0.01	76,622
2	To declare a final dividend	39,312,641	99.99	3922	0.01	0	0	0
3	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	38,682,460	99.97	1,735	0.01	5,941	0.02	626,427
4	To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration	39,090,874	99.98	2,754	0.01	760	0.01	222,175
5	To elect Terry Morgan as a director	39,310,895	99.98	2,754	0.01	1,748	0.01	1,166
6	To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director	39,224,914	99.77	2,754	0.01	85,542	0.22	3,353
7	To re-elect Ian Lee as a director	39,306,577	99.97	2,754	0.01	6,066	0.02	1,166
8	To re-elect David Hall as a director	39,090,867	99.43	2,754	0.01	221,776	0.56	1,166
9	To re-elect Hans Joachim Schöpf as a director	39,303,920	99.97	2,754	0.01	7,723	0.02	2,166
10	To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director	38,211,523	97.19	2,754	0.01	1,100,532	2.80	1,754
11	To re-elect Peter Gilchrest as a director	39,305,832	99.98	2,754	0.01	5,811	0.01	2,166
12	To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director	39,226,677	99.77	2,754	0.01	85,378	0.22	1,1754
13	To approve the directors' remuneration report	39,033,074	99.30	5,122	0.01	270,000	0.69	8,367
14	To approve the directors' remuneration policy	38,631,436	98.30	2,935	0.01	663,779	1.69	18,413
15	To approve the rules of the 2014 LTIP	38,860,121	98.86	3,922	0.01	443,335	1.13	9,185
16	To approve the rules of the 2014 ESOP	37,280,980	96.20	1,735	0.01	1,468,481	3.79	565,367
17	To authorise the directors to allot shares	39,292,112	99.94	1,735	0.01	20,235	0.05	2,481
18	To dis-apply pre-emption rights	39,288,017	99.63	1,735	0.01	24,711	0.06	2,100
19	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	39,302,594	99.96	1,735	0.01	11,307	0.03	927
20	To call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	38,731,204	98.51	1,735	0.01	581,437	1.48	2,187
21	To amend the Articles of Association	38,867,055	98.90	1,735	0.01	429,710	1.09	18,063

An abstention is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 27 October 2014 was 52,279,953 of these 39,320,244 including abstentions (75.21%) were voted.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed by the Company at the AGM held on 29 October 2014, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information contact:

The Company Secretary, Patricia Ryan                     01273 794776

 

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