Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9618V

Ricardo PLC

08 November 2017

 

Ricardo plc

 Result of AGM

8 November 2017

Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting

Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 8 November 2017 were duly passed on a show of hands including the resolution authorising the Company to make market purchases of up to 10% of its issued ordinary share capital.

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 2017 Report and Accounts	38,450,384	98.08	21,495	0.05	732,220	1.87	0
2	To declare a final dividend	39,181,722	99.94	21,495	0.05	882	0.01	0
3	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	38,750,439	98.84	21,795	0.06	430,471	1.10	1,394
4	To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration	39,175,169	99.93	23,120	0.06	3,691	0.01	2,119
5	To elect Bill Spencer as a director	39,122,732	99.80	23,120	0.06	53,104	0.14	5,143
6	To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan as a director	37,227,367	99.64	23,120	0.06	112,884	0.30	1,840,728
7	To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director	39,074,101	99.67	24,350	0.06	104,740	0.27	908
8	To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director	39,119,253	99.80	22,820	0.06	55,058	0.14	6,968
9	To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director	39,124,142	99.81	24,350	0.06	51,704	0.13	3,903
10	To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director	39,070,030	99.67	23,291	0.06	107,781	0.27	2,997
11	To re-elect Malin Persson as a director	25,487,264	76.32	24,291	0.07	7,884,316	23.61	5,808,228
12	To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director	39,073,486	99.68	25,291	0.06	102,890	0.26	2,432
13	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	36,768,878	99.53	22,991	0.06	150,347	0.41	2,261,883
14	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	35,104,976	93.98	22,991	0.06	2,224,774	5.96	1,851,358
15	To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities	39,135,935	99.84	23,291	0.06	40,684	0.10	4,189
16	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	39,130,309	99.82	23,291	0.06	45,935	0.12	4,564
17	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares	38,736,557	98.82	23,291	0.06	438,632	1.12	5,619
18	To approve notice period for certain general meetings	38,963,219	99.39	23,291	0.06	216,570	0.55	1,019

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 1 November 2017 was 53,403,423 of these 39,204,099 including abstentions (73.41%) 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 8 November 2017, 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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