Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7900G

Ricardo PLC

17 November 2022

 

 

Ricardo plc

 Result of AGM

17 November 2022

Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting

Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 17 November 2022 were duly passed.

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 2022 Report and Accounts	47,524,202	99.98	2,187	0.01	2,714	0.01	0
2	To approve the final dividend	47,525,250	99.98	2,187	0.01	1,666	0.01	0
3	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	47,521,632	99.98	0	0.00	7,471	0.02	0
4	To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration	47,523,729	99.99	0	0.00	5,374	0.01	0
5	To elect Mark Clare as a director	46,806,191	98.49	0	0.00	718,983	1.51	3,929
6	To re-elect Graham Ritchie as a director	47,142,796	99.19	2,187	0.01	378,416	0.80	5,704
7	To re-elect Russell King as a director	47,150,023	99.21	0	0.00	373,376	0.79	5,704
8	To re-elect Jack Boyer as a director	47,149,005	99.22	0	0.00	371,894	0.78	8,204
9	To re-elect William Spencer as a director	47,151,192	99.22	0	0.00	369,707	0.78	8,204
10	To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director	47,516,961	99.98	2,187	0.01	4,251	0.01	5,704
11	To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director	46,642,029	98.15	0	0.00	878,869	1.85	8,205
12	To re-elect Malin Persson as a director	41,249,793	93.85	2,187	0.01	2,702,689	6.15	3,574,434
13	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	46,779,635	98.43	0	0.00	745,375	1.57	4,093
14	To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities	47,497,595	99.93	0	0.00	31,508	0.07	0
15	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	43,213,673	90.92	2,187	0.01	4,311,132	9.07	2,111
16	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares	46,180,029	99.96	0	0.00	19,074	0.04	1,330,000
17	To approve notice period for certain general meetings	47,343,228	99.60	2,187	0.01	183,688	0.39	0

A vote withheld 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 15 November 2022 was 62,218,280, of these 47,529,103 including votes withheld (76.39%) 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 17 November 2022, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at  https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The Ricardo plc LEI number is 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814

For further information contact:

The Company Secretary, Patricia Ryan  01273 794776

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