15 November 2012
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 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 2012 Report and Accounts |
41,358,876 |
99.49 |
61,929 |
0.15 |
150,000 |
0.36 |
100 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
40,776,969 |
98.91 |
60,574 |
0.15 |
387,284 |
0.94 |
283,949 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend |
41,446,847 |
99.85 |
61,929 |
0.15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
40,984,277 |
99.81 |
59,410 |
0.14 |
21,032 |
0.05 |
444,057 |
5 |
To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director |
41,423,770 |
99.80 |
77,441 |
0.19 |
1,631 |
0.01 |
5,934 |
6 |
To re-elect Michael Harper as a director |
41,369,775 |
99.68 |
59,742 |
0.14 |
73,325 |
0.18 |
5,934 |
7 |
To re-elect Ian Lee as a director |
41,421,838 |
99.81 |
75,863 |
0.18 |
3,563 |
0.01 |
7,512 |
8 |
To re-elect David Hall as a director |
41,437,213 |
99.85 |
59,742 |
0.14 |
5,887 |
0.01 |
5,934 |
9 |
To re-elect Hans Joachim Schoepf as a director |
41,435,254 |
99.83 |
60,438 |
0.15 |
6,693 |
0.02 |
6,391 |
10 |
To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director |
41,244,232 |
99.37 |
57,051 |
0.14 |
201,836 |
0.49 |
5,657 |
11 |
To re-elect Paula Bell as a director |
41,428,196 |
99.82 |
57,051 |
0.14 |
17,460 |
0.04 |
6,069 |
12 |
To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director |
41,415,229 |
99.79 |
75,359 |
0.18 |
12,254 |
0.03 |
5,934 |
13 |
To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities |
41,427,340 |
99.81 |
60,438 |
0.15 |
15,664 |
0.04 |
5,334 |
14 |
To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
41,419,281 |
99.80 |
58,251 |
0.14 |
26,047 |
0.06 |
5,197 |
15 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares |
41,427,331 |
99.80 |
64,889 |
0.16 |
14,978 |
0.04 |
1,578 |
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16 |
To approve notice period for certain general meetings |
41,287,890 |
99.47 |
59,398 |
0.14 |
160,138 |
0.39 |
1,350 |
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 at13 November 2012 were 51,849,756.