Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5409E

Ricardo PLC

04 November 2015

 

Ricardo plc

 Results of Ricardo plc AGM

4 November 2015

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 2015 Report and Accounts	38,619,545	97.99	57,335	0.15	731,059	1.86	87,931
2	To declare a final dividend port	39,381,055	99.85	57,335	0.15	0	0	47,490
3	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	38,229,545	96.91	57,335	0.15	1,160,429	2.94	48,561
4	To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration	39,376,371	99.81	57,335	0.15	14,530	0.04	47,634
5	To elect Laurie Bowen as a director	39,381,133	99.83	57,335	0.15	7,531	0.02	49,871
6	To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director	39,380,209	99.82	57,335	0.15	10,442	0.03	47,884
7	To re-elect Ian Lee as a director	39,375,099	99.81	57,335	0.15	15,552	0.04	47,884
8	To re-elect Terry Morgan as a director	39,376,374	99.81	57,335	0.15	14,277	0.04	47,884
9	To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director	38,373,135	97.27	57,906	0.15	1,016,945	2.58	47,884
10	To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director	39,370,901	99.80	57,906	0.15	19,179	0.05	47,884
11	To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director	39,379,195	99.83	59,231	0.15	9,560	0.02	47,884
12	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	38,408,997	99.42	58,906	0.15	164,368	0.43	863,599
13	To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities	39,372,568	99.81	57,906	0.15	14,240	0.04	51,156
14	To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights	39,365,625	99.67	57,906	0.15	70,350	0.18	1,989
15	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares	39,357,093	99.79	57,906	0.15	22,904	0.06	57,967
16	To approve notice period for certain general meetings	38,921,068	98.66	57,906	0.15	468,489	1.19	48,407

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 2 November 2015 was 52,528,957 of these 39,498,818 including abstentions (75.19%) 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 4 November 2015, 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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