Ricardo plc
Result of AGM
4 November 2016
Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting
Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 3 November 2016 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 2016 Report and Accounts |
38,648,261 |
98.13 |
5,830 |
0.01 |
731,559 |
1.86 |
15,204 |
2 |
To declare a final dividend |
39,395,024 |
99.99 |
5,830 |
0.01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
36,747,682 |
98.83 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
428,626 |
1.15 |
2,218,416 |
4 |
To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration |
39,353,204 |
99.96 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
8,424 |
0.02 |
33,096 |
5 |
To elect Malin Persson as a director |
30,672,256 |
83.95 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
5,856,747 |
16.03 |
2,865,721 |
6 |
To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director |
39,373,925 |
99.93 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
19,208 |
0.05 |
1,591 |
7 |
To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director |
39,381,666 |
99.95 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
11,301 |
0.03 |
1,757 |
8 |
To re-elect Ian Lee as a director |
39,372,454 |
99.93 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
20,513 |
0.05 |
1,757 |
9 |
To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan as a director |
37,903,398 |
99.91 |
6,130 |
0.02 |
26,077 |
0.07 |
1,465,249 |
10 |
To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director |
38,342,131 |
97.31 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
1,050,377 |
2.67 |
866 |
11 |
To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director |
39,370,622 |
99.93 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
21,161 |
0.05 |
1,591 |
12 |
To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director |
39,379,807 |
99.95 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
12,701 |
0.03 |
866 |
13 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
38,777,748 |
98.53 |
8,180 |
0.02 |
570,210 |
1.45 |
44,716 |
14 |
To re-approve the Ricardo plc Share Incentive Plan |
39,245,843 |
99.62 |
6,461 |
0.02 |
141,905 |
0.36 |
6,645 |
15 |
To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities |
39,345,619 |
99.96 |
8,720 |
0.02 |
9,157 |
0.02 |
37,358 |
16 |
To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights |
39,341,598 |
99.94 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
14,252 |
0.04 |
37,524 |
17 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares |
38,958,043 |
98.88 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
435,331 |
1.10 |
0 |
18 |
To approve notice period for certain general meetings |
39,078,782 |
99.19 |
7,480 |
0.02 |
313,013 |
0.79 |
1,578 |
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 2016 was 53,163,423 of these 39,403,032 including abstentions (74.12%) 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 3 November 2016, 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
.