Result of AGM

Renishaw PLC
12 October 2007


Renishaw plc (the 'Company')

Annual general meeting held on 12 October 2007
Special resolution to give authority to make market purchases of own shares

Extraordinary general meeting held on 12 October 2007
Ordinary resolution to approve the sale of land to Sir David McMurtry

At the annual general meeting and an extraordinary general meeting of the
Company held today, the above resolutions were passed. A copy of the resolutions
has been sent to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Documents Disclosure Team
UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Telephone number. (0)20 7676 1000


Proxy appointment disclosure - AGM 12 October 2007

Proxy appointments(a) were received from shareholders representing 60,531,375
shares amounting to 83.16% of the issued share capital.

Total number of shares in issue: 72,788,543

The resolutions were passed by the shareholders at the AGM on a show of hands.
The following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions had been
received by the Company up to 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting:

Resolution          For                Against          Chairman's     Total proxy 
  number                                                discretion      votes cast 
           No of shares   % of      No of     % of    No of     % of               
                         total     shares     total   shares   total               
                         votes                votes            votes               
                          cast                cast              cast               
       1   59,102,557    97.94   1,228,545    2.04   13,429     0.02     60,344,531 (b)
       2   60,518,832    99.98           0       0   11,388     0.02     60,530,220 (c)
       3   60,500,097    99.96       9,300    0.02   14,714     0.02     60,524,111 (d)
       4   60,497,675    99.96      11,294    0.02   14,714     0.02     60,523,683 (e)
       5   59,699,319    99.58     238,598    0.40   12,268     0.02     59,950,185 (f)
       6   60,284,643    99.59     235,983    0.39   11,388     0.02     60,531,114 (g) 
       7   69,509,239    99.96       8,448    0.02   13,388     0.02     60,531,075 (h)

 

Resolutions:

1 To adopt the audited financial statements and directors' report

2 To declare a final dividend

3 To re-elect Mr T B Garthwaite as a director

4 To re-elect Mr T D Snowden as a director

5 To approve the directors' remuneration report

6 To re-appoint the auditors and to authorise the directors to determine their
remuneration

7 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

Notes:

(a) The appointment of a proxy is not a precise indicator of the way that the
shareholder would have voted on a poll. It merely reflects the shareholder's
intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be
changed at any time prior to a poll being completed and shareholders having
lodged a proxy appointment, are still entitled to attend the meeting and vote
their shares themselves as they wish.

(b) Shareholders representing 186,844 shares directed on their proxy cards that
the proxy should abstain.

(c) Shareholders representing 1,155 shares directed on their proxy cards that
the proxy should abstain.

(d) Shareholders representing 7,264 shares directed on their proxy cards that
the proxy should abstain.

(e) Shareholders representing 7,692 shares directed on their proxy cards that
the proxy should abstain.

(f) Shareholders representing 581,190 shares directed on their proxy cards that
the proxy should abstain.

(g) Shareholders representing 261 shares directed on their proxy cards that the
proxy should abstain.

(h) Shareholders representing 300 shares directed on their proxy cards that the
proxy should abstain.


Proxy appointment disclosure - EGM 12 October 2007

Proxy appointments(a) were received from shareholders representing 33,195,802
shares amounting to 45.60% of the total issued share capital or 71.55% of the
issued share capital excluding the shares held by Sir David McMurtry and
associates (who undertook not to submit proxy appointments or vote at the
meeting and did not do so).

Total number of shares in issue: 72,788,543

Total in issue excluding shares held by Sir David McMurtry and associates:
46,411,252

The resolution was passed by the shareholders at the EGM on a show of hands. The
following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions had been
received by the Company up to 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting:

         For                 Against           Chairman's     Total proxy votes 
                                               discretion            cast       
No of shares   % of      No of     % of     No of     % of                      
               total    shares     total    shares    total                     
               votes               votes              votes                     
               cast                cast               cast                      
33,115,757     99.76    66,889      0.20   13,156      0.04         33,195,802  

Resolution:

To approve the sale of land to Sir David R McMurtry

Notes:

(a) The appointment of a proxy is not a precise indicator of the way that the
shareholder would have voted on a poll. It merely reflects the shareholder's
intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be
changed at any time prior to a poll being completed and shareholders having
lodged a proxy appointment, are still entitled to attend the meeting and vote
their shares themselves as they wish.

(b) Shareholders representing 1,101,453 shares directed on their proxy cards
that the proxy should abstain.

 
12 October 2007


Renishaw plc
Registered office. New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR
Registered number. 1106260
Telephone number. 01453 524524



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