Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2299R

Ricardo PLC

15 November 2012

 



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
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.

 

END

 

 

RAGLLFIFLVLELIF