Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4152O

Ricardo PLC

04 November 2016

 

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

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