15th Nov 2012 12:05
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.
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