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Result of AGM

4th Nov 2016 15:13

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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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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