4th Nov 2016 15:13
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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