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Result of AGM

8th Nov 2017 15:49

RNS Number : 9618V
Ricardo PLC
08 November 2017
 

 

Ricardo plc

 

 Result of AGM

8 November 2017

 

Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting

 

Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 8 November 2017 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 2017 Report and Accounts

38,450,384

 

98.08

21,495

0.05

732,220

1.87

0

2

To declare a final dividend

39,181,722

99.94

21,495

0.05

882

0.01

0

3

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

38,750,439

98.84

21,795

0.06

430,471

1.10

1,394

4

To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration

39,175,169

99.93

23,120

0.06

3,691

0.01

2,119

5

To elect Bill Spencer as a director

39,122,732

99.80

23,120

0.06

53,104

0.14

5,143

6

To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan as a director

37,227,367

99.64

23,120

0.06

112,884

0.30

1,840,728

7

To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director

39,074,101

99.67

24,350

0.06

104,740

0.27

908

8

To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director

39,119,253

99.80

22,820

0.06

55,058

0.14

6,968

9

To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director

39,124,142

99.81

24,350

0.06

51,704

0.13

3,903

10

To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director

39,070,030

99.67

23,291

0.06

107,781

0.27

2,997

11

To re-elect Malin Persson as a director

25,487,264

76.32

24,291

0.07

7,884,316

23.61

5,808,228

12

To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director

39,073,486

99.68

25,291

0.06

102,890

0.26

2,432

13

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

36,768,878

99.53

22,991

0.06

150,347

0.41

2,261,883

14

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

35,104,976

93.98

22,991

0.06

2,224,774

5.96

1,851,358

15

To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities

39,135,935

99.84

23,291

0.06

40,684

0.10

4,189

16

To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights

39,130,309

99.82

23,291

0.06

45,935

0.12

4,564

17

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares

38,736,557

98.82

23,291

0.06

438,632

1.12

5,619

18

To approve notice period for certain general meetings

38,963,219

99.39

23,291

0.06

216,570

0.55

1,019

 

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 2017 was 53,403,423 of these 39,204,099 including abstentions (73.41%) 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 8 November 2017, 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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