8th Nov 2017 15:49
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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