4 Nov 2015 12:02
Ricardo plc
Results of Ricardo plc AGM
4 November 2015
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 2015 Report and Accounts | 38,619,545 | 97.99 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 731,059 | 1.86 | 87,931 |
2 | To declare a final dividend port | 39,381,055 | 99.85 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 47,490 |
3 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 38,229,545 | 96.91 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 1,160,429 | 2.94 | 48,561 |
4 | To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration | 39,376,371 | 99.81 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 14,530 | 0.04 | 47,634 |
5 | To elect Laurie Bowen as a director | 39,381,133 | 99.83 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 7,531 | 0.02 | 49,871 |
6 | To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director | 39,380,209 | 99.82 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 10,442 | 0.03 | 47,884 |
7 | To re-elect Ian Lee as a director | 39,375,099 | 99.81 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 15,552 | 0.04 | 47,884 |
8 | To re-elect Terry Morgan as a director | 39,376,374 | 99.81 | 57,335 | 0.15 | 14,277 | 0.04 | 47,884 |
9 | To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director | 38,373,135 | 97.27 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 1,016,945 | 2.58 | 47,884 |
10 | To re-elect Peter Gilchrist as a director | 39,370,901 | 99.80 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 19,179 | 0.05 | 47,884 |
11 | To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director | 39,379,195 | 99.83 | 59,231 | 0.15 | 9,560 | 0.02 | 47,884 |
12 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 38,408,997 | 99.42 | 58,906 | 0.15 | 164,368 | 0.43 | 863,599 |
13 | To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities | 39,372,568 | 99.81 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 14,240 | 0.04 | 51,156 |
14 | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 39,365,625 | 99.67 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 70,350 | 0.18 | 1,989 |
15 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares | 39,357,093 | 99.79 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 22,904 | 0.06 | 57,967 |
16 | To approve notice period for certain general meetings | 38,921,068 | 98.66 | 57,906 | 0.15 | 468,489 | 1.19 | 48,407 |
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 2 November 2015 was 52,528,957 of these 39,498,818 including abstentions (75.19%) 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 4 November 2015, 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