Ricardo PLC Result of AGM (4152O)

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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 
    To receive and adopt 
     the 2016 Report and 
1    Accounts                            38,648,261   98.13    5,830     0.01    731,559   1.86                 15,204 
    To declare a final 
2    dividend                            39,395,024   99.99    5,830     0.01          0      0                      0 
    To re-appoint 
    PricewaterhouseCoopers 
3   LLP as auditors                      36,747,682   98.83    6,130     0.02    428,626   1.15              2,218,416 
    To authorise Audit 
     Committee to determine 
4    Auditor remuneration                 39,353,204  99.96    6,130     0.02      8,424   0.02                 33,096 
    To elect Malin Persson 
5    as a director                       30,672,256   83.95    6,130     0.02  5,856,747  16.03              2,865,721 
    To re-elect Laurie 
6    Bowen as a director                 39,373,925   99.93    6,130     0.02     19,208   0.05                  1,591 
    To re-elect Ian Gibson 
7    as a director                       39,381,666   99.95    6,130     0.02     11,301   0.03                  1,757 
    To re-elect Ian Lee 
8    as a director                       39,372,454   99.93    6,130     0.02     20,513   0.05                  1,757 
    To re-elect Sir Terry 
9    Morgan as a director                37,903,398   99.91    6,130     0.02     26,077   0.07              1,465,249 
    To re-elect Dave Shemmans 
10   as a director                       38,342,131   97.31    7,480     0.02  1,050,377   2.67                    866 
    To re-elect Peter Gilchrist 
11   as a director                       39,370,622   99.93    7,480     0.02     21,161   0.05                  1,591 
    To re-elect Mark Garrett 
12   as a director                       39,379,807   99.95    7,480     0.02     12,701   0.03                    866 
    To approve the Directors' 
13   Remuneration Report                 38,777,748   98.53    8,180     0.02    570,210   1.45                 44,716 
    To re-approve the Ricardo 
     plc Share Incentive 
14   Plan                                39,245,843   99.62    6,461     0.02    141,905   0.36                  6,645 
    To grant the directors 
     authority to allot 
15   relevant securities                 39,345,619   99.96    8,720     0.02      9,157   0.02                 37,358 
    To approve the disapplication 
16   of pre-emption rights               39,341,598   99.94    7,480     0.02     14,252   0.04                 37,524 
    To authorise the Company 
     to make market purchases 
17   of ordinary shares                  38,958,043   98.88    7,480     0.02    435,331   1.10                      0 
    To approve notice period 
     for certain general 
18   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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