Ricardo PLC Result of AGM (9618V)

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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 
    To receive and adopt 
     the 2017 Report and 
1    Accounts                            38,450,384    98.08    21,495    0.05    732,220   1.87                     0 
    To declare a final 
2    dividend                            39,181,722   99.94     21,495    0.05        882   0.01                     0 
    To re-appoint 
    PricewaterhouseCoopers 
3   LLP as auditors                      38,750,439   98.84     21,795    0.06    430,471   1.10                 1,394 
    To authorise Audit 
     Committee to determine 
4    Auditor remuneration                39,175,169   99.93     23,120    0.06      3,691   0.01                 2,119 
    To elect Bill Spencer 
5    as a director                       39,122,732   99.80     23,120    0.06     53,104   0.14                 5,143 
    To re-elect Sir Terry 
6    Morgan as a director                37,227,367   99.64     23,120    0.06    112,884   0.30             1,840,728 
    To re-elect Ian Gibson 
7    as a director                       39,074,101   99.67     24,350    0.06    104,740   0.27                   908 
    To re-elect Peter Gilchrist 
8    as a director                       39,119,253   99.80     22,820    0.06     55,058   0.14                 6,968 
    To re-elect Laurie 
9    Bowen as a director                 39,124,142   99.81     24,350    0.06     51,704   0.13                 3,903 
    To re-elect Dave Shemmans 
10   as a director                       39,070,030   99.67     23,291    0.06    107,781   0.27                 2,997 
    To re-elect Malin Persson 
11   as a director                       25,487,264   76.32     24,291    0.07  7,884,316  23.61             5,808,228 
    To re-elect Mark Garrett 
12   as a director                       39,073,486   99.68     25,291    0.06    102,890   0.26                 2,432 
    To approve the Directors' 
13   Remuneration Report                 36,768,878   99.53     22,991    0.06    150,347   0.41             2,261,883 
    To approve the Directors' 
14   Remuneration Policy                 35,104,976   93.98     22,991    0.06  2,224,774   5.96             1,851,358 
    To grant the directors 
     authority to allot 
15   relevant securities                 39,135,935   99.84     23,291    0.06     40,684   0.10                 4,189 
    To approve the disapplication 
16   of pre-emption rights               39,130,309   99.82     23,291    0.06     45,935   0.12                 4,564 
    To authorise the Company 
     to make market purchases 
17   of ordinary shares                  38,736,557   98.82     23,291    0.06    438,632   1.12                 5,619 
    To approve notice period 
     for certain general 
18   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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