Ricardo PLC Result of AGM (4541H)

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RNS Number : 4541H

Ricardo PLC

15 November 2018

Result of AGM

15 November 2018

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 
    To receive and adopt the 2018 
1    Report and Accounts                36,996,207  99.96      10,909  0.03         74   0.01          0 
2   To declare a final dividend         36,996,207  99.96      10,909  0.03         74   0.01          0 
3   To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors     36,994,701  99.96      10,909  0.03      1,426   0.01        154 
4   To fix auditors' remuneration       36,994,701  99.96      10,909  0.03        796   0.01        784 
    To re-elect William Spencer 
5    as a director                      36,026,184  97.57      10,909  0.03    884,364    2.4     85,732 
    To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan 
6    as a director                      34,001,810  97.20      10,909  0.03    969,673   2.77  2,024,797 
    To re-elect Ian Gibson as 
7    a director                         36,883,243  99.75      10,909  0.03     79,806   0.22     83,232 
    To re-elect Peter Gilchrist 
8    as a director                      33,706,438  91.28      10,909  0.03  3,207,240   8.69     82,602 
    To re-elect Laurie Bowen as 
9    a director                         36,866,078  99.85      10,909  0.03     44,471   0.12     85,732 
    To re-elect Dave Shemmans 
10   as a director                      36,788,846  99.63      10,909  0.03    124,203   0.34     83,232 
    To re-elect Malin Persson 
11   as a director                      24,959,087  83.48      10,909  0.04  4,928,326  16.48  7,108,866 
    To re-elect Mark Garrett as 
12   a director                         35,993,349  97.48      10,909  0.03    919,699   2.49     83,232 
    To approve the Directors' 
13   Remuneration Report                29,307,155  87.98      10,909  0.03  3,995,612  11.99  3,693,512 
    To grant the directors authority 
14   to allot relevant securities       36,875,020  99.96      10,909  0.03        704   0.01    120,557 
    To approve the disapplication 
15   of pre-emption rights              36,875,020  99.96      10,909  0.03        704   0.01    120,557 
    To authorise the Company to 
     make market purchases of ordinary 
16   shares                             36,062,647  97.66      10,909  0.03    851,214   2.31     82,419 
    To approve notice period for 
17   certain general meetings           36,638,836  99.00      10,909  0.03    357,445   0.97          0

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 13 November 2018 were 53,406,250. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Rule via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Ricardo website at www.ricardo.com.

2019 Financial Calendar

Half Year Interim Results Announcement on 28 February 2019.

   Enquiries:        Patricia Ryan, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary +44(0)1273 794776

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