Result of AGM
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Ricardo plc
Result of AGM
12 November 2020
Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting
Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on 12 November 2020 were duly passed on a show of hands.
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 2020 Report and Accounts | 39,222,405 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 65 | 0.01 | 0 |
2 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 39,218,699 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 3,771 | 0.01 | 0 |
3 | To authorise Audit Committee to determine Auditor remuneration | 39,219,688 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 2,782 | 0.01 | 0 |
4 | To re-elect Russell King as a director | 39,066,105 | 99.97 | -- | 0.00 | 12,170 | 0.03 | 144,194 |
5 | To re-elect Jack Boyer as a director | 39,075,605 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 171 | 0.01 | 146,694 |
6 | To re-elect William Spencer as a director | 39,071,342 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 4,434 | 0.01 | 146,694 |
7 | To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan as a director | 38,914,720 | 99.58 | -- | 0.00 | 163,556 | 0.42 | 144,194 |
8 | To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director | 39,069,915 | 99.98 | -- | 0.00 | 8,361 | 0.02 | 144,194 |
9 | To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director | 39,073,711 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 2,065 | 0.01 | 146,694 |
10 | To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director | 39,075,849 | 99.99 | -- | 0.00 | 2,427 | 0.01 | 144,194 |
11 | To re-elect Malin Persson as a director | 37,471,086 | 95.89 | -- | 0.00 | 1,604,689 | 4.11 | 146,694 |
12 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 38,289,524 | 97.63 | -- | 0.00 | 927,939 | 2.37 | 5,007 |
13 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 37,176,754 | 94.79 | -- | 0.00 | 2,043,567 | 5.21 | 2,148 |
14 | To approve the rules of the 2020 LTIP | 39,056,525 | 99.59 | -- | 0.00 | 159,789 | 0.41 | 6,155 |
15 | To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities | 38,996,227 | 99.43 | -- | 0.00 | 222,094 | 0.57 | 4,149 |
16 | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 39,067,696 | 99.61 | -- | 0.00 | 152,091 | 0.39 | 2,683 |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares | 39,064,470 | 99.96 | -- | 0.00 | 15,580 | 0.04 | 142,419 |
18 | To approve notice period for certain general meetings | 39,038,707 | 99.53 | -- | 0.00 | 183,763 | 0.47 | 0 |
A vote withheld 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 10 November 2020 was 53,406,250, of these 39,222,470 including votes withheld (73.44%) 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 12 November 2020, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
The Ricardo plc LEI number is 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
For further information contact:
The Company Secretary, Patricia Ryan 01273 794776
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