RICARDO PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Nov 15, 2018

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