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Ricardo PLC
17 November 2023
Ricardo plc
Result of AGM
17(th) November 2023
Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting
Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its
Annual General Meeting held on 16(th) November 2023 at 10.00am were
duly passed.
Results of the Poll taken, are set out below:
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.
Issued
Share
Capital: 62,218,280
VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of WITHHELD
FOR AGAINST TOTAL ISC VOTED VOTES
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To receive
the Annual
Report and
1 Accounts 48,906,373 99.99% 2,670 0.01% 48,909,043 78.61% 11,027
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To approve
2 final dividend 48,774,061 100.00% 1,670 0.00% 48,775,731 78.39% 144,339
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To re-appoint
3 Auditors 48,765,764 99.98% 8,768 0.02% 48,774,532 78.39% 145,538
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To fix Auditor's
4 Remuneration 48,909,899 99.99% 6,168 0.01% 48,916,067 78.62% 4,003
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To re-elect
Judith Cottrell
5 as a Director 48,769,278 99.99% 3,670 0.01% 48,772,948 78.39% 147,122
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To re-elect
Graham Ritchie
6 as a Director 47,096,300 96.56% 1,675,580 3.44% 48,771,880 78.39% 148,190
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To re-elect
Mark Clare
7 as a Director 46,448,293 95.23% 2,324,655 4.77% 48,772,948 78.39% 147,122
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To re-elect
Laurie Bowen
8 as a Director 48,398,539 99.24% 371,346 0.76% 48,769,885 78.39% 150,185
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To re-elect
Jack Boyer
9 as a Director 48,398,539 99.24% 371,346 0.76% 48,769,885 78.39% 150,185
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To re-elect
Russell King
10 as a Director 39,624,250 81.24% 9,148,135 18.76% 48,772,385 78.39% 147,685
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To re-elect
Malin Persson
11 as a Director 38,463,842 78.87% 10,306,043 21.13% 48,769,885 78.39% 150,185
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To re-elect
William Spencer
12 as a Director 48,396,749 99.23% 373,136 0.77% 48,769,885 78.39% 150,185
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To approve
the directors'
remuneration
13 report 47,457,971 97.31% 1,312,134 2.69% 48,770,105 78.39% 149,965
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To approve
the directors'
remuneration
14 policy 37,722,908 77.12% 11,191,768 22.88% 48,914,676 78.62% 5,394
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To approve
the amendments
to the rules
of the Ricardo
plc 2020
Long Term
Incentive
15 Plan 39,017,912 79.77% 9,896,839 20.23% 48,914,751 78.62% 5,319
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To renew
the authority
to allot
the relevant
16 securities 48,763,010 99.98% 11,374 0.02% 48,774,384 78.39% 145,686
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To display
Pre-Emption
17 Provisions 48,622,300 99.40% 294,903 0.60% 48,917,203 78.62% 2,867
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To Authorise
Company to
Purchase
18 own Shares 48,132,611 99.98% 9,539 0.02% 48,142,150 77.38% 777,920
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To Convene
Meetings
on 14 days'
19 notice 48,740,086 99.64% 178,064 0.36% 48,918,150 78.62% 1,920
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The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 16(th)
November 2023 was 62,218,280, of these 48,920,070 including votes
withheld (78.63%) were voted.
The Board acknowledges that 21.13% of the votes cast in respect
of Resolution 11, (to re-elect Malin Persson as an Director of the
Company), 22.88% of the votes cast in respect of Resolution 14, (to
approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy) and 20.23% of the votes
cast in respect of Resolution 15 (to amend the Long-Term Incentive
Plan) were against the Resolutions.
With respect to Resolution 14 and 15 the Board recommended the
new Policy to shareholders as it reinforces the five-year strategic
plan of the Company.
The Company will reach out to the shareholders who voted against
the Resolution(s) to further understand their position.
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 16(th) November 2023 has been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made
available on the Company's website at
www.ricardo.com/en/investors/shareholder-centre/agm
The Ricardo plc LEI number is 213800ZNYAY35F4XB814
For further information contact: Harpreet Sagoo, General Counsel
and Company Secretary, at Harpreet.Sagoo@ricardo.com
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