Robert Walt. Regulatory News (RWA)

 9 March 2012

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

Directors' Shareholdings

The Company was informed on 9 March 2012 of the following dealings by certain Directors of the Company in ordinary shares of 20p each (Ordinary Shares").

All Executive Directors have purchased shares to ensure maximum participation in the Company's Co-investment Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) in respect of 2012. 

As a consequence of the vesting of 2009 LTIPs a number of shares have also been sold only in order to satisfy the resultant tax liability by Mr Walters and Mr Daubeney. Mr Bannatyne has sold a number of shares in order to satisfy tax and other commitments.

There has been an increase in the overall shareholdings of each of the Directors as a result of these dealings and Mr Walters', Mr Daubeney's and Mr Bannatyne's shareholdings before and after the dealings are as follows:

 The individual dealings are shown below and are in relation to:

(i)         the purchase, on 9 March, of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Co-investment scheme, to 
enable qualification for the future award of shares under the Co-investment scheme;

(ii)        the exercise, on 9 March, of  options over Ordinary Shares held in the Robert Walters 
Employee Benefit Trust, pursuant to the Robert Walters Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP'); and

(iii)       the sale, on 9 March, of Ordinary Shares to satisfy tax and other commitments.

The total number of Ordinary Shares sold by Mr Bannatyne includes 11,059 Ordinary Shares sold by his wife, Clare Bannatyne, at a price of 237.5p per share.

Following the dealings above, for the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we would like to notify the market of the following:

Robert Walters plc's issued share capital consists of 85,568,121 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. Robert Walters plc holds 8,922,900 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Robert Walters plc is 76,645,221.

The above figure of 76,645,221 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Robert Walters plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries

Pelham Bell Pottinger                                                Tel. 020 7861 3112

Archie Berens