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9 June 2016
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2016 Annual General Meeting
The Board announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company was held this morning. All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 April 2016 were duly passed on a show of hands.
For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:
RESOLUTION | FOR | % | DISCRETION | % | AGAINST | % | WITHHELD |
1. To receive and adopt the Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 63,867,361 | 99.99 | 900 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2015 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy). | 56,368,350 | 95.37 | 1,900 | 0.01 | 2,732,343 | 4.62 | 4,765,668 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 5.13p per ordinary share. | 63,867,361 | 99.99 | 900 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director. | 63,196,561 | 99.96 | 900 | 0.01 | 19,024 | 0.03 | 651,776 |
5. To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director. | 63,858,401 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 8,960 | 0.01 | 0 |
6. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. | 63,716,195 | 99.75 | 900 | 0.01 | 151,166 | 0.24 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director. | 63,681,162 | 99.94 | 900 | 0.01 | 30,274 | 0.05 | 155,925 |
8. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director. | 63,855,203 | 99.97 | 900 | 0.01 | 12,158 | 0.02 | 0 |
9. To re-elect Andrew Kemp as a Director. | 63,855,351 | 99.97 | 900 | 0.01 | 12,010 | 0.02 | 0 |
10. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director. | 63,148,553 | 98.86 | 900 | 0.01 | 718,808 | 1.13 | 0 |
11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. | 63,704,422 | 99.73 | 900 | 0.01 | 162,939 | 0.26 | 0 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 63,852,007 | 99.97 | 900 | 0.01 | 15,354 | 0.02 | 0 |
13. To approve and adopt the Robert Walters Executive Share Option Plan 2016. | 63,853,370 | 99.97 | 900 | 0.01 | 13,991 | 0.02 | 0 |
14. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 63,866,575 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 786 | 0.01 | 0 |
15. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. | 63,711,436 | 99.75 | 900 | 0.01 | 155,925 | 0.24 | 0 |
16. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 63,149,373 | 98.87 | 900 | 0.01 | 717,988 | 1.12 | 0 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 86,347,004 ordinary shares in issue.
A vote withheld is not a vote at law and has not been counted in the votes for and against.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will shortly be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Enquiries:
Robert Walters plc | +44 (0) 20 7379 3333 |
Robert Walters, Chief Executive | |
Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer | |
Newgate Communications | +44 (0) 20 7680 6550 |
Steffan Williams Madeleine Palmstierna | |
Charlotte Coulson |