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17 May 2019
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2019 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 12 April 2019 were duly passed on a show of hands.
For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:
RESOLUTION | FOR | % | DISCRETION | % | AGAINST | % | WITHHELD
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1. To receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018. | 60,531,560 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,044 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018 (other than the part containing the Directors’ Remuneration Policy). | 58,757,836 | 97.04 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 1,783,720 | 2.95 | 1,047 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 10.7p per ordinary share. | 60,543,604 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director. | 60,537,312 | 99.99 | 0 | 0 | 6,292 | 0.01 | 0 |
5. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. | 60,532,131 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 11,473 | 0.02 | 0 |
6. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director. | 60,517,908 | 99.96 | 0 | 0 | 25,696 | 0.04 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director. | 60,537,312 | 99.99 | 0 | 0 | 6,292 | 0.01 | 0 |
8. To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director. | 60,305,840 | 99.61 | 0 | 0 | 237,764 | 0.39 | 0 |
9. To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director. | 60,539,853 | 99.99 | 0 | 0 | 3,751 | 0.01 | 0 |
10. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditor. | 60,531,360 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 12,044 | 0.02 | 200 |
11. To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration. | 60,529,565 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 13,839 | 0.02 | 200 |
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 60,539,519 | 99.99 | 0 | 0 | 2,885 | 0.01 | 1,200 |
13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 60,541,457 | 99.99 | 0 | 0 | 437 | 0.01 | 1,710 |
14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. | 60,387,570 | 99.75 | 0 | 0 | 154,038 | 0.25 | 1,995 |
15. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days’ notice. | 60,243,458 | 99.51 | 0 | 0 | 299,146 | 0.49 | 1,000 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 75,879,086 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 Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 20 7379 3333 |
Portland Communications Steffan Williams Lauren Gallagher
| +44 20 7554 1660 |