Last checked at 27 Apr 2023 15:25
27 April 2023
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2023 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 31 March 2023 were duly passed on a poll.
For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:
RESOLUTION | FOR | % | AGAINST | % | WITHELD | |
1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022. | 58,133,235 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 145,322 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy). | 57,680,990 | 99.66 | 195,483 | 0.34 | 402,084 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 58,082,804 | 99.66 | 195,483 | 0.34 | 270 |
4. | To declare a final dividend of 17.0p per ordinary share. | 58,278,287 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 270 |
5. | To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director of the Company. | 57,692,993 | 99.00 | 585,293 | 1.00 | 271 |
6. | To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director of the Company. | 57,124,665 | 98.02 | 1,153,621 | 1.98 | 271 |
7. | To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director of the Company. | 57,899,265 | 99.35 | 379,022 | 0.65 | 270 |
8. | To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director of the Company. | 57,497,451 | 99.35 | 379,022 | 0.65 | 402,084 |
9. | To re-elect Matt Ashley as a Director of the Company. | 57,899,265 | 99.35 | 379,022 | 0.65 | 270 |
10. | To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor. | 58,277,658 | 100.00 | 629 | 0.00 | 270 |
11. | To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration. | 58,277,741 | 100.00 | 546 | 0.00 | 270 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 58,263,904 | 99.98 | 14,383 | 0.02 | 270 |
13. | To approve the rules of the Robert Walters plc Performance Share Plan 2023. | 58,135,516 | 99.76 | 141,521 | 0.24 | 1,520 |
14. | To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 58,276,487 | 100.00 | 1,800 | 0.00 | 270 |
15. | To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. | 58,137,143 | 99.76 | 139,730 | 0.24 | 1,684 |
16. | To call a general meeting of the Company other than an AGM on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 58,270,619 | 99.99 | 7,668 | 0.01 | 270 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 78,928,095 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
Robert Walters plc Toby Fowlston, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 20 7379 3333 |
Williams Nicholson Steffan Williams | +44 7767 345 563 |