Acquisition of Shares by Directors

10 June 2014

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the "Company")

Acquisition of Shares by Directors

The Company was informed on 10 June 2014 of the following dealings by certain Directors in ordinary shares of 20p each of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

The Company announces that Robert Walters, the Company's Chief Executive, Giles Daubeney, Chief Operating Officer, and Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer, have acquired a total of 93,915 shares in the Company at the prevailing market price. As a result, overall shareholdings in the Company before and after these dealings are as follows:

The individual dealings are in relation to the purchase on 9 June of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Co-investment scheme to enable qualification for the future award of shares under the Co-investment scheme.

Following the transactions 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 85,959,729 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 77,036,829.

The above figure of 77,036,829 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.

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