24 May 2013 13:45
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2013 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 15 April 2013 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 Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2012. | 62,590,164 | 99.95 | 900 | 0.01 | 23,310 | 0.04 | 0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2012. | 52,371,508 | 91.09 | 900 | 0.01 | 5,114,554 | 8.90 | 5,126,411 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 3.68p per ordinary share. | 62,612,475 | 99.99 | 900 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director. | 62,612,075 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 0 |
5. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director. | 62,612,075 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 0 |
6. To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director. | 62,612,075 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 0 |
7. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director. | 62,606,978 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 4,950 | 0.01 | 547 |
8. To re-elect Martin Griffiths as a Director. | 62,612,075 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 0 |
9. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director. | 62,606,468 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 5,460 | 0.01 | 547 |
10. To re-elect Andrew Kemp as a Director. | 62,608,515 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 3,960 | 0.01 | 0 |
11. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. | 62,544,763 | 99.88 | 900 | 0.01 | 67,712 | 0.11 | 0 |
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. | 62,159,998 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 452,076 |
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 62,612,075 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 400 | 0.01 | 0 |
14. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 62,610,518 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 1,957 | 0.01 | 0 |
15. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. | 62,611,528 | 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 947 | 0.01 | 0 |
16. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 61,936,753 | 98.91 | 900 | 0.01 | 675,722 | 1.08 | 0 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 85,611,811 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:
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Olly Scott: | +44 (0)20 7861 3112
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Robert Walters (RWA)