Result of 2016 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 7609A

Robert Walters PLC

09 June 2016

 

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	[phone]
Robert Walters, Chief Executive
Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer
Newgate Communications	[phone]
Steffan Williams Madeleine Palmstierna
Charlotte Coulson

 

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