Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9704R

Robert Walters PLC

08 May 2009

 



ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE 'COMPANY') 

Result of 2009 Annual General Meeting

The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held this morning, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 27 March 2009 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 the Annual Report and Accounts       for the year ended 31 December 2008.	50,129,235	571	104,000	137,300
2.   To approve the Directors’ Remuneration       Report for the year ended 31 December 2008.	42,519,485	571	6,244,363	1,606,687
3.   To declare a final dividend of 3.35p per       ordinary share.	50,317,928	571	0	52,607
4.   To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.	49,988,412	571	140,500	241,623
5.   To re-elect Russell Tenzer as a Director.	39,681,390	571	8,636,191	2,052,954
6.   To re-elect Martin Griffiths as a Director.	50,230,035	571	140,500	0
7.   To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.	50,370,135	571	400	0
8.   To authorise the Directors to allot relevant       securities pursuant to section 80 of the       Companies Act 1985.	50,191,584	571	143,550	35,401
9.   To disapply section 89(1) of the Companies       Act 1985.	49,889,116	474,644	7,346	0
10. To authorise the Company to make       purchases of its own shares.	49,860,514	474,644	25,948	10,000
11. To adopt new Articles of Association of the       Company.	49,101,010	474,644	782,317	13,135
12. To call general meetings other than annual       general meetings of the Company on not less       than 14 clear days' notice.	49,114,359	474,644	782,103	0

 At the date of the meeting, there were 85,168,703 ordinary shares in issue.

A vote withheld is not a vote at law and has not been counted in the votes for and against.

Two copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business) have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility located at:

Financial Services Authority 
25 The North Colonnade 
Canary Wharf 
London E14 5HS

Enquiries:

Alan Bannatyne, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
Telephone: [phone]

 

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