ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2011 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 2011, other than resolution 2 which was decided on a poll, 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 2010. |
56,541,942 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2010. |
22,672,371 |
0 |
24,746,428 |
9,123,143 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 3.50p per ordinary share. |
56,541,942 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4. To re-elect Philip Aiken as a Director. |
56,203,007 |
0 |
338,935 |
0 |
5. To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director. |
56,206,057 |
0 |
335,885 |
0 |
6. To re-elect Russell Tenzer as a Director. |
28,508,506 |
0 |
7,157,431 |
20,876,005 |
7. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. |
55,632,809 |
0 |
909,133 |
0 |
8. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. |
56,541,942 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. |
53,882,788 |
100 |
1,486,750 |
1,172,304 |
10. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. |
56,541,332 |
100 |
510 |
0 |
11. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. |
56,479,666 |
100 |
547 |
61,629 |
12. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
|
55,543,933 |
100 |
997,909 |
0 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 85,568,121 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 be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Notification of Interim Management Statement
Robert Walters plc, the leading international recruitment consultancy, will be announcing its Interim Management Statement for the second quarter ended 30 June 2011 on Wednesday 06 July 2011.
Enquiries:
Pelham Bell Pottinger
Archie Berens: 07802 442 486