Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9406H

Robert Walters PLC

23 May 2014

 



23 MAY 2014

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Result of 2014 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 2014 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 2013.	63,887,365	99.99	5,000	0.01	0	0.00	0
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2013 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy).	51,099,697	87.74	6,000	0.01	7,131,942	12.25	5,654,726
3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2013.	59,842,357	93.66	6,000	0.01	4,044,008	6.33	0
4. To declare a final dividend of 3.86p per ordinary share.	63,877,790	99.99	5,000	0.01	0	0.00	0
5. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.	63,886,965	99.98	5,000	0.01	400	0.01	0
6. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director.	63,863,055	99.98	5,000	0.01	400	0.01	14,335
7. To re-elect Andrew Kemp as a Director.	63,375,330	99.20	5,000	0.01	502,460	0.79	0
8. To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director.	63,877,190	99.98	5,000	0.01	600	0.01	0
9.   To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director.	63,886,689	99.98	5,000	0.01	676	0.01	0
10. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director.	63,877,114	99.98	5,000	0.01	676	0.01	0
11. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director.	63,808,298	99.87	5,000	0.01	79,067	0.12	0
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.	63,280,832	99.98	5,000	0.01	400	0.01	596,558
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.	63,877,390	99.98	5,000	0.01	400	0.01	0
14. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.	63,876,104	99.98	5,000	0.01	1,686	0.01	0
15. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.	63,876,567	99.98	5,000	0.01	1,223	0.01	0
16. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	63,082,105	98.74	5,000	0.01	795,685	1.25	0
17. To adopt the Robert Walters plc Performance Share Plan	54,192,465	93.05	5,000	0.01	4,040,174	6.94	5,654,726

At the date of the meeting, there were 85,959,729 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:

Newgate Communications                                  [phone]

Fergus Wylie

James Benjamin

 

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