Result of 2021 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 4246Y

Robert Walters PLC

12 May 2021

 

12 May 2021

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Result of 2021 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 9 April 2021 were duly passed on a poll.

For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:

RESOLUTION	FOR	%	AGAINST	%	WITHHELD
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year  ended 31 December 2020.	63,717,590	99.03	621,677	0.97	146,881
2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (other than the part containing the Directors’ Remuneration Policy).	63,895,533	99.09	589,011	0.91	1,604
3. To declare a final dividend of 11.0p per ordinary share.	64,485,648	100.00	0	0.00	500
4. To elect Ron Mobed as a Director.	64,482,749	100.00	1,795	0.00	1,604
5. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director.	64,477,988	99.99	7,660	0.01	500
6. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.	64,464,735	99.97	19,809	0.03	1,604
7.  To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director.	64,479,769	99.99	4,775	0.01	1,604
8.  To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director.	64,335,479	99.99	4,775	0.01	145,894
9.  To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director.	64,479,769	99.99	4,775	0.01	1,604
10. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor.	64,483,544	100.00	1,000	0.00	1,604
11. To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration.	64,484,544	100.00	0	0.00	1,604
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.	64,396,887	99.87	83,112	0.13	6,149
13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.	64,475,555	100.00	2,466	0.00	8,127
14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.	64,331,929	99.77	146,775	0.23	7,444
15. To call general meetings other than Annual General Meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.	64,385,143	99.84	100,505	0.16	500
16. To adopt new articles of association of the Company.	64,478,895	100.00	0	0.00	7,253

At the date of the meeting, there were 80,413,895 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Enquiries:

Robert Walters plc Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Williams Nicholson Steffan Williams	[phone]

 

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