Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4422Z

Robert Walters PLC

17 May 2019

 

17 May 2019

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Result of 2019 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 12 April 2019 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 Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2018.	60,531,560	100	0	0	0	0	12,044
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018 (other than the part containing the Directors’ Remuneration Policy).	58,757,836	97.04	1,000	0.01	1,783,720	2.95	1,047
3. To declare a final dividend of 10.7p per ordinary share.	60,543,604	100	0	0	0	0	0
4. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director.	60,537,312	99.99	0	0	6,292	0.01	0
5. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director.	60,532,131	99.98	0	0	11,473	0.02	0
6. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.	60,517,908	99.96	0	0	25,696	0.04	0
7.  To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director.	60,537,312	99.99	0	0	6,292	0.01	0
8.  To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director.	60,305,840	99.61	0	0	237,764	0.39	0
9.  To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director.	60,539,853	99.99	0	0	3,751	0.01	0
10. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditor.	60,531,360	99.98	0	0	12,044	0.02	200
11. To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration.	60,529,565	99.98	0	0	13,839	0.02	200
12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.	60,539,519	99.99	0	0	2,885	0.01	1,200
13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.	60,541,457	99.99	0	0	437	0.01	1,710
14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.	60,387,570	99.75	0	0	154,038	0.25	1,995
15. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.	60,243,458	99.51	0	0	299,146	0.49	1,000

 

At the date of the meeting, there were 75,879,086 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 Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Portland Communications Steffan Williams Lauren Gallagher	[phone]

 

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