Robert Walters PLC Result of AGM (4565O)

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RNS Number : 4565O

Robert Walters PLC

17 May 2018

17 May 2018

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Result of 2018 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 2018 were duly passed on a show of hands.

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

 
 RESOLUTION                                       FOR       %   DISCRETION      %     AGAINST      %   WITHHELD 
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 1. To receive and adopt 
  the Annual Report and Accounts 
  of the Company for the 
  year ended 31 December 
  2017.                                    69,330,932   99.99          900   0.01           0      0      5,672 
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 2. To approve the Directors' 
  Remuneration Report for 
  the year ended 31 December 
  2017 (other than the part 
  containing the Directors' 
  Remuneration Policy).                    65,344,056   94.23          900   0.01   3,991,499   5.76      1,047 
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 3. To declare a final dividend 
  of 9.3p per ordinary share.              69,336,604   99.99          900   0.01           0      0          0 
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 4. To re-elect Carol Hui 
  as a Director.                           69,331,692   99.98          900   0.01       4,912   0.01          0 
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 5. To re-elect Robert Walters 
  as a Director.                           69,331,392   99.98          900   0.01       5,212   0.01          0 
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 6. To re-elect Giles Daubeney 
  as a Director.                           69,294,019   99.93          900   0.01      42,585   0.06          0 
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 7. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne 
  as a Director.                           69,140,379   99.93          900   0.01      42,585   0.06    153,639 
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 8. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft 
  as a Director.                           68,360,036   98.58          900   0.01     976,567   1.41          0 
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 9. To re-elect Tanith Dodge 
  as a Director.                           69,329,436   99.98          900   0.01       7,168   0.01          0 
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 10. To re-appoint Deloitte 
  LLP as Auditor.                          69,170,062   99.75          900   0.01     166,341   0.24        200 
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 11. To authorise the Directors 
  to fix the Auditor's remuneration.       69,330,232   99.98          900   0.01       5,672   0.01        700 
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 12. To authorise the Directors 
  to allot shares pursuant 
  to section 551 Companies 
  Act 2006.                                69,332,733   99.98          900   0.01       3,161   0.01        710 
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 13. To disapply section 
  561 Companies Act 2006.                  69,335,593   99.98          900   0.01         301   0.01        710 
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 14. To authorise the Company 
  to make purchases of its 
  own shares.                              69,175,734   99.76          900   0.01     160,669   0.23        200 
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 15. To call general meetings 
  other than annual general 
  meetings of the Company 
  on not less than 14 clear 
  days' notice.                            68,907,764   99.37          900   0.01     428,330   0.62        510 
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At the date of the meeting, there were 75,510,665 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]

Newgate Communications

Emma Kane

Charlotte Coulson

[phone]

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