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ROBERT WALTERS PLC — AGM Information 2015
Jun 3, 2015
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AGM Information
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3 JUNE 2015
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2015 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 23 April 2015 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 2014. |
65,405,499 99.99 | 900 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2014 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy). |
51,541,913 86.99 | 1,900 | 0.01 7,698,618 13.00 | 6,163,968 | ||
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 4.35p per ordinary share. | 65,405,499 99.99 | 900 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 4. To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director. | 64,506,433 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 6,352 | 0.01 | 892,714 |
| 5. To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director. | 65,399,147 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 6,352 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 6. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. | 65,295,305 99.82 | 900 | 0.01 | 110,194 | 0.17 | 0 |
| 7. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director. | 65,325,289 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 6,352 | 0.01 | 73,858 |
| 8. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director. | 65,399,147 99.98 | 900 | 0.01 | 6,352 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 9. To re-elect Andrew Kemp as a Director. | 64,501,383 98.61 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 902,116 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 10. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director. | 64,424,447 98.49 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 979,052 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 11. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. |
65,376,625 99.95 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 26,874 | 0.04 | 0 |
| 12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. |
65,397,147 99.98 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 6,352 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 65,402,589 99.98 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 910 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. |
65,402,276 99.98 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 1,223 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 15. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice. |
64,507,548 98.62 | 2,900 | 0.01 | 895,951 | 1.37 | 0 |
At the date of the meeting, there were 86,234,334 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 +44 (0) 20 7379 3333
Newgate Communications Fergus Wylie Madeleine Palmstierna
Georgia Lewis +44 (0) 20 7680 6550