AGM Statement

RNS Number : 3478M

Robert Walters PLC

21 May 2010

 

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Result of 2010 Annual General Meeting

The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held this morning, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 26 March 2010 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 the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009.	56,204,416	0	150,000	0
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2009.	54,746,012	0	4,050	1,604,354
3.   To declare a final dividend of 3.35p per ordinary share.	56,128,224	0	150,000	76,192
4.   To re-elect Philip Aiken as a Director.	56,242,166	0	3,450	108,800
5.   To re-elect Russell Tenzer as a Director.	36,550,745	0	12,932,088	6,871,583
6.   To re-elect Lady Judge as a Director.	55,550,587	0	695,029	108,800
7.   To re-elect Andrew Kemp as a Director.	56,242,166	0	3,450	108,800
8.   To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors and authorise the Directors    to fix their remuneration.	56,354,016	0	400	0
9.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.	55,312,012	6,393	178,700	857,311
10. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.	56,346,243	6,393	1,780	0
11. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.	56,348,023	6,393	0	0
12. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of      the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	55,030,514	6,393	1,317,509	0
13. To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company.	56,333,178	20,838	400	0

At the date of the meeting, there were 85,283,751 ordinary shares in issue.

A vote withheld is not a vote at law and has not been counted in the votes for and against.

Two copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions concerning ordinary business) have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility located at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Enquiries:

Alan Bannatyne, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

 

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