Result of 2015 Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 0947P

Robert Walters PLC

03 June 2015

 

3 June 2015

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the 'Company' or the 'Group')

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	[phone]
Newgate Communications Fergus Wylie Madeleine Palmstierna	[phone] [e-mail]

 

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