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25/05/2017 14:50

RNS Number : 2690G
Robert Walters PLC
25 May 2017
25 MAY 2017
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2017 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 19 April 2017 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 2016.
59,766,942
99.99
900
0.01
0
0
6,191
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2016 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy).
56,526,925
94.81
1,900
0.01
3,087,342
5.18
157,866
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
57,214,725
95.71
1,900
0.01
2,556,389
4.28
1,019
4. To declare a final dividend of 6.2p per ordinary share.
59,773,133
99.99
900
0.01
0
0
0
5. To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director.
59,761,328
99.97
900
0.01
11,805
0.02
0
6. To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director.
59,772,733
99.98
900
0.01
400
0.01
0
7. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director.
59,772,068
99.98
900
0.01
1,065
0.01
0
8. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.
59,594,423
99.98
900
0.01
548
0.01
178,162
9. To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director.
59,772,733
99.98
900
0.01
400
0.01
0
10. To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director.
59,757,131
99.96
16,502
0.03
400
0.01
0
11. To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director.
59,069,331
98.82
16,502
0.03
688,200
1.15
0
12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor.
59,587,718
99.69
16,502
0.03
169,813
0.28
0
13. To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.
59,751,459
99.96
16,502
0.03
6,072
0.01
0
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.
59,750,218
99.96
16,502
0.03
6,794
0.01
519
15. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.
59,756,612
99.96
16,502
0.03
400
0.01
519
16. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.
59,593,271
99.7
16,502
0.03
163,741
0.27
519
17. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
58,714,593
98.23
16,502
0.03
1,042,938
1.74
0
At the date of the meeting, there were 78,573,819 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 
Steffan Williams
Charlotte Coulson +44 (0) 20 7680 6550

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