REG - Robert Walters PLC - Result of AGM

Robert WaltersAnnouncement

17/05/2018 12:50

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




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




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




3.     To declare a final dividend of 9.3p per ordinary share.


69,336,604


99.99


900


0.01


0


0


0




4.     To re-elect Carol Hui as a Director.


69,331,692


99.98


900


0.01


4,912


0.01


0




5.     To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director.


69,331,392


99.98


900


0.01


5,212


0.01


0




6.     To re-elect Giles Daubeney as a Director.


69,294,019


99.93


900


0.01


42,585


0.06


0




7.     To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director.


69,140,379


99.93


900


0.01


42,585


0.06


153,639




8.     To re-elect Brian McArthur-Muscroft as a Director.


68,360,036


98.58


900


0.01


976,567


1.41


0




9.     To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director.


69,329,436


99.98


900


0.01


7,168


0.01


0




10.    To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor.


69,170,062


99.75


900


0.01


166,341


0.24


200




11.    To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.


69,330,232


99.98


900


0.01


5,672


0.01


700




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




13.    To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.


69,335,593


99.98


900


0.01


301


0.01


710




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




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




 
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                                                                        +44 (0) 20 7379 3333
 
Newgate Communications                              
Emma Kane
Charlotte Coulson                                                                                                        +44 (0) 20 7680 6550



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