REG - Robert Walters PLC - Result of AGM

Robert WaltersAnnouncement

17/05/2019 13:10

RNS Number : 4422Z
Robert Walters PLC
17 May 2019
 


17 May 2019
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
 
Result of 2019 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 12 April 2019 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 2018.


60,531,560


100


0


0


0


0


12,044




2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018 (other than the part containing the Directors’ Remuneration Policy).


58,757,836


97.04


1,000


0.01


1,783,720


2.95


1,047




3. To declare a final dividend of 10.7p per ordinary share.


60,543,604


100


0


0


0


0


0




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


60,537,312


99.99


0


0


6,292


0.01


0




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


60,532,131


99.98


0


0


11,473


0.02


0




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


60,517,908


99.96


0


0


25,696


0.04


0




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


60,537,312


99.99


0


0


6,292


0.01


0




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


60,305,840


99.61


0


0


237,764


0.39


0




9.  To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director.


60,539,853


99.99


0


0


3,751


0.01


0




10. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditor.


60,531,360


99.98


0


0


12,044


0.02


200




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


60,529,565


99.98


0


0


13,839


0.02


200




12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006.


60,539,519


99.99


0


0


2,885


0.01


1,200




13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.


60,541,457


99.99


0


0


437


0.01


1,710




14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.


60,387,570


99.75


0


0


154,038


0.25


1,995




15. To call general meetings other than annual general meetings of the Company on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.


60,243,458


99.51


0


0


299,146


0.49


1,000




 
 
At the date of the meeting, there were 75,879,086 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 20 7379 3333




Portland Communications
Steffan Williams
Lauren Gallagher
 


+44 20 7554 1660




 




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