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RNS Number : 6705M  Robert Walters PLC  30 April 2024

30 April 2024

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")

 

Result of 2024 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 28
March 2024 were duly passed on a poll.

 

For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:

 

 RESOLUTION                                                                              FOR (including discretionary)  %       AGAINST    %     WITHELD
 1.      To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.  56,947,528                     100.00  160        0.00  149,052
 2.      To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December    56,038,710                     98.15   1,058,029  1.85  1
         2023 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy).
 3.      To declare a final dividend of 17.0p per ordinary Share.                        57,096,580                     100.00  160        0.00  0
 4.      To re-elect Leslie Van de Walle as a Director of the Company.                   56,541,929                     99.28   411,080    0.72  143,731
 5.      To re-elect Toby Fowlston as a Director of the Company.                         57,088,043                     99.99   4,697      0.01  4,000
 6.      To re-elect David Bower as a Director of the Company.                           57,092,443                     100.00  297        0.00  4,000
 7.      To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director of the Company.                          56,681,659                     99.27   415,080    0.73  1
 8.      To re-elect Matt Ashley as a Director of the Company.                           56,681,659                     99.28   411,080    0.72  4,001
 9.      To re-elect Michaela Tod as a Director of the Company.                          57,092,443                     100.00  297        0.00  4,000
 10.     To re-elect Jane Hesmondhalgh as a Director of the Company.                     57,092,443                     100.00  297        0.00  4,000
 11.     To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor.                                               56,946,955                     99.99   6,055      0.01  143,730
 12.     To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration.                   57,092,339                     100.00  401        0.00  4,000
 13.     To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies    57,088,577                     99.99   4,163      0.01  4,000
         Act 2006.
 14.     To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006.                                     57,081,793                     99.97   14,947     0.03  0
 15.     To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares.                   56,955,299                     99.75   140,027    0.25  1,414
 16.     To call general meetings other than Annual General Meetings on not less than    57,050,120                     99.93   42,619     0.07  4,001
         14 clear days' notice.

 

 

At the date of the meeting the Company had 76,431,699 ordinary shares in issue
with voting rights and holds 4,074,000 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore,
the total number of voting rights was 72,357,699.

 

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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

Enquiries:

 Robert Walters plc                     +44 20 7379 3333

 Toby Fowlston, Chief Executive

 David Bower, Chief Financial Officer

 

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