28 April 2022
ROBERT WALTERS PLC (THE "COMPANY")
Result of 2022 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 18 March 2022 were duly passed on a poll.
For information, the results of the proxy voting are given below:
| RESOLUTION | FOR | % | AGAINST | % | WITHHELD |
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| 1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021. | 65,286,574 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 146,556 | | |
| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy). | 64,720,209 | 98.91 | 710,917 | 1.09 | 2,004 | | |
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 15.0p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2021. | 65,432,730 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 400 | | |
| 4. To re-elect Ron Mobed as a Director. | 64,043,009 | 98.71 | 840,046 | 1.29 | 550,075 | | |
| 5. To re-elect Robert Walters as a Director. | 62,729,968 | 95.87 | 2,702,762 | 4.13 | 400 | | |
| 6. To re-elect Alan Bannatyne as a Director. | 65,415,550 | 99.98 | 11,131 | 0.02 | 6,449 | | |
| 7. To re-elect Tanith Dodge as a Director. | 65,219,655 | 99.68 | 207,026 | 0.32 | 6,449 | | |
| 8. To re-elect Steven Cooper as a Director. | 65,219,655 | 99.68 | 207,026 | 0.32 | 6,449 | | |
| 9. To elect Matt Ashley as a Director | 65,426,681 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6,449 | | |
| 10. To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor. | 65,429,990 | 100 | 1,636 | 0 | 1,504 | | |
| 11. To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's remuneration. | 65,431,626 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,504 | | |
| 12. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 Companies Act 2006. | 65,399,266 | 99.95 | 33,464 | 0.05 | 400 | | |
| 13. To disapply section 561 Companies Act 2006. | 65,424,765 | 99.99 | 7,965 | 0.01 | 400 | | |
| 14. To authorise the Company to make purchases of its own shares. | 65,426,971 | 99.99 | 4,345 | 0.01 | 1,814 | | |
| 15. To call a general meeting of the Company other than an AGM on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 65,302,561 | 99.8 | 130,169 | 0.2 | 400 | |
At the date of the meeting, there were 80,945,360 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
| Robert Walters plc Robert Walters, Chief Executive Alan Bannatyne, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 20 7379 3333 |
| Williams Nicholson Steffan Williams
| +44 7767 345 563 |
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