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 2023 (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy).

56,038,710

98.15

1,058,029

1.85

1

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 Act 2006.

57,088,577

99.99

4,163

0.01

4,000

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 14 clear days' notice.

57,050,120

99.93

42,619

0.07

4,001

 

 

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.

Enquiries:

Robert Walters plc

Toby Fowlston, Chief Executive

David Bower, Chief Financial Officer

 

+44 20 7379 3333

 

 

 

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