The Board of Robert Walters plc will be recommending a 3% increase in the final dividend to 11.0 pence per share which, combined with the interim dividend of 4.5 pence per share, would result in a 5% increase in the total dividend to 15.5 pence per share (2018: 14.7 pence). The proposed final dividend of £7,700,000 is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and has not been included as a liability in these financial statements. The final dividend, if approved, will be paid on 1 June 2020 to those shareholders on the register as at 8 May 2020.