12 December 2017

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

(the 'Company' or the 'Group')

TRADING UPDATE

The Board of Robert Walters plc announces that as a result of strong trading across all of the Group's regions in the first two months of the fourth quarter, profit before tax for the full year ending 31 December 2017 is expected to be materially ahead of current market expectations.

The Group will publish a trading update for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2017 on 9 January 2018.

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Further information

About Robert Walters

Robert Walters is a market-leading international specialist professional recruitment group with over 3,600 staff spanning 28 countries. We specialise in the placement of the highest calibre professionals across the disciplines of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, HR, IT, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and support and supply chain and procurement. Our client base ranges from the world's leading blue-chip corporates and financial services organisations through to SMEs and start-ups. The Group's outsourcing division, Resource Solutions is a market leader in recruitment process outsourcing and managed services.

www.robertwalters.com

Forward looking statements

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements.  These statements are made by the directors in good faith based on the information available to them at the time of their approval of this announcement and such statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying any such forward-looking information.