Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9431R

Smith (DS) PLC

17 September 2014

 



Result of AGM

DS Smith Plc (the "Company")

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 17 September 2014. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 20 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.

Resolution	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Total votes	% of Total Voting Rights	Votes withheld
1 Annual Report	692,270,249	99.90	706,912	0.10	692,977,161	73.61%	5,448,543
2 Dividend	693,164,303	100.00	6,732	0.00	693,171,035	73.64%	5,254,669
3 Remuneration Policy	427,312,325	77.14	126,621,572	22.86	553,933,897	58.84%	144,700,101
4 Remuneration Report	405,409,731	81.90	89,598,510	18.10	495,008,241	52.58%	203,625,757
5 Mr Griffiths	692,646,235	99.93	455,346	0.07	693,101,581	73.63%	5,324,123
6 Mr Marsh	691,762,608	99.81	1,330,284	0.19	693,092,892	73.63%	5,332,812
7 Ms Smalley	692,657,505	99.94	439,637	0.06	693,097,142	73.63%	5,328,562
8 Mr Britton	691,684,065	99.80	1,410,607	0.20	693,094,672	73.63%	5,331,032
9 Mr Davis	662,227,151	96.53	23,833,627	3.47	686,060,778	72.88%	12,364,926
10 Mr Roberts	681,660,269	98.34	11,484,497	1.66	693,144,766	73.63%	5,280,938
11 Ms O'Donovan	632,257,345	91.22	60,847,295	8.78	693,104,640	73.63%	5,321,064
12 Mr Nicholls	691,684,888	99.80	1,414,860	0.20	693,099,748	73.63%	5,325,956
13 Re-appoint auditors	684,626,475	99.72	1,915,040	0.28	686,541,515	72.93%	11,884,189
14 Auditors' remuneration	692,895,383	99.97	232,731	0.03	693,128,114	73.63%	5,297,590
15 PSP Rules	416,599,535	77.31	122,240,006	22.69	538,839,541	57.24%	159,586,163
16 US Option Plan Rules	692,343,512	99.90	699,551	0.10	693,043,063	73.62%	5,382,641
17 Authority to allot shares	674,187,231	97.36	18,298,322	2.64	692,485,553	73.56%	5,940,151
18 Pre-emption rights	680,414,153	99.79	1,437,711	0.21	681,851,864	72.43%	16,573,840
19 Authority to purchase own shares	690,778,391	99.67	2,296,702	0.33	693,075,093	73.63%	5,350,611
20 GM notice period	646,611,661	93.29	46,480,897	6.71	693,092,558	73.63%	5,333,146

Notes:

The percentages of votes "For" and "Against" each resolution are expressed as a percentage of the total votes cast "For" and "Against" the resolution (together the "Total Votes"). A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The "Total votes as % of total voting rights" column shows the percentage that the Total Votes on that resolution represent of the total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM. The total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 941,354,452.

Copies of the resolutions have been submitted today to the National Storage Mechanism ("NSM") and will shortly be available for inspection on the NSM's website at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Matt Jowett

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification: 17 September 2014

 

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