Result of AGM
DS Smith Plc (the "Company")
The Annual General Meeting of the company was held on 8 September 2015. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 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 |
741,973,857 |
99.97 |
221,812 |
0.03 |
742,195,669 |
78.57% |
44,098 |
2 Dividend |
742,226,829 |
100.00 |
12,938 |
0.00 |
742,239,767 |
78.57% |
0 |
3 Remuneration Report |
611,133,179 |
82.39 |
130,602,511 |
17.61 |
741,735,690 |
78.52% |
504,077 |
4 Mr Davis |
710,174,451 |
95.74 |
31,637,903 |
4.26 |
741,812,354 |
78.53% |
427,413 |
5 Mr Roberts |
718,234,666 |
96.77 |
23,976,962 |
3.23 |
742,211,628 |
78.57% |
28,139 |
6 Mr Marsh |
739,186,645 |
99.59 |
3,019,323 |
0.41 |
742,205,968 |
78.57% |
33,799 |
7 Mr Britton |
741,287,499 |
99.88 |
912,074 |
0.12 |
742,199,573 |
78.57% |
40,194 |
8 Mr Griffiths |
735,236,533 |
99.88 |
909,989 |
0.12 |
736,146,522 |
77.93% |
6,093,245 |
9 Mr Nicholls |
741,312,509 |
99.88 |
910,338 |
0.12 |
742,222,847 |
78.57% |
16,920 |
10 Ms O'Donovan |
651,512,064 |
91.02 |
64,252,161 |
8.98 |
715,764,225 |
75.77% |
26,475,542 |
11 Ms Smalley |
741,301,938 |
99.88 |
916,553 |
0.12 |
742,218,491 |
78.57% |
21,276 |
12 Re-appoint auditors |
733,962,492 |
99.99 |
42,207 |
0.01 |
734,004,699 |
77.70% |
8,235,068 |
13 Auditors' remuneration |
742,190,253 |
100.00 |
29,709 |
0.00 |
742,219,962 |
78.57% |
19,805 |
14 Authority to allot shares |
718,314,166 |
97.07 |
21,694,695 |
2.93 |
740,008,861 |
78.34% |
2,230,906 |
15 Pre-emption rights |
685,004,908 |
94.36 |
40,911,102 |
5.64 |
725,916,010 |
76.84% |
16,323,757 |
16 Authority to purchase own shares |
740,049,069 |
99.71 |
2,162,437 |
0.29 |
742,211,506 |
78.57% |
28,261 |
17 GM notice period |
693,782,574 |
93.47 |
48,448,450 |
6.53 |
742,231,024 |
78.57% |
8,743 |
18 Increase borrowing powers |
722,259,640 |
98.48 |
11,149,399 |
1.52 |
733,409,039 |
77.64% |
8,830,728 |
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 944,649,992.
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: 8 September 2015