Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3664Y

Smith (DS) PLC

08 September 2020

 

8 September 2020

DS SMITH PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 8 September 2020. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.

		For (incl discretionary)	For (% of votes cast)	Against	Against   (% of votes cast)	Total number of votes cast	Votes cast   (% of issued share capital)	Votes Withheld
1	Annual Report and financial statements	968,742,426	96.17%	38,622,425	3.83%	1,007,364,851	73.38%	1,089,567
2	Remuneration Policy	916,656,836	93.13%	67,569,543	6.87%	984,226,379	71.70%	24,228,039
3	Directors' Remuneration Report	956,409,527	94.86%	51,858,006	5.14%	1,008,267,533	73.45%	186,885
4	Mr Davis	932,827,684	98.13%	17,802,121	1.87%	950,629,805	69.25%	57,824,613
5	Mr Roberts	984,405,906	97.63%	23,898,187	2.37%	1,008,304,093	73.45%	150,326
6	Mr Marsh	999,752,643	99.15%	8,582,124	0.85%	1,008,334,767	73.45%	119,652
7	Ms Baxter	1,002,284,997	99.40%	6,018,157	0.60%	1,008,303,154	73.45%	151,265
8	Mr Drabble	997,126,766	98.89%	11,169,193	1.11%	1,008,295,959	73.45%	158,460
9	Ms Kessel	1,002,278,777	99.40%	6,019,696	0.60%	1,008,298,473	73.45%	155,946
10	Mr Robbie	1,001,278,970	99.30%	7,016,139	0.70%	1,008,295,109	73.45%	159,310
11	Ms Smalley	1,001,287,899	99.30%	7,015,603	0.70%	1,008,303,502	73.45%	150,917
12	Mr Soames	1,001,270,005	99.30%	7,028,228	0.70%	1,008,298,233	73.45%	156,186
13	Re-appoint the auditor	956,762,287	94.88%	51,608,003	5.12%	1,008,370,290	73.46%	84,128
14	Auditor's remuneration	969,321,844	96.12%	39,083,429	3.88%	1,008,405,273	73.46%	49,146
15	Sharesave Plan	1,003,774,875	99.57%	4,321,775	0.43%	1,008,096,650	73.44%	357,769
16	Stock Purchase Plan	1,007,191,484	99.92%	821,971	0.08%	1,008,013,455	73.43%	440,964
17	French schedule to Performance Share Plan	1,000,298,118	99.24%	7,711,238	0.76%	1,008,009,356	73.43%	445,062
18	Authority to allot shares	928,483,460	92.10%	79,665,897	7.90%	1,008,149,357	73.44%	305,062
19	Pre-emption rights	939,586,455	93.91%	60,949,414	6.09%	1,000,535,869	72.89%	7,918,550
20	Pre-emption rights additional powers	932,819,358	93.23%	67,715,901	6.77%	1,000,535,259	72.89%	7,919,159
21	Authority to purchase own shares	999,243,208	99.30%	6,996,842	0.70%	1,006,240,050	73.30%	2,214,368
22	GM notice period	985,898,360	97.77%	22,490,970	2.23%	1,008,389,330	73.46%	65,089

Results of the poll can also be viewed on the Company's website at www.dssmith.com .

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution or the total number of votes cast.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 8 September 2020 was 1,372,745,258 . Shareholders are entitled to one vote per Ordinary Share held.

Copies of the resolutions required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism website at

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Iain Simm

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification

8 September 2020

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