Result of AGM

Smith (DS) PLC

05 September 2023

 

5 September 2023

DS SMITH PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 5 September 2023. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 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	1,019,761,313	99.80	2,093,603	0.20	1,021,854,916	74.18%	52,926,798
2	Final dividend	1,074,666,499	100.00	44,815	0.00	1,074,711,314	78.02%	70,400
3	Remuneration Policy	972,164,655	90.99	96,220,706	9.01	1,068,385,361	77.56%	6,396,353
4	Directors' Remuneration Report	975,784,275	92.42	80,084,550	7.58	1,055,868,825	76.65%	18,912,889
5	Mr Drabble	946,111,714	88.04	128,542,869	11.96	1,074,654,583	78.02%	127,131
6	Mr Roberts	1,003,602,465	93.39	71,049,024	6.61	1,074,651,489	78.02%	130,225
7	Mr Pike	1,069,080,543	99.49	5,508,319	0.51	1,074,588,862	78.01%	192,852
8	Ms Baxter	991,611,405	96.97	30,937,119	3.03	1,022,548,524	74.23%	52,233,190
9	Mr Johnson	1,042,556,041	97.02	32,036,954	2.98	1,074,592,995	78.01%	188,719
10	Ms Kessel	1,043,685,456	97.41	27,735,801	2.59	1,071,421,257	77.78%	3,360,457
11	Mr Olsen	1,066,959,569	99.58	4,450,175	0.42	1,071,409,744	77.78%	3,371,970
12	Mr Robbie	990,523,023	96.87	32,032,718	3.13	1,022,555,741	74.24%	52,225,973
13	Ms Smalley	1,046,695,177	97.40	27,910,942	2.60	1,074,606,119	78.01%	175,595
14	Re-appoint the auditor	1,019,193,136	99.67	3,394,959	0.33	1,022,588,095	74.24%	52,193,619
15	Auditor's remuneration	1,074,511,883	99.99	148,770	0.01	1,074,660,653	78.02%	121,061
16	Authority to allot shares	1,003,951,503	93.42	70,724,403	6.58	1,074,675,906	78.02%	105,808
17	Pre-emption rights	1,027,642,932	95.83	44,719,004	4.17	1,072,361,936	77.85%	2,419,778
18	Pre-emption rights additional powers	1,021,641,061	95.27	50,733,403	4.73	1,072,374,464	77.85%	2,407,250
19	Authority to purchase own shares	1,070,736,190	99.68	3,474,295	0.32	1,074,210,485	77.99%	571,229
20	GM notice period	1,045,153,897	97.25	29,539,013	2.75	1,074,692,910	78.02%	88,804

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 5 September 2023 was 1,377,451,807. 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

Results of the poll will also be available to view on the Company's website at www.dssmith.com.

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Iain Simm

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification

5 September 2023

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