Result of AGM

Smith (DS) PLC

03 September 2024

 

3 September 2024

DS SMITH PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 3 September 2024. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 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	724,967,360	100.00	25,084	0.00	724,992,444	52.53%	855,900
2	Final dividend	725,795,425	100.00	29,202	0.00	725,824,627	52.59%	23,717
3	Remuneration Policy	707,256,893	97.46	18,459,313	2.54	725,716,206	52.58%	132,138
4	Mr Drabble	659,064,901	90.81	66,693,313	9.19	725,758,214	52.58%	99,230
5	Mr Roberts	681,081,300	93.84	44,671,496	6.16	725,752,796	52.58%	95,548
6	Mr Pike	725,088,633	99.91	661,913	0.09	725,750,546	52.58%	97,798
7	Ms Bamford	725,240,906	99.93	513,801	0.07	725,754,707	52.58%	93,637
8	Ms Baxter	705,116,155	97.16	20,639,640	2.84	725,755,795	52.58%	92,449
9	Mr Johnson	705,197,140	97.17	20,555,275	2.83	725,752,415	52.58%	95,929
10	Ms Kessel	705,167,703	97.17	20,565,132	2.83	725,732,835	52.58%	115,509
11	Mr Olsen	705,186,839	97.17	20,567,723	2.83	725,754,562	52.58%	93,782
12	Mr Robbie	705,183,687	97.17	20,563,174	2.83	725,746,861	52.58%	101,483
13	Re-appoint the auditor	725,616,285	99.98	129,703	0.02	725,745,988	52.58%	102,356
14	Auditor's remuneration	725,669,695	99.99	89,119	0.01	725,758,814	52.58%	89,530
15	Authority to allot shares	713,225,834	98.27	12,553,190	1.73	725,779,024	52.59%	69,320
16	Pre-emption rights	725,114,006	99.93	489,215	0.07	725,603,221	52.57%	245,123
17	Pre-emption rights additional powers	725,247,246	99.93	516,018	0.07	725,763,264	52.58%	85,080
18	Authority to purchase own shares	725,435,938	99.97	201,515	0.03	725,637,453	52.58%	210,891
19	GM notice period	701,010,775	96.59	24,763,614	3.41	725,774,389	52.59%	73,955

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 3 September 2024 was 1,380,188,895. 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 6.4.2 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

3 September 2024

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