Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8026C

WH Smith PLC

21 January 2015

 

21 January 2015

WH SMITH PLC

Annual General Meeting 21 January 2015 - Poll Result

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 21 January 2015.  The following table shows the results of the poll on all 17 resolutions.  All resolutions were approved.

Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the reports and accounts	81,845,369	99.99	4,209	0.01	81,849,578	69.41	266,927
2	To approve the remuneration report	80,842,886	98.58	1,160,391	1.42	82,003,277	69.54	112,740
3	To approve the remuneration policy	80,679,630	98.58	1,160,663	1.42	81,840,293	69.40	275,560
4	To declare a final dividend	82,050,035	100	99	0.00	82,050,134	69.58	66,371
5	To re-elect Suzanne Baxter	81,316,552	99.12	725,351	0.88	82,041,903	69.57	74,602
6	To re-elect Stephen Clarke	79,280,914	96.63	2,762,478	3.37	82,043,392	69.57	73,113
7	To re-elect Annemarie Durbin	81,316,469	99.12	725,369	0.88	82,041,838	69.57	74,667
8	To re-elect Drummond Hall	81,258,386	99.04	784,292	0.96	82,042,678	69.57	73,827
9	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	81,542,613	99.39	500,519	0.61	82,043,132	69.57	73,373
10	To re-elect Henry Staunton	81,885,888	99.81	158,856	0.19	82,044,744	69.58	73,063
11	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	81,072,272	98.82	964,994	1.18	82,037,266	69.57	77,542
12	To authorise the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	80,394,218	98.01	1,636,386	1.99	82,030,604	69.56	85,939
13	Authority to make political donations	79,524,966	97.89	1,713,814	2.11	81,238,780	68.89	878,542
14	Authority to allot shares	77,606,455	94.60	4,428,454	5.40	82,034,909	69.57	82,899
15	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	79,452,854	99.29	570,013	0.71	80,022,867	67.86	2,094,941
16	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	81,665,182	99.78	182,944	0.22	81,848,126	69.41	269,682
17	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	74,518,473	90.82	7,528,551	9.18	82,047,024	69.58	70,784

Notes

1.   Votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

2.   A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

3.   At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 117,921,995 ordinary shares.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

I Houghton

Company Secretary

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