Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9188N

WH Smith PLC

23 January 2019

 

23 January 2019

WH SMITH PLC

Annual General Meeting 23 January 2019 - Poll Result

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 23 January 2019.  The following table shows the results of the poll on all 19 resolutions.  All resolutions were approved.

Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the reports and accounts	76,488,857	100.00	640	0.00	76,489,497	70.73%	143,326
2	To approve the remuneration report	72,435,253	96.47	2,648,367	3.53	75,083,620	69.43%	1,549,457
3	To approve the remuneration policy	75,623,654	98.78	935,638	1.22	76,559,292	70.79%	73,785
4	To declare a final dividend	76,431,725	99.80	153,095	0.20	76,584,820	70.82%	48,258
5	To re-elect Suzanne Baxter	75,145,142	98.13	1,435,379	1.87	76,580,521	70.81%	52,556
6	To re-elect Stephen Clarke	73,101,412	95.46	3,478,104	4.54	76,579,516	70.81%	53,562
7	To re-elect Annemarie Durbin	74,035,116	96.68	2,544,205	3.32	76,579,321	70.81%	53,482
8	To re-elect Drummond Hall	71,935,199	94.38	4,284,510	5.62	76,219,709	70.48%	413,368
9	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	74,019,172	96.66	2,560,599	3.34	76,579,771	70.81%	53,307
10	To re-elect Henry Staunton	74,775,582	97.91	1,593,000	2.09	76,368,582	70.62%	264,496
11	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	71,433,325	93.71	4,792,095	6.29	76,225,420	70.48%	407,658
12	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	69,994,799	91.83	6,225,087	8.17	76,219,886	70.48%	413,191
13	Authority to make political donations	75,863,627	99.11	682,743	0.89	76,546,370	70.78%	86,393
14	To approve the rules of the WH Smith Deferred Bonus Plan	75,595,133	98.74	965,737	1.26	76,560,870	70.79%	72,097
15	Authority to allot shares	71,941,596	93.95	4,631,358	6.05	76,572,954	70.81%	60,124
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	74,470,441	99.19	609,691	0.81	75,080,132	69.42%	1,552,946
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments	66,465,077	88.52	8,617,118	11.48	75,082,195	69.43%	1,550,882
18	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	75,549,720	99.37	480,985	0.63	76,030,705	70.30%	602,372
19	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	73,163,769	95.53	3,420,713	4.47	76,584,482	70.82%	48,596

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 108,145,671 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

I Houghton

Company Secretary

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