Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6377A

WH Smith PLC

22 January 2020

 

22 January 2020

WH SMITH PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting and Change of Director

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 22 January 2020.  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	89,067,464	99.99	4,850	0.01	89,072,314	77.41	131,916
2	To approve the remuneration report	76,249,101	87.77	10,627,325	12.23	86,876,426	75.51	2,327,803
3	To declare a final dividend	89,102,182	99.95	46,767	0.05	89,148,949	77.48	55,281
4	To re-elect Suzanne Baxter	88,077,781	98.80	1,065,445	1.20	89,143,226	77.48	61,004
5	To elect Carl Cowling	86,000,866	96.48	3,140,213	3.52	89,141,079	77.47	63,151
6	To re-elect Annemarie Durbin	86,534,774	97.07	2,607,525	2.93	89,142,299	77.47	61,930
7	To elect Simon Emeny	88,660,517	99.46	478,968	0.54	89,139,485	77.47	64,745
8	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	88,670,460	99.47	473,559	0.53	89,144,019	77.48	60,211
9	To re-elect Henry Staunton	86,408,939	97.01	2,661,921	2.99	89,070,860	77.41	133,369
10	To elect Maurice Thompson	88,684,835	99.49	455,387	0.51	89,140,222	77.47	64,008
11	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	87,121,701	98.07	1,717,204	1.93	88,838,905	77.21	365,324
12	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	84,940,514	95.61	3,896,173	4.39	88,836,687	77.21	367,933
13	Authority to make political donations	88,774,613	99.60	352,924	0.40	89,127,537	77.46	76,204
14	Authority to allot shares	83,042,170	93.16	6,099,941	6.84	89,142,111	77.47	62,979
15	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	86,826,706	99.42	502,751	0.58	87,329,457	75.90	1,875,633
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments	78,979,528	90.44	8,351,509	9.56	87,331,037	75.90	1,874,052
17	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	88,185,963	99.23	684,751	0.77	88,870,714	77.24	334,375
18	To adopt new Articles of Association	88,645,845	99.45	485,826	0.55	89,131,671	77.47	73,418
19	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	86,135,086	96.62	3,012,546	3.38	89,147,632	77.48	57,458

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 115,059,712 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.

Board Changes

As previously announced, Drummond Hall did not stand for re-election at the AGM.  Following Drummond Hall stepping down as a non-excutive director, Simon Emeny has been appointed as the Senior Independent Director.

I Houghton

Company Secretary

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