Result of AGM

WH Smith PLC

29 January 2024

 

29 January 2024

WH SMITH PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am on 26 January 2024.  All resolutions put to the AGM were passed by shareholders.

The following table shows the results of the poll on the resolutions.

Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the reports and accounts	105,025,593	100	1,797	0.00	105,027,390	80.23	2,848,794
2	To approve the remuneration report	104,580,661	97.08	3,150,484	2.92	107,731,145	82.29	145,039
3	To declare a final dividend	107,732,673	99.99	9,014	0.01	107,741,687	82.30	134,497
4	To elect Colette Burke	107,681,575	99.95	52,149	0.05	107,733,724	82.29	142,460
5	To re-elect Annette Court	99,871,684	92.70	7,864,123	7.30	107,735,807	82.30	140,377
6	To re-elect Carl Cowling	106,680,367	99.02	1,055,280	0.98	107,735,647	82.30	140,537
7	To re-elect Nicky Dulieu	106,033,121	98.42	1,702,473	1.58	107,735,594	82.30	140,590
8	To re-elect Simon Emeny	106,035,868	98.42	1,700,151	1.58	107,736,019	82.30	140,165
9	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	107,542,329	99.82	194,019	0.18	107,736,348	82.30	139,661
10	To re-elect Marion Sears	103,649,738	96.21	4,085,031	3.79	107,734,769	82.30	141,415
11	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	107,166,846	99.47	570,119	0.53	107,736,965	82.30	139,219
12	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	107,447,552	99.73	286,839	0.27	107,734,391	82.29	141,793
13	Authority to make political donations	106,998,620	99.51	528,986	0.49	107,527,606	82.14	348,578
14	Authority to allot shares	103,746,542	96.30	3,988,390	3.70	107,734,932	82.30	141,252
15	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 10 per cent and for follow-on offers	96,297,625	89.39	11,431,207	10.61	107,728,832	82.29	147,352
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 10 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments and for follow-on offers	95,401,546	89.91	10,705,711	10.09	106,107,257	81.05	1,768,927
17	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	106,570,780	99.77	245,289	0.23	106,816,069	81.59	1,060,114
18	To adopt new Articles of Association	107,702,219	99.97	28,181	0.03	107,730,400	82.29	145,784
19	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	105,553,887	97.97	2,182,044	2.03	107,735,931	82.30	140,253

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 130,912,453 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

I Houghton

Company Secretary

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