Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8357C

WH Smith PLC

24 January 2018

 

24 January 2018

WH SMITH PLC

Annual General Meeting 24 January 2018 - Poll Result

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 24 January 2018.  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	72,781,549	100.00	772	0.00	72,782,321	66.09%	60,537
2	To approve the remuneration report	70,341,431	96.66	2,431,299	3.34	72,772,730	66.09%	70,127
3	To declare a final dividend	72,786,027	100.00	0	0.00	72,786,027	66.10%	56,831
4	To re-elect Suzanne Baxter	72,033,328	98.97	746,549	1.03	72,779,877	66.09%	62,980
5	To re-elect Stephen Clarke	70,165,857	96.77	2,341,708	3.23	72,507,565	65.84%	335,293
6	To re-elect Annemarie Durbin	72,265,833	99.29	514,557	0.71	72,780,390	66.09%	62,468
7	To re-elect Drummond Hall	70,413,967	96.76	2,361,370	3.24	72,775,337	66.09%	67,520
8	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	72,314,148	99.36	466,680	0.64	72,780,828	66.09%	62,030
9	To re-elect Henry Staunton	70,895,830	97.50	1,817,220	2.50	72,713,050	66.03%	129,807
10	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	71,545,948	98.89	804,583	1.11	72,350,531	65.70%	491,789
11	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration	72,005,992	98.93	779,644	1.07	72,785,636	66.10%	57,222
12	Authority to make political donations	72,507,436	99.65	257,806	0.35	72,765,242	66.08%	75,605
13	Authority to allot shares	68,740,767	94.46	4,031,147	5.54	72,771,914	66.08%	70,944
14	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	71,658,119	99.51	351,118	0.49	72,009,237	65.39%	833,621
15	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments	66,023,439	91.68	5,990,282	8.32	72,013,721	65.40%	828,966
16	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	71,990,361	99.22	562,343	0.78	72,552,704	65.89%	290,153
17	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	66,861,969	91.87	5,920,046	8.13	72,782,015	66.09%	60,843

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 110,119,148 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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