REG - WH Smith PLC - Board Change

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12/01/2023 12:30

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RNS Number : 5627M  WH Smith PLC  12 January 2023

 
            12 January 2023

 

WH Smith PLC

 

BOARD CHANGE

 

 

WH Smith PLC announces that Maurice Thompson, Non-Executive Director of the
Company, has informed the Board that he does not intend to stand for
re-election at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 18 January 2023 and,
as such, will cease to be a member of the Board effective from the end of the
AGM.

 

Annette Court, Chair, said "On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank
Maurice, who has been an effective and independent director, for his valuable
contribution to the Company since his appointment as a Non-Executive Director
in February 2019.  We will miss his contribution to the Board and wish him
well in the future."

 

As the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting has already been issued, the
Company confirms that it intends to withdraw the resolution to re-elect
Maurice Thompson as a Non-Executive Director of the Company (resolution 11).

 

The proposed withdrawal of resolution 11 does not otherwise affect the
validity of the Notice of Meeting, the proxy form or any proxy votes already
submitted on other resolutions.  The numbering of all other proposed
resolutions at the AGM will remain unchanged.

 

 

I Houghton

Company Secretary

 

 

Enquiries:

 

WH Smith PLC

Mark Boyle                          Investor
Relations             07879 897687

Nicola Hillman                    Media Relations
           01793 563354

 

Brunswick

Tim Danaher
                                  020 7404 5959

 

Notes:

1.   Maurice Thompson will receive his annual non-executive director fee on
a pro-rata basis to the date of the AGM.

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