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WH Smith PLC
21 January 2015
21 January 2015
WH SMITH PLC
Annual General Meeting 21 January 2015 - Poll Result
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 21 January 2015. 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
81,845,369
99.99
4,209
0.01
81,849,578
69.41
266,927
2
To approve the remuneration report
80,842,886
98.58
1,160,391
1.42
82,003,277
69.54
112,740
3
To approve the remuneration policy
80,679,630
98.58
1,160,663
1.42
81,840,293
69.40
275,560
4
To declare a final dividend
82,050,035
100
99
0.00
82,050,134
69.58
66,371
5
To re-elect Suzanne Baxter
81,316,552
99.12
725,351
0.88
82,041,903
69.57
74,602
6
To re-elect Stephen Clarke
79,280,914
96.63
2,762,478
3.37
82,043,392
69.57
73,113
7
To re-elect Annemarie Durbin
81,316,469
99.12
725,369
0.88
82,041,838
69.57
74,667
8
To re-elect Drummond Hall
81,258,386
99.04
784,292
0.96
82,042,678
69.57
73,827
9
To re-elect Robert Moorhead
81,542,613
99.39
500,519
0.61
82,043,132
69.57
73,373
10
To re-elect Henry Staunton
81,885,888
99.81
158,856
0.19
82,044,744
69.58
73,063
11
To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors
81,072,272
98.82
964,994
1.18
82,037,266
69.57
77,542
12
To authorise the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration
80,394,218
98.01
1,636,386
1.99
82,030,604
69.56
85,939
13
Authority to make political donations
79,524,966
97.89
1,713,814
2.11
81,238,780
68.89
878,542
14
Authority to allot shares
77,606,455
94.60
4,428,454
5.40
82,034,909
69.57
82,899
15
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights
79,452,854
99.29
570,013
0.71
80,022,867
67.86
2,094,941
16
Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares
81,665,182
99.78
182,944
0.22
81,848,126
69.41
269,682
17
Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice
74,518,473
90.82
7,528,551
9.18
82,047,024
69.58
70,784
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 117,921,995 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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Enquiries:
WH Smith PLC
Mark Boyle Investor Relations 020 7406 6320
Nicola Hillman Media Relations 020 7406 6350
Brunswick 
Simon Sporborg / Cerith Evans     020 7404 5959

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