REG - WH Smith PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 1776N  WH Smith PLC  18 January 2023

18 January 2023

 

 

WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting

 

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am
today, 18 January 2023.  All resolutions put to the AGM were passed by
shareholders.

 

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

 

 Resolution                                                                        Votes        %       Votes Against  %     Votes Total  % of ISC Voted  Votes Withheld

                                                                                   For
 1       To receive the reports and accounts                                       109,456,759  99.99   6,267          0.01  109,463,026  83.62           2,786,518
 2       To approve the remuneration report                                        111,077,545  99.00   1,119,902      1.00  112,197,447  85.71           52,097
 3       To declare a final dividend                                               112,246,873  100.00  1,581          0.00  112,248,454  85.74           1,090
 4       To re-elect Kal Atwal                                                     110,660,431  98.59   1,577,344      1.41  112,237,775  85.74           11,769

 5       To elect Annette Court                                                    111,582,071  99.41   659,784        0.59  112,241,855  85.74           7,689
 6       To re-elect Carl Cowling                                                  107,139,966  95.45   5,102,688      4.55  112,242,654  85.74           6,890

 7       To re-elect Nicky Dulieu                                                  109,097,042  97.20   3,144,882      2.80  112,241,924  85.74           7,620

 8       To re-elect Simon Emeny                                                   110,440,111  98.59   1,574,570      1.41  112,014,681  85.57           234,863
 9       To re-elect Robert Moorhead                                               111,238,611  99.11   1,004,043      0.89  112,242,654  85.74           6,890
 10      To elect Marion Sears                                                     110,903,692  98.81   1,338,600      1.19  112,242,292  85.74           7,252
 11      To re-elect Maurice Thompson                                              Resolution withdrawn(3)
 12      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                      111,725,822  99.54   519,073        0.46  112,244,895                  4,649

                                                                                                                                          85.74
 13      To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors'  111,959,932  99.75   280,606        0.25  112,240,538                  9,006
         remuneration

                                                                                                                                          85.74
 14      Authority to make political donations                                     111,366,352  99.22   871,839        0.78  112,238,191  85.74           11,189
 15      Authority to allot shares                                                 106,955,071  95.29   5,282,642      4.71  112,237,713  85.74           11,831
 16      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                                  108,674,325  99.58   463,502        0.42  109,137,827  83.37           3,111,717
 17      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for   108,350,374  99.28   788,324        0.72  109,138,698                  3,107,569
         acquisitions or specified capital investments

                                                                                                                                          83.37
 18      Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares                     111,160,675  99.78   244,203        0.22  111,404,878                  844,666

                                                                                                                                          85.10
 19      Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice               109,948,746  97.96   2,294,278      2.04  112,243,024                  6,520

                                                                                                                                          85.74

 

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.     As announced on 12 January 2023, Maurice Thompson did not seek
re-election to the Board at the 2023 Annual General Meeting and accordingly
resolution 11 was withdrawn.

 

4.     At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is
130,910,434 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

I Houghton

 

 

 

 

Company Secretary

 

 

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Enquiries:

 

WH Smith PLC

Mark Boyle                            Investor
Relations                07879 897687

Nicola Hillman                     Media
Relations                   01793 563354

 

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