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RNS Number : 2243B  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        %      Votes Against  %      Votes Total  % of ISC Voted  Votes Withheld

                                                                                       For
 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'      107,447,552  99.73  286,839        0.27   107,734,391  82.29           141,793
         remuneration
 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  96,297,625   89.39  11,431,207     10.61  107,728,832                  147,352
         offers

                                                                                                                                              82.29
 16      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 10 per cent for      95,401,546   89.91  10,705,711     10.09  106,107,257                  1,768,927
         acquisitions or specified capital investments and for follow-on offers

                                                                                                                                              81.05
 17      Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares                         106,570,780  99.77  245,289        0.23   106,816,069                  1,060,114

                                                                                                                                              81.59
 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                  140,253

                                                                                                                                              82.30

 

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
(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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