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RNS Number : 2945V  WH Smith PLC  30 January 2025

30 January 2025

 

 

WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting

 

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 9.30am on 29
January 2025.  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                                           92,041,358  100.00%  1,619          0.00%  92,042,977   71.02%          3,042,159
 2       To approve the remuneration report                                            93,660,064  98.63%   1,301,970      1.37%  94,962,034   73.27%          123,102
 3       To approve the directors' remuneration policy                                 94,678,938  99.59%   391,699        0.41%  95,070,637   73.35%          14,499

 4       To declare a final dividend                                                   95,075,876  99.99%   7,797          0.01%  95,083,673   73.36%          1,463
 5       To re-elect Colette Burke                                                     93,866,144  98.73%   1,209,573      1.27%  95,075,717   73.36%          9,419

 6       To re-elect Annette Court                                                     93,578,931  98.43%   1,497,198      1.57%  95,076,129   73.36%          9,007
 7       To re-elect Carl Cowling                                                      93,999,702  98.87%   1,076,826      1.13%  95,076,528   73.36%          8,608

 8       To re-elect Nicky Dulieu                                                      93,639,313  98.49%   1,436,095      1.51%  95,075,408   73.36%          9,728

 9       To re-elect Simon Emeny                                                       93,244,114  98.07%   1,830,682      1.93%  95,074,796   73.36%          10,340
 10      To elect Max Izzard                                                           94,670,210  99.57%   405,593        0.43%  95,075,803   73.36%          9,333
 11      To elect Situl Jobanputra                                                     94,786,553  99.69%   293,065        0.31%  95,079,618   73.36%          5,518
 12      To elect Helen Rose                                                           95,066,795  99.99%   9,786          0.01%  95,076,581   73.36%          8,568
 13      To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                          94,766,373  99.67%   316,531        0.33%  95,082,904   73.36%          2,245
 14      To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors'      95,063,116  99.99%   13,078         0.01%  95,076,194   73.36%          8,955
         remuneration
 15      Authority to make political donations                                         94,543,759  99.48%   497,000        0.52%  95,040,759   73.33%          44,229
 16      Authority to allot shares                                                     92,080,199  96.85%   2,995,498      3.15%  95,075,697   73.36%          9,452
 17      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 10 per cent and for follow-on  88,717,154  93.33%   6,343,168      6.67%  95,060,322   73.35%          24,827
         offers
 18      Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 10 per cent for      88,383,912  94.04%   5,604,839      5.96%  93,988,751   72.52%          1,096,397
         acquisitions or specified capital investments and for follow-on offers
 19      Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares                         93,981,203  99.75%   236,286        0.25%  94,217,489   72.70%          867,660
 20      Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice                   93,718,994  98.57%   1,362,683      1.43%  95,081,677   73.36%          3,472

 

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 was
129,554,175 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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