REG - WH Smith PLC - Result of AGM

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23/01/2019 14:30

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WH Smith PLC
23 January 2019
 


23 January 2019
 
 
WH SMITH PLC
Annual General Meeting 23 January 2019 - Poll Result
 
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 23 January 2019.  The following table shows the results of the poll on all 19 resolutions.  All resolutions were approved.
 




Resolution


Votes
For


%


Votes Against


%


Votes Total


% of ISC Voted


Votes Withheld




1


To receive the reports and accounts


76,488,857


100.00


640


0.00


76,489,497


70.73%


143,326




2


To approve the remuneration report


72,435,253


96.47


2,648,367


3.53


75,083,620


69.43%


1,549,457




3


To approve the remuneration policy


75,623,654


98.78


935,638


1.22


76,559,292


70.79%


73,785




4


To declare a final dividend


76,431,725


99.80


153,095


0.20


76,584,820


70.82%


48,258




5


To re-elect Suzanne Baxter


75,145,142


98.13


1,435,379


1.87


76,580,521


70.81%


52,556




6


To re-elect Stephen Clarke


73,101,412


95.46


3,478,104


4.54


76,579,516


70.81%


53,562




7


To re-elect Annemarie Durbin


74,035,116


96.68


2,544,205


3.32


76,579,321


70.81%


53,482




8


To re-elect Drummond Hall


71,935,199


94.38


4,284,510


5.62


76,219,709


70.48%


413,368




9


To re-elect Robert Moorhead


74,019,172


96.66


2,560,599


3.34


76,579,771


70.81%


53,307




10


To re-elect Henry Staunton


74,775,582


97.91


1,593,000


2.09


76,368,582


70.62%


264,496




11


To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors


71,433,325


93.71


4,792,095


6.29


76,225,420


70.48%


407,658




12


To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration


69,994,799


91.83


6,225,087


8.17


76,219,886


70.48%


413,191




13


Authority to make political donations


75,863,627


99.11


682,743


0.89


76,546,370


70.78%


86,393




14


To approve the rules of the WH Smith Deferred Bonus Plan


75,595,133


98.74


965,737


1.26


76,560,870


70.79%


72,097




15


Authority to allot shares


71,941,596


93.95


4,631,358


6.05


76,572,954


70.81%


60,124




16


Authority to disapply pre-emption rights


74,470,441


99.19


609,691


0.81


75,080,132


69.42%


1,552,946




17


Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments


66,465,077


88.52


8,617,118


11.48


75,082,195


69.43%


1,550,882




18


Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares


75,549,720


99.37


480,985


0.63


76,030,705


70.30%


602,372




19


Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice


73,163,769


95.53


3,420,713


4.47


76,584,482


70.82%


48,596




 
 
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 108,145,671 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
 
 
I Houghton
 
 
 
 
Company Secretary
 
 
-Ends-
 
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