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6 Feb 2008 15:53

Smiths News PLC06 February 2008 6 February 2008 Smiths News PLC Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes At the AGM of Smiths News PLC held today at 11.30am, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting. All of the resolutions were carried on a show of hands. Resolution Proxy Votes For Proxy Votes Against Proxy VotesNumber the Resolution the Resolution Withheld 1 127,169,663 222,973 5,2032 126,220,181 408,609 769,0493 127,373,801 20,892 3,1464 126,239,285 1,143,612 14,9425 127,046,690 336,624 14,5256 124,515,061 2,330,279 552,4997 125,419,396 1,889,232 89,2118 125,106,544 2,263,796 27,4999 127,250,660 89,333 57,84610 127,343,959 37,436 15,44411 127,072,568 272,010 53,26112 127,073,621 271,902 52,3l6 Notes 1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. 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. The proxy votes shown reflect the position as at 11.30am on Monday 4 February 2008, being 48 hours before the time of the meeting and conforming to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they see fit. Board Change As previously announced on 18 October 2007, Brendan Fitzmaurice retired as Chairman following today's AGM. Dennis Millard, formerly Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director, has succeeded Brendan Fitzmaurice as Chairman. Colin WhiteDeputy Company Secretary Enquiries: Smiths News PLCDebbie Nicholas, Investor Relations 01793 563641 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange