15 Jan 2010 16:10
15 January 2010
Smiths News PLC Result of Annual General Meeting
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 Number | Proxy Votes For the Resolution | Proxy Votes Against the Resolution | Proxy Votes Withheld |
| 1 | 142,273,333 | 98,632 | 4,639 |
| 2 | 105,677,123 | 23,290,550 | 13,408,931 |
| 3 | 142,374,167 | 252 | 2,185 |
| 4 | 142,094,280 | 270,893 | 11,431 |
| 5 | 141,196,876 | 1,166,593 | 13,135 |
| 6 | 140,663,767 | 1,626,643 | 86,194 |
| 7 | 141,386,385 | 980,853 | 9,366 |
| 8 | 138,355,728 | 3,572,872 | 448,004 |
| 9 | 138,418,617 | 2,364,799 | 1,593,188 |
| 10 | 142,230,225 | 64,260 | 82,119 |
| 11 | 142,319,464 | 36,523 | 20,617 |
| 12 | 141,437,729 | 916,690 | 22,185 |
| 13 | 141,291,353 | 874,743 | 210,508 |
Notes
1. The Company has 182,923,175 shares in issue with voting rights. 2. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
3. 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.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been forwarded to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS
Enquiries:
Smiths News PLC
Debbie Nicholas, Investor Relations 01793 563641