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7 Feb 2007 16:11

Smiths News PLC07 February 2007 Smiths News PLC Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes At the AGM of Smiths News PLC held today at 11.30am, the following levels ofproxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to themeeting. All of the resolutions were carried on a show of hands. Resolution Number Proxy Votes For Proxy Votes Against Proxy Votes the Resolution the Resolution 1 119,380,617 278,412 2,1582 116,183,559 1,548,631 1,928,9973 119,654,197 2,832 4,1584 119,031,121 13,977 616,0895 119,601,713 32,887 26,5876 118,830,039 822,511 8,6377 117,155,687 1,440,964 1,064,5368 117,148,377 1,444,854 1,067,9569 117,082,600 2,555,866 22,72110 119,550,555 64,456 46,17611 119,613,017 26,904 21,266 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 5 February 2007, 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange