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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
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