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WH Smith PLC
22 January 2020
22 January 2020
WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting and Change of Director
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at
11.30am today, 22 January 2020. The following table shows the
results of the poll on all 19 resolutions. All resolutions were
approved.
Resolution Votes % Votes Against % Votes Total % of ISC Votes
For Voted Withheld
To receive the reports
1 and accounts 89,067,464 99.99 4,850 0.01 89,072,314 77.41 131,916
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To approve the
2 remuneration report 76,249,101 87.77 10,627,325 12.23 86,876,426 75.51 2,327,803
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To declare a final
3 dividend 89,102,182 99.95 46,767 0.05 89,148,949 77.48 55,281
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To re-elect Suzanne
4 Baxter 88,077,781 98.80 1,065,445 1.20 89,143,226 77.48 61,004
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5 To elect Carl Cowling 86,000,866 96.48 3,140,213 3.52 89,141,079 77.47 63,151
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To re-elect Annemarie
6 Durbin 86,534,774 97.07 2,607,525 2.93 89,142,299 77.47 61,930
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7 To elect Simon Emeny 88,660,517 99.46 478,968 0.54 89,139,485 77.47 64,745
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To re-elect Robert
8 Moorhead 88,670,460 99.47 473,559 0.53 89,144,019 77.48 60,211
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To re-elect Henry
9 Staunton 86,408,939 97.01 2,661,921 2.99 89,070,860 77.41 133,369
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To elect Maurice
10 Thompson 88,684,835 99.49 455,387 0.51 89,140,222 77.47 64,008
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To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
11 LLP as auditors 87,121,701 98.07 1,717,204 1.93 88,838,905 77.21 365,324
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12 To authorise the Audit
Committee of the Board
to determine the
auditors' remuneration 84,940,514 95.61 3,896,173 4.39 88,836,687 77.21 367,933
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Authority to make
13 political donations 88,774,613 99.60 352,924 0.40 89,127,537 77.46 76,204
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Authority to allot
14 shares 83,042,170 93.16 6,099,941 6.84 89,142,111 77.47 62,979
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15 Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights 86,826,706 99.42 502,751 0.58 87,329,457 75.90 1,875,633
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16 Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights up
to a further 5 per
cent for acquisitions
or specified
capital investments 78,979,528 90.44 8,351,509 9.56 87,331,037 75.90 1,874,052
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17 Authority to make
market purchases of
ordinary shares 88,185,963 99.23 684,751 0.77 88,870,714 77.24 334,375
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To adopt new Articles
18 of Association 88,645,845 99.45 485,826 0.55 89,131,671 77.47 73,418
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19 Authority to call
general meetings on 14
clear days' notice 86,135,086 96.62 3,012,546 3.38 89,147,632 77.48 57,458
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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 115,059,712 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.
Board Changes
As previously announced, Drummond Hall did not stand for
re-election at the AGM. Following Drummond Hall stepping down as a
non-excutive director, Simon Emeny has been appointed as the Senior
Independent Director.
I Houghton
Company Secretary
-Ends-
Enquiries:
WH Smith PLC
Mark Boyle Investor Relations 0203 981 1285
Nicola Hillman Media Relations 01793 563354
Brunswick
Fiona Micallef-Eynaud 020 7404 5959
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