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WH Smith PLC
23 January 2019
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 % Votes Against % Votes Total % of ISC Votes
For Voted Withheld
To receive the reports
1 and accounts 76,488,857 100.00 640 0.00 76,489,497 70.73% 143,326
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To approve the
2 remuneration report 72,435,253 96.47 2,648,367 3.53 75,083,620 69.43% 1,549,457
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To approve the
3 remuneration policy 75,623,654 98.78 935,638 1.22 76,559,292 70.79% 73,785
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To declare a final
4 dividend 76,431,725 99.80 153,095 0.20 76,584,820 70.82% 48,258
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To re-elect Suzanne
5 Baxter 75,145,142 98.13 1,435,379 1.87 76,580,521 70.81% 52,556
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To re-elect Stephen
6 Clarke 73,101,412 95.46 3,478,104 4.54 76,579,516 70.81% 53,562
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To re-elect Annemarie
7 Durbin 74,035,116 96.68 2,544,205 3.32 76,579,321 70.81% 53,482
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To re-elect Drummond
8 Hall 71,935,199 94.38 4,284,510 5.62 76,219,709 70.48% 413,368
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To re-elect Robert
9 Moorhead 74,019,172 96.66 2,560,599 3.34 76,579,771 70.81% 53,307
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To re-elect Henry
10 Staunton 74,775,582 97.91 1,593,000 2.09 76,368,582 70.62% 264,496
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To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
11 LLP as auditors 71,433,325 93.71 4,792,095 6.29 76,225,420 70.48% 407,658
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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
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Authority to make
13 political donations 75,863,627 99.11 682,743 0.89 76,546,370 70.78% 86,393
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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
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Authority to allot
15 shares 71,941,596 93.95 4,631,358 6.05 76,572,954 70.81% 60,124
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16 Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights 74,470,441 99.19 609,691 0.81 75,080,132 69.42% 1,552,946
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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
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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
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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
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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 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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Enquiries:
WH Smith PLC
Mark Boyle Investor Relations 0203 981 1285
Nicola Hillman Media Relations 0203 981 1262
Brunswick
Fiona Micallef-Eynaud / Cerith Evans 020 7404 5959
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