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WH Smith PLC
18 January 2023
18 January 2023
WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at
11.30am today, 18 January 2023. All resolutions put to the AGM were
passed by shareholders.
The following table shows the results of the poll on the
resolutions.
Resolution Votes % Votes Against % Votes Total % of ISC Votes
For Voted Withheld
To receive the reports
1 and accounts 109,456,759 99.99 6,267 0.01 109,463,026 83.62 2,786,518
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To approve the
2 remuneration report 111,077,545 99.00 1,119,902 1.00 112,197,447 85.71 52,097
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To declare a final
3 dividend 112,246,873 100.00 1,581 0.00 112,248,454 85.74 1,090
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4 To re-elect Kal Atwal 110,660,431 98.59 1,577,344 1.41 112,237,775 85.74 11,769
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5 To elect Annette Court 111,582,071 99.41 659,784 0.59 112,241,855 85.74 7,689
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To re-elect Carl
6 Cowling 107,139,966 95.45 5,102,688 4.55 112,242,654 85.74 6,890
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To re-elect Nicky
7 Dulieu 109,097,042 97.20 3,144,882 2.80 112,241,924 85.74 7,620
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To re-elect Simon
8 Emeny 110,440,111 98.59 1,574,570 1.41 112,014,681 85.57 234,863
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To re-elect Robert
9 Moorhead 111,238,611 99.11 1,004,043 0.89 112,242,654 85.74 6,890
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10 To elect Marion Sears 110,903,692 98.81 1,338,600 1.19 112,242,292 85.74 7,252
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11 To re-elect Maurice Resolution withdrawn(3)
Thompson
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To re-appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
12 LLP as auditors 111,725,822 99.54 519,073 0.46 112,244,895 85.74 4,649
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13 To authorise the Audit
Committee of the Board
to determine the 85.74
auditors' remuneration 111,959,932 99.75 280,606 0.25 112,240,538 9,006
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Authority to make
14 political donations 111,366,352 99.22 871,839 0.78 112,238,191 85.74 11,189
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Authority to allot
15 shares 106,955,071 95.29 5,282,642 4.71 112,237,713 85.74 11,831
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16 Authority to disapply 83.37
pre-emption rights 108,674,325 99.58 463,502 0.42 109,137,827 3,111,717
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17 Authority to disapply
pre-emption rights up 83.37
to a further 5 per
cent for acquisitions
or specified
capital investments 108,350,374 99.28 788,324 0.72 109,138,698 3,107,569
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18 Authority to make
market purchases of 85.10
ordinary shares 111,160,675 99.78 244,203 0.22 111,404,878 844,666
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19 Authority to call
general meetings on 14 85.74
clear days' notice 109,948,746 97.96 2,294,278 2.04 112,243,024 6,520
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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. As announced on 12 January 2023, Maurice Thompson did not
seek re-election to the Board at the 2023 Annual General Meeting
and accordingly resolution 11 was withdrawn.
4. At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the
Company is 130,910,434 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
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
I Houghton
Company Secretary
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Enquiries:
WH Smith PLC
Mark Boyle Investor Relations 07879 897687
Nicola Hillman Media Relations 01793 563354
Brunswick
Tim Danaher 020 7404 5959
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