Result of AGM

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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

For

%

Votes Against

%

Votes Total

% of ISC Voted

Votes Withheld

1

To receive the reports and accounts

109,456,759

99.99

6,267

0.01

109,463,026

83.62

2,786,518

2

To approve the remuneration report

111,077,545

99.00

1,119,902

1.00

112,197,447

85.71

52,097

3

To declare a final dividend

112,246,873

100.00

1,581

0.00

112,248,454

85.74

1,090

4

To re-elect Kal Atwal

 

110,660,431

98.59

1,577,344

1.41

112,237,775

85.74

11,769

5

To elect Annette Court

111,582,071

99.41

659,784

0.59

112,241,855

85.74

7,689

6

To re-elect Carl Cowling

 

107,139,966

95.45

5,102,688

4.55

112,242,654

85.74

6,890

7

To re-elect Nicky Dulieu

 

109,097,042

97.20

3,144,882

2.80

112,241,924

85.74

7,620

8

To re-elect Simon Emeny

110,440,111

98.59

1,574,570

1.41

112,014,681

85.57

234,863

9

To re-elect Robert Moorhead

111,238,611

99.11

1,004,043

0.89

112,242,654

85.74

6,890

10

To elect Marion Sears

110,903,692

98.81

1,338,600

1.19

112,242,292

85.74

7,252

11

To re-elect Maurice Thompson

Resolution withdrawn3

12

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors

111,725,822

99.54

519,073

0.46

112,244,895

 

85.74

4,649

13

To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration

111,959,932

99.75

280,606

0.25

112,240,538

 

 

85.74

9,006

14

Authority to make political donations

111,366,352

99.22

871,839

0.78

112,238,191

85.74

11,189

15

Authority to allot shares

106,955,071

95.29

5,282,642

4.71

112,237,713

85.74

11,831

16

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

108,674,325

99.58

463,502

0.42

109,137,827

83.37

3,111,717

17

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments

108,350,374

99.28

788,324

0.72

109,138,698

 

83.37

3,107,569

18

Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares

111,160,675

99.78

244,203

0.22

111,404,878

 

85.10

844,666

19

Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

109,948,746

97.96

2,294,278

2.04

112,243,024

 

85.74

6,520

 

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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