30 January 2025
WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 9.30am on 29 January 2025. 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 |
92,041,358 |
100.00% |
1,619 |
0.00% |
92,042,977 |
71.02% |
3,042,159 |
| 2 |
To approve the remuneration report |
93,660,064 |
98.63% |
1,301,970 |
1.37% |
94,962,034 |
73.27% |
123,102 |
| 3 |
To approve the directors' remuneration policy |
94,678,938 |
99.59% |
391,699 |
0.41% |
95,070,637 |
73.35% |
14,499 |
| 4 |
To declare a final dividend |
95,075,876 |
99.99% |
7,797 |
0.01% |
95,083,673 |
73.36% |
1,463 |
| 5 |
To re-elect Colette Burke |
93,866,144 |
98.73% |
1,209,573 |
1.27% |
95,075,717 |
73.36% |
9,419 |
| 6 |
To re-elect Annette Court |
93,578,931 |
98.43% |
1,497,198 |
1.57% |
95,076,129 |
73.36% |
9,007 |
| 7 |
To re-elect Carl Cowling |
93,999,702 |
98.87% |
1,076,826 |
1.13% |
95,076,528 |
73.36% |
8,608 |
| 8 |
To re-elect Nicky Dulieu |
93,639,313 |
98.49% |
1,436,095 |
1.51% |
95,075,408 |
73.36% |
9,728 |
| 9 |
To re-elect Simon Emeny |
93,244,114 |
98.07% |
1,830,682 |
1.93% |
95,074,796 |
73.36% |
10,340 |
| 10 |
To elect Max Izzard |
94,670,210 |
99.57% |
405,593 |
0.43% |
95,075,803 |
73.36% |
9,333 |
| 11 |
To elect Situl Jobanputra |
94,786,553 |
99.69% |
293,065 |
0.31% |
95,079,618 |
73.36% |
5,518 |
| 12 |
To elect Helen Rose |
95,066,795 |
99.99% |
9,786 |
0.01% |
95,076,581 |
73.36% |
8,568 |
| 13 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
94,766,373 |
99.67% |
316,531 |
0.33% |
95,082,904 |
73.36% |
2,245 |
| 14 |
To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration |
95,063,116 |
99.99% |
13,078 |
0.01% |
95,076,194 |
73.36% |
8,955 |
| 15 |
Authority to make political donations |
94,543,759 |
99.48% |
497,000 |
0.52% |
95,040,759 |
73.33% |
44,229 |
| 16 |
Authority to allot shares |
92,080,199 |
96.85% |
2,995,498 |
3.15% |
95,075,697 |
73.36% |
9,452 |
| 17 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to 10 per cent and for follow-on offers |
88,717,154 |
93.33% |
6,343,168 |
6.67% |
95,060,322 |
73.35% |
24,827 |
| 18 |
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights up to a further 10 per cent for acquisitions or specified capital investments and for follow-on offers |
88,383,912 |
94.04% |
5,604,839 |
5.96% |
93,988,751 |
72.52% |
1,096,397 |
| 19 |
Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares |
93,981,203 |
99.75% |
236,286 |
0.25% |
94,217,489 |
72.70% |
867,660 |
| 20 |
Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice |
93,718,994 |
98.57% |
1,362,683 |
1.43% |
95,081,677 |
73.36% |
3,472 |
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 was 129,554,175 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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