WH Smith PLC Result of AGM
29 Janvier 2024 - 11:11AM
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WH Smith PLC
29 January 2024
29 January
2024
WH SMITH PLC
Result of Annual General
Meeting
WH Smith PLC held its Annual General
Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am on 26 January 2024. 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
|
105,025,593
|
100
|
1,797
|
0.00
|
105,027,390
|
80.23
|
2,848,794
|
|
2
|
To approve the remuneration
report
|
104,580,661
|
97.08
|
3,150,484
|
2.92
|
107,731,145
|
82.29
|
145,039
|
|
3
|
To declare a final
dividend
|
107,732,673
|
99.99
|
9,014
|
0.01
|
107,741,687
|
82.30
|
134,497
|
|
4
|
To elect Colette Burke
|
107,681,575
|
99.95
|
52,149
|
0.05
|
107,733,724
|
82.29
|
142,460
|
|
5
|
To re-elect Annette Court
|
99,871,684
|
92.70
|
7,864,123
|
7.30
|
107,735,807
|
82.30
|
140,377
|
|
6
|
To re-elect Carl Cowling
|
106,680,367
|
99.02
|
1,055,280
|
0.98
|
107,735,647
|
82.30
|
140,537
|
|
7
|
To re-elect Nicky Dulieu
|
106,033,121
|
98.42
|
1,702,473
|
1.58
|
107,735,594
|
82.30
|
140,590
|
|
8
|
To re-elect Simon Emeny
|
106,035,868
|
98.42
|
1,700,151
|
1.58
|
107,736,019
|
82.30
|
140,165
|
|
9
|
To re-elect Robert
Moorhead
|
107,542,329
|
99.82
|
194,019
|
0.18
|
107,736,348
|
82.30
|
139,661
|
|
10
|
To re-elect Marion Sears
|
103,649,738
|
96.21
|
4,085,031
|
3.79
|
107,734,769
|
82.30
|
141,415
|
|
11
|
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors
|
107,166,846
|
99.47
|
570,119
|
0.53
|
107,736,965
|
82.30
|
139,219
|
|
12
|
To authorise the Audit Committee of
the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration
|
107,447,552
|
99.73
|
286,839
|
0.27
|
107,734,391
|
82.29
|
141,793
|
|
13
|
Authority to make political
donations
|
106,998,620
|
99.51
|
528,986
|
0.49
|
107,527,606
|
82.14
|
348,578
|
|
14
|
Authority to allot shares
|
103,746,542
|
96.30
|
3,988,390
|
3.70
|
107,734,932
|
82.30
|
141,252
|
|
15
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights up to 10 per cent and for follow-on offers
|
96,297,625
|
89.39
|
11,431,207
|
10.61
|
107,728,832
|
82.29
|
147,352
|
|
16
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights up to a further 10 per cent for acquisitions or specified
capital investments and for follow-on offers
|
95,401,546
|
89.91
|
10,705,711
|
10.09
|
106,107,257
|
81.05
|
1,768,927
|
|
17
|
Authority to make market purchases of
ordinary shares
|
106,570,780
|
99.77
|
245,289
|
0.23
|
106,816,069
|
81.59
|
1,060,114
|
|
18
|
To adopt new Articles of
Association
|
107,702,219
|
99.97
|
28,181
|
0.03
|
107,730,400
|
82.29
|
145,784
|
|
19
|
Authority to call general meetings on
14 clear days' notice
|
105,553,887
|
97.97
|
2,182,044
|
2.03
|
107,735,931
|
82.30
|
140,253
|
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
130,912,453 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
-Ends-
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WH
Smith PLC
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Boyle
Investor
Relations
07879 897687
Nicola
Hillman
Media
Relations
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Danaher
020 7404 5959
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