1st Feb 2007 14:37
WH Smith PLC01 February 2007 WH SMITH PLC Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes At the AGM of WH Smith PLC held today at 11.30am, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting. All of the resolutions were carried on a show of hands. Resolution Proxy Votes For Proxy Votes Against Votes withheldNumber the Resolution the Resolution1 99,464,082 64,342 61,7112 74,539,159 4,973,409 20,077,5673 99,585,906 1,873 2,3564 99,522,106 44,531 23,4985 99,464,130 104,901 21,1046 98,280,690 492,834 816,6117 90,717,587 8,717,190 155,3588 90,808,446 8,718,662 63,0279 96,984,786 2,585,104 20,24510 99,479,263 70,843 40,02911 99,548,946 31,029 10,160 Notes 1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total. 2. The proxy votes shown reflect the position as at 11 30am on Tuesday 30 January 2007, being 48 hours before the time of the meeting and conforming to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they see fit. 3. 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. I Houghton Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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