23rd Jan 2013 16:00
23 January 2013
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 Number | Proxy Votes For the Resolution | Proxy Votes Against the Resolution | Votes withheld |
1 | 77,884,140 | 5,870 | 110,216 |
2 | 72,141,901 | 5,292,525 | 565,800 |
3 | 77,893,899 | 89 | 106,238 |
4 | 77,417,276 | 60,628 | 522,257 |
5 | 77,774,527 | 112,906 | 112,793 |
6 | 77,838,869 | 46,033 | 115,324 |
7 | 77,865,950 | 21,488 | 112,788 |
8 | 77,766,622 | 119,226 | 113,792 |
9 | 77,136,598 | 124,260 | 739,368 |
10 | 76,566,670 | 1,320,905 | 112,651 |
11 | 77,145,415 | 122,994 | 731,817 |
12 | 77,610,114 | 279,164 | 110,448 |
13 | 76,012,104 | 1,028,566 | 953,978 |
14 | 75,085,199 | 2,604,021 | 311,006 |
15 | 76,537,985 | 1,323,033 | 139,208 |
16 | 75,793,645 | 1,457,187 | 749,394 |
17 | 70,937,514 | 6,925,528 | 138,405 |
Notes
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
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 127,602,673 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 www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
I Houghton
Company Secretary
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