Smith (DS) PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 7, 2021

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Smith (DS) PLC

07 September 2021

7 September 2021

DS SMITH PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 7 September 2021. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.

		For (incl discretionary)	For (% of votes cast)	Against	Against  (% of votes cast)	Total number of votes cast	Votes cast  (% of issued share capital)	Votes Withheld
1	Annual Report and financial statements	1,045,452,012	99.93	751,856	0.07	1,046,203,868	76.16	968,757
2	Final dividend	1,044,963,981	99.79	2,187,107	0.21	1,047,151,088	76.23	21,537
3	Directors' Remuneration Report	911,292,156	87.33	132,264,013	12.67	1,043,556,169	75.97	3,616,456
4	Mr Drabble	954,056,655	91.12	93,017,102	8.88	1,047,073,757	76.23	98,868
5	Mr Roberts	1,001,787,777	95.67	45,291,651	4.33	1,047,079,428	76.23	93,197
6	Mr Marsh	1,033,141,594	98.67	13,933,522	1.33	1,047,075,116	76.23	97,509
7	Ms Baxter	982,300,675	93.81	64,769,480	6.19	1,047,070,155	76.23	102,470
8	Ms Kessel	1,025,627,216	97.95	21,433,209	2.05	1,047,060,425	76.23	112,200
9	Mr Robbie	1,024,894,963	97.88	22,177,617	2.12	1,047,072,580	76.23	100,045
10	Ms Smalley	1,025,619,109	97.95	21,446,716	2.05	1,047,065,825	76.23	106,800
11	Mr Soames	1,024,888,696	97.88	22,179,774	2.12	1,047,068,470	76.23	104,155
12	Re-appoint the auditor	989,107,041	94.72	55,180,581	5.28	1,044,287,622	76.02	2,885,003
13	Auditor's remuneration	1,001,304,785	95.88	43,008,477	4.12	1,044,313,262	76.03	2,859,363
14	Authority to allot shares	963,302,167	92.00	83,795,701	8.00	1,047,097,868	76.23	74,757
15	Pre-emption rights	980,450,824	94.27	59,630,110	5.73	1,040,080,934	75.72	7,091,691
16	Pre-emption rights additional powers	944,549,654	90.81	95,548,772	9.19	1,040,098,426	75.72	7,074,199
17	Authority to purchase own shares	1,035,053,729	99.04	10,063,604	0.96	1,045,117,333	76.09	2,055,292
18	GM notice period	1,014,432,145	96.88	32,697,148	3.12	1,047,129,293	76.23%	43,332

Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution or the total number of votes cast.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 7 September 2021 was 1,373,613,861. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per Ordinary Share held.

Copies of the resolutions required to be made available for inspection in accordance with LR 9.6.2 have been submitted today to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism website at

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Results of the poll will also be available to view on the Company's website at www.dssmith.com.

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Iain Simm

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification

7 September 2021

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