Smith (DS) PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 6, 2022

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Smith (DS) PLC

06 September 2022

6 September 2022

DS SMITH PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 6 September 2022. 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	1,021,514,666	100.00	35,512	0.00	1,021,550,178	74.20%	46,649,892
2	Final dividend	1,068,152,269	100.00	33,221	0.00	1,068,185,490	77.59%	14,493
3	Directors' Remuneration Report	1,006,312,888	94.22	61,690,968	5.78	1,068,003,856	77.57%	196,214
4	Mr Drabble	902,789,091	88.31	119,562,279	11.69	1,022,351,370	74.26%	45,848,700
5	Mr Roberts	984,274,710	92.15	83,840,544	7.85	1,068,115,254	77.58%	82,060
6	Mr Marsh	1,066,204,499	99.82	1,913,994	0.18	1,068,118,493	77.58%	81,577
7	Ms Baxter	999,041,355	97.72	23,308,116	2.28	1,022,349,471	74.26%	45,850,599
8	Mr Johnson	1,067,991,641	99.99	125,809	0.01	1,068,117,450	77.58%	82,620
9	Ms Kessel	1,044,852,086	97.82	23,267,510	2.18	1,068,119,596	77.58%	80,474
10	Mr Robbie	999,049,779	97.72	23,294,942	2.28	1,022,344,721	74.26%	45,855,349
11	Ms Smalley	1,044,841,576	97.82	23,280,228	2.18	1,068,121,804	77.58%	78,266
12	Appoint the auditor	1,019,016,542	99.67	3,344,704	0.33	1,022,361,246	74.26%	45,838,824
13	Auditor's remuneration	1,068,020,334	99.99	110,324	0.01	1,068,130,658	77.58%	69,412
14	Authority to allot shares	977,449,288	91.51	90,668,439	8.49	1,068,117,727	77.58%	82,343
15	Pre-emption rights	1,061,048,408	99.42	6,179,817	0.58	1,067,228,225	77.52%	971,845
16	Pre-emption rights additional powers	1,039,369,874	97.39	27,874,266	2.61	1,067,244,140	77.52%	955,930
17	Authority to purchase own shares	1,064,352,755	99.67	3,537,150	0.33	1,067,889,905	77.57%	310,165
18	GM notice period	1,036,048,610	96.99	32,109,380	3.01	1,068,157,990	77.59%	42,080

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 6 September 2022 was 1,376,739,249. 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

6 September 2022

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