WH Smith PLC — AGM Information 2016

Jan 27, 2016

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WH Smith PLC

27 January 2016

27 January 2016

WH SMITH PLC

Annual General Meeting 27 January 2016 - Poll Result

WH Smith PLC held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders at 11.30am today, 27 January 2016.  The following table shows the results of the poll on all 20 resolutions.  All resolutions were approved.

Resolution		Votes For	%	Votes Against	%	Votes Total	% of ISC Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the reports and accounts	81,445,217	99.99	8,499	0.01	81,453,716	71.09	296,650
2	To approve the remuneration report	80,324,149	98.47	1,248,944	1.53	81,573,093	71.19	177,272
3	To approve the remuneration policy	80,375,087	98.53	1,195,511	1.47	81,570,598	71.19	179,767
4	To declare a final dividend	81,586,406	100	156	0.00	81,586,562	71.20	163,804
5	To re-elect Suzanne Baxter	81,462,895	99.85	121,427	0.15	81,584,322	71.20	166,044
6	To re-elect Stephen Clarke	78,221,438	95.88	3,362,262	4.12	81,583,700	71.20	166,666
7	# To re-elect Annemarie Durbin	# 81,466,562	# 99.86	# 117,760	# 0.14	# 81,584,322	# 71.20	# 166,044
8	To re-elect Drummond Hall	81,262,684	99.61	321,559	0.39	81,584,243	71.20	166,123
9	To re-elect Robert Moorhead	81,129,102	99.44	455,520	0.56	81,584,622	71.20	165,744
10	To re-elect Henry Staunton	81,359,452	99.73	224,292	0.27	81,583,744	71.20	166,621
11	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	81,538,221	99.94	45,866	0.06	81,584,087	71.20	166,279
12	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	81,391,018	99.77	189,351	0.23	81,580,369	71.20	169,997
13	Authority to make political donations	79,235,487	98.08	1,554,576	1.92	80,790,063	70.51	960,142
14	To approve the rules of the WH Smith Sharesave Scheme	81,135,101	99.46	440,103	0.54	81,575,204	71.19	174,888
15	To approve the rules of the WH Smith LTIP Scheme	79,689,515	97.86	1,743,222	2.14	81,432,737	71.07	317,354
16	Authority to allot shares	75,827,153	93.04	5,675,326	6.96	81,502,479	71.13	247,887
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	75,163,538	94.42	4,440,342	5.58	79,603,880	69.47	2,146,485
18	Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares	81,273,775	99.62	307,946	0.38	81,581,721	71.20	168,645
19	To adopt new Articles of Association	80,424,830	98.78	996,165	1.22	81,420,995	71.06	329,365
20	Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	74,302,819	91.07	7,281,988	8.93	81,584,807	71.20	165,558

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 114,581,086 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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