Smiths News PLC is pleased to announce that at its AGM held at 11.30am today, all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed. All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of the poll for each resolution are shown below:
Resolution
For
Against
Withheld
No. of votes
%
No. of votes
%
No. of votes
1
To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2012
122,703,964
99.76
297,345
0.24
321,133
2
To approve the directors' remuneration report
117,824,479
95.90
5,043,079
4.10
453,979
3
To declare a final dividend of 5.8p per share
123,316,692
99.99
2,494
0.00
2,351
4
To re-elect Dennis Millard
122,677,298
99.50
615,795
0.50
28,444
5
To re-elect Mark Cashmore
123,021,329
99.77
287,508
0.23
12,700
6
To re-elect Jonathan Bunting
123,020,864
99.77
288,109
0.23
12,564
7
To re-elect Nick Gresham
123,014,626
99.76
293,117
0.24
13,794
8
To re-elect Andrew Brent
123,266,849
99.97
36,449
0.03
18,239
9
To re-elect Anthony Cann
123,174,029
99.92
93,610
0.08
53,898
10
To re-elect John Worby
120,784,113
97.96
2,518,234
2.04
19,190
11
To re-appoint the auditor
118,234,674
96.98
3,675,618
3.02
1,411,245
12
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration
118,817,808
97.47
3,087,137
2.53
1,416,592
13
Authority to make political donations
119,734,053
98.10
2,321,106
1.90
1,266,378
14
Authority to allot shares
95,975,996
77.85
27,308,249
22.15
37,292
15
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights*
96,521,025
78.33
26,706,429
21.67
94,083
16
Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*
122,628,413
99.71
361,273
0.29
331,851
17
Authority to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on 14 clear days' notice*
117,640,382
95.44
5,620,975
4.56
60,180
* Special resolution
Notes:
1. Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and 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 percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution.
3. The Company has 183,926,542 shares in issue with voting rights.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM, being resolutions 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism atwww.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Colin White
Deputy Company Secretary
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Smiths News plc is United Kingdom-based wholesaler of newspapers and magazines. The Smiths News segment include Smiths News Core, Dawson Media Direct (DMD), Instore and Other businesses. Smiths News Core is a distributor of newspapers and magazines to retailers across England and Wales. DMD supplies newspapers, magazines and inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points in the United Kingdom. Instore supplies field marketing services to retailers and suppliers across the United Kingdom. Other businesses include several ancillary businesses, which are adjacent to Smiths News. Its core services include newspaper and magazine deliveries, collecting and processing returns, managing retail ranges, and providing market insight to forecast demand and minimize waste. The Company distributes a range of print media from large general retailers to smaller independent newsagents. It serves approximately 24,000 retailers from superstores to corner shops.