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 2013
126,193,741
99.79
264,892
0.21
470,837
2
To approve the directors' remuneration report
107,538,074
92.90
8,220,966
7.10
11,170,429
3
To declare a final dividend of 6.3p per share
126,459,786
99.99
988
0.00
468,697
4
To re-elect Dennis Millard
124,434,866
98.41
2,014,792
1.59
479,813
5
To re-elect Mark Cashmore
125,777,964
99.47
672,937
0.53
478,570
6
To re-elect Jonathan Bunting
125,769,505
99.46
679,339
0.54
480,627
7
To re-elect Nick Gresham
125,762,175
99.46
680,990
0.54
486,306
8
To re-elect Andrew Brent
124,433,750
98.41
2,010,830
1.59
484,891
9
To re-elect Anthony Cann
124,351,154
98.37
2,062,354
1.63
515,963
10
To re-elect John Worby
123,536,104
97.70
2,905,582
2.30
487,785
11
To re-appoint the auditor
115,156,381
91.07
11,292,175
8.93
480,914
12
To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration
117,298,090
92.76
9,156,924
7.24
472,956
13
Authority to make political donations
124,279,877
99.09
1,147,498
0.91
1,502,095
14
To approve the amended rules of the Smiths News LTIP
122,740,536
97.77
2,802,774
2.23
1,386,160
15
Authority to allot shares
105,657,260
83.57
20,772,958
16.43
499,253
16
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights*
106,816,259
84.48
19,620,800
15.52
492,412
17
Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares*
126,311,065
99.89
139,947
0.11
478,459
18
Authority to call general meetings (other than the AGM) on 14 clear days' notice*
119,258,088
94.34
7,161,089
5.66
510,294
* 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 total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 21 January 2014 = 188,992,394. Votes were cast in respect of 67.16% of the issued share capital.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM, being resolutions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism atwww.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Colin White
Deputy Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
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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.