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Smith (DS) PLC
08 September 2020
8 September 2020
DS SMITH PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 8
September 2020. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All
resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 22 were passed as
special resolutions. The voting results are given below.
For For Against Against Total number Votes Votes
(incl discretionary) (% of (% of of votes cast Withheld
votes votes cast (% of
cast) cast) issued
share
capital)
Annual Report
and financial
1 statements 968,742,426 96.17% 38,622,425 3.83% 1,007,364,851 73.38% 1,089,567
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Remuneration
2 Policy 916,656,836 93.13% 67,569,543 6.87% 984,226,379 71.70% 24,228,039
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Directors'
Remuneration
3 Report 956,409,527 94.86% 51,858,006 5.14% 1,008,267,533 73.45% 186,885
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4 Mr Davis 932,827,684 98.13% 17,802,121 1.87% 950,629,805 69.25% 57,824,613
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5 Mr Roberts 984,405,906 97.63% 23,898,187 2.37% 1,008,304,093 73.45% 150,326
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6 Mr Marsh 999,752,643 99.15% 8,582,124 0.85% 1,008,334,767 73.45% 119,652
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7 Ms Baxter 1,002,284,997 99.40% 6,018,157 0.60% 1,008,303,154 73.45% 151,265
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8 Mr Drabble 997,126,766 98.89% 11,169,193 1.11% 1,008,295,959 73.45% 158,460
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9 Ms Kessel 1,002,278,777 99.40% 6,019,696 0.60% 1,008,298,473 73.45% 155,946
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10 Mr Robbie 1,001,278,970 99.30% 7,016,139 0.70% 1,008,295,109 73.45% 159,310
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11 Ms Smalley 1,001,287,899 99.30% 7,015,603 0.70% 1,008,303,502 73.45% 150,917
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12 Mr Soames 1,001,270,005 99.30% 7,028,228 0.70% 1,008,298,233 73.45% 156,186
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Re-appoint
13 the auditor 956,762,287 94.88% 51,608,003 5.12% 1,008,370,290 73.46% 84,128
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Auditor's
14 remuneration 969,321,844 96.12% 39,083,429 3.88% 1,008,405,273 73.46% 49,146
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Sharesave
15 Plan 1,003,774,875 99.57% 4,321,775 0.43% 1,008,096,650 73.44% 357,769
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Stock Purchase
16 Plan 1,007,191,484 99.92% 821,971 0.08% 1,008,013,455 73.43% 440,964
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French schedule
to Performance
17 Share Plan 1,000,298,118 99.24% 7,711,238 0.76% 1,008,009,356 73.43% 445,062
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Authority
to allot
18 shares 928,483,460 92.10% 79,665,897 7.90% 1,008,149,357 73.44% 305,062
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Pre-emption
19 rights 939,586,455 93.91% 60,949,414 6.09% 1,000,535,869 72.89% 7,918,550
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Pre-emption
rights
additional
20 powers 932,819,358 93.23% 67,715,901 6.77% 1,000,535,259 72.89% 7,919,159
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Authority
to purchase
21 own shares 999,243,208 99.30% 6,996,842 0.70% 1,006,240,050 73.30% 2,214,368
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GM notice
22 period 985,898,360 97.77% 22,490,970 2.23% 1,008,389,330 73.46% 65,089
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Results of the poll can also be viewed on the Company's website
at www.dssmith.com .
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 8 September 2020
was 1,372,745,258 . 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
Company Official Responsible for making this notification:
Iain Simm
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Date of this notification
8 September 2020
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