Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2582B

Smith & Nephew Plc

12 April 2012

 



12 April 2012

Smith & Nephew plc

Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting

Smith & Nephew plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 2pm on 12 April 2012.

Resolution	Total votes validly cast	Percentage  of relevant shares in issue (%)	For/Discretion (Number of votes)	Against (Number of votes)	Abstentions (Number of votes)
Ordinary Resolutions
1. To adopt the Report and Accounts	627,866,702	70.05	627,110,500	756,202	1,076,720
2. To approve the remuneration report	478,307,968	53.37	444,661,926	33,646,042	150,626,503
3. To approve a final dividend	628,342,686	70.11	628,309,142	33,544	600,736
Re-election of directors
4. To re-elect Mr Ian E. Barlow	628,300,780	70.10	620,985,333	7,315,447	634,359
5. To re-elect Prof  Geneviève B. Berger	628,306,711	70.10	626,976,674	1,330,037	626,328
6. To re-elect Mr Olivier Bohuon	609,781,716	68.04	576,447,841	33,333,875	19,159,606
7. To re-elect Sir John Buchanan	628,309,111	70.10	616,762,355	11,546,756	632,211
8. To re-elect Mr Adrian Hennah	609,797,963	68.04	606,427,553	3,370,410	19,134,852
9. To re-elect Dr Pamela J. Kirby	627,843,223	70.05	613,407,143	14,436,080	1,089,815
10. To re-elect Mr Brian Larcombe	627,859,746	70.05	610,407,230	17,452,516	1,064,292
11. To re-elect Mr Joseph C. Papa	628,276,606	70.10	619,923,803	8,352,803	647,433
12. To re-elect Mr Ajay Piramal	628,277,619	70.10	625,049,234	3,228,385	655,420
13. To re-elect Richard De Schutter	628,240,985	70.09	609,030,802	19,210,183	683,053
14. To reappoint the auditors	616,205,570	68.75	604,680,417	11,525,153	12,740,001
15. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	628,311,227	70.10	619,816,947	8,494,280	623,912
16. To renew the Directors' authority to          allot shares	628,250,738	70.10	593,812,393	34,438,345	686,887
Special Business
17. To approve the Smith & Nephew         Sharesave Plan 2012	604,977,282	67.50	594,670,392	10,306,890	23,943,502
18. To approve the Smith & Nephew          International Sharesave Plan 2012	604,966,782	67.50	593,891,118	11,075,664	23,961,793
Special Resolutions
19. To renew the Directors' authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights	628,174,461	70.09	619,640,448	8,534,013	763,164
20  To renew the directors' limited authority         to make market purchases of the         Company's own shares	628,232,487	70.09	625,884,261	2,348,226	698,638
21 To authorise general meetings to be        held on 14 days' notice	628,317,086	70.10	562,253,494	66,063,592	624,236

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 10 April 2012 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 896,272,825.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility, which is situated at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm

Gemma Parsons

Deputy Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel:  [phone]

 

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