Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4392I

Smiths Group PLC

18 November 2008

 



18 NOVEMBER 2008

SMITHS GROUP PLC - RESULT OF AGM

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on 18 November 2008 were subject to polls and were passed by the necessary majority.  

Details of the results of the polls on the resolutions are shown below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.smiths.com.

No.	Resolutions	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes withheld	Votes total
1.	Adoption of Report and Accounts	278,828,526	>99.99	3,068	<0.01	21,840	278,853,434
2.	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	192,840,094	77.14	57,156,438	22.86	27,232,492	277,229,024
3.	Declaration of final dividend	278,833,547	>99.99	11,383	<0.01	7,916	278,852,846
4.	Re-election of Mr P. Bowman as a director	274,177,203	98.34	4,635,402	1.66	40,829	278,853,434
5.	Reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor	277,822,186	99.88	329,844	0.12	431,404	278,583,434
6.	Auditor's remuneration	278,635,064	99.93	185,940	0.07	31,764	278,852,768
7.	Renewal of powers under Article 6 and section 80 of Companies Act 1985	278,144,255	99.76	669,595	0.24	36,251	278,850,101
8.	Renewal of powers under Article 7 and section 95 of Companies Act 1985	278,729,646	99.97	84,854	0.03	38,734	278,853,234
9.	Authority to make market purchases of shares	278,682,742	99.95	149,337	0.05	21,355	278,853,434
10.	Authority to make political donations etc.	276,338,654	99.33	1,867,891	0.67	646,889	278,853,434

Notes:

(i)    Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the 'votes for' column.

(ii)    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.

(iii)    There are 389,001,619 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue.

(iv)    Resolutions Nos. 1 to 7 and 10 were ordinary resolutions. Resolutions Nos. 8 and 9 were special resolutions.

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.2 R

The Company has forwarded to the Document Viewing Facility of the UK Listing Authority two copies of the resolutions not constituting ordinary business which were passed at the Annual General Meeting.

The above-mentioned copies will shortly be available for viewing at the Document Viewing Facility, at the address below, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on every weekday except bank holidays.  

Document Viewing Facility

UK Listing Authority

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London  E14 5HS

Printed copies of the resolutions may be obtained by writing to The Secretary, Smiths Group plc, 765 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DS.

Enquiries:

Smiths Group plc    Peter Durman        tel: [phone]

 

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