Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4838F

Smiths Group PLC

16 November 2020

 

16 NOVEMBER 2020

SMITHS GROUP PLC

RESULT OF AGM

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that a poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') on 16 November 2020. The results of the poll are:

		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	VOTES TOTAL	% of ISC VOTED	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Adoption of Annual Report FY2020	323,416,953	99.84	525,438	0.16	323,942,391	81.73%	3,677,976
2	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	319,572,256	97.58	7,911,798	2.42	327,484,054	82.63%	136,313
3	Declaration of a final dividend	327,529,905	100.00	713	0.00	327,530,618	82.64%	89,749
4	Election of Pam Cheng as a director	327,487,922	99.99	25,516	0.01	327,513,438	82.63%	106,929
5	Election of Karin Hoeing as a director	327,486,640	99.99	25,086	0.01	327,511,726	82.63%	108,641
6	Re-election of Sir George Buckley as a director	320,498,325	97.86	7,012,208	2.14	327,510,533	82.63%	109,834
7	Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a director	327,477,591	99.99	38,272	0.01	327,515,863	82.63%	104,504
8	Re-election of Tanya Fratto as a director	323,547,535	98.79	3,970,358	1.21	327,517,893	82.63%	102,474
9	Re-election of William Seeger as a director	324,879,086	99.20	2,636,271	0.80	327,515,357	82.63%	105,010
10	Re-election of Mark Seligman as a director	318,599,672	97.28	8,913,028	2.72	327,512,700	82.63%	107,667
11	Re-election of John Shipsey as a director	326,066,883	99.56	1,450,157	0.44	327,517,040	82.63%	100,122
12	Re-election of Andrew Reynolds Smith as a director	327,487,684	99.99	26,543	0.01	327,514,227	82.63%	106,140
13	Re-election of Noel Tata as a director	286,909,747	87.77	39,975,637	12.23	326,885,384	82.48%	734,983
14	Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors	327,476,358	99.99	47,157	0.01	327,523,515	82.64%	96,852
15	Auditors' remuneration	327,474,534	99.99	38,740	0.01	327,513,274	82.63%	107,093
16	Authority to issue shares	305,443,116	93.25	22,115,833	6.75	327,558,949	82.65%	61,418
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	317,978,860	97.08	9,552,894	2.92	327,531,754	82.64%	88,613
18	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	306,517,464	93.59	21,010,550	6.41	327,528,014	82.64%	92,353
19	Authority to make market purchases of shares	318,783,301	97.36	8,651,798	2.64	327,435,099	82.61%	185,268
20	Authority to call general meetings on short notice	310,838,667	94.91	16,686,252	5.09	327,524,919	82.64%	95,448
21	Authority to make political donations and expenditure	314,174,120	97.80	7,067,729	2.20	321,241,849	81.05%	6,378,518

As at 13 November 2020 the Issued Share Capital of the Company was 396,343,060 ordinary shares of 37.5p.

Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution. 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.

Resolutions 1 to 16 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its AGM will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk .

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

Enquiries:

Matthew Whyte

Deputy Company Secretary

[e-mail]  

 

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