Result of AGM

Smiths Group PLC

16 November 2023

 

16 NOVEMBER 2023

SMITHS GROUP PLC

RESULT OF AGM & DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held at 11:00am on 16 November 2023. The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:

		VOTES FOR	% OF VOTES CAST FOR	VOTES AGAINST	% OF VOTES CAST AGAINST	VOTES TOTAL	VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISC	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report & Accounts for year ended 31 July 2023	266,556,215	99.84	440,087	0.16	266,996,302	76.82%	5,691,361
2	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	262,514,509	97.53	6,640,919	2.47	269,155,428	77.45%	3,532,235
3	Declare a final dividend of 28.7p per share	272,660,916	100.00	3,971	0.00	272,664,887	78.46%	22,776
4	Election of Steve Williams as a Director	259,442,228	98.18	4,813,086	1.82	264,255,314	76.04%	8,432,349
5	Re-election of Pam Cheng as a Director	271,126,801	99.83	464,321	0.17	271,591,122	78.15%	1,096,541
6	Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a Director	272,194,002	99.83	465,800	0.17	272,659,802	78.45%	27,861
7	Re-election of Karin Hoeing as a Director	270,932,704	99.76	662,857	0.24	271,595,561	78.15%	1,092,102
8	Re-election of Richard Howes as a Director	271,140,489	99.83	459,100	0.17	271,599,589	78.15%	1,088,074
9	Re-election of Paul Keel as a Director	272,627,791	99.99	23,572	0.01	272,651,363	78.45%	36,300
10	Re-election of Clare Scherrer as a Director	269,847,887	98.97	2,807,567	1.03	272,655,454	78.45%	32,209
11	Re-election of William Seeger as a Director	269,790,563	98.95	2,864,511	1.05	272,655,074	78.45%	32,589
12	Re-election of Mark Seligman as a Director	270,605,255	99.25	2,046,709	0.75	272,651,964	78.45%	35,699
13	Re-election of Noel Tata as a Director	240,542,895	88.57	31,047,131	11.43	271,590,026	78.15%	1,097,637
14	Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor	271,547,601	99.59	1,105,349	0.41	272,652,950	78.45%	34,713
15	Authority for Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors	272,627,624	99.99	15,987	0.01	272,643,611	78.45%	43,528
16	Authority to Directors to allot shares	261,580,589	95.94	11,070,798	4.06	272,651,387	78.45%	36,276
17	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	250,341,185	91.82	22,288,955	8.18	272,630,140	78.45%	57,523
18	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	247,207,633	90.81	25,007,973	9.19	272,215,606	78.33%	472,057
19	Authority to make market purchases of shares	271,536,649	99.59	1,106,930	0.41	272,643,579	78.45%	44,084
20	Authority to call general meetings other than Annual General Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	253,247,783	93.24	18,346,419	6.76	271,594,202	78.15%	1,093,461
21	Authority to make political donations and expenditure	254,998,202	94.73	14,188,026	5.27	269,186,228	77.46%	3,501,435

Notes

As at 6.30 p.m. on 14 November 2023, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 347,538,330 ordinary shares of 37.5p. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in treasury, and therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at the voting record time were 347,538,330.

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 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.

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

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at www.smiths.com/investors/general-meetings.

Enquiries

Siobhán Andrews, Investor Relations

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Tom Steiner, External Communications

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Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary

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Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

About Smiths Group

For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving our world through smarter engineering. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets:  Energy, General Industry, Safety & Security, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs more than 15,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com.

 

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