Result of AGM

Smiths Group PLC

13 November 2024

 

13 NOVEMBER 2024

SMITHS GROUP PLC

RESULT OF AGM

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 10.00am on 13 November 2024. 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	Receipt of Report and Accounts	254,410,512	99.99	19,359	0.01	254,429,871	73.84%	4,792,125
2	Declaration of a final dividend	259,162,685	100.00	2,559	0.00	259,165,244	75.22%	56,752
3	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy	237,176,139	92.28	19,849,822	7.72	257,025,961	74.59%	2,196,034
4	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	244,711,754	95.23	12,260,023	4.77	256,971,777	74.58%	2,250,218
5	Approval of the Smiths Group Long Term Incentive Plan 2024 rules	243,621,181	94.78	13,424,437	5.22	257,045,618	74.60%	2,176,377
6	Approval of the Smiths Group Sharesave Scheme 2024 rules	254,979,194	99.19	2,094,925	0.81	257,074,119	74.61%	2,147,876
7	Election of Roland Carter as a Director	257,322,023	99.29	1,831,311	0.71	259,153,334	75.21%	68,662
8	Election of Alister Cowan as a Director	257,316,229	99.29	1,837,482	0.71	259,153,711	75.21%	68,285
9	Re-election of Pam Cheng as a Director	250,525,058	96.67	8,632,565	3.33	259,157,623	75.21%	64,372
10	Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a Director	251,533,507	97.06	7,627,921	2.94	259,161,428	75.21%	60,567
11	Re-election of Karin Hoeing as a Director	250,450,408	96.64	8,702,902	3.36	259,153,310	75.21%	68,685
12	Re-election of Richard Howes as a Director	257,264,990	99.27	1,887,914	0.73	259,152,904	75.21%	69,092
13	Re-election of Clare Scherrer as a Director	255,713,360	98.67	3,447,759	1.33	259,161,119	75.21%	60,877
14	Re-election of Mark Seligman as a Director	257,267,855	99.27	1,893,268	0.73	259,161,123	75.21%	60,873
15	Re-election of Noel Tata as a Director	238,363,493	92.35	19,741,519	7.65	258,105,012	74.91%	1,116,984
16	Re-election of Steve Williams as a Director	244,048,652	96.47	8,924,254	3.53	252,972,906	73.42%	6,249,089
17	Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors	258,125,640	99.60	1,033,326	0.40	259,158,966	75.21%	63,030
18	Authorise Audit & Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration	259,127,171	99.99	20,074	0.01	259,147,245	75.21%	74,751
19	Authority to make political donations and expenditure	245,997,736	96.08	10,029,678	3.92	256,027,414	74.30%	3,194,581
20	Authority to allot shares	246,380,923	95.07	12,782,372	4.93	259,163,295	75.21%	58,701
21	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	238,107,723	91.88	21,038,527	8.12	259,146,250	75.21%	75,746
22	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights	231,918,095	89.49	27,243,296	10.51	259,161,391	75.21%	60,604
23	Authority to make market purchases of shares	258,091,987	99.60	1,038,654	0.40	259,130,641	75.21%	91,355
24	Authority to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	245,593,840	94.81	13,431,499	5.19	259,025,339	75.17%	196,656

Notes

As at 6.30 p.m. on 11 November 2024, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 344,563,788 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 344,563,788.

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 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.3.6R(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

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Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

About Smiths Group

For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, safety & security, aerospace & defence, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.15,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com

 

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