Result of AGM; director retires; new SID appointed

RNS Number : 0499G
Smiths Group PLC
17 November 2015
 



17 NOVEMBER 2015

SMITHS GROUP PLC

1.       RESULT OF AGM

2.       RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT AGM FILED WITH NATIONAL STORAGE MECHANISM

3.       RETIREMENT OF A DIRECTOR AND CHANGE TO THE SENIOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

1.       LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R - RESULT OF AGM

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 17 November 2015 were subject to polls and were passed by the necessary majority. 

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

 

Resolutions

Votes

For

%  

For

Votes

Against

% Against

% of ISC* voted

 

Votes withheld



Shares


Shares



Shares

1

Report & Accounts

307,086,313

99.57

1,327,805

0.43

78.06%

2,809,924

2

Approval of

Remuneration Policy

278,345,426

96.40

10,397,058

3.60

73.08%

22,481,558

3

Approval of

Remuneration Report

264,500,742

91.60

24,254,693

8.40

73.09%

22,468,607

4

Declaration of Final  Dividend

309,857,515

100.00

0

0.00

78.43%

1,366,527

5

Re-election of Bruno Angelici

284,958,441

98.68

3,819,358

1.32

73.09%

22,446,243

6

Re-election of

Sir George Buckley

304,063,941

98.14

5,778,372

1.86

78.42%

1,381,729

7

Re-election of Tanya Fratto

308,949,914

99.71

889,375

0.29

78.42%

1,384,753

8

Re-election of Anne Quinn

303,775,205

98.04

6,064,143

1.96

78.42%

1,384,694

9

Re-election of Bill Seeger

308,897,533

99.70

937,821

0.30

78.42%

1,388,688

10

Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit

308,586,994

99.68

990,811

0.32

78.36%

1,646,237

11

Election of Chris O'Shea

307,916,451

99.38

1,923,487

0.62

78.42%

1,384,104

12

Election of

Andrew Reynolds Smith

309,056,092

99.75

785,994

0.25

78.42%

1,381,956

13

Reappointment of

PwC as auditors

301,969,522

97.45

7,908,667

2.55

78.43%

1,345,853

14

Auditors' remuneration

309,608,726

99.92

251,678

0.08

78.43%

1,363,638

15

Authorities to allot shares

289,720,259

94.28

17,585,681

5.72

77.78%

3,918,102

16

Disapplication of

pre-emption rights

277,601,938

91.33

26,339,531

8.67

76.93%

7,282,573

17

Market purchase of shares

309,762,168

99.96

114,262

0.04

78.43%

1,347,612

18

Notice period for

general meetings

285,559,108

92.15

24,318,193

7.85

78.43%

1,346,741

19

Political donations etc.

293,857,198

96.97

9,167,627

3.03

76.70%

8,199,217

20

Sharesave Scheme

304,086,011

98.14

5,769,050

1.86

78.43%

1,368,981

21

Long Term Incentive Plan

281,386,895

97.84

6,213,016

2.16

72.79%

23,624,131

 

*           ISC = issued share capital of the Company

 

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 were 395,093,744 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.

 

(iv)      Resolutions Nos. 1 to 15 and 19 to 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  Resolutions Nos. 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions.

 

2.       LISTING RULE LR 9.6.3 R - COPIES OF AGM RESOLUTIONS

A copy of all the resolutions passed at the AGM held on 17 November 2015 will be uploaded to the UK Financial Conduct Authority National Storage Mechanism.  This may be viewed online by visiting the National Storage Mechanism website at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

3.       LISTING RULE LR 9.6.11 R - DIRECTORATE CHANGES

Mr David Challen retired as a director and as the Senior Independent Director of the Company and resigned his memberships of all Board Committees at the conclusion of the AGM on 17 November 2015. 

Sir Kevin Tebbit took over the role of Senior Independent Director of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the AGM.

 

 

Neil Burdett

Deputy Secretary

+44 (0)20 7808 5574

secretary@smiths.com

17 November 2015


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