Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5916S

Smiths Group PLC

22 November 2011

 



22 NOVEMBER 2011

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 22 November 2011 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.	Adoption of Annual Report	276,039,114	99.68%	873,053	0.32%	70.54%	256,789
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	158,365,888	68.50%	72,820,779	31.50%	58.89%	45,981,889
3.	Approval of Dividend	276,908,415	>99.99%	7,775	<0.01%	70.54%	252,766
4.	Re-election of Bruno Angelici	266,624,091	96.33%	10,145,397	3.67%	70.51%	399,468
5.	Re-election of Philip Bowman	275,689,047	99.65%	964,006	0.35%	70.48%	515,903
6.	Re-election of Donald Brydon	264,261,800	95.43%	12,641,380	4.57%	70.54%	265,776
7.	Re-election of David Challen	266,730,935	96.33%	10,161,118	3.67%	70.54%	276,903
8.	Re-election of Stuart Chambers	262,738,977	96.28%	10,137,864	3.72%	69.52%	4,292,115
9.	Re-election of Anne Quinn	266,514,573	96.27%	10,330,670	3.73%	70.53%	323,713
10.	Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit	266,737,376	96.33%	10,156,378	3.67%	70.54%	275,202
11.	Re-election of Peter Turner	276,330,941	99.80%	566,179	0.20%	70.54%	271,836
12.	Appointment of PwC as auditors	276,628,105	99.90%	277,399	0.10%	70.54%	263,452
13.	Auditors' remuneration	275,983,817	99.96%	109,813	0.04%	70.34%	1,075,326
14.	Authorities to allot shares	270,260,040	98.24%	4,851,854	1.76%	70.08%	2,056,662
15.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	275,281,402	99.70%	818,568	0.30%	70.34%	1,068,586
16.	Market purchase of shares	271,081,885	99.55%	1,221,496	0.45%	69.36%	4,865,575
17.	Notice period for general meetings	248,318,929	89.68%	28,584,229	10.32%	70.54%	265,398
18.	Political donations etc.	270,916,006	98.45%	4,270,533	1.55%	70.10%	1,982,017
19.	Approval of 2011 LTIP	268,582,378	98.73%	3,468,115	1.27%	69.31%	5,118,063

*           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 392,540,826 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.

(iv)      Resolutions Nos. 1 to 14 and 18 and 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  Resolutions Nos. 15 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.3 R

A copy of all the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 22 November 2011 will be uploaded to the UK Financial Services Authority National Storage Mechanism.  This may be viewed online by visiting the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Neil Burdett

Deputy Secretary

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