Last checked at 14 Nov 2017 15:00
14 NOVEMBER 2017
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 14 November 2017. The results of the poll are:
Resolutions | Votes For | % For | Votes Against | % Against |
Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital |
Votes withheld | |
Shares | Shares | Shares | |||||
1 | Receive Annual Report | 292,833,713 | 99.53 | 1,394,233 | 0.47 | 74.35% | 559,819 |
2 | Approval of Remuneration Report | 277,476,524 | 98.14 | 5,256,419 | 1.86 | 71.45% | 12,054,822 |
3 | Approval of Dividend | 294,580,934 | 99.99 | 21,788 | 0.01 | 74.45% | 185,043 |
4 | Re-election of Bruno Angelici | 294,485,160 | 99.96 | 115,610 | 0.04 | 74.45% | 186,995 |
5 | Re-election of Sir George Buckley | 279,882,731 | 95.28 | 13,864,277 | 4.72 | 74.23% | 1,040,757 |
6 | Re-election of Tanya Fratto | 293,992,814 | 99.79 | 605,404 | 0.21 | 74.45% | 189,547 |
7 | Re-election of Anne Quinn | 293,780,400 | 99.72 | 821,684 | 0.28 | 74.45% | 185,681 |
8 | Re-election of Bill Seeger | 292,813,770 | 99.39 | 1,789,918 | 0.61 | 74.45% | 184,077 |
9 | Re-election of Mark Seligman | 294,445,590 | 99.95 | 147,431 | 0.05 | 74.44% | 194,744 |
10 | Re-election of Andy Reynolds Smith | 294,554,614 | 99.98 | 46,276 | 0.02 | 74.45% | 186,875 |
11 | Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit | 281,340,738 | 95.95 | 11,883,998 | 4.05 | 74.10% | 1,563,029 |
12 | Election of Noel Tata | 253,031,314 | 86.03 | 41,085,424 | 13.97 | 74.32% | 671,027 |
13 | Reappointment of PwC as auditors | 289,448,261 | 98.25 | 5,152,139 | 1.75 | 74.45% | 187,365 |
14 | Auditors' remuneration | 294,304,535 | 99.91 | 278,561 | 0.09 | 74.44% | 204,669 |
15 | Authority to allot shares | 276,211,736 | 93.76 | 18,389,325 | 6.24 | 74.45% | 186,704 |
16 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 285,699,047 | 98.77 | 3,558,429 | 1.23 | 73.10% | 5,530,289 |
17 | Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions and capital investment) | 270,697,006 | 93.58 | 18,560,021 | 6.42 | 73.10% | 5,530,738 |
18 | Market purchase of shares | 291,802,449 | 99.12 | 2,602,459 | 0.88 | 74.40% | 382,857 |
19 | Notice period for general meetings | 282,421,382 | 95.87 | 12,179,776 | 4.13 | 74.45% | 186,607 |
20 | Political donations | 283,931,534 | 96.41 | 10,567,198 | 3.59 | 74.42% | 289,033 |
21 | Update to Articles of Association | 291,650,034 | 99.73 | 783,954 | 0.27 | 73.90% | 2,353,777 |
As at 12 November 2017 the Issued Share Capital of the Company was 395,725,866 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 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 6 to 19 and 21 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 have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
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