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19 NOVEMBER 2013
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 ("AGM") held on 19 November 2013 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 Report & Accounts | 290,395,051 | 99.59 | 1,206,009 | 0.41 | 73.96% | 3,471,793 |
2 | Approval of Remuneration Report | 273,188,230 | 96.17 | 10,892,101 | 3.83 | 72.05% | 10,992,522 |
3. | Declaration of Final Dividend | 294,065,771 | >99.99 | 2,499 | 74.59% | 1,004,583 | |
4. | Re-election of Bruno Angelici | 292,713,070 | 99.54 | 1,345,724 | 0.46 | 74.58% | 1,014,059 |
5. | Re-election of Philip Bowman | 292,983,711 | 99.63 | 1,076,499 | 0.37 | 74.58% | 1,012,643 |
6. | Re-election of David Challen | 291,845,140 | 99.29 | 2,096,442 | 0.71 | 74.55% | 1,131,271 |
7. | Re-election of Tanya Fratto | 293,596,658 | 99.84 | 466,090 | 0.16 | 74.58% | 1,010,105 |
8. | Re-election of Anne Quinn | 292,364,812 | 99.42 | 1,692,726 | 0.58 | 74.58% | 1,015,315 |
9. | Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit | 293,457,265 | 99.80 | 599,841 | 0.20 | 74.58% | 1,015,747 |
10. | Re-election of Peter Turner | 293,602,387 | 99.84 | 463,421 | 0.16 | 74.58% | 1,007,045 |
11. | Election of Sir George Buckley | 292,436,945 | 99.45 | 1,628,335 | 0.55 | 74.58% | 1,007,508 |
12. | Reappointment of PwC as auditors | 284,812,379 | 98.07 | 5,597,043 | 1.93 | 73.66% | 4,663,366 |
13. | Auditors' remuneration | 289,583,708 | 99.72 | 809,724 | 0.28 | 73.65% | 4,678,921 |
14. | Authorities to allot shares | 271,380,919 | 96.32 | 10,379,342 | 3.68 | 71.46% | 13,312,592 |
15. | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 287,772,859 | 99.85 | 440,916 | 0.15 | 73.10% | 6,859,078 |
16. | Market purchase of shares | 293,929,721 | 99.95 | 137,659 | 0.05 | 74.58% | 1,005,473 |
17. | Notice period for general meetings | 267,150,158 | 90.85 | 26,914,652 | 9.15 | 74.58% | 1,008,043 |
18. | Political donations etc. | 285,823,426 | 98.42 | 4,577,963 | 1.58 | 73.66% | 4,671,464 |
19. | Declaration of special dividend | 294,054,726 | >99.99 | 10,845 | >0.01 | 74.58% | 1,007,282 |
* 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 394,271,811 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 19 November 2013 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.
LISTING RULE LR 9.6.11 R
Mr Donald Brydon retired as a director of the Company and as Chairman at the conclusion of the AGM on 19 November 2013. As planned, Sir George Buckley, who became a non-executive director of the Company and Deputy Chairman on 1 August 2013, has succeeded Mr Brydon as Chairman and will chair the Nominations Committee.
Neil Burdett
Deputy Secretary
+44 (0)20 7808 5574
secretary@smiths.com