Last checked at 18 Nov 2014 15:03
18 NOVEMBER 2014
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 18 November 2014 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 | 299,705,910 | 99.67 | 981,013 | 0.33 | 76.18% | 3,403,866 |
2 | Approval of Remuneration Policy | 280,811,132 | 94.97 | 14,877,828 | 5.03 | 74.91% | 8,401,829 |
3 | Approval of Remuneration Report | 282,664,143 | 93.62 | 19,249,494 | 6.38 | 76.49% | 2,177,153 |
4 | Declaration of Final Dividend | 302,961,273 | >99.99 | 1,846 | 76.76% | 1,127,671 | |
5 | Re-election of Bruno Angelici | 299,470,899 | 99.18 | 2,483,637 | 0.82 | 76.50% | 2,136,254 |
6 | Re-election of Philip Bowman | 299,578,521 | 99.59 | 1,233,841 | 0.41 | 76.21% | 3,278,427 |
7 | Re-election of Sir George Buckley | 298,356,911 | 98.81 | 3,600,423 | 1.19 | 76.50% | 2,133,455 |
8 | Re-election of David Challen | 300,722,915 | 99.62 | 1,138,798 | 0.38 | 76.48% | 2,229,076 |
9 | Re-election of Tanya Fratto | 301,333,302 | 99.79 | 626,836 | 0.21 | 76.50% | 2,130,652 |
10 | Re-election of Anne Quinn | 300,770,874 | 99.61 | 1,183,190 | 0.39 | 76.50% | 2,136,725 |
11 | Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit | 301,316,466 | 99.79 | 648,646 | 0.21 | 76.50% | 2,125,678 |
12 | Re-election of Peter Turner | 298,412,798 | 98.83 | 3,535,794 | 1.17 | 76.50% | 2,142,198 |
13 | Election of Bill Seeger | 301,858,463 | 99.97 | 94,997 | 0.03 | 76.50% | 2,137,330 |
14 | Reappointment of PwC as auditors | 297,228,764 | 98.43 | 4,732,684 | 1.57 | 76.50% | 2,129,341 |
15 | Auditors' remuneration | 302,256,247 | 99.77 | 681,916 | 0.23 | 76.75% | 1,152,626 |
16 | Authorities to allot shares | 280,843,995 | 93.23 | 20,384,265 | 6.77 | 76.32% | 2,862,530 |
17 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 292,792,307 | 98.93 | 3,161,552 | 1.07 | 74.98% | 8,136,931 |
18 | Market purchase of shares | 300,591,813 | 99.62 | 1,150,154 | 0.38 | 76.45% | 2,348,823 |
19 | Notice period for general meetings | 270,726,654 | 89.36 | 32,227,120 | 10.64 | 76.75% | 1,137,016 |
20 | Political donations etc. | 286,332,187 | 96.40 | 10,695,853 | 3.60 | 75.25% | 7,062,749 |
21 | US Employee share purchase plan | 300,424,756 | 99.51 | 1,475,267 | 0.49 | 76.49% | 2,190,767 |
* 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 394,704,857 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.
(iv) Resolutions Nos. 1 to 16 and 20 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions Nos. 17 to 19 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 18 November 2014 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.
LISTING RULE LR 9.6.11 R
Mr David Challen retired as the Chairman of the Audit Committee at the conclusion of the AGM on 18 November 2014 and was succeeded in that role by Mr Bill Seeger. Mr Challen continues as a non-executive director of the Company and remains its Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Neil Burdett
Deputy Secretary
+44 (0)20 7808 5574
secretary@smiths.com