Last checked at 26 Apr 2023 15:36
26 April 2023
Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company")
The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 26 April 2023.
Resolution |
For/Discretion (Number of votes) |
Percentage For/Discretion (%) |
Against (Number of votes) |
Percentage Against (%) |
Total votes validly cast | Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%) |
Withheld (Number of votes) |
Ordinary resolutions
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1. To receive the audited accounts | 670,483,258 | 99.84% | 1,058,703 | 0.16% | 671,541,961 | 76.89% | 9,397,275 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 643,583,465 | 94.55% | 37,067,165 | 5.45% | 680,650,630 | 77.93% | 276,215 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding Policy) | 641,046,658 | 94.20% | 39,445,391 | 5.80% | 680,492,049 | 77.92% | 435,096 |
4. To declare a final dividend | 679,133,122 | 99.75% | 1,695,345 | 0.25% | 680,828,467 | 77.95% | 109,375 |
5. To elect Rupert Soames OBE | 680,002,485 | 99.92% | 567,599 | 0.08% | 680,570,084 | 77.92% | 198,284 |
6. To re-elect Erik Engstrom | 667,030,343 | 98.01% | 13,572,406 | 1.99% | 680,602,749 | 77.93% | 162,923 |
7. To re-elect Jo Hallas | 679,391,215 | 99.87% | 906,923 | 0.13% | 680,298,138 | 77.89% | 472,592 |
8. To re-elect John Ma | 679,750,850 | 99.92% | 535,182 | 0.08% | 680,286,032 | 77.89% | 485,842 |
9. To re-elect Katarzyna Mazur- Hofsaess | 679,545,034 | 99.86% | 977,461 | 0.14% | 680,522,495 | 77.92% | 248,833 |
10. To re-elect Rick Medlock | 664,201,587 | 97.65% | 16,009,217 | 2.35% | 680,210,804 | 77.88% | 560,758 |
11. To re-elect Deepak Nath | 679,741,205 | 99.88% | 846,634 | 0.12% | 680,587,839 | 77.93% | 184,193 |
12. To re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes | 675,454,792 | 99.25% | 5,119,680 | 0.75% | 680,574,472 | 77.92% | 197,914 |
13. To re-elect Marc Owen | 662,590,157 | 97.80% | 14,906,633 | 2.20% | 677,496,790 | 77.57% | 3,274,826 |
14. To re-elect Roberto Quarta | 594,958,477 | 90.56% | 61,986,117 | 9.44% | 656,944,594 | 75.22% | 23,834,180 |
15. To re-elect Angie Risley | 647,932,913 | 95.21% | 32,631,983 | 4.79% | 680,564,896 | 77.92% | 211,950 |
16. To re-elect Bob White | 679,174,177 | 99.83% | 1,128,451 | 0.17% | 680,302,628 | 77.89% | 476,148 |
17. To re-appoint the Auditor | 676,538,509 | 99.40% | 4,088,994 | 0.60% | 680,627,503 | 77.93% | 151,043 |
18. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor | 680,556,167 | 99.99% | 94,529 | 0.01% | 680,650,696 | 77.93% | 133,734 |
19. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 636,109,623 | 93.47% | 44,463,295 | 6.53% | 680,572,918 | 77.92% | 212,577 |
Special resolutions
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20. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights | 641,803,200 | 94.31% | 38,728,755 | 5.69% | 680,531,955 | 77.92% | 252,211 |
21. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments | 626,819,382 | 92.11% | 53,702,235 | 7.89% | 680,521,617 | 77.92% | 255,866 |
22. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares | 674,838,328 | 99.17% | 5,637,373 | 0.83% | 680,475,701 | 77.91% | 284,918 |
23. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice | 643,053,116 | 94.48% | 37,584,401 | 5.52% | 680,637,517 | 77.93% | 130,816 |
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 24 April 2023 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 873,375,066. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions, passed as Special Business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Helen Barraclough
Company Secretary
Smith & Nephew plc
Tel: +44 (0)1923 477100