Last checked at 6 Apr 2017 16:50
6 April 2017
Smith & Nephew plc
Smith & Nephew announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 2pm on 6 April 2017.
Resolution | For/Discretion (Number of votes) |
Percentage For/Discretion (%) | Against (Number of votes) | Total votes validly cast | Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%) | Withheld (Number of votes) |
Ordinary resolutions | ||||||
1. To receive and adopt the audited accounts | 586,180,837
| 99.99
| 37,534 | 586,218,371
| 66.99%
| 3,590,379
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 578,383,031
| 98.30
| 10,003,885 | 588,386,916
| 67.24%
| 1,422,700
|
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 581,873,387
| 98.85
| 6,787,211 | 588,660,598
| 67.27%
| 1,149,020
|
4. To declare a final dividend | 589,547,729
| 99.99
| 33,462 | 589,581,191
| 67.38%
| 228,427
|
5. To elect Graham Baker | 582,628,820
| 98.84
| 6,821,757 | 589,450,577
| 67.36%
| 356,179
|
6. To re-elect Vinita Bali | 572,852,757
| 98.36
| 9,552,476 | 582,405,233 | 66.56%
| 7,401,522
|
7. To re-elect Ian Barlow | 582,950,675
| 98.90
| 6,490,084 | 589,440,759
| 67.36%
| 365,996
|
8. To re-elect Olivier Bohuon | 581,360,475
| 98.63
| 8,103,117 | 589,463,592
| 67.36%
| 343,164
|
9. To re-elect The Rt. Hon Baroness Virginia Bottomley of Nettlestone DL | 577,518,717
| 98.00
| 11,789,298 | 589,308,015
| 67.35%
| 495,998
|
10.To re-elect Erik Engstrom | 587,911,230
| 99.74
| 1,523,899 | 589,435,129
| 67.36%
| 371,626
|
11. To re-elect Robin Freestone | 584,937,298
| 99.26
| 4,354,614 | 589,291,912
| 67.34%
| 514,843
|
12. To re-elect Michael Friedman | 586,040,203
| 99.43
| 3,382,780 | 589,422,983
| 67.36%
| 383,772
|
13. To re-elect Joseph Papa | 575,007,776
| 97.55
| 14,428,481 | 589,436,257
| 67.36%
| 370,548
|
14. To re-elect Roberto Quarta | 560,911,073
| 95.24
| 28,059,117 | 588,970,190
| 67.31%
| 836,614
|
15. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the Auditor | 588,684,358
| 99.85
| 871,493 | 589,555,851
| 67.37%
| 252,816
|
16. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor | 589,372,184
| 99.97
| 174,796 | 589,546,980
| 67.37%
| 262,588
|
17. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 577,005,741
| 97.87
| 12,530,446 | 589,536,187
| 67.37%
| 271,940
|
Special resolutions | ||||||
18. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights | 552,659,786
| 95.87
| 23,798,582 | 576,458,368
| 65.88%
| 13,349,807
|
19. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares | 583,914,861
| 99.06
| 5,544,056 | 589,458,917
| 67.36%
| 348,960
|
20. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice | 534,299,941
| 91.08
| 52,322,789 | 586,622,730
| 67.04%
| 3,184,846
|
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 6 April 2017 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 875,057,786. 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.
A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Susan Swabey
Company Secretary
Smith & Nephew plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 7401 7646