15 Nov 2016 16:05
15 NOVEMBER 2016
SMITHS GROUP PLC
1. RESULT OF AGM
2. RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT AGM FILED WITH NATIONAL STORAGE MECHANISM
1. LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R - RESULT OF AGM
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 15 November 2016 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 | Report & Accounts | 285,035,735 | 99.58 | 1,200,710 | 0.42 | 72.39% | 490,594 |
2 | Approval ofRemuneration Report | 269,575,472 | 97.82 | 6,021,703 | 2.18 | 69.70% | 11,129,864 |
3 | Declaration of Final Dividend | 286,456,107 | >99.99 | 793 | 72.45% | 270,139 | |
4 | Re-election of Bruno Angelici | 261,184,771 | 98.69 | 3,462,761 | 1.31 | 66.93% | 22,079,507 |
5 | Re-election ofSir George Buckley | 279,417,338 | 97.61 | 6,839,728 | 2.39 | 72.40% | 469,973 |
6 | Re-election of Tanya Fratto | 285,394,314 | 99.63 | 1,045,949 | 0.37 | 72.44% | 286,776 |
7 | Re-election of Chris O'Shea | 285,591,804 | 99.70 | 849,373 | 0.30 | 72.44% | 285,862 |
8 | Re-election of Anne Quinn | 285,228,879 | 99.57 | 1,218,998 | 0.43 | 72.44% | 279,162 |
9 | Re-election of Bill Seeger | 285,427,942 | 99.64 | 1,020,666 | 0.36 | 72.44% | 278,431 |
10 | Re-election ofAndy Reynolds Smith | 286,414,808 | 99.99 | 28,056 | 0.01 | 72.44% | 284,175 |
11 | Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit | 283,035,665 | 98.81 | 3,410,973 | 1.19 | 72.44% | 280,401 |
12 | Election of Mark Seligman | 285,481,674 | 99.66 | 963,716 | 0.34 | 72.44% | 281,649 |
13 | Reappointment ofPwC as auditors | 280,163,760 | 97.80 | 6,289,267 | 2.20 | 72.44% | 274,012 |
14 | Auditors' remuneration | 285,912,367 | 99.82 | 522,519 | 0.18 | 72.44% | 292,153 |
15 | Authorities to allot shares | 252,212,602 | 89.73 | 28,866,817 | 10.27 | 71.09% | 5,647,620 |
16 | Disapplication ofpre-emption rights | 265,969,312 | 94.98 | 14,052,885 | 5.02 | 70.82% | 6,704,842 |
17 | Disapplication ofpre-emption rights(acquisitions and capital investment) | 253,457,563 | 90.59 | 26,330,818 | 9.41 | 70.76% | 6,938,658 |
18 | Market purchase of shares | 282,274,277 | 99.19 | 2,295,707 | 0.81 | 71.97% | 2,157,055 |
19 | Notice period forgeneral meetings | 257,776,965 | 90.59 | 26,789,417 | 9.41 | 71.97% | 2,160,656 |
20 | Political donations | 268,275,804 | 95.41 | 12,909,775 | 4.59 | 71.11% | 5,541,460 |
* 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 395,409,581 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.
(iv) Resolutions Nos. 1 to 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions Nos. 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
2. LISTING RULE LR 9.6.3 R - COPIES OF AGM RESOLUTIONS
A copy of all the resolutions passed at the AGM held on 15 November 2016 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.
Neil Burdett
Deputy Secretary
+44 (0)20 7004 1674
secretary@smiths.com
15 November 2016
Smiths Group (SMIN)