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RNS Number : 9139G  Smith & Nephew Plc  30 April 2025

30 April 2025

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 on 30(th) April 2025. All
resolutions proposed were passed by shareholders and the results of the polls
are as follows:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    Percentage  of relevant shares

     Resolution                                                                   For/Discretion   Percentage For/Discretion   Against      Percentage   Total votes validly cast   in issue                         Withheld

                                                                                  (Number of       (%)                         (Number of   Against                                 (%)                              (Number of votes)

                                                                                  votes)                                       votes)       (%)
     Ordinary resolutions

 1   To receive the audited accounts                                              699,314,224      98.98                       7,221,684    1.02         706,535,908                80.66                            17,289,574
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding Policy)             662,105,430      92.60                       52,896,564   7.40         715,001,994                81.63                            9,339,790
 3   To declare a final dividend                                                  716,790,066      99.05                       6,905,085    0.95         723,695,151                82.62                            128,275
 4   To elect Sybella Stanley                                                     712,722,022      99.00                       7,165,720    1.00         719,887,742                82.18                            3,810,440
 5   To re-elect Rupert Soames OBE                                                626,576,775      87.73                       87,627,349   12.27        714,204,124                81.54                            9,580,701
 6   To re-elect Jo Hallas                                                        717,021,891      99.10                       6,539,129    0.90         723,561,020                82.60                            236,523
 7   To re-elect Simon Lowth                                                      701,842,901      97.00                       21,716,546   3.00         723,559,447                82.60                            237,970
 8   To re-elect John Ma                                                          716,518,455      99.03                       7,038,556    0.97         723,557,011                82.60                            240,576
 9   To re-elect Jeremy Maiden                                                    716,019,625      98.96                       7,539,764    1.04         723,559,389                82.60                            238,315
 10  To re-elect Katarzyna Mazur-   Hofsaess                                      716,984,727      99.09                       6,569,914    0.91         723,554,641                82.60                            242,863
 11  To re-elect Deepak Nath                                                      716,939,175      99.08                       6,641,438    0.92         723,580,613                82.61                            217,653
 12  To re-elect Marc Owen                                                        698,758,475      97.05                       21,209,644   2.95         719,968,119                82.19                            3,829,377
 13  To re-elect Angie Risley                                                     683,221,045      94.43                       40,318,498   5.57         723,539,543                82.60                            258,183
 14  To re-elect John Rogers                                                      713,836,073      98.65                       9,739,785    1.35         723,575,858                82.61                            218,596
 15  To re-elect Bob White(1)
 16  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Auditor                                    717,912,230      99.21                       5,740,883    0.79         723,653,113                82.61                            167,021
 17  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor      717,941,271      99.21                       5,726,844    0.79         723,668,115                82.62                            156,301

 18  To renew the authorisation of the Directors to allot shares                  676,383,112      93.47                       47,221,750   6.53         723,604,862                82.61                            209,028

     Special resolutions

 19  To renew the Directors'authorityfor the disapplication of the pre-emption    673,505,058      93.09                       49,992,851   6.91         723,497,909                82.60                            314,383
     rights

 20  To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption  662,347,940      91.54                       61,181,098   8.46         723,529,038                82.60                            284,514
     rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments

 21  To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the    715,166,744      98.97                       7,424,409    1.03         722,591,153                82.49                            1,224,785
     Company's own shares

 22  To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice            665,588,773      91.98                       58,035,592   8.02         723,624,365                82.61                            178,907

1.          Resolution 15 was withdrawn due to Bob White stepping
down from the Board on 30 April 2025.

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 28 April 2025 at 6pm (excluding
shares held in Treasury) was 877,710,150. 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 FCA National Storage Mechanism and
will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

Helen Barraclough

Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0)1923 477100

 

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