REG - Smith & Nephew Plc - Result of AGM

Smith & NephewAnnouncement

13/04/2022 16:45

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20220413:nRSM3222Ia&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 3222I  Smith & Nephew Plc  13 April 2022

13 April 2022

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 2:00pm today, Wednesday 13 April
2022.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                                           664,425,311      99.99                       75,270       0.01         664,500,581                76.11%                           6,318,184

 1. To receive the audited accounts                                             647,076,103      96.71                       22,010,946   3.29         669,087,049                76.63%                           1,731,661
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding Policy)            670,108,273      99.90                       645,898      0.10         670,754,171                76.82%                           56,206
 3. To declare a final dividend                                                 659,390,282      98.33                       11,181,263   1.67         670,571,545                76.80%                           231,488
 5. To re-elect Erik Engstrom                                                   533,828,518      80.32                       130,789,034  19.68        664,617,552                76.12%                           6,183,826
 6. To re-elect Robin Freestone                                                 669,261,927      99.81                       1,298,218    0.19         670,560,145                76.80%                           241,825
 7. To re-elect John Ma                                                         669,355,641      99.82                       1,198,767    0.18         670,554,408                76.80%                           250,605
 8. To re-elect Katazyna Mazur-Hofsaess                                         669,272,186      99.81                       1,291,117    0.19         670,563,303                76.80%                           237,494
 9. To re-elect Rick Medlock                                                    669,388,099      99.82                       1,206,511    0.18         670,594,610                76.81%                           204,733
 10. To elect Deepak Nath                                                       669,415,203      99.82                       1,197,430    0.18         670,612,633                76.81%                           188,556
 11. To re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes                                          666,255,057      99.35                       4,383,825    0.65         670,638,882                76.81%                           162,331
 12. To re-elect Marc Owen                                                      656,581,977      97.92                       13,976,614   2.08         670,558,591                76.80%                           237,798
 13. To re-elect Roberto Quarta                                                 645,255,675      96.67                       22,223,357   3.33         667,479,032                76.45%                           3,322,067
 14. To re-elect Angie Risley                                                   653,130,218      97.40                       17,463,874   2.60         670,594,092                76.80%                           206,153
 15. To re-elect Bob White                                                      669,151,863      99.78                       1,444,963    0.22         670,596,826                76.81%                           203,349
 16. To re-appoint the Auditor                                                  667,263,495      99.49                       3,432,711    0.51         670,696,206                76.82%                           106,872
 17.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor   670,313,093      99.94                       390,160      0.06         670,703,253                76.82%                           112,650
 18. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares                          611,707,921      91.21                       58,959,562   8.79         670,667,483                76.81%                           137,552
 19. To approve the Smith+Nephew Sharesave Plan (2022)                          670,137,434      99.92                       511,247      0.08         670,648,681                76.81%                           172,260
 20. To approve the Smith+Nephew International Sharesave Plan (2022)            670,036,239      99.91                       611,511      0.09         670,647,750                76.81%                           173,595
 Special resolutions

 21. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the            659,535,518      98.49                       10,135,763   1.51         669,671,281                76.70%                           1,146,364
 pre-emption rights
 22. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the            645,603,472      96.39                       24,175,265   3.61         669,778,737                76.71%                           1,035,644
 pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital
 investments
 23. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the  667,551,508      99.58                       2,830,024    0.42         670,381,532                76.78%                           417,373
 Company's own shares
 24. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice          626,347,326      93.40                       44,233,142   6.60         670,580,468                76.80%                           170,065

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 11 April 2022 at 6pm (excluding
shares held in Treasury) was 873,112,849. 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

Susan Swabey

Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel:  +44 (0)1923 477317

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  RAGUOSVRUUUSAAR