REG - Smith & Nephew Plc - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 5856X  Smith & Nephew Plc  26 April 2023

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.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  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                                             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

 20. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the            641,803,200      94.31%                      38,728,755   5.69%        680,531,955                77.92%                           252,211
 pre-emption rights
 21. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the            626,819,382      92.11%                      53,702,235   7.89%        680,521,617                77.92%                           255,866
 pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital
 investments
 22. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the  674,838,328      99.17%                      5,637,373    0.83%        680,475,701                77.91%                           284,918
 Company's own shares
 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

Helen Barraclough

Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0)1923 477100

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