REG - Smiths Group PLC - Result of AGM

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13/11/2019 13:00

RNS Number : 3070T
Smiths Group PLC
13 November 2019
 


13 NOVEMBER 2019
SMITHS GROUP PLC
 
RESULT OF AGM
 
Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that a poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') on 13 November 2019. The results of the poll are:
 



  






VOTES

FOR


%


VOTES

AGAINST


%


VOTES

TOTAL


% of ISC VOTED


VOTES

WITHHELD




1


Adoption of Annual Report FY2019


305,838,467


100.00


7,941


0.00


305,846,408


77.20%


7,149,349




2


Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report


294,243,250


98.11


5,671,458


1.89


299,914,708


75.70%


13,080,429




3


Declaration of a final dividend


307,813,391


99.89


353,964


0.11


308,167,355


77.78%


4,828,402




4


Re-election of Bruno Angelici as a director


302,443,676


98.15


5,693,965


1.85


308,137,641


77.78%


4,858,115




5


Re-election of Olivier Bohuon as a director


307,605,376


99.83


532,065


0.17


308,137,441


77.78%


4,858,316




6


Re-election of Sir George Buckley as a director


300,999,884


97.88


6,523,091


2.12


307,522,975


77.62%


5,472,781




7


Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a director


308,121,299


99.99


21,595


0.01


308,142,894


77.78%


4,852,863




8


Re-election of Tanya Fratto as a director


306,701,884


99.53


1,436,427


0.47


308,138,311


77.78%


4,857,446




9


Re-election of William Seeger as a director


303,535,692


98.51


4,599,950


1.49


308,135,642


77.77%


4,860,114




10


Re-election of Mark Seligman as a director


298,568,593


96.90


9,567,329


3.10


308,135,922


77.77%


4,859,834




11


Re-election of John Shipsey as a director


306,401,803


99.44


1,738,348


0.56


308,140,151


77.78%


4,855,606




12


Re-election of Andrew Reynolds Smith as a director


307,776,212


99.88


364,189


0.12


308,140,401


77.78%


4,855,356




13


Re-election of Noel Tata as a director


282,942,318


92.72


22,230,412


7.28


305,172,730


77.03%


7,823,027




14


Appointment of KPMG LLP as auditors


307,484,143


99.78


670,608


0.22


308,154,751


77.78%


4,841,006




15


Auditors' remuneration


307,657,945


99.84


485,620


0.16


308,143,565


77.78%


4,852,192




16


Authority to issue shares


291,202,955


94.50


16,960,214


5.50


308,163,169


77.78%


4,832,588




17


Authority to disapply pre-emption rights


306,089,331


97.96


6,386,532


2.04


312,475,863


78.87%


519,894




18


Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights


289,947,874


92.79


22,527,532


7.21


312,475,406


78.87%


520,350




19


Authority to make market purchases of shares


305,084,528


99.04


2,962,545


0.96


308,047,073


77.75%


4,948,683




20


Authority to call general meetings on short notice


290,414,721


94.62


16,506,203


5.38


306,920,924


77.47%


6,074,833




21


Authority to make political donations and expenditure


301,427,324


98.23


5,427,735


1.77


306,855,059


77.45%


6,140,697



 
As at 11 November 2019 the Issued Share Capital of the Company was 396,190,187 ordinary shares of 37.5p.
 
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution. 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.
 
Resolutions 1 to 16 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 were passed as special resolutions.
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its AGM will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
 
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11
 
Enquiries:
 
Matthew Whyte
Deputy Company Secretary
Matthew.Whyte@smiths.com 
+44 (0) 20 7004 1674




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