REG - Smiths Group PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 7277T  Smiths Group PLC  16 November 2023

16 NOVEMBER 2023

SMITHS GROUP PLC

 

RESULT OF AGM & DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that the following resolutions were
duly passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held at
11:00am on 16 November 2023. The results of the poll vote for each resolution
are as follows:

 

                                                                                      VOTES        % OF VOTES CAST FOR  VOTES       % OF VOTES CAST AGAINST  VOTES        VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISC  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
TOTAL
WITHHELD
 1     Receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report & Accounts for year      266,556,215  99.84                440,087     0.16                     266,996,302  76.82%                    5,691,361
       ended 31 July 2023
 2     Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report                                     262,514,509  97.53                6,640,919   2.47                     269,155,428  77.45%                    3,532,235
 3     Declare a final dividend of 28.7p per share                                    272,660,916  100.00               3,971       0.00                     272,664,887  78.46%                    22,776
 4     Election of Steve Williams as a Director                                       259,442,228  98.18                4,813,086   1.82                     264,255,314  76.04%                    8,432,349
 5     Re-election of Pam Cheng as a Director                                         271,126,801  99.83                464,321     0.17                     271,591,122  78.15%                    1,096,541
 6     Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a Director                                  272,194,002  99.83                465,800     0.17                     272,659,802  78.45%                    27,861
 7     Re-election of Karin Hoeing as a Director                                      270,932,704  99.76                662,857     0.24                     271,595,561  78.15%                    1,092,102
 8     Re-election of Richard Howes as a Director                                     271,140,489  99.83                459,100     0.17                     271,599,589  78.15%                    1,088,074
 9     Re-election of Paul Keel as a Director                                         272,627,791  99.99                23,572      0.01                     272,651,363  78.45%                    36,300
 10    Re-election of Clare Scherrer as a Director                                    269,847,887  98.97                2,807,567   1.03                     272,655,454  78.45%                    32,209
 11    Re-election of William Seeger as a Director                                    269,790,563  98.95                2,864,511   1.05                     272,655,074  78.45%                    32,589
 12    Re-election of Mark Seligman as a Director                                     270,605,255  99.25                2,046,709   0.75                     272,651,964  78.45%                    35,699
 13    Re-election of Noel Tata as a Director                                         240,542,895  88.57                31,047,131  11.43                    271,590,026  78.15%                    1,097,637
 14    Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor                                          271,547,601  99.59                1,105,349   0.41                     272,652,950  78.45%                    34,713
 15    Authority for Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the      272,627,624  99.99                15,987      0.01                     272,643,611  78.45%                    43,528
       auditors
 16    Authority to Directors to allot shares                                         261,580,589  95.94                11,070,798  4.06                     272,651,387  78.45%                    36,276
 17    Authority to disapply pre-emption rights                                       250,341,185  91.82                22,288,955  8.18                     272,630,140  78.45%                    57,523
 18    Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights                            247,207,633  90.81                25,007,973  9.19                     272,215,606  78.33%                    472,057
 19    Authority to make market purchases of shares                                   271,536,649  99.59                1,106,930   0.41                     272,643,579  78.45%                    44,084
 20    Authority to call general meetings other than Annual General Meetings on not   253,247,783  93.24                18,346,419  6.76                     271,594,202  78.15%                    1,093,461
       less than 14 clear days' notice
 21    Authority to make political donations and expenditure                          254,998,202  94.73                14,188,026  5.27                     269,186,228  77.46%                    3,501,435

 

Notes

As at 6.30 p.m. on 14 November 2023, the Company's issued share capital
consisted of 347,538,330 ordinary shares of 37.5p. The Company does not hold
any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in treasury, and therefore,
the total voting rights in the Company as at the voting record time were
347,538,330.

 

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 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than
those resolutions comprising ordinary business) approved by shareholders will
be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the
Company's website at www.smiths.com/investors/general-meetings
(http://www.smiths.com/investors/general-meetings) .

 

Enquiries

Siobhán Andrews, Investor Relations

+44 (0)7920 230093

Siobhan.andrews@smiths.com (mailto:Siobhan.andrews@smiths.com)

 

Tom Steiner, External Communications

+44 (0)7787 415891

Tom.steiner@smiths.com (mailto:Tom.steiner@smiths.com)

 

Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary

+44 (0)20 7004 1600

Matthew.whyte@smiths.com (mailto:Matthew.whyte@smiths.com)

 

Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

 

About Smiths Group

For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving
our world through smarter engineering. We serve millions of people every year,
to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four
major global markets:  Energy, General Industry, Safety & Security, and
Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs more than
15,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information
visit www.smiths.com (http://www.smiths.com/) .

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