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Smiths Group PLC
18 November 2014
18 NOVEMBER 2014
SMITHS GROUP PLC - RESULT OF AGM
LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions
proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 18 November
2014 were subject to polls and were passed by the necessary
majority.
The results of the polls on the resolutions are shown below and
will be posted on the Company's website, www.smiths.com.
% of
Votes % Votes ISC* Votes
Resolutions For For Against % Against voted withheld
Shares Shares Shares
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1 Adoption of Report & Accounts 299,705,910 99.67 981,013 0.33 76.18% 3,403,866
2 Approval of Remuneration Policy 280,811,132 94.97 14,877,828 5.03 74.91% 8,401,829
3 Approval of Remuneration Report 282,664,143 93.62 19,249,494 6.38 76.49% 2,177,153
4 Declaration of Final Dividend 302,961,273 >99.99 1,846 <0.01 76.76% 1,127,671
5 Re-election of Bruno Angelici 299,470,899 99.18 2,483,637 0.82 76.50% 2,136,254
6 Re-election of Philip Bowman 299,578,521 99.59 1,233,841 0.41 76.21% 3,278,427
7 Re-election of Sir George Buckley 298,356,911 98.81 3,600,423 1.19 76.50% 2,133,455
8 Re-election of David Challen 300,722,915 99.62 1,138,798 0.38 76.48% 2,229,076
9 Re-election of Tanya Fratto 301,333,302 99.79 626,836 0.21 76.50% 2,130,652
10 Re-election of Anne Quinn 300,770,874 99.61 1,183,190 0.39 76.50% 2,136,725
11 Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit 301,316,466 99.79 648,646 0.21 76.50% 2,125,678
12 Re-election of Peter Turner 298,412,798 98.83 3,535,794 1.17 76.50% 2,142,198
13 Election of Bill Seeger 301,858,463 99.97 94,997 0.03 76.50% 2,137,330
14 Reappointment of PwC as auditors 297,228,764 98.43 4,732,684 1.57 76.50% 2,129,341
15 Auditors' remuneration 302,256,247 99.77 681,916 0.23 76.75% 1,152,626
16 Authorities to allot shares 280,843,995 93.23 20,384,265 6.77 76.32% 2,862,530
Disapplication of
17 pre-emption rights 292,792,307 98.93 3,161,552 1.07 74.98% 8,136,931
18 Market purchase of shares 300,591,813 99.62 1,150,154 0.38 76.45% 2,348,823
19 Notice period for general meetings 270,726,654 89.36 32,227,120 10.64 76.75% 1,137,016
20 Political donations etc. 286,332,187 96.40 10,695,853 3.60 75.25% 7,062,749
21 US Employee share purchase plan 300,424,756 99.51 1,475,267 0.49 76.49% 2,190,767
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* ISC = issued share capital of the Company
Notes:
(i) 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.
(ii) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted
in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and
against a resolution.
(iii) There were 394,704,857 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.
(iv) Resolutions Nos. 1 to 16 and 20 and 21 were passed as
ordinary resolutions. Resolutions Nos. 17 to 19 were passed as
special resolutions.
LISTING RULE LR 9.6.3 R
A copy of all the resolutions passed at the Annual General
Meeting of the Company held on 18 November 2014 will be uploaded to
the UK Financial Conduct Authority National Storage Mechanism. This
may be viewed online by visiting the National Storage Mechanism
website at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
LISTING RULE LR 9.6.11 R
Mr David Challen retired as the Chairman of the Audit Committee
at the conclusion of the AGM on 18 November 2014 and was succeeded
in that role by Mr Bill Seeger. Mr Challen continues as a
non-executive director of the Company and remains its Senior
Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Nomination and
Remuneration Committees.
Neil Burdett
Deputy Secretary
+44 (0)20 7808 5574
secretary@smiths.com
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