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Smiths Group PLC
15 November 2016
15 NOVEMBER 2016
SMITHS GROUP PLC
1. RESULT OF AGM
2. RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT AGM FILED WITH NATIONAL STORAGE MECHANISM
1. LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R - RESULT OF AGM
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions
proposed at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 15 November
2016 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 % Votes ISC* withheld
Resolutions For For Against % Against voted
Shares Shares Shares
--- ------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
1 Report & Accounts 285,035,735 99.58 1,200,710 0.42 72.39% 490,594
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Approval of
Remuneration
2 Report 269,575,472 97.82 6,021,703 2.18 69.70% 11,129,864
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Declaration of
3 Final Dividend 286,456,107 >99.99 793 <0.01 72.45% 270,139
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Re-election of
4 Bruno Angelici 261,184,771 98.69 3,462,761 1.31 66.93% 22,079,507
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Re-election of
5 Sir George Buckley 279,417,338 97.61 6,839,728 2.39 72.40% 469,973
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Re-election of
6 Tanya Fratto 285,394,314 99.63 1,045,949 0.37 72.44% 286,776
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Re-election of
7 Chris O'Shea 285,591,804 99.70 849,373 0.30 72.44% 285,862
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Re-election of
8 Anne Quinn 285,228,879 99.57 1,218,998 0.43 72.44% 279,162
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Re-election of
9 Bill Seeger 285,427,942 99.64 1,020,666 0.36 72.44% 278,431
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Re-election of
Andy Reynolds
10 Smith 286,414,808 99.99 28,056 0.01 72.44% 284,175
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Re-election of
11 Sir Kevin Tebbit 283,035,665 98.81 3,410,973 1.19 72.44% 280,401
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Election of Mark
12 Seligman 285,481,674 99.66 963,716 0.34 72.44% 281,649
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Reappointment
of
13 PwC as auditors 280,163,760 97.80 6,289,267 2.20 72.44% 274,012
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
14 Auditors' remuneration 285,912,367 99.82 522,519 0.18 72.44% 292,153
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Authorities to
15 allot shares 252,212,602 89.73 28,866,817 10.27 71.09% 5,647,620
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Disapplication
of
pre-emption
16 rights 265,969,312 94.98 14,052,885 5.02 70.82% 6,704,842
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Disapplication
of
pre-emption
rights
(acquisitions
17 and capital investment) 253,457,563 90.59 26,330,818 9.41 70.76% 6,938,658
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
Market purchase
18 of shares 282,274,277 99.19 2,295,707 0.81 71.97% 2,157,055
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Notice period
for
19 general meetings 257,776,965 90.59 26,789,417 9.41 71.97% 2,160,656
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
20 Political donations 268,275,804 95.41 12,909,775 4.59 71.11% 5,541,460
------------------------- ------------ ------- ----------- ---------- -------- -----------
* 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 395,409,581 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue at the time of the AGM.
(iv) Resolutions Nos. 1 to 15 and 20 were passed as ordinary
resolutions. Resolutions Nos. 16 to 19 were passed as special
resolutions.
2. LISTING RULE LR 9.6.3 R - COPIES OF AGM RESOLUTIONS
A copy of all the resolutions passed at the AGM held on 15
November 2016 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.
Neil Burdett
Deputy Secretary
+44 (0)20 7004 1674
secretary@smiths.com
15 November 2016
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