Result of AGM

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.

 

 

Resolution

 

For/Discretion

(Number of

votes)

 

Percentage For/Discretion

(%)

 

Against

(Number of

votes)

 

Percentage

Against

(%)

 

Total votes validly cast

Percentage  of relevant shares

in issue

(%)

 

Withheld

(Number of 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 pre-emption rights

641,803,200

94.31%

38,728,755

5.69%

680,531,955

77.92%

252,211

21. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments

626,819,382

92.11%

53,702,235

7.89%

680,521,617

77.92%

255,866

22. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares

674,838,328

99.17%

5,637,373

0.83%

680,475,701

77.91%

284,918

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

 

 

Helen Barraclough

Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel: +44 (0)1923 477100

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