Annual Financial Report

RNS Number : 8096C

Smiths Group PLC

13 October 2022

 

13 OCTOBER 2022

SMITHS GROUP PLC

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') confirms that the following documents have today been made available to shareholders:

1. Annual Report FY2022 for the financial year ended 31 July 2022;

2. Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022; and

3. Annual General Meeting Proxy Form.

In compliance with Listing Rule LR 9.6.1 R, a copy of these documents will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') in pdf file format and will shortly be available for viewing by visiting https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The Annual Report FY2022 and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022 may be viewed online at https://www.smiths.com/investors/annual-report and https://www.smiths.com/investors/general-meetings .

The Annual Report FY2022 has been prepared using the single electronic reporting format specified in the UK Transparency Directive European Single Electronic Format ('ESEF').

Copies of the documents referred to above have today been made available to shareholders in accordance with their elections for Company communications. Printed copies may be obtained by sending an email request to [e-mail] or by writing to the Company Secretary, Smiths Group plc, 4th Floor, 11-12 St James's Square, London SW1Y 4LB, UK.

DISCLOSURE GUIDANCE & TRANSPARENCY RULE DTR 6.3.5

A condensed set of the Company's consolidated financial statements and information on important events that occurred during the financial year ended 31 July 2022 and their impact on the financial statements were contained in the Smiths Group plc FY22 Full Year Results announcement issued by the Company through the Regulated News Service of the London Stock Exchange at 07:00 on 23 September 2022 (RNS No. 4306A ) (the 'Results announcement'). 

The Company will also today upload to the NSM regulated information in the Annual Report FY2022 that was not included in the Results announcement in unedited full text. This includes the Company's Principal Risks and Accountabilities and the Director's Statement of Responsibilities. 

Together, the regulated information uploaded to the NSM and the regulated information contained in the Results announcement constitute the material required by Disclosure Guidance & Transparency Rule DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated to the media in full unedited text. The statutory accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 July 2022 will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies in due course. This announcement is not a substitute for reading the full Annual Report FY2022.

Enquiries:

Matthew Whyte

Company Secretary

[e-mail]

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

 

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