Notice of EGM

RNS Number : 3446Y

Smiths Group PLC

04 July 2008

 



SMITHS GROUP PLC

4 JULY 2008

11.00 am

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND CIRCULAR LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') confirms that it is today posting a circular letter to shareholders, convening an Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM'), to be held at 2.00 pm on 28 July 2008, for the purpose of considering the adoption of new Articles of Association, in light of changes to English company law, and proposing changes to executive remuneration. Shareholders who have elected to receive electronic communications will receive notice by e-mail or by post, in accordance with their preference, that the Notice of Meeting and Circular Letter to Shareholders is available on the Company's website at www.smiths.com/egmjuly2008.

The Notice of Meeting and Circular Letter to Shareholders, the Form of Proxy and the draft new Articles of Association will shortly be made available to the public for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS. Copies of the Notice of Meeting and Circular Letter to Shareholders may be accessed and downloaded, in Acrobat pdf file format, from www.smiths.com/egmjuly2008. 

Contacts:

Investor Relations:

Smiths Group plc 

Peter Durman                     [phone]

Media:

Cardew Group

Anthony Cardew                 [phone]

                                         [phone]

 

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