Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3056W

Smiths Group PLC

16 November 2010

 



16 NOVEMBER 2010

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 held on 16 November 2010 were subject to polls and were passed by the necessary majority. 

Details of the results of the polls on the resolutions are shown below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.smiths.com.

Resolutions		Votes For	%   For	Votes Against	% Against	% of ISC* voted	Votes withheld
		Shares		Shares			Shares
1.	Adoption of Report & Accounts	275,965,255	99.94%	162,570	0.06%	70.57%	386,861
2	Approval of Remuneration Report	250,193,521	99.06%	2,375,002	0.94%	64.55%	23,946,163
3.	Approval of Dividend	275,983,003	>99.99%	307	<0.01%	70.53%	531,376
4.	Election of Bruno Angelici	273,094,162	99.51%	1,335,630	0.49%	70.14%	2,084,894
5.	Election of Peter Turner	275,206,496	99.67%	919,170	0.33%	70.57%	389,020
6.	Re-election of Donald Brydon	273,617,546	99.09%	2,507,824	0.91%	70.57%	389,316
7.	Re-election of Philip Bowman	274,917,494	99.66%	924,159	0.34%	70.50%	673,033
8.	Re-election of David Challen	275,191,339	99.66%	927,857	0.34%	70.57%	395,490
9.	Re-election of Stuart Chambers	269,948,450	98.37%	4,484,222	1.63%	70.14%	2,082,014
10.	Re-election of Anne Quinn	275,189,648	99.66%	931,140	0.34%	70.57%	393,898
11.	Re-election of Sir Kevin Tebbit	275,190,884	99.66%	932,739	0.34%	70.57%	391,063
12.	Appointment of PwC as auditor	275,276,343	99.69%	854,828	0.31%	70.57%	383,515
13.	Auditor's remuneration	275,536,691	99.79%	581,657	0.21%	70.57%	396,338
14.	Authorities to allot shares	271,966,121	98.96%	2,845,781	1.04%	70.23%	1,702,784
15.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	275,268,116	99.70%	839,998	0.30%	70.56%	406,572
16.	Market purchase of shares	276,027,766	99.96%	104,180	0.04%	70.57%	382,740
17.	Notice period for general meetings	264,335,399	95.73%	11,789,155	4.27%	70.57%	390,131
18.	Political donations etc.	272,092,520	98.62%	3,812,657	1.38%	70.51%	609,509
19.	Approval of 2010 VSP	227,870,712	87.95%	31,213,868	12.05%	66.21%	17,430,106

*               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 are 391,285,856 ordinary shares of 37.5p in issue.

(iv)     Resolutions Nos. 1 to 14 and 18 and 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions.  Resolutions Nos. 15 to 17 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 16 November 2010 will be uploaded to the UK Financial Services Authority National Storage Mechanism.  This may be viewed online by visiting the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Neil Burdett

Deputy Secretary

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