Result of AGM

Smiths Group PLC
16 November 2023
 

16 NOVEMBER 2023

SMITHS GROUP PLC

 

RESULT OF AGM & DIRECTORATE CHANGE

 

Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that the following resolutions were duly passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') which was held at 11:00am on 16 November 2023. The results of the poll vote for each resolution are as follows:

 

  

 

VOTES
FOR

% OF VOTES CAST FOR

VOTES
AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST AGAINST

VOTES
TOTAL

VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISC

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

Receive and adopt the Company's audited Annual Report & Accounts for year ended 31 July 2023

266,556,215

99.84

440,087

0.16

266,996,302

76.82%

5,691,361

2

Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report

262,514,509

97.53

6,640,919

2.47

269,155,428

77.45%

3,532,235

3

Declare a final dividend of 28.7p per share

272,660,916

100.00

3,971

0.00

272,664,887

78.46%

22,776

4

Election of Steve Williams as a Director

259,442,228

98.18

4,813,086

1.82

264,255,314

76.04%

8,432,349

5

Re-election of Pam Cheng as a Director

271,126,801

99.83

464,321

0.17

271,591,122

78.15%

1,096,541

6

Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a Director

272,194,002

99.83

465,800

0.17

272,659,802

78.45%

27,861

7

Re-election of Karin Hoeing as a Director

270,932,704

99.76

662,857

0.24

271,595,561

78.15%

1,092,102

8

Re-election of Richard Howes as a Director

271,140,489

99.83

459,100

0.17

271,599,589

78.15%

1,088,074

9

Re-election of Paul Keel as a Director

272,627,791

99.99

23,572

0.01

272,651,363

78.45%

36,300

10

Re-election of Clare Scherrer as a Director

269,847,887

98.97

2,807,567

1.03

272,655,454

78.45%

32,209

11

Re-election of William Seeger as a Director

269,790,563

98.95

2,864,511

1.05

272,655,074

78.45%

32,589

12

Re-election of Mark Seligman as a Director

270,605,255

99.25

2,046,709

0.75

272,651,964

78.45%

35,699

13

Re-election of Noel Tata as a Director

240,542,895

88.57

31,047,131

11.43

271,590,026

78.15%

1,097,637

14

Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor

271,547,601

99.59

1,105,349

0.41

272,652,950

78.45%

34,713

15

Authority for Audit & Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors

272,627,624

99.99

15,987

0.01

272,643,611

78.45%

43,528

16

Authority to Directors to allot shares

261,580,589

95.94

11,070,798

4.06

272,651,387

78.45%

36,276

17

Authority to disapply pre-emption rights

250,341,185

91.82

22,288,955

8.18

272,630,140

78.45%

57,523

18

Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

247,207,633

90.81

25,007,973

9.19

272,215,606

78.33%

472,057

19

Authority to make market purchases of shares

271,536,649

99.59

1,106,930

0.41

272,643,579

78.45%

44,084

20

Authority to call general meetings other than Annual General Meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice

253,247,783

93.24

18,346,419

6.76

271,594,202

78.15%

1,093,461

21

Authority to make political donations and expenditure

254,998,202

94.73

14,188,026

5.27

269,186,228

77.46%

3,501,435

 

Notes

As at 6.30 p.m. on 14 November 2023, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 347,538,330 ordinary shares of 37.5p. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in treasury, and therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at the voting record time were 347,538,330.

 

Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not a vote in law and are therefore not counted in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for and against a resolution. 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.

 

Resolutions 1 to 16 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17 to 20 (inclusive) were passed as special resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) approved by shareholders will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at www.smiths.com/investors/general-meetings.

 

Enquiries

Siobhán Andrews, Investor Relations

+44 (0)7920 230093

Siobhan.andrews@smiths.com

 

Tom Steiner, External Communications

+44 (0)7787 415891

Tom.steiner@smiths.com

 

Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary

+44 (0)20 7004 1600

Matthew.whyte@smiths.com

 

Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11

 

About Smiths Group

For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving our world through smarter engineering. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets:  Energy, General Industry, Safety & Security, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs more than 15,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com.

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