Result of EGM

RNS Number : 0551A

Smiths Group PLC

28 July 2008

 



28 JULY 2008

SMITHS GROUP PLC - RESULT OF EGM

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.18 R

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 28 July 2008 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.  

Nos.	Resolutions	Votes for	%	Votes against	%	Votes total	Votes  withheld
1.	Adoption of new Articles of Association	270,409,945	99.63	997,841	0.37	271,407,786	195,302
2.	Approval of the Smiths Group Value Sharing Plan	267,689,040	98.64	3,680,787	1.36	271,369,827	233,261
3.	Approval of amendments to the Smiths Group Co-Investment Plan	267,945,447	98.74	3,412,869	1.26	271,358,316	244,772

Notes:

(i)    The 'votes for' figures above include those votes giving the Chairman discretion on casting the votes.

(ii)    A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the total number of votes cast on a resolution or in the calculation of the percentages of the votes cast for or against a resolution.

(iii)    Resolution No.1 was passed as a special resolution: Resolutions Nos. 2 and 3 were passed as ordinary resolutions.

LISTING RULE LR 9.6.2 R

The Company will forward to the Document Viewing Facility of the UK Listing Authority two copies of the resolutions passed at the Meeting.

The above-mentioned copies will shortly be available for viewing at the Document Viewing Facility, at the address below, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on every weekday except bank holidays.  

Document Viewing Facility

UK Listing Authority

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London  E14 5HS

Printed copies may be obtained by writing to The Secretary, Smiths Group plc, 765 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DS.

 

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