13
NOVEMBER 2024
SMITHS GROUP PLC
RESULT OF AGM
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 10.00am on 13 November 2024.
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
|
Receipt of Report and
Accounts
|
254,410,512
|
99.99
|
19,359
|
0.01
|
254,429,871
|
73.84%
|
4,792,125
|
|
2
|
Declaration of a final
dividend
|
259,162,685
|
100.00
|
2,559
|
0.00
|
259,165,244
|
75.22%
|
56,752
|
|
3
|
Approval of Directors' Remuneration
Policy
|
237,176,139
|
92.28
|
19,849,822
|
7.72
|
257,025,961
|
74.59%
|
2,196,034
|
|
4
|
Approval of Directors' Remuneration
Report
|
244,711,754
|
95.23
|
12,260,023
|
4.77
|
256,971,777
|
74.58%
|
2,250,218
|
|
5
|
Approval of the Smiths Group Long
Term Incentive Plan 2024 rules
|
243,621,181
|
94.78
|
13,424,437
|
5.22
|
257,045,618
|
74.60%
|
2,176,377
|
|
6
|
Approval of the Smiths Group
Sharesave Scheme 2024 rules
|
254,979,194
|
99.19
|
2,094,925
|
0.81
|
257,074,119
|
74.61%
|
2,147,876
|
|
7
|
Election of Roland Carter as a
Director
|
257,322,023
|
99.29
|
1,831,311
|
0.71
|
259,153,334
|
75.21%
|
68,662
|
|
8
|
Election of Alister Cowan as a
Director
|
257,316,229
|
99.29
|
1,837,482
|
0.71
|
259,153,711
|
75.21%
|
68,285
|
|
9
|
Re-election of Pam Cheng as a
Director
|
250,525,058
|
96.67
|
8,632,565
|
3.33
|
259,157,623
|
75.21%
|
64,372
|
|
10
|
Re-election of Dame Ann Dowling as a
Director
|
251,533,507
|
97.06
|
7,627,921
|
2.94
|
259,161,428
|
75.21%
|
60,567
|
|
11
|
Re-election of Karin Hoeing as a
Director
|
250,450,408
|
96.64
|
8,702,902
|
3.36
|
259,153,310
|
75.21%
|
68,685
|
|
12
|
Re-election of Richard Howes as a
Director
|
257,264,990
|
99.27
|
1,887,914
|
0.73
|
259,152,904
|
75.21%
|
69,092
|
|
13
|
Re-election of Clare Scherrer as a
Director
|
255,713,360
|
98.67
|
3,447,759
|
1.33
|
259,161,119
|
75.21%
|
60,877
|
|
14
|
Re-election of Mark Seligman as a
Director
|
257,267,855
|
99.27
|
1,893,268
|
0.73
|
259,161,123
|
75.21%
|
60,873
|
|
15
|
Re-election of Noel Tata as a
Director
|
238,363,493
|
92.35
|
19,741,519
|
7.65
|
258,105,012
|
74.91%
|
1,116,984
|
|
16
|
Re-election of Steve Williams as a
Director
|
244,048,652
|
96.47
|
8,924,254
|
3.53
|
252,972,906
|
73.42%
|
6,249,089
|
|
17
|
Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as
auditors
|
258,125,640
|
99.60
|
1,033,326
|
0.40
|
259,158,966
|
75.21%
|
63,030
|
|
18
|
Authorise Audit & Risk Committee
to determine the auditor's remuneration
|
259,127,171
|
99.99
|
20,074
|
0.01
|
259,147,245
|
75.21%
|
74,751
|
|
19
|
Authority to make political donations
and expenditure
|
245,997,736
|
96.08
|
10,029,678
|
3.92
|
256,027,414
|
74.30%
|
3,194,581
|
|
20
|
Authority to allot shares
|
246,380,923
|
95.07
|
12,782,372
|
4.93
|
259,163,295
|
75.21%
|
58,701
|
|
21
|
Authority to disapply pre-emption
rights
|
238,107,723
|
91.88
|
21,038,527
|
8.12
|
259,146,250
|
75.21%
|
75,746
|
|
22
|
Additional authority to disapply
pre-emption rights
|
231,918,095
|
89.49
|
27,243,296
|
10.51
|
259,161,391
|
75.21%
|
60,604
|
|
23
|
Authority to make market purchases of
shares
|
258,091,987
|
99.60
|
1,038,654
|
0.40
|
259,130,641
|
75.21%
|
91,355
|
|
24
|
Authority to call general meetings on
not less than 14 clear days' notice
|
245,593,840
|
94.81
|
13,431,499
|
5.19
|
259,025,339
|
75.17%
|
196,656
|
Notes
As at 6.30 p.m. on 11 November 2024,
the Company's issued share capital consisted of 344,563,788
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 344,563,788.
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 20 were passed as
ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21 to 24 were passed as
special resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule
14.3.6R(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 has been
pioneering progress by engineering a better future. We serve
millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more
efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four
global markets: energy, safety & security, aerospace &
defence, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock
Exchange, Smiths employs c.15,000 colleagues in over 50
countries. For more information
visit www.smiths.com