Company Announcements

Result of AGM

Source: RNS
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Smith & Nephew Plc
13 April 2022
 

13 April 2022

Smith & Nephew plc (the "Company")

The Company announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 2:00pm today, Wednesday 13 April 2022.

 

 

Resolution

 

For/Discretion

(Number of

votes)

 

Percentage For/Discretion

(%)

 

Against

(Number of

votes)

 

Percentage

Against

(%)

 

Total votes validly cast

Percentage  of relevant shares

in issue

(%)

 

Withheld

(Number of votes)

Ordinary resolutions 

 








1. To receive the audited accounts

664,425,311

99.99

75,270

0.01

664,500,581

76.11%

6,318,184

2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding Policy)

647,076,103

96.71

22,010,946

3.29

669,087,049

76.63%

1,731,661

3. To declare a final dividend

670,108,273

99.90

645,898

0.10

670,754,171

76.82%

56,206

4. To re-elect Erik Engstrom

659,390,282

98.33

11,181,263

1.67

670,571,545

76.80%

231,488

5. To re-elect Robin Freestone

533,828,518

80.32

130,789,034

19.68

664,617,552

76.12%

6,183,826

6. To elect Jo Hallas

669,261,927

99.81

1,298,218

0.19

670,560,145

76.80%

241,825

7. To re-elect John Ma

669,355,641

99.82

1,198,767

0.18

670,554,408

76.80%

250,605

8. To re-elect Katazyna Mazur-Hofsaess

669,272,186

99.81

1,291,117

0.19

670,563,303

76.80%

237,494

9. To re-elect Rick Medlock

669,388,099

99.82

1,206,511

0.18

670,594,610

76.81%

204,733

10. To elect Deepak Nath

669,415,203

99.82

1,197,430

0.18

670,612,633

76.81%

188,556

11. To re-elect Anne-Françoise Nesmes

666,255,057

99.35

4,383,825

0.65

670,638,882

76.81%

162,331

12. To re-elect Marc Owen

656,581,977

97.92

13,976,614

2.08

670,558,591

76.80%

237,798

13. To re-elect Roberto Quarta

645,255,675

96.67

22,223,357

3.33

667,479,032

76.45%

3,322,067

14. To re-elect Angie Risley

653,130,218

97.40

17,463,874

2.60

670,594,092

76.80%

206,153

15. To re-elect Bob White

669,151,863

99.78

1,444,963

0.22

670,596,826

76.81%

203,349

16. To re-appoint the Auditor 

667,263,495

99.49

3,432,711

0.51

670,696,206

76.82%

106,872

17.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

670,313,093

99.94

390,160

0.06

670,703,253

76.82%

112,650

18. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares

611,707,921

91.21

58,959,562

8.79

670,667,483

76.81%

137,552

19. To approve the Smith+Nephew Sharesave Plan (2022)

670,137,434

99.92

511,247

0.08

670,648,681

76.81%

172,260

20. To approve the Smith+Nephew International Sharesave Plan (2022)

670,036,239

99.91

611,511

0.09

670,647,750

76.81%

173,595

Special resolutions

 








21. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights

659,535,518

98.49

10,135,763

1.51

669,671,281

76.70%

1,146,364

22. To renew the Directors' authority for the disapplication of the pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or other capital investments

645,603,472

96.39

24,175,265

3.61

669,778,737

76.71%

1,035,644

23. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares

667,551,508

99.58

2,830,024

0.42

670,381,532

76.78%

417,373

24. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice

626,347,326

93.40

44,233,142

6.60

670,580,468

76.80%

170,065

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 11 April 2022 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 873,112,849. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions, passed as Special Business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism 

 

Susan Swabey

Company Secretary

Smith & Nephew plc

Tel:  +44 (0)1923 477317

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