15th Apr 2011 11:31
15 April 2011
Smith & Nephew plc
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting
Smith & Nephew plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 2pm on 14 April 2011.
Resolution | Total votes validly cast | Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%) | For/Discretion (Number of votes) | Against (Number of votes) | Abstentions (Number of votes) |
Ordinary Resolutions
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1. To adopt the report and accounts | 560,291,540 | 62.80% | 559,475,543 | 815,997 | 933,718 |
2. To approve the remuneration report | 534,270,094 | 59.88% | 509,407,924 | 24,862,170 | 26,885,895 |
3. To approve a final dividend | 560,789,342 | 62.85% | 560,742,907 | 46,435 | 443,424 |
Re-election of directors | |||||
4. To re-elect Mr. Ian E. Barlow | 560,715,799 | 62.85% | 556,629,477 | 4,086,322 | 509,279 |
5. To re-elect Prof. Geneviève B. Berger | 560,719,682 | 62.85% | 559,948,663 | 771,019 | 513,618 |
6. To re-elect Mr. Olivier Bohuon | 559,452,069 | 62.70% | 524,330,311 | 35,121,758 | 1,712,147 |
7. To re-elect Mr. John Buchanan | 560,725,360 | 62.85% | 558,169,057 | 2,556,303 | 507,945 |
8. To re-elect Mr. Adrian Hennah | 559,471,032 | 62.71% | 540,845,076 | 18,625,956 | 1,693,179 |
9. To re-elect Dr. Pamela J. Kirby | 560,082,832 | 62.77% | 548,049,725 | 12,033,107 | 1,082,601 |
10. To re-elect Mr. Brian Larcombe | 560,070,600 | 62.77% | 544,745,103 | 15,325,497 | 1,094,833 |
11. To re-elect Mr. Joseph C. Papa | 560,730,049 | 62.85% | 556,108,841 | 4,621,208 | 504,468 |
12. To re-elect Mr. Richard De Schutter | 560,088,343 | 62.77% | 544,002,884 | 16,085,459 | 1,077,090 |
13. To re-elect Dr. Rolf W.H. Stomberg | 560,094,624 | 62.78% | 541,819,852 | 18,274,772 | 1,070,809 |
14. To reappoint the auditors |
547,406,843 | 61.35% | 536,898,028 | 10,508,815 | 13,835,362 |
15. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 560,212,192 | 62.79% | 550,541,840 | 9,670,352 | 1,030,018 |
16. To renew the directors' authority to allot shares | 560,675,754 | 62.84% | 534,648,771 | 26,026,983 | 558,588 |
Special resolutions | |||||
17. Renew the directors' authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights |
560,660,224 | 62.84% | 551,050,620 | 9,609,604 | 572,373 |
18. Renew the directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares
| 560,735,475 | 62.85% | 559,063,404 | 1,672,071 | 494,933 |
19. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 days' notice | 560,730,774 | 62.85% | 513,770,495 | 46,960,279 | 503,918 |
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 12 April 2011 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 892,216,856. 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.
A copy of the Resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility, which is situated at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm
Gemma Parsons
Deputy Company Secretary
Smith & Nephew plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 7401 7646
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