12th Apr 2012 18:12
12 April 2012
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 12 April 2012.
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 | 627,866,702 | 70.05 | 627,110,500 | 756,202 | 1,076,720 |
2. To approve the remuneration report | 478,307,968 | 53.37 | 444,661,926 | 33,646,042 | 150,626,503 |
3. To approve a final dividend | 628,342,686 | 70.11 | 628,309,142 | 33,544 | 600,736 |
Re-election of directors | |||||
4. To re-elect Mr Ian E. Barlow | 628,300,780 | 70.10 | 620,985,333 | 7,315,447 | 634,359 |
5. To re-elect Prof Geneviève B. Berger | 628,306,711 | 70.10 | 626,976,674 | 1,330,037 | 626,328 |
6. To re-elect Mr Olivier Bohuon | 609,781,716 | 68.04 | 576,447,841
| 33,333,875 | 19,159,606 |
7. To re-elect Sir John Buchanan | 628,309,111 | 70.10 | 616,762,355 | 11,546,756 | 632,211 |
8. To re-elect Mr Adrian Hennah | 609,797,963 | 68.04 | 606,427,553 | 3,370,410 | 19,134,852 |
9. To re-elect Dr Pamela J. Kirby | 627,843,223 | 70.05 | 613,407,143 | 14,436,080 | 1,089,815 |
10. To re-elect Mr Brian Larcombe | 627,859,746 | 70.05 | 610,407,230 | 17,452,516 | 1,064,292 |
11. To re-elect Mr Joseph C. Papa | 628,276,606 | 70.10 | 619,923,803 | 8,352,803 | 647,433 |
12. To re-elect Mr Ajay Piramal | 628,277,619 | 70.10 | 625,049,234 | 3,228,385 | 655,420 |
13. To re-elect Richard De Schutter | 628,240,985 | 70.09 | 609,030,802 | 19,210,183 | 683,053 |
14. To reappoint the auditors | 616,205,570 | 68.75 | 604,680,417 | 11,525,153 | 12,740,001 |
15. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 628,311,227 | 70.10 | 619,816,947 | 8,494,280 | 623,912 |
16. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares | 628,250,738 | 70.10 | 593,812,393 | 34,438,345 | 686,887 |
Special Business | |||||
17. To approve the Smith & Nephew Sharesave Plan 2012 | 604,977,282 | 67.50 | 594,670,392 | 10,306,890 | 23,943,502 |
18. To approve the Smith & Nephew International Sharesave Plan 2012
| 604,966,782 | 67.50 | 593,891,118 | 11,075,664 | 23,961,793 |
Special Resolutions
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19. To renew the Directors' authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights
| 628,174,461 | 70.09 | 619,640,448 | 8,534,013 | 763,164 |
20 To renew the directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares
| 628,232,487 | 70.09 | 625,884,261 | 2,348,226 | 698,638 |
21 To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 days' notice | 628,317,086 | 70.10 | 562,253,494 | 66,063,592 | 624,236 |
The number of ordinary shares in issue on 10 April 2012 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 896,272,825. 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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