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:
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| VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST FOR | VOTES | % OF VOTES CAST AGAINST | VOTES | VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISC | VOTES |
| 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
Tom Steiner, External Communications
+44 (0)7787 415891
Matthew Whyte, Company Secretary
+44 (0)20 7004 1600
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
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