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Smiths Group PLC announced that a special resolution for the purchase of its own shares was duly passed at its General Meeting held on 23 July 2026. Shareholders cast 225,129,459 votes (97.42% of votes cast) in favour and 5,959,579 votes (2.58% of votes cast) against the resolution. The total votes cast represented 77.82% of the company's issued share capital as of 21 July 2026.
| Date | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Time | 15:50:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6494N |
23 JULY 2026
SMITHS GROUP PLC
RESULT OF GM
Smiths Group plc (the 'Company') announces that the following resolution was duly passed at the Company's General Meeting ('GM') which was held at 14.00 on 23 July 2026. The result of the poll is as follows:
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VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST FOR |
VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST AGAINST |
VOTES |
VOTES CAST AS A % OF ISC |
VOTES |
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1 |
Purchase of own shares |
225,129,459 |
97.42 |
5,959,579 |
2.58 |
231,089,038 |
77.82% |
660,048 |
Notes
As at 6.30 p.m. on 21 July 2026, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 296,951,474 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 296,951,474.
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.
Resolution 1 was passed as a special resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 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
Lucy Glover, Director of Governance
+ (44) 207 004 1665
Smiths Group plc's LEI number is: 213800MJL6IPZS3ASA11
About Smiths
For 175 years, we have been pioneers of progress, engineering a better future. Our strategy is to be a focused, efficient and value creating industrial engineering company operating in the attractive and growing market segments of flow control, thermal solutions, construction and aerospace.
We focus on solving the toughest problems for our customers, helping address critical global needs such as decarbonisation and the ever-increasing demand for process and energy efficiency.
We are pioneers of progress. Engineering a better future, we drive efficiency for customers in mission-critical situations.
We are united by our purpose. It is what we do, how we think, and how we will continue to use our passion for innovative engineering. For more information visit www.smiths.com.