SMITHS GROUP PLC
LISTING RULES 9.7A(1) and 9.7A(2)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANNUAL RESULTS / RECOMMENDATION OF DIVIDEND / ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Preliminary Statement of Annual Results
On Wednesday 17 September 2014 the Company plans to release a preliminary statement of the annual results of the Company for the financial year ended 31 July 2014. The statement will contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors for a final dividend on the ordinary shares for the same period.
The announcement will include key, regulated information that the Company is required to publish in unedited full text under DTR 6.3.5(2)(b) and may be viewed online at the Company's website, www.smiths.com, after its release. The material contained in the announcement will not constitute the Company's annual financial statement, required under the Companies Act 2006, and will not be a substitute for reading the Annual Report 2014, which will be published on or around 13 October 2014 and will be available to view and download from www.smiths.com.
The results announcement will be followed by a presentation for financial analysts at 9.00 a.m. (UK time) on 17 September 2014. This will be broadcast live via webcast on www.smiths.com. A recording of the webcast will be available on the website from around 1:00 p.m.
A live audio broadcast of the presentation will also be available by calling:
UK toll free 0808 237 0062
International +44 (0)20 3426 2890
US/Canada toll free 1 877 841 4558.
An audio replay will be available for seven days by calling:
UK toll free 0808 237 0026
International +44 (0)20 3426 2807
US/Canada toll free 1 866 535 8030
Access code: 649759#
Final Dividend
Subject to approval at the 2014 Annual General Meeting, the 2014 final dividend will be paid on 21 November 2014 to ordinary shareholders registered at the close of business on 24 October 2014. The 'ex-dividend' date will be 23 October 2014.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Smiths Group plc for 2014 will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday 18 November 2014 at the Northcliffe House Auditorium of the law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 26-28 Tudor Street, London EC4Y 0BQ. The Notice of the Annual General Meeting will be published on or around 13 October 2014 and will be available to view and download from www.smiths.com.
