2010 AGM Voting

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2010 AGM Voting

At the Annual General Meeting of Smith & Nephew plc held on Thursday 6 May 2010 all resolutions were passed on a poll. The table below shows the number of votes received for and against each resolution together with the votes validly cast, both as a total and as a proportion of the relevant issued share capital. Notice of the annual general meeting is contained here and a detailed explanation of the business at the meeting is outlined here.

Resolution	Total votes validly cast	Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)	For/Discretion (Number of votes)	Against (Number of votes)
1. To adopt the report and accounts	606,837,963	68.28	604,280,760	2,557,203
2. To approve the remuneration report	602,146,323	67.76	587,452,330	14,693,993
3. To confirm the interim dividends	609,007,062	68.53	608,992,673	14,389
4. To re-elect Mr Adrian Hennah	608,917,979	68.52	599,027,181	9,890,798
5. To re-elect Mr Ian E. Barlow	609,254,909	68.56	605,566,337	3,688,572
6. To re-elect Prof. Geneviève B. Berger	609,306,722	68.56	607,999,611	1,307,111
7. To re-elect Mr. Richard De Schutter	602,472,598	67.79	594,251,084	8,221,514
8. To re-elect Dr. Rolf W.H. Stomberg	608,841,751	68.51	602,704,585	6,137,166
9. To reappoint the auditors	605,050,827	68.08	583,692,079	21,358,748
10. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	608,775,774	68.50	599,730,273	9,045,501
11. To renew the directors' authority to allot shares	607,287,479	68.33	494,705,352	112,582,127

Special resolutions
12. To approve the Smith & Nephew Global Share Plan 2010	608,685,746	68.49	597,753,558	10,932,188
13. To adopt new articles of association	607,118,317	68.32	605,502,569	1,615,748
14. Renew the directors’ authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights	607,323,194	68.34	577,225,265	30,097,929
15. To renew the directors' limited authority to make market purchases of the Company's own shares	608,999,134	68.53	607,414,906	1,584,228
16. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 days’ notice	608,034,097	68.42	570,382,636	37,651,461

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 4 May 2010 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 888,702,175. 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.