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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934
 
 
April 12, 2012
 
Commission File Number 001-14978




SMITH & NEPHEW plc
(Registrant's name)



15 Adam Street

London, England WC2N 6LA
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)

 
[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]

 
Form 20-F X                Form 40-F
    ---                               ---

[Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).]


Yes                        No X
---                         ---

 
[Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).]

 
Yes                      No X
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[Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained
in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.]

 
Yes                  No X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2 (b) : 82- n/a.







 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Smith & Nephew Plc
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: April 12,2012
 
By: /s/ Susan Henderson
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Susan Henderson
Company Secretary
 
 
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
 
          
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
 
          
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