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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 11, 2013 
 
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
---                         ---

[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 11, 2013
 
By: /s/ Susan Swabey
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Susan Swabey
Company Secretary
 


 
 

11 April 2013
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 11 April 2013.
 
 
Resolution
For/Discretion
(Number of
votes)
 
Percentage For/Discretion
(%)
Against
(Number of
votes)
Withheld
(Number of
votes)
Total votes validly cast
Percentage  of relevant shares
in issue
(%)
Ordinary resolutions 
            
             
        1. To receive and adopt the audited accounts
647,984,559
99.89
732,060
1,368,336
648,716,619
71.55
             
        2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
613,386,066
96.50
22,233,539
14,465,350
635,619,605
70.10
             
3. To declare a final dividend
649,102,418
100.00
18,880
963,657
649,121,298
71.59
             
4. To re-elect Ian Barlow
644,482,627
99.29
4,585,545
1,016,783
649,068,172
71.59
             
5. To re-elect Olivier Bohuon
615,544,595
94.83
33,544,395
995,965
649,088,990
71.59
             
        6. To re-elect The Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone DL
642,724,161
98.98
6,628,704
732,090
649,352,865
71.62
             
7. To re-elect Julie Brown
645,842,186
99.50
3,232,233
1,010,536
649,074,419
71.59
             
8. To re-elect Sir John Buchanan
626,538,966
97.25
17,692,469
5,853,520
644,231,435
71.05
             
9. To re-elect Richard De Schutter
632,318,513
98.60
8,980,546
8,785,896
641,299,059
70.73
             
10. To re-elect Michael Friedman
647,203,392
99.73
1,735,992
1,145,571
648,939,384
71.57
             
11. To re-elect Dr Pamela Kirby
644,994,188
99.39
3,952,545
1,138,222
648,946,733
71.57
             
12. To re-elect Brian Larcombe
642,218,383
98.90
7,133,031
733,541
649,351,414
71.62
             
13. To re-elect Joseph Papa
643,658,207
99.17
5,415,805
1,010,943
649,074,012
71.59
             
14. To re-elect Ajay Piramal
632,829,194
97.50
16,246,119
1,009,642
649,075,313
71.59
             
        15.To re-appoint the Ernst & Young LLP   as auditors
620,958,283
98.37
10,265,952
18,860,720
631,224,235
69.62
             
        16. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the   
              auditors
633,008,521
98.69
8,372,336
8,704,098
641,380,857
70.74
             
        17. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares
620,107,737
95.54
28,925,759
1,051,459
649,033,496
71.58
             
Special resolutions
            
             
        18. To renew the Directors' authority for  the disapplication of the pre-   
              emption rights
638,423,805
98.37
10,572,823
1,088,327
648,996,628
71.58
             
        19. To renew the Directors' limited authority to make market purchases of
              the Company's own shares.
648,163,704
99.86
918,749
1,002,502
649,082,453
71.59
             
        20. To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 clear days' notice
578,854,032
89.18
70,245,252
985,671
649,099,284
71.59
             
 
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 9 April 2013 at 6pm (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 906,734,927. 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 Resolutions 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
 
 
Gemma Parsons
Deputy Company Secretary
Smith & Nephew plc
 
Tel: +44 (0)20 7401 7646