
The Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’) permits companies to make their Annual Report available on the internet as the default option, as opposed to mailing printed copies of the document to shareholders. At the last Annual General Meeting Smith & Nephew plc’s shareholders passed a resolution that enables the Company to take advantage of this option. As a result of the AGM resolution, the impact on the environment of distributing the Annual Report will be significantly reduced.
The Act also allows companies to provide a Summary Financial Statement as an alternative to the full Annual Report. In order to provide the majority of users with the accounts in a simpler, shorter format, the Group is now producing an internet-only version of the SFS which can be seen on the following pages.
The content included in the 2007 Financial Results is based on the preliminary announcement.