Resolution |
Votes For |
% For |
Votes Against |
% Against |
Votes Withheld |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, together with the reports of the Directors. |
310,142,563 |
99.90 |
295,562 |
0.10 |
760,406 |
2. To approve the Directors' Report on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2017. |
286,366,463 |
93.63 |
19,466,498 |
6.37 |
5,365,570 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 18.9 pence per ordinary share of 10 pence in the capital of the Company. |
311,137,102 |
99.98 |
60,001 |
0.02 |
1,429 |
4. To re-elect Stefan Bomhard as a Director |
311,104,753 |
99.98 |
76,764 |
0.02 |
17,015 |
5. To re-elect Jerry Buhlmann as a Director |
303,494,490 |
97.53 |
7,693,163 |
2.47 |
10,879 |
6. To re-elect Rachel Empey as a Director |
308,567,318 |
99.16 |
2,608,529 |
0.84 |
16,685 |
7. To re-elect Richard Howes as a Director |
309,768,901 |
99.54 |
1,418,322 |
0.46 |
11,309 |
8. To re-elect John Langston as a Director |
308,713,726 |
99.21 |
2,471,853 |
0.79 |
12,953 |
9. To re-elect Coline McConville as a Director |
301,241,474 |
98.50 |
4,600,628 |
1.50 |
5,356,430 |
10.To re-elect Nigel Northridge as a Director |
299,757,302 |
98.01 |
6,086,764 |
1.99 |
5,354,466 |
11. To re-elect Nigel Stein as a Director |
292,892,648 |
94.71 |
16,366,544 |
5.29 |
1,939,339 |
12. To re-elect Till Vestring as a Director |
308,693,043 |
99.20 |
2,489,896 |
0.80 |
15,593 |
13. To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting |
310,690,756 |
99.84 |
502,952 |
0.16 |
4,824 |
14. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditor's remuneration |
310,733,400 |
99.85 |
453,087 |
0.15 |
12,045 |
15. To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006 |
311,027,241 |
99.95 |
158,984 |
0.05 |
12,307 |
16. To empower the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares |
311,009,817 |
99.95 |
166,555 |
0.05 |
22,160 |
17. To empower the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights on the allotment of shares for an acquisition or capital investment |
281,397,120 |
90.43 |
29,783,120 |
9.57 |
18,291 |
18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares up to 10.0% of its issued share capital |
308,240,386 |
99.21 |
2,469,090 |
0.79 |
489,055 |
19. Notice of Meetings |
299,693,692 |
96.30 |
11,500,666 |
3.70 |
4,174 |