Resolution |
For |
For (%)* |
Against |
Against (%)* |
Votes Total |
% of Issued Share Capital |
Votes Withheld** |
1. To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2013 |
140,949,419 |
100.00 |
2,795 |
0.00 |
140,952,214 |
68.78% |
266,921 |
2. To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
138,356,500 |
98.99 |
1,410,102 |
1.01 |
139,766,602 |
68.21% |
1,454,070 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 41.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares |
140,955,327 |
100.00 |
1,069 |
0.00 |
140,956,396 |
68.79% |
264,427 |
4. To elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company |
140,264,828 |
99.52 |
676,335 |
0.48 |
140,941,163 |
68.78% |
279,550 |
5. To elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company |
140,181,815 |
99.47 |
752,231 |
0.53 |
140,934,046 |
68.78% |
285,126 |
6. To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company |
139,495,468 |
98.97 |
1,448,410 |
1.03 |
140,943,878 |
68.78% |
275,293 |
7. To re-elect Mr NAP Carson as a director of the Company |
140,058,918 |
99.37 |
884,772 |
0.63 |
140,943,690 |
68.78% |
275,482 |
8. To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company |
139,457,339 |
99.06 |
1,316,755 |
0.94 |
140,774,094 |
68.70% |
445,078 |
9. To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company |
140,054,150 |
99.37 |
888,035 |
0.63 |
140,942,185 |
68.78% |
276,987 |
10. To re-elect Mr LC Pentz as a director of the Company |
140,054,215 |
99.37 |
887,029 |
0.63 |
140,941,244 |
68.78% |
277,913 |
11. To re-elect Mr MJ Roney as a director of the Company |
140,157,419 |
99.45 |
780,766 |
0.55 |
140,938,185 |
68.78% |
280,986 |
12. To re-elect Mr WF Sandford as a director of the Company |
140,055,206 |
99.37 |
886,613 |
0.63 |
140,941,819 |
68.78% |
277,353 |
13. To re-elect Mrs DC Thompson as a director of the Company |
140,164,102 |
99.45 |
777,751 |
0.55 |
140,941,853 |
68.78% |
277,318 |
14. To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year |
139,949,086 |
99.65 |
495,250 |
0.35 |
140,444,336 |
68.54% |
776,337 |
15. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor |
140,258,089 |
99.87 |
187,082 |
0.13 |
140,445,171 |
68.54% |
775,503 |
16. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits |
139,927,929 |
99.28 |
1,019,587 |
0.72 |
140,947,516 |
68.78% |
273,196 |
17. To authorise the directors to allot shares |
132,909,703 |
94.31 |
8,016,693 |
5.69 |
140,926,396 |
68.77% |
294,279 |
18. To disapply the pre-emption rights attaching to shares |
140,771,759 |
99.96 |
51,833 |
0.04 |
140,823,592 |
68.72% |
397,136 |
19. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares |
140,434,897 |
99.63 |
517,663 |
0.37 |
140,952,560 |
68.78% |
268,233 |
20. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
128,480,191 |
91.15 |
12,471,161 |
8.85 |
140,951,352 |
68.78% |
269,439 |