Resolution * indicates Special Resolution |
For (No. of shares) |
For (%) |
Against (No. of shares |
Against (%) |
Votes Withheld (No. of shares) |
Total issued. share capital instructed (%) |
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts. |
60,557,455 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47.22 |
2. To approve the Remuneration Statement and Remuneration Report. |
56,034,318 |
92.53 |
4,523,137 |
7.47 |
0 |
47.22 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 0.75 pence per share. |
60,557,455 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47.22 |
4. To re-elect Penny Hughes as a Director. |
60,544,893 |
99.98 |
12,562 |
0.02 |
0 |
47.22 |
5. To re-elect Paul Gilbert as a Director. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
6. To re-elect John Treharne as a Director. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
7. To re-elect Richard Darwin as a Director. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
8. To elect David Kelly as a Director. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
9. To elect Emma Woods as a Director. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
10. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company. |
60,557,455 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47.22 |
11. To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration. |
60,556,933 |
99.99 |
522 |
0.01 |
0 |
47.22 |
12. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
60,370,570 |
99.69 |
186,885 |
0.31 |
0 |
47.22 |
13. To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares. |
59,151,720 |
97.68 |
1,405,735 |
2.32 |
0 |
47.22 |
14. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.* |
60,368,070 |
99.69 |
189,385 |
0.31 |
0 |
47.22 |
15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights solely in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments.* |
58,290,563 |
96.26 |
2,266,892 |
3.74 |
0 |
47.22 |
16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.* |
59,323,050 |
97.97 |
1,231,905 |
2.03 |
2,500 |
47.22 |
17. To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.* |
60,361,918 |
99.68 |
195,537 |
0.32 |
0 |
47.22 |