Description of Resolution |
Votes for |
Votes against |
Votes withheld* |
1. To receive the annual report and accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017 |
297,927,708 (99.99%) |
11,303 (0.01%) |
34,154 |
2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017 |
294,152,705 (99.15%) |
2,528,520 (0.85%) |
1,291,938 |
3.To re-elect Clive Bannister as a director of the Company |
297,962,768 (99.99%) |
4,792 (0.01%) |
5,605 |
4. To re-elect Alastair Barbour as a director of the Company |
295,545,276 (99.19%) |
2,422,283 (0.81%) |
5,605 |
5.. To re-elect Wendy Mayall as a director of the Company |
297,959,270 (99.99%) |
8,290 (0.01%) |
5,605 |
6. To re-elect James McConville as a director of the Company |
297,663,127 (99.90%) |
304,433 (0.10%) |
5,605 |
7. To re-elect John Pollock as a director of the Company |
297,959,255 (99.99%) |
8,305 (0.01%) |
5,605 |
8. To re-elect Nicholas Shott as a director of the Company |
297,780,115 (99.94%) |
181,611 (0.06%) |
11,439 |
9. To re-elect Kory Sorenson as a director of the Company |
256,204,251 (93.38%) |
18,170,601 (6.62%) |
23,597,479 |
10. To re-elect Henry Staunton as a director of the Company |
295,718,353 (99.25%) |
2,248,614 (0.75%) |
6,197 |
11. To elect Karen Green as a director of the Company |
297,955,373 (99.99%) |
11,353 (0.01%) |
6,439 |
12. To elect Belinda Richards as a director of the Company |
297,515,986 (99.85%) |
449,674 (0.15%) |
7,505 |
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Auditor |
296,518,392 (99.52%) |
1,437,996 (0.48%) |
16,776 |
14. To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of the Auditor's Remuneration |
297,903,517 (99.98%) |
63,524 (0.02%) |
6,124 |
15. To increase the authorised share capital of the Company |
295,331,556 (99.16%) |
2,491,789 (0.84%) |
149,820 |
16. To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities |
291,137,669 (97.75%) |
6,690,249 (2.25%) |
145,247 |
17. To authorise the limited disapplication of pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) |
291,621,959 (99.67%) |
960,913 (0.33%) |
5,390,293 |
18.To authorise the limited disapplication of pre-emption rights for an acquisition or other capital investment (Special Resolution) |
290,295,080 (99.22%) |
2,287,791 (0.78%) |
5,390,293 |
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares (Special Resolution) |
296,702,703 (99.59%) |
1,207,101 (0.41%) |
63,359 |
20. To declare and approve the payment of a final dividend of 25.1 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ended 31 December 2017 |
297,970,586 (99.99%) |
2,579 (0.01%) |
0 |
21. To adopt the Seventh Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (Special Resolution) |
297,951,744 (99.99%) |
10,396 (0.01%) |
11,025 |