AGM 2014 Poll Results

This included resolutions: to allow the payment of political donations; to allow general meetings other than AGMs to be called on 14 days’ notice; and a general authority to make market purchases for up to 10% of its own shares.

The board has no present intention of utilising the authority to buy back shares, which has been renewed in accordance with common business practice.
The results of the poll on the resolutions put before the AGM are:

Resolution

Resolution	For	%	Against	%	Withheld*	Total votes
1. To adopt the financial statements and reports of directors and auditor	1,143,750,544	>99.99	24,772	<0.01	787,922	1,144,563,238
2.To approve the directors’ remuneration policy	1,125,245,653	98.38	18,524,321	1.62	787,216	1,144,557,190
3.To approve the directors’ remuneration report	1,087,426,199	98.25	19,363,706	1.75	37,767,285	1,144,557,190
4.To approve the Long Term Incentive Plan	1,107,774,110	96.88	35,637,941	3.12	1,144,339	1,144,556,390
5. To confirm and declare the dividend	1,142,736,300	99.90	1,104,984	0.10	714,899	1,144,556,183
6. To elect Himanshu Raja as a director	1,141,780,344	99.83	1,992,232	0.17	787,041	1,144,559,617
7. To re-elect Ashley Almanza as a director	1,135,453,108	99.67	3,723,982	0.33	5,383,534	1,144,560,624
8. To re-elect John Connolly as a director	1,135,204,861	99.65	3,970,094	0.35	5,385,669	1,144,560,624
9. To re-elect Adam Crozier as a director	1,141,739,180	99.82	2,040,928	0.18	780,516	1,144,560,624
10. To re-elect Mark Elliott as a director	1,141,436,278	99.80	2,336,482	0.20	787,864	1,144,560,624
11. To re-elect Winnie Kin Wah Fok as a director	1,141,507,704	99.80	2,268,673	0.20	784,247	1,144,560,624
12. To re-elect Grahame Gibson as a director	1,141,084,265	99.76	2,710,443	0.24	765,916	1,144,560,624
13. To re-elect Mark Seligman as a director	1,114,379,992	97.43	29,402,559	2.57	778,073	1,144,560,624
14. To re-elect Paul Spence as a director	1,141,846,388	99.83	1,932,100	0.17	782,136	1,144,560,624
15. To re-elect Clare Spottiswoode as a director	1,119,023,672	98.28	19,594,731	1.72	5,942,221	1,144,560,624
16. To re-elect Tim Weller as a director	1,141,786,479	99.83	1,995,034	0.17	779,111	1,144,560,624
17. To re-appoint KMPG as auditor	1,142,664,362	99.10	1,148,981	0.10	747,281	1,144,560,624
18. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration	1,143,695,321	99.99	105,472	0.01	751,148	1,144,551,941
19. To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount	1,122,551,122	98.34	18,941,856	1.66	3,061,523	1,144,554,501
20. Special resolution to give authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	1,128,623,312	98.85	13,184,814	1.15	2,757,957	1,144,566,083
21. Special resolution to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company	1,143,394,159	99.98	225,835	0.02	945,995	1,144,565,989
22. Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure	1,134,046,953	99.59	4,636,770	0.41	5,675,995	1,144,359,718
23. Special resolution to authorise the calling of general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) on 14 days’ notice	1,061,656,376	92.82	82,126,166	7.18	768,870	1,144,551,412

The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 74 %**.

^{* Votes withheld are not votes in law and are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.

**Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 1,551,594,436. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.}

AGM 2014 Poll Results

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