SLA.L Regulatory News (SLA)

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% For

Against

Total Votes Validly Cast

Votes Withheld

Resolution 1:

To receive and consider the Annual report and accounts 2020

997,817,470

99.93

698,944

998,516,414

2,241,099

Resolution 2:

To declare a final dividend for 2020

994,427,853

99.40

6,044,650

1,000,472,503

285,010

Resolution 3:

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

989,760,771

98.86

11,408,649

1,001,169,420

1,071,797

Resolution 4:

To authorise the audit committee to set the auditors' fees

998,930,655

99.78

2,185,967

1,001,116,622

1,124,595

Resolution 5:

To approve the Directors' remuneration report, excluding the remuneration policy

969,169,906

96.90

30,957,556

1,000,127,462

2,113,755

Resolution 6A:

To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint as a Director

983,666,088

98.27

17,332,867

1,000,998,955

1,242,262

Resolution 6B:

To re-elect Jonathan Asquith as a Director

990,435,569

98.96

10,363,499

1,000,799,068

1,442,149

Resolution 6C:

To re-elect Stephanie Bruce as a Director

995,935,046

99.52

4,846,511

1,000,781,557

1,459,660

Resolution 6D:

To re-elect John Devine as a Director

994,526,352

99.37

6,287,142

1,000,813,494

1,427,723

Resolution 6E:

To re-elect Melanie Gee as a Director

993,252,576

99.39

6,112,054

999,364,630

1,392,883

Resolution 6F:

To re-elect Brian McBride as a Director

993,970,169

99.48

5,197,247

999,167,416

1,590,097

Resolution 6G:

To re-elect Martin Pike as a Director

992,963,288

99.36

6,364,974

999,328,262

1,429,251

Resolution 6H:

To re-elect Cathleen Raffaeli as a Director

994,475,203

99.51

4,856,475

999,331,678

1,425,835

Resolution 6I:

To re-elect Cecilia Reyes as a Director

994,613,594

99.53

4,733,073

999,346,667

1,410,846

Resolution 6J:

To re-elect Jutta af Rosenborg as a Director

944,409,033

94.51

54,831,426

999,240,459

1,517,054

Resolution 7:

To elect Stephen Bird as a Director

995,589,976

99.63

3,728,883

999,318,859

1,438,654

Resolution 8:

To provide limited authority to the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and to incur political expenditure

975,434,897

97.70

22,964,163

998,399,060

2,358,453

Resolution 9:

To authorise the Directors to issue further shares

980,292,463

98.08

19,229,107

999,521,570

1,235,943

Resolution 10 (Special):

To disapply share pre-emption rights

988,540,207

99.04

9,611,199

998,151,406

2,606,107

Resolution 11 (Special):

To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares

983,273,529

98.65

13,467,929

996,741,458

4,015,605

Resolution 12:

To authorise the Directors to allot shares in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds

978,162,413

97.96

20,368,615

998,531,028

2,228,606

Resolution 13 (Special):

To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of equity securities in relation to the issuance of Convertible Bonds

971,998,450

97.40

25,954,320

997,952,770

2,806,864

Resolution 14 (Special):

To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice

943,558,265

94.36

56,401,479

999,959,744

799,890

Resolution 15 (Special):

To adopt new articles of association

994,782,590

99.67

3,272,125

998,054,715

2,704,469

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