Result of AGM

Resolutions

For

Against

Withheld

No of votes

%

No of votes

%

No

1

To receive the reports and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012

186,583,098

99.98

33,139

0.02

965,745

2

To approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration

134,757,885

83.87

25,919,207

16.13

26,904,890

3

To elect Roger Perkin

187,393,775

99.90

186,807

0.10

1,400

4

To re-elect Rupert Robson

187,175,912

99.78

403,870

0.22

2,200

5

To re-elect Terry Smith

187,291,239

99.85

288,943

0.15

1,800

6

To re-elect Paul Mainwaring

187,290,201

99.85

289,581

0.15

2,200

7

To re-elect Angela Knight

187,204,773

99.80

374,369

0.20

2,840

8

To re-elect Stephen Pull

186,285,136

99.75

464,546

0.25

832,300

9

To re-appoint the auditor

186,686,332

99.99

3,874

0.01

891,776

10

To authorise the Board to fix the auditor's remuneration

186,662,993

99.99

27,213

0.01

891,776

11

To approve a final dividend of 11.25p per share

186,478,958

99.41

1,103,024

0.59

0

12

To give the Directors authority to allot shares

186,237,456

99.28

1,341,854

0.72

2,672

13

To disapply pre-emption rights

187,545,226

99.98

35,084

0.02

1,672

14

To authorise the Company to buy its own shares

187,571,054

99.99

9,928

0.01

1,000

15

To call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on at least 14 clear days' notice

176,806,822

94.26

10,774,859

5.74

300