AGM 2012 poll results

All the resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

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	For	%	Against	%	Witheld*	Total votes
1.To receive the financial statements and reports of directors and auditor	889,822,649	99.99	87,139	0.01	5,907,358	895,817,146
2.To approve the remuneration report	869,970,618	98.86	10,028,979	1.14	15,817,547	895,817,144
3. To confirm and declare the dividend	895,469,694	99.99	28,324	<0.01	319,127	895,817,145
4. To re-elect Nick Buckles as a director	887,498,069	99.12	7,881,627	0.88	437,449	895,817,145
5. To re-elect Lord Condon as a director	887,374,001	99.11	8,004,674	0.89	438,468	895,817,143
6. To re-elect Trevor Dighton as a director	887,502,139	99.12	7,848,399	0.88	466,606	895,817,144
7. To re-elect Alf Duch-Pedersen as a director	844,759,383	94.34	50,637,424	5.66	420,337	895,817,144
8. To re-elect Mark Elliott as a director	887,463,138	99.12	7,887,293	0.88	466,713	895,817,144
9. To re-elect Winnie Fok as a director	880,588,862	98.90	9,783,790	1.10	5,444,492	895,817,144
10.To re-elect Grahame Gibson as a director	887,573,292	99.12	7,835,985	0.88	407,868	895,817,145
11. To re-elect Bo Lerenius as a director	887,957,981	99.17	7,433,961	0.83	419,303	895,811,245
12. To re-elect Mark Seligman as a director	887,838,895	99.16	7,507,321	0.84	470,929	895,817,145
13. To re-elect Clare Spottiswoode as a director	791,239,149	89.08	97,001,780	10.92	7,576,215	895,817,144
14. To re-appoint KMPG as auditor	894,850,275	99.93	599,807	0.07	367,063	895,817,145
15. To authorise the directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration	895,036,700	99.96	382,218	0.04	398,226	895,817,144
16. To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount	824,996,097	93.16	60,590,817	6.84	10,230,232	895,817,146
17. Special resolution to give authority to directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	849,516,459	95.11	43,708,282	4.89	2,592,404	895,817,145
18. Special resolution to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company	895,028,386	99.96	318,375	0.04	470,385	895,817,146
19. Authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure	835,173,310	93.85	54,766,577	6.15	5,877,258	895,817,145
20. Special resolution to authorise the calling of general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) on 14 days’ notice	779,750,936	87.10	115,519,081	12.90	547,129	895,817,146

The percentage of issued share capital which was voted was 63.5%**

* 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: 1,410,668,639. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held.