Announcement of AGM Poll Results

Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting

For

Against

Abstentions

Number

%

Number

%

Number

1.

To receive the report of the Directors and the Annual report and financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2011 together with the report of the auditors

365,842,473

99.67

1,217,097

0.33

2,748

2.

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditors

339,449,677

99.19

2,758,304

0.81

24,854,507

3.

To authorise the Directors to determine the Company's auditors' remuneration

339,114,523

99.10

3,091,909

0.90

24,856,379

4.

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 April 2011 (set out on pages 35 to 41 of the Annual report 2010/11)

339,034,236

92.74

26,547,980

7.26

1,480,555

5.

To declare a final dividend of 4.75 cents per ordinary share for the year ended 30 April 2011 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 16 September 2011

366,704,960

99.90

353,903

0.10

3,948

6.

To re-appoint Alan Parker as a Director who retires under Article 82 of the Company's Articles of Association

354,577,560

96.61

12,453,149

3.39

31,913

7.

To re-appoint David Newlands as a Director

356,727,912

97.19

10,301,376

2.81

33,334

8.

To re-appoint Thierry Falque-Pierrotin as a Director

353,214,406

96.23

13,824,928

3.77

17,161

9.

To re-appoint Bernard Dufau as a Director

354,573,172

96.61

12,452,032

3.39

31,291

10.

To re-appoint Michel Léonard as a Director

354,604,577

96.61

12,440,108

3.39

18,126

11.

To re-appoint Dominic Platt as a Director

350,668,261

95.54

16,371,100

4.46

23,449

12.

To re-appoint Andrew Robb as a Director

354,569,530

96.61

12,457,207

3.39

35,684

13.

To renew the Directors' authority until the conclusion of the 2012 AGM, to allot relevant securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €52,425,768

366,412,835

99.84

604,615

0.16

45,144

14.

To empower the Directors until the conclusion of the 2012 AGM to allot equity securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €7,943,298

366,960,299

99.98

64,191

0.02

38,321

15.

To authorise the Company to make donations to European Union political organisations and to incur EU political expenditure not exceeding £75,000 in aggregate during the period ending on the conclusion of the 2012 AGM

355,713,812

97.00

10,984,500

3.00

361,591

16.

To empower the Company until the conclusion of the 2012 AGM to make market purchases of its own shares up to a maximum of 52,955,321

360,928,661

99.80

729,771

0.20

5,404,117

17.

To authorise the Company to call a general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days notice

344,082,391

93.74

22,962,577

6.26

17,573