Announcement of AGM 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 financial statements of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2014 together with the report of the auditors

421,960,759

100.00

8,498

0.00

5,218

2.

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

381,835,649

98.00

7,777,655

2.00

32,361,171

3.

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

393,190,964

98.36

6,559,126

1.64

22,224,385

4.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (set out on pages 44 to 49 of the Annual report 2013/14)

394,032,005

93.41

27,790,543

6.59

151,927

5.

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 April 2014 (set out on pages 50 to 56 of the Annual report 2013/14)

311,056,130

92.92

23,715,980

7.08

87,202,239

6.

To declare a final dividend of 2.625 cents per ordinary share.

420,748,962

99.71

1,203,381

0.29

22,132

7.

To re-appoint Alan Parker as a Director

407,094,542

96.48

14,849,999

3.52

29,312

8.

To re-appoint Régis Schultz as a Director

416,801,430

98.78

5,141,567

1.22

31,478

9.

To re-appoint Dominic Platt as a Director

416,787,954

98.78

5,141,137

1.22

45,384

Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting

For

Against

Abstentions

Number

%

Number

%

Number

10.

To re-appoint Pascal Bazin as a Director

421,304,145

99.85

628,186

0.15

42,144

11.

To re-appoint Carlo D'Asaro Biondo as a Director

393,775,026

93.35

28,072,852

6.65

126,597

12.

To re-appoint Eric Knight as a Director

Resolution Withdrawn

13.

To re-appoint Michel Léonard as a Director

421,305,629

99.85

650,101

0.15

18,707

14.

To re-appoint Antoine Metzger as a Director

421,304,383

99.85

649,021

0.15

20,967

15.

To re-appoint Alison Reed as a Director

421,299,796

99.84

656,220

0.16

18,355

16.

To re-appoint Agnès Touraine as a Director

421,298,407

99.84

660,150

0.16

15,814

17.

To renew the Directors' authority until the conclusion of the 2015 AGM, to allot relevant securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €52,955,321

421,845,390

99.98

103,979

0.02

24,269

18.

To empower the Directors until the conclusion of the 2015 AGM to allot equity securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €7,943,298

421,839,780

99.98

105,280

0.02

29,047

19.

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 2015 AGM

389,556,994

94.43

22,965,395

5.57

9,451,764

20.

To empower the Company until the conclusion of the 2015 AGM to make market purchases of its own shares up to a maximum of 52,955,321

421,767,220

99.95

192,414

0.05

14,255

21.

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

402,970,373

95.50

18,992,989

4.50

10,705

Rollo Head

+44 (0) 20 7251 3801

Jenny Davey