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 2015 together with the report of the auditors

371,878,275

99.99

28,014

0.01

14,127

2.

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

355,786,264

95.66

16,130,438

4.34

3,714

3.

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

371,787,589

99.97

124,000

0.03

7,576

4.

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 April 2015

286,349,889

79.05

75,880,142

20.95

9,689,537

5.

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

371,902,340

99.99

17,664

0.01

412

6.

To re-appoint Alan Parker as a Director

371,666,129

99.93

244,931

0.07

9,278

7.

To re-appoint Régis Schultz as a Director

370,999,051

99.76

902,259

0.24

19,106

8.

To appoint Albin Jacquemont as a Director

371,808,520

99.97

104,270

0.03

7,626

Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting

For

Against

Abstentions

Number

%

Number

%

Number

9.

To re-appoint Pascal Bazin as a Director

371,734,593

99.96

164,650

0.04

20,767

10.

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

371,726,288

99.95

176,470

0.05

17,658

11.

To re-appoint Michel Léonard as a Director

298,946,208

80.38

72,956,014

19.62

18,194

12.

To re-appoint Antoine Metzger as a Director

371,726,580

99.96

141,070

0.04

52,360

13.

To re-appoint Alison Reed as a Director

371,755,327

99.96

136,957

0.04

28,132

14.

To re-appoint Agnès Touraine as a Director

371,752,974

99.96

139,109

0.04

28,333

15.

To renew the Directors' authority until the conclusion of the 2016 AGM, to allot relevant securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €52,955,322

371,794,629

99.98

81,655

0.02

44,132

16.

To empower the Directors until the conclusion of the 2016 AGM to allot equity securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €15,886,596

371,793,037

99.98

86,593

0.02

40,786

17.

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 2016 AGM

325,832,222

89.95

36,408,797

10.05

9,677,990

18.

To empower the Company until the conclusion of the 2065 AGM to make market purchases of its own shares.

371,561,288

99.91

352,734

0.09

6,394

19.

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

355,938,426

95.70

15,978,831

4.30

3,159

Rollo Head

+44 (0) 20 7251 3801

Jenny Davey