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 2013 together with the report of the auditors

425,528,909

99.97

8,291

0.03

11,146,825

2.

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

380,822,347

97.79

8,624,494

2.21

47,252,387

3.

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

392,495,501

97.98

8,087,661

2.02

36,116,066

4.

To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 April 2013 (set out on pages 33 to 43 of the Annual report 2012/13)

396,515,447

90.81

40,140,359

9.19

43,325

5.

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

429,894,430

98.44

6,797,745

1.56

6,277

6.

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

436,383,285

99.93

301,280

0.07

14,663

7.

To re-appoint Carlo D'Asaro Biondo as a Director who retires under Article 82 of the Company's Articles of Association

436,381,261

99.93

302,393

0.07

15,574

8.

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

435,224,471

99.67

1,459,646

0.33

14,737

9.

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

435,089,197

99.64

1,593,644

0.36

16,361

10.

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

431,100,920

98.72

5,582,582

1.28

15,726

11.

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

435,103,214

99.64

1,582,694

0.36

13,122

12.

To re-appoint Michel Léonard as a Director

436,246,207

99.90

439,803

0.10

13,218

13.

To re-appoint Alan Parker as a Director

436,215,041

99.89

470,891

0.11

13,296

14.

To re-appoint Dominic Platt as a Director

436,236,447

99.90

449,911

0.10

12,717

15.

To re-appoint Alison Reed as a Director

434,945,083

99.60

1,728,329

0.40

25,816

16.

To renew the Directors' authority until the conclusion of the 2014 AGM, to allot relevant securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €52,955,321

436,301,287

99.92

355,548

0.08

41,911

17.

To empower the Directors until the conclusion of the 2014 AGM to allot equity securities up to a maximum nominal amount of €7,943,298

436,578,845

99.98

75,768

0.02

43,795

18.

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 2014 AGM

415,984,674

97.76

9,516,233

2.24

11,195,087

19.

To empower the Company until the conclusion of the 2014 AGM to make market purchases of its own shares up to a maximum of 52,955,321

436,631,037

99.99

41,508

0.01

26,345

20.

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

418,986,624

95.95

17,704,377

4.05

6,316

Rollo Head

+44 (0) 20 7251 3801

Jenny Davey