Result of AGM

Resolutions

For &

Discretionary

Against

Vote

Withheld

1. To elect Richard Sharp as a 

director of the Company

154,836,378

34,904

4,731

2. To re-elect Lord Puttnam as a

director of the Company

154,827,714

36,118

12,181

3. To re-elect Tymon Broadhead as a

director of the Company

154,836,134

35,408

4,471

4. To re-elect Lord Chadlington as a

director of the Company

154,822,402

48,201

5,410

5. To re-elect Sally Withey as a 

director of the Company

154,835,936

35,350

4,727

6. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

154,875,179

644

190

7. To approve the Remuneration Report

for the year ended 31 December 2007

139,423,820

14,134,916

1,317,277

8. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as

auditors

154,872,298

1,519

2,196

9. To authorise the directors to determine 

the remuneration of the auditors

154,874,902

406

705

10. To declare a final dividend of 1.85p 

per ordinary share

154,875,406

427

180

11. To authorise the Company to make 

political donations up to £75,000

152,530,093

2,336,760

9,094

12. To increase maximum aggregate fees

paid to directors from £300,000 to £500,000

152,472,024

2,393,212

10,777

13. To renew the directors' authority to 

allot shares

154,839,049

31,267

5,697

14. To renew the authority to directors to

disapply pre-emption rights

154,838,080

31,905

6,028

15. To renew the authority to the Company 

to purchase its own shares

154,840,297

32,890

2,826

16. To adopt new Articles of Association

154,827,359

38,705

9,949