Result of AGM

Resolution

For

% For*

Against

% Against*

Votes Total

% of Issued Share Capital

Votes Withheld**

1. To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023.

130,535,960

100.00

2,566

0.00

130,538,526

71.16%

297,884

2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2023.

122,723,247

94.96

6,511,519

5.04

129,234,766

70.45%

1,601,644

3. To approve the directors' remuneration policy.

115,069,890

89.08

14,109,737

10.92

129,179,627

70.42%

1,656,783

4. To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.

129,954,727

99.34

869,159

0.66

130,823,886

71.31%

12,524

5. To elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company.

130,740,497

99.96

56,229

0.04

130,796,726

71.30%

39,684

6. To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.

130,740,914

99.95

62,847

0.05

130,803,761

71.30%

32,649

7. To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.

123,242,036

94.23

7,546,078

5.77

130,788,114

71.29%

48,296

8. To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.

126,439,515

96.66

4,363,238

3.34

130,802,753

71.30%

33,657

9. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.

126,424,486

96.67

4,360,640

3.33

130,785,126

71.29%

51,284

10. To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.

126,438,912

96.67

4,362,106

3.33

130,801,018

71.30%

35,392

11. To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.

126,433,258

96.66

4,366,429

3.34

130,799,687

71.30%

36,723

12. To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.

130,613,700

99.86

187,433

0.14

130,801,133

71.30%

35,277

13. To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.

125,512,101

95.96

5,283,084

4.04

130,795,185

71.30%

41,225

14. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.

126,439,881

96.67

4,360,790

3.33

130,800,671

71.30%

35,739

15. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.

130,026,035

99.40

783,351

0.60

130,809,386

71.30%

27,024

16. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

130,735,041

99.94

75,426

0.06

130,810,467

71.30%

25,943

17. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.

128,347,258

98.12

2,456,712

1.88

130,803,970

71.30%

32,440

18. To authorise the directors to allot shares.

120,737,080

92.30

10,069,589

7.70

130,806,669

71.30%

29,741

19. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***

124,322,944

95.15

6,334,417

4.85

130,657,361

71.22%

179,049

20. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***

118,641,643

90.71

12,144,879

9.29

130,786,522

71.29%

49,888

21. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***

129,145,154

98.73

1,657,965

1.27

130,803,119

71.30%

33,291

22. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***

118,995,749

91.21

11,471,450

8.79

130,467,199

71.12%

369,211

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