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 2022.

131,746,913

99.73

360,906

0.27

132,107,819

72.14

1,043,515

2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2022.

122,460,038

92.86

9,419,916

7.14

131,879,954

72.02

1,271,380

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

130,513,376

98.03

2,622,602

1.97

133,135,978

72.70

15,356

4. To elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.

130,551,853

98.07

2,567,712

1.93

133,119,565

72.69

31,769

5. To elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.

129,635,040

97.39

3,480,458

2.61

133,115,498

72.69

35,836

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

129,798,434

97.51

3,316,793

2.49

133,115,227

72.69

36,107

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

129,789,286

97.50

3,325,179

2.50

133,114,465

72.69

36,869

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

127,260,319

95.60

5,855,957

4.40

133,116,276

72.69

35,058

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

127,247,842

95.60

5,862,376

4.40

133,110,218

72.69

41,116

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

130,488,656

98.03

2,627,518

1.97

133,116,174

72.69

35,160

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

124,850,357

94.41

7,392,031

5.59

132,242,388

72.22

908,946

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

127,255,266

95.60

5,854,879

4.40

133,110,145

72.69

41,189

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

132,213,070

99.32

909,742

0.68

133,122,812

72.70

28,522

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

133,107,023

99.98

21,702

0.02

133,128,725

72.70

22,609

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

129,283,769

97.41

3,434,743

2.59

132,718,512

72.48

432,822

16. To authorise the directors to allot shares.

120,124,441

90.24

12,987,985

9.76

133,112,426

72.69

38,908

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

131,685,331

99.30

929,318

0.70

132,614,649

72.42

536,685

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

128,003,096

96.52

4,613,760

3.48

132,616,856

72.42

534,478

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

130,286,920

97.87

2,829,361

2.13

133,116,281

72.69

35,053

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

119,222,300

89.55

13,913,368

10.45

133,135,668

72.70

15,666

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