Result of AGM

Resolutions

Votes

 for

Votes

against

Votes withheld

1

To receive the accounts and reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2011.

113,459,729

139,018

522,254

2

To approve the report on directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2011.

112,588,161

246,090

1,287,350

3

To declare the full year dividend.

113,599,647

700

521,254

4

To re-appoint Malcolm Robert Harris as a director.

109,822,763

2,580,861

1,717,977

5

To re-appoint Alastair David Lyons as a director.

112,053,841

1,546,506

521,254

6

To re-appoint Colin Peter Holmes as a director.

112,052,554

1,547,793

521,254

7

To re-appoint John Anthony Warren as a director.

112,056,042

1,544,305

521,254

8

To re-appoint David James Ritchie as a director.

111,470,904

2,129,443

521,254

9

To re-appoint Jonathan Stanley Hill as a director.

112,753,069

847,278

521,254

10

To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors of the Company.

113,593,827

4,181

523,593

11

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

113,519,963

77,545

523,593

12

To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount.

113,039,581

532,884

549,136

13

To allow general meetings of the Company held before the next Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 days' notice.

111,419,885

2,178,999

522,717

14

To empower the directors to allot shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders.

113,572,229

24,941

524,431

15

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

112,329,570

78,857

1,713,174