Result of AGM

Resolution

For

% of votes cast

Against

% of vote cast

Votes cast as % of issued share capital

Withheld

1

To receive the 2016/17 Annual Report and Accounts

30,496,760

100.00

402

0.00

70.72%

286,678

2

To approve the directors' remuneration report

30,623,427

99.50

153,168

0.50

71.37%

7,245

3

To approve the final dividend of 71.91p per share

30,782,600

100.00

426

0.00

71.38%

814

4

To elect Harry Holt as a non-executive director

30,704,138

99.75

76,239

0.25

71.37%

3,463

5

To elect Leanne Wood as a non-executive director

30,704,016

99.75

76,361

0.25

71.37%

3,463

6

To re-elect Andrew Allner as a non-executive director

25,586,207

83.47

5,065,822

16.53

71.08%

131,810

7

To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a non-executive director

30,704,011

99.75

75,757

0.25

71.37%

4,072

8

To re-elect Adrian Ewer as a non-executive director

30,700,867

99.74

79,291

0.26

71.37%

3,682

9

To re-elect David Brown as an executive director

30,344,758

98.59

435,210

1.41

71.37%

3,872

10

To re-elect Patrick Butcher as an executive director

30,305,560

98.46

474,482

1.54

71.37%

3,798

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Group

30,434,525

98.88

345,603

1.12

71.37%

3,711

12

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor

30,676,607

99.65

106,672

0.35

71.38%

561

13

To authorise the Group to make political donations and incur political expenditure

29,726,398

96.64

1,032,766

3.36

71.33%

24,676

14

To authorise the directors to allot shares

30,663,207

99.63

112,880

0.37

71.36%

7,753

15

To authorise the directors to disapply pre-emption rights (special resolution)

30,724,015

99.83

52,451

0.17

71.37%

7,374

16

To give authority to the Group to make market purchases of its own shares (special resolution)

30,436,893

99.04

294,511

0.96

71.26%

52,435

17

To authorise the calling of general meetings of the Group by notice of 14 clear days (special resolution)

28,993,587

94.19

1,787,498

5.81

71.38%

2,755

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2. The Group's issued capital (excluding treasury shares) at the date of the meeting was 43,125,065 ordinary shares of 10p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote and, therefore, at the date of the meeting there were 43,125,065 voting rights in the Group.

3. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.