Result of AGM

FOR RELEASE ON

09 June 2021

1

To receive the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditor's Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2020.

773,009,380

99.99

5,743

0.01

783,347,732

73.74

10,332,609

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

760,157,189

97.72

17,765,700

2.28

783,347,732

73.74

5,424,843

3

To declare a final dividend of £0.01 per share of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.

782,604,678

99.91

722,435

0.09

783,347,732

73.74

20,619

4

To authorise the directors to offer the holders of shares of the Company the right to elect (in whole or part) to receive new shares instead of cash and to allot new shares.

783,232,354

99.99

89,330

0.01

783,347,732

73.74

26,048

5

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company.

777,776,918

99.30

5,512,116

0.70

783,347,732

73.74

58,698

6

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company.

783,202,923

99.99

89,121

0.01

783,347,732

73.74

55,688

7

To re-elect Mr Alan Aubrey as a Director of the Company.

754,243,537

96.29

29,047,564

3.71

783,347,732

73.74

56,631

8

To re-elect Mr David Baynes as a Director of the Company.

748,839,601

95.60

34,449,645

4.40

783,347,732

73.74

58,486

9

To re-elect Dr Caroline Brown as a Director of the Company.

781,329,627

99.75

1,950,032

0.25

783,347,732

73.74

68,073

10

To re-elect Mr Heejae Chae as Director of the Company.

772,138,771

98.58

11,151,337

1.42

783,347,732

73.74

57,624

11

To re-elect Sir Douglas Flint as a Director of the Company.

781,411,807

99.76

1,895,400

0.24

783,347,732

73.74

40,525

12

To re-elect Ms Aedhmar Hynes as a Director of the Company.

782,021,078

99.84

1,270,886

0.16

783,347,732

73.74

55,768

13

To re-elect Mr Greg Smith as a Director of the Company.

776,301,890

99.11

6,994,315

0.89

783,347,732

73.74

51,527

14

To re-elect Dr Elaine Sullivan as a Director of the Company.

782,050,905

99.84

1,247,164

0.16

783,347,732

73.74

49,663

15

To re-elect Mr Michael Townend as a Director of the Company.

756,659,160

96.60

26,638,047

3.40

783,347,732

73.74

50,525

16

To authorise the Directors to

exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares / equity securities subject to the limits set out in the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") notice.

776,802,655

99.17

6,510,012

0.83

783,347,732

73.74

35,065

17

To empower the Directors to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 ("Act") did not apply to any such allotment, subject to the limits set out in the AGM notice.

779,998,525

99.58

3,301,611

0.42

783,347,732

73.74

47,596

18

In addition to the authority granted under Resolution 16, to empower the Directors to allot equity securities in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, subject to the limits set out in the AGM notice.

754,817,464

96.36

28,490,838

3.64

783,347,732

73.74

39,430

19

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to incur political expenditure (as defined in section 365 of the Act) not exceeding £50,000 in total.

761,213,120

97.18

22,066,693

2.82

783,347,732

73.74

67,919

20

To authorise the Company to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act) of the Company's ordinary shares, subject to the limits set out in the AGM notice.

777,637,134

99.30

5,521,006

0.70

783,347,732

73.74

189,592

21

To enable a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

774,396,041

98.86

8,913,416

1.14

783,347,732

73.74

38,275

22

To amend the Company's Articles of Association.

783,172,155

99.99

103,757

0.01

783,347,732

73.74

71,820