Result of AGM

Resolution

For

Against

Withheld

Resolution 1: Ordinary resolution to receive the annual accounts of the company for the year ended 30 March 2012 together with the directors' and auditors' reports thereon.

1,362,663,045

(99.99%)

83,622

(0.01%)

4,004

Resolution 2: Ordinary resolution to approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 March 2012.

1,343,059,205

(99.44%)

7,598,672

(0.56%)

12,092,793

Resolution 3: Ordinary resolution to appoint Mr. W Grimsey as a director of the company.

1,362,357,482

(99.99%)

116,356

(0.01%)

276,833

Resolution 4: Ordinary resolution to reappoint Mr. D Sugden as a director of the company.

1,353,586,403

(99.48%)

7,064,206

(0.52%)

2,100,061

Resolution 5: Ordinary resolution to reappoint Mr. P Maudsley as a director of the company.

1,362,346,209

(99.99%)

97,766

(0.01%)

306,696

Resolution 6: Ordinary resolution to reappoint KPMG Audit plc as auditors to the company for the period from the conclusion of this meeting to the conclusion of the next general meeting of the company at which accounts are laid.

1,348,518,724

(99.10%)

12,281,320

(0.90%)

1,950,626

Resolution 7: Ordinary resolution to authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration.

1,360,133,176

(99.83%)

2,276,570

(0.17%)

340,925

Resolution 8: Special resolution that a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

1,358,027,297

(99.65%)

4,701,398

(0.035%)

21,976

Resolution 9: Special resolution that the articles of association of the company produced to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, be and are hereby adopted as the articles of association of the company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association of the company.

1,362,352,815

(99.99%)

168,283

(0.01%)

229,573