Result of AGM

For

Against

Votes Withheld

Resolution 1:

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts

1,610,533,893 

1,349,552 

4,892,888 

Resolution 2:

To declare a final dividend

1,608,006,771 

3,191,219 

5,578,343 

Resolution 3:

To elect Mark Hodges

1,605,545,540 

4,170,837 

7,059,956 

Resolution 4:

To elect Euleen Goh

1,588,336,752 

23,321,662 

5,117,919 

Resolution 5:

To re-elect Mary Francis

1,587,662,971 

23,988,146 

5,125,216 

Resolution 6:

To re-elect Carole Piwnica

1,587,555,514 

24,087,149 

5,133,670 

Resolution 7:

To re-elect Russell Walls

1,588,769,149 

22,848,864 

5,158,438 

Resolution 8:

To re-elect Richard Karl Goeltz

1,563,739,894 

47,875,849 

5,160,447 

Resolution 9:

To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP

1,554,589,627 

37,138,989 

25,047,716 

Resolution 10:

To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration 

1,558,008,304 

28,153,980 

30,614,049 

Resolution 11:

To increase the authorised share capital of the Company

1,568,851,586 

42,050,541 

5,951,548 

Resolution 12:

To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities subject to the restrictions set out in the resolution

1,553,156,283 

58,026,604 

5,593,420 

Resolution 13:

To approve the renewal of the authority to make non pre-emptive share allotments (Specia1 Resolution)

1,608,674,472 

4,540,379 

3,561,457 

Resolution 14:

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

1,447,350,617 

71,215,577 

98,210,256 

Resolution 15:

To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)

1,564,645,397 

50,345,926 

1,785,010 

Resolution 16:

To authorise the Company and any subsidiary company in the Group to make political donations

1,587,948,963 

14,281,105 

14,623,464 

Resolution 17:

To authorise the Company to introduce a scrip dividend scheme

1,609,272,469 

1,163,685 

6,340,036 

Resolution 18:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's ordinary shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)

1,609,515,408 

2,309,455 

4,951,327 

Resolution 19:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8¾ % preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)

1,580,003,990 

31,688,298 

5,084,020 

Resolution 20:

To authorise the purchase of the Company's 8⅜ % preference shares up to a specified amount (Special Resolution)

1,579,963,202 

31,698,719 

5,114,387 

Resolutions 1-20 were carried