Result of AGM

Resolution

For & Discretionary

Against

Number of votes

Withheld (see Note 1)

Total votes cast

No. of shares

% Votes Cast

No. of shares

% Votes Cast

1

To receive Annual Report and Accounts

190,415,516

100.00

1,000

0.00

952,649

190,416,516

2

To approve the Remuneration Report

174,597,271

92.40

14,370,074

7.60

2,402,040

188,967,345

3

To reappoint Terence M Graunke

190,993,821

99.81

361,816

0.19

13,748

191,355,637

4

To reappoint Joe MacHale

191,324,915

99.99

15,722

0.01

28,748

191,340,637

5

To reappoint John Farrell

191,340,907

99.99

23,108

0.01

5,370

191,364,015

6

To reappoint Ernst & Young as auditors

187,709,982

100.00

3,161

0.00

3,656,242

187,713,143

7

To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration

187,966,784

100.00

0

0.00

3,402,601

187,966,784

8

To declare a final dividend

191,369,165

100.00

0

0.00

220

191,369,165

9

To authorise the Company to make political donations

187,604,697

98.04

3,750,432

1.96

14,256

191,355,129

10

To renew the directors' authority to allot shares

182,234,158

95.23

9,122,516

4.77

12,711

191,356,674

11

To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights*

191,311,003

99.97

56,383

0.03

1,999

191,367,386

12

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*

191,351,629

100.00

8,623

0.00

9,133

191,360,252

13

To authorise the Company to call general meetings on 14 days' notice*

188,446,893

98.57

2,730,272

1.43

220

191,177,165

*Special Resolution

NOTES:

1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

2. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 255,845,477 of which 2,628,448 are held in treasury.