All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday 6 May 2014 were duly passed.

Set out below are the voting proxies in respect of the resolutions received by the Company at the close of the register on Thursday 1 May 2014.  The number of ordinary shares in issue at that date was 258,363,861.

Resolution	Votes For	Vote to be  cast at Chairman's  discretion	Votes Against	Abstentions	Total Proxy Vote
1	185,976,513	11,232	2,862	353,963	186,344,570
2	67,276,942	11,232	34,494,816	84,561,580	186,344,570
3	168,370,063	11,232	17,951,985	11,290	186,344,570
4	185,918,466	11,232	359,848	55,024	186,344,570
5	185,818,671	11,232	514,502	165	186,344,570
6	185,817,521	11,232	514,777	1,040	186,344,570
7	185,817,521	11,232	514,777	1,040	186,344,570
8	185,817,191	11,232	515,107	1,040	186,344,570
9	185,819,171	11,232	513,127	1,040	186,344,570
10	185,776,822	11,232	555,476	1,040	186,344,570
11	185,817,191	12,882	513,127	1,370	186,344,570
12	185,817,191	11,232	513,127	3,020	186,344,570
13	183,219,645	11,232	514,785	2,691	183,748,353
14	183,181,602	11,232	552,498	3,021	183,748,353
15	181,786,734	11,232	1,905,500	44,887	183,748,353
16	182,903,941	11,232	833,179	1	183,748,353
17	183,680,118	11,232	54,512	2,491	183,748,353
18	177,811,278	12,882	5,924,192	1	183,748,353

 

For further information:

Charles Morgan, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Julie Vickers, Deputy Company Secretary
020 7432 2680