2004 Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 20th July at 10.30am
Barber Surgeons' Hall
Monkwell Square
London
EC2Y 5BD

Resolution		For		Against		Abstentions
Resolution		No. 000's	%	No. 000's	%	No. 000's
1	To receive and adopt the 2004 Report & Accounts	89,728	99.13	787	0.87	2,217
2	To appove the 2004 Remuneration Report	80,240	93.73	5,370	6.27	7,121
3	To declare a final dividend of 4.2 pence per ordinary share	92,720	99.99	4	0.01	8
4	To re-elect Ian Martin as a Director	91,933	99.16	780	0.84	19
5	To re-elect Peter Read as a Director	90,868	99.88	107	0.12	19
6	To elect Richard Adam as a Director	91,875	99.91	79	0.09	778
7	To elect Mike Pilkington as a Director	90,969	99.86	130	0.14	1,633
8	To elect Ian Adamson as a Director	90,975	99.86	131	0.14	1,625
9	To elect Mark Moran as a Director	92,358	99.85	138	0.15	25
10	To re-appoint KPMG Audit plc as auditors and to authorise Directors to set the auditor's remuneration	83,178	97.15	2,438	2.85	7,116
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company	92,716	99.99	10	0.01	5

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