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2005 Annual General Meeting 

 

2005 Annual General Meeting

Time and Place:

Wednesday 20th July 2005 at 10.00am
Chartered Accountants' Hall
Moorgate Place
London
EC2R 6EA

Notice of Meeting:

Presentation:

Summary of Proxy Votes:

Resolution

For

Against

Abstained

1.To receive the report and Accounts for 2005 and the auditable part of the Remuneration Report 103,263,978 112,596 2,860,513
2.To approve the 2005 Remuneration Report 100,305,334 3,648,807 2,282,946
3.To declare a final dividend of 4.2p per ordinary share 106,200,174 4,175 32,738
4. To re-elect Garry Watts as a Director 103,546,524 928,198 1,762,365
5.To re-elect Richard Adam as a Director 105,817,550 383,076 1,762,365
6.To re-elect Peter Read as a Director 105,214,680 575,245 447,162
7.To elect Anna Catalano as a Director 106,135,779 56,584 44,724
8. To elect Susan Murray as a Director 106,121,613 70,984 44,490
9. To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors 103,575,300 1,808,474 853,313
10. To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' remuneration 101,727,285 3,655,636 854,166
11. To approve the Performance Share Plan 105,159,062 613,764 464,261
12. To renew the authority given to Directors to allot shares. 106,138,416 64,143 34,528
13.To renew the authority given to Directors to allot securities for cash other than on a pro-rata basis including the authority to sell or allot treasury shares. 106,150,696 46,656 39,735
14. To approve the amendment to the Memorandum of Association of the Company. 105,933,620 26,983 276,484
15. To approve the amendment to the Articles of Association of the Company. 106,015,420 26,663 195,004
16.To give the Company authority authority to purchase the Company's shares. 106,111,158 11,466 114,463