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Annual General Meeting - Resolutions and Voting

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 21 May 2010, Mrs Katherine Garrett-Cox was re-elected as a director and Mr Robert Burgess and Mr Alan Trotter were elected as directors.

All resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were carried on a poll. Votes received were:

Resolution	For	Against	Withheld
Report and Accounts	329,055,430	2,925,698	1,729,465
Directors' Remuneration Report	291,518,310	30,947,156	11,180,571
Re-election of Mrs Katherine Garrett-Cox	318,007,609	11,725,465	4,076,617
Election of Mr Robert Burgess	320,045,180	8,656,633	5,183,728
Election of Mr Alan Trotter	320,357,667	7,645,417	5,875,356
Re-election of KPMG Audit Plc as Auditor	320,391,457	9,172,071	4,358,986
Remuneration of the Auditor	325,660,373	4,271,878	3,700,560
Renewal of share buy back Authority	323,690,712	8,709,687	1,505,040
Authority to hold meetings at 14 days notice	315,183,990	15,493,449	3,218,799

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of resolutions 8 and 9, which were special resolutions, passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting have been sent today to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility.