RESULTS OF THE 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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Resolution		Votes For (including Discretion)			Votes Against		Votes Withheld	Total votes cast (excluding Votes Withheld)

				% of shares voted		% of shares voted				% of Issued Share Capital
		No. of Shares			No. of Shares		No. of Shares	No. of Shares

1	To receive the 2013 Directors' and Auditors' Reports and Financial Statements	1,874,781,951	99.99		270,400	0.01	7,966,110	1,875,052,351	57.69


2	To declare a final dividend	1,872,040,752	99.87		2,525,856	0.13	7,858,532	1,874,566,608	57.67

3	To re-elect Kevin Beeston as a director	1,854,922,028	98.96		19,508,175	1.04	7,994,343	1,874,430,203	57.67

4	To re-elect Pete Redfern as a director	1,793,844,664	95.70		80,515,797	4.30	8,064,085	1,874,360,461	57.67

5	To re-elect Ryan Mangold as a director	1,857,228,619	99.08		17,157,915	0.92	8,031,927	1,874,386,534	57.67

6	To re-elect James Jordan as a director	1,840,795,422	99.08		17,045,001	0.92	24,584,123	1,857,840,423	57.16

7	To re-elect Kate Barker CBE as a director	1,858,851,724	99.17		15,493,997	0.83	8,069,150	1,874,345,721	57.67

8	To re-elect Mike Hussey as a director	1,858,744,578	99.17		15,604,833	0.83	8,068,369	1,874,349,411	57.67

9	To re-elect Robert Rowley as a director	1,857,614,569	99.17		15,585,077	0.83	9,218,815	1,873,199,646	57.63

10	To elect Baroness Ford of Cunninghame as a director	1,858,295,384	99.15		16,018,647	0.85	8,104,430	1,874,314,031	57.67

11	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	1,836,177,750	98.76		23,135,660	1.24	23,101,470	1,859,313,410	57.20

12	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' fees	1,873,257,347	99.94		1,167,926	0.06	7,989,608	1,874,425,273	57.67

13	To give the directors authority to allot shares in the Company	1,845,276,448	98.58		26,494,572	1.42	10,644,455	1,871,771,020	57.59

14	To dis-apply pre-emption rights	1,870,626,195	99.92		1,465,624	0.08	10,322,469	1,872,091,819	57.60

15	To empower the Company to make market purchases of its shares	1,868,198,785	99.69		5,726,617	0.31	8,490,073	1,873,925,402	57.65

16	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy Report	1,805,909,298	98.22		32,712,211	1.78	43,792,778	1,838,621,509	56.57

17	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,862,930,474	99.42		10,836,415	0.58	8,647,399	1,873,766,889	57.65

18	To authorise political donations & expenditure	1,776,799,801	95.34		86,797,228	4.66	18,817,850	1,863,597,029	57.34

19	To approve the calling of general meetings on 14 days' notice	1,747,660,158	93.23		126,857,561	6.77	7,897,162	1,874,517,719	57.67

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