Resolution |
Votes For |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes Against |
% of Votes Cast |
Votes Cast as % of Issued Share Capital |
Votes Withheld |
1 |
Receive the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 |
52,856,646,325 |
99.97 |
15,003,168 |
0.03 |
74.34 |
132,823,937 |
2 |
Approval of the directors' remuneration report |
46,949,370,191 |
95.91 |
2,003,239,680 |
4.09 |
68.83 |
4,051,622,748 |
3 |
Election of Lord Blackwell |
52,807,249,347 |
99.89 |
59,403,660 |
0.11 |
74.34 |
137,183,660 |
4 |
Election of Ms C J Fairbairn |
52,586,446,211 |
99.87 |
70,936,511 |
0.13 |
74.04 |
346,491,237 |
5 |
Election of Mr N L Luff |
52,787,192,427 |
99.85 |
79,608,681 |
0.15 |
74.34 |
136,789,552 |
6 |
Re-election of Sir Winfried Bischoff |
52,204,247,925 |
98.74 |
664,196,462 |
1.26 |
74.34 |
135,541,799 |
7 |
Re-election of Mr M G Culmer |
52,769,734,076 |
99.81 |
99,153,706 |
0.19 |
74.34 |
134,972,553 |
8 |
Re-election of Ms A M Frew |
52,744,593,021 |
99.77 |
124,054,612 |
0.23 |
74.34 |
135,222,474 |
9 |
Re-election of Mr A Horta-Osório |
52,763,217,978 |
99.79 |
108,756,490 |
0.21 |
74.34 |
132,098,376 |
10 |
Re-election of Mr D L Roberts |
52,748,132,444 |
99.77 |
120,903,073 |
0.23 |
74.34 |
134,701,491 |
11 |
Re-election of Mr A Watson |
52,462,927,661 |
99.63 |
194,152,230 |
0.37 |
74.04 |
345,972,544 |
12 |
Re-election of Ms S V Weller |
52,765,369,233 |
99.80 |
103,645,157 |
0.20 |
74.34 |
134,402,651 |
13 |
Re-appointment of the auditors |
52,211,436,732 |
99.30 |
370,564,778 |
0.70 |
73.94 |
421,908,751 |
14 |
Authority to set the remuneration of the auditors |
52,548,493,012 |
99.38 |
326,977,439 |
0.62 |
74.35 |
128,220,222 |
15 |
Authority to make political donations or to incur political expenditure |
52,322,331,425 |
98.98 |
539,474,519 |
1.02 |
74.33 |
142,343,700 |
16 |
Directors' authority to allot shares |
51,839,349,322 |
98.07 |
1,020,584,286 |
1.93 |
74.33 |
143,724,698 |
17 |
Limited disapplication of pre-emption rights |
52,342,646,059 |
99.44 |
294,361,059 |
0.56 |
74.01 |
365,416,314 |
18 |
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares |
52,815,827,406 |
99.89 |
58,104,862 |
0.11 |
74.35 |
129,424,707 |
19 |
Authority to purchase own existing preference shares |
52,667,936,869 |
99.63 |
195,505,045 |
0.37 |
74.33 |
139,791,775 |
20 |
Notice period for general meetings |
50,559,834,469 |
95.62 |
2,313,278,566 |
4.38 |
74.35 |
129,972,678 |