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2003 AGM poll results

Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 16 July 2003 at 11.00am

Summary of Proxy Votes received by 11.00am on Monday 14 July 2003 (expressed as a percentage of votes received)

Resolution For** Against % of Ordinary shares
1. To receive the directors' report, financial statements and report of the auditors 99.87 0.13 50.23
2. To approve the remuneration report 91.81 8.19 48.76
3. To declare a final dividend 99.99 0.01 51.47
4. To elect Justin King 99.24 0.76 49.37
5. To elect Vittorio Radice 99.07 0.93 48.50
6. To re-elect Roger Holmes 99.24 0.76 49.37
7. To re-elect Jack Keenan 98.95 1.05 50.93
8. To re-elect Laurel Powers-Freeling 99.23 0.77 50.84
9. To re-appoint auditors and authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration 96.36 3.64 51.47
10. To renew directors' authority to allot shares 99.36 0.64 51.46
11. To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights 95.48 4.52 51.52
12. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 99.87 0.13 51.44

 

NOTES:

*All resolutions were passed on a show of hands. It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted if a poll had been held, it merely reflects his/her intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded and a shareholder, having lodged a proxy, may still attend the meeting and vote his/her shares him/herself as seen fit.

**The "For" vote includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

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