2008 AGM poll results

Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 2.00pm

Resolution		No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%	Number of votes Withheld (See note 3)	Total Votes Cast
Resolution		For (see note 2)		Against (see note 2)		Number of votes Withheld (See note 3)	Total Votes Cast
1	To receive Annual report and accounts	774,731,982	96.69	26,511,063	3.31	12,915,378	814,158,423
2	To approve the remuneration report	678,626,041	87.16	99,956,289	12.84	35,615,891	814,198,221
3	To declare a final dividend	813,500,429	99.99	53,993	0.01	466,658	814,021,080
4	To elect Kate Bostock	802,342,642	98.65	10,957,178	1.35	911,173	814,210,993
5	Resolution withdrawn (see note 4)	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	To re-elect Sir Stuart Rose	634,283,993	94.08	39,892,407	5.92	140,138,893	814,315,293
7	To re-elect Steven Sharp	803,635,631	98.82	9,559,888	1.18	882,790	814,078,309
8	To re-appoint the auditors	794,445,169	98.95	8,399,007	1.05	10,314,853	813,159,029
9	To authorise Audit committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	807,205,879	99.42	4,731,416	0.58	1,217,234	813,154,529
10	To renew directors' authority to allot shares	807,759,827	99.35	5,308,594	0.65	1,042,709	814,111,130
11	To renew disapplication of pre-emption rights	808,003,942	99.61	3,181,713	0.39	2,878,152	814,063,807
12	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	809,966,749	99.65	2,864,553	0.35	1,205,580	814,036,882
13	To authorise the Company to amend the Articles of Association	782,127,868	96.3	30,090,879	3.7	1,855,137	814,073,884

NOTES:

1 All resolutions were passed.

2 Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

3 A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

4 Steven Esom retired from the Board on 2 July 2008. This resolution proposing his election as a Director was therefore not put to the meeting.

5 Total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 8 July 2008 = 1,576,680,715 shares. 51.6% of voting capital was instructed.