Resolution | Votes For | For (% of shares voted) | Votes Against | Against (% of shares voted) | Votes Withheld** | |
1 | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts | 2,035,755,228 | 99.90 | 1,959,556 | 0.10 | 3,843,606 |
2 | To declare a final dividend | 2,036,576,253 | 99.89 | 2,200,693 | 0.11 | 2,794,346 |
3 | To re-elect Sir Peter Gershon | 2,018,556,600 | 99.06 | 19,238,128 | 0.94 | 3,767,563 |
4 | To re-elect John Pettigrew | 2,022,043,812 | 99.22 | 15,825,951 | 0.78 | 3,693,724 |
5 | To re-elect Dean Seavers | 2,009,030,535 | 98.59 | 28,681,086 | 1.41 | 3,851,611 |
6 | To re-elect Nicola Shaw | 2,010,404,988 | 98.66 | 27,383,666 | 1.34 | 3,774,444 |
7 | To re-elect Nora Mead Brownell | 2,021,317,050 | 99.19 | 16,414,140 | 0.81 | 3,831,884 |
8 | To re-elect Jonathan Dawson | 2,013,977,209 | 98.84 | 23,654,847 | 1.16 | 3,931,018 |
9 | To re-elect Therese Esperdy | 2,022,956,426 | 99.28 | 14,769,460 | 0.72 | 3,836,847 |
10 | To re-elect Paul Golby | 2,022,620,782 | 99.26 | 15,019,174 | 0.74 | 3,923,118 |
11 | To re-elect Mark Williamson | 2,006,601,106 | 98.48 | 30,950,472 | 1.52 | 4,011,496 |
12 | To elect Amanda Mesler | 2,027,872,509 | 99.52 | 9,769,228 | 0.48 | 3,923,922 |
13 | To re-appoint the auditors Deloitte LLP | 2,031,182,883 | 99.66 | 6,886,252 | 0.34 | 3,499,999 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to set the auditors' remuneration | 2,028,137,212 | 99.57 | 8,736,905 | 0.43 | 4,683,986 |
15 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report excluding the excerpts from the remuneration policy | 1,971,102,408 | 96.94 | 62,185,956 | 3.06 | 8,262,044 |
16 | To authorise the Company to make political donations | 1,944,946,459 | 96.37 | 73,358,787 | 3.63 | 23,223,363 |
17 | To authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares | 1,951,224,651 | 95.73 | 87,027,019 | 4.27 | 3,306,409 |
18* | To disapply pre-emption rights | 2,010,675,740 | 98.79 | 24,632,524 | 1.21 | 6,228,220 |
19* | To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions | 1,974,216,330 | 96.99 | 61,294,545 | 3.01 | 6,025,195 |
20* | To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares | 2,019,497,033 | 99.04 | 19,502,768 | 0.96 | 2,552,874 |
21* | To authorise the Directors to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice | 1,859,880,749 | 91.81 | 165,910,654 | 8.19 | 15,762,414 |