Resolutions	Description	For (including discretionary)**	%	Against	%	Withheld***	Votes cast as a % of TVR
1	Report and accounts	29,181,443	99.93%	20,995	0.07%	28,483	22.02%
2	Directors’ Remuneration Report	28,191,514	96.87%	910,374	3.13%	129,033	21.95%
3	Final dividend of 9.5p per share	29,203,615	99.96%	10,622	0.04%	16,684	22.03%
4	Re-elect Denis Jackson	29,035,383	99.62%	111,260	0.38%	84,278	21.98%
5	Re-elect Trish Houston	29,017,734	99.57%	126,668	0.43%	86,519	21.98%
6	Re-elect Robert Hingley	28,208,963	96.83%	923,838	3.17%	98,120	21.97%
7	Re-elect Pars Purewal	28,457,550	97.66%	681,100	2.34%	92,271	21.98%
8	Re-elect Claire Finn	28,442,150	97.57%	707,446	2.43%	81,325	21.98%
9	Re-elect Clare Askem	28,443,774	97.59%	702,179	2.41%	84,968	21.98%
10	Re-elect Maarten Slendebroek	28,412,156	97.51%	726,494	2.49%	92,271	21.98%
11	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as statutory auditors	29,049,263	99.54%	134,574	0.46%	45,084	22.01%
12	Authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the auditor’s remuneration	29,027,982	99.72%	82,570	0.28%	47,775	21.95%
13	Authority to allot shares	29,050,961	99.63%	107,727	0.37%	72,233	21.99%
14*	Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	28,351,111	97.15%	830,838	2.85%	48,972	22.01%
15*	Additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or specified capital investment	28,371,217	97.25%	802,663	2.75%	57,041	22.00%
16*	Authority to buy back shares	29,082,764	99.61%	115,075	0.39%	32,909	22.02%
17*	Cancellation of Share Premium Account	29,040,595	99.68%	93,589	0.32%	96,737	21.97%
18*	Authority to call general meeting on 14 clear days’ notice	28,979,371	99.34%	193,340	0.66%	58,210	22.00%

Notes:

* Special resolutions.

** Votes “For” include any discretionary votes given to the Chairman or another named proxy.

*** Votes withheld have no legal effect.

For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes validly cast are expressed in the table above as a percentage of the Corporation's total voting rights as at close of business on 9 April 2025, being the time at which shareholders had to be registered on the register of members in order to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.

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