Annual General Meeting - Thursday 7 May 2026
Final ResultRes No. | Description | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | % of Issued share capital voted | Votes withheld |
1 | Report and Accounts | 3,054,682,639 | 99.99% | 297,398 | 0.01% | 80.54% | 1,254,214 |
2 | Annual Report on Remuneration | 2,549,584,459 | 92.37% | 210,572,318 | 7.63% | 72.77% | 296,077,474 |
3 | Declare a final dividend | 3,055,836,982 | 99.99% | 219,300 | 0.01% | 80.57% | 177,969 |
4 | Re-elect Dawn Allen | 3,047,394,993 | 99.74% | 7,994,697 | 0.26% | 80.55% | 844,561 |
5 | Elect Helen Ashton | 3,047,429,924 | 99.74% | 7,952,283 | 0.26% | 80.55% | 852,044 |
6 | Re-elect Edward Bonham Carter | 2,725,212,738 | 98.71% | 35,749,281 | 1.29% | 72.79% | 295,272,232 |
7 | Re-elect Graham Cooke | 3,019,994,507 | 98.84% | 35,396,497 | 1.16% | 80.55% | 843,247 |
8 | Re-elect Andrew Cosslett | 2,978,789,991 | 97.49% | 76,647,488 | 2.51% | 80.55% | 796,772 |
9 | Re-elect Margaret Ewing | 2,925,672,563 | 95.75% | 129,717,994 | 4.25% | 80.55% | 843,694 |
10 | Re-elect Marjorie Kaplan | 3,047,435,642 | 99.74% | 7,944,064 | 0.26% | 80.55% | 854,545 |
11 | Re-elect Gidon Katz | 3,039,251,434 | 99.47% | 16,132,474 | 0.53% | 80.55% | 850,343 |
12 | Re-elect Chris Kennedy | 3,037,476,972 | 99.41% | 17,987,194 | 0.59% | 80.55% | 770,085 |
13 | Re-elect Carolyn McCall | 3,039,099,460 | 99.46% | 16,463,887 | 0.54% | 80.55% | 670,904 |
14 | Re-elect Sharmila Nebhrajani | 2,883,118,132 | 94.36% | 172,321,211 | 5.64% | 80.55% | 794,908 |
15 | Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor | 3,051,415,211 | 99.89% | 3,498,226 | 0.11% | 80.54% | 1,320,814 |
16 | Auditors' remuneration | 3,051,858,079 | 99.87% | 4,001,014 | 0.13% | 80.56% | 375,158 |
17 | Political Donations | 2,740,769,093 | 99.25% | 20,637,822 | 0.75% | 72.80% | 294,778,559 |
18 | Authority to allot shares | 2,680,838,486 | 87.73% | 375,064,786 | 12.27% | 80.56% | 330,979 |
19 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (1) | 2,927,725,215 | 95.83% | 127,326,148 | 4.17% | 80.54% | 1,182,888 |
20 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (2) | 2,729,160,898 | 89.31% | 326,686,027 | 10.69% | 80.56% | 387,326 |
21 | Purchase of own shares | 3,054,977,346 | 99.98% | 545,943 | 0.02% | 80.55% | 710,962 |
22 | Notice period for General Meetings | 2,926,308,042 | 95.76% | 129,701,800 | 4.24% | 80.57% | 224,409 |
Votes as a percentage of the total For, Discretion and Against. Votes Withheld are not a vote in law and are not counted in the overall voting figures.
Special Resolution requires at least 75% of votes in favour.
One vote per share
Number of ordinary shares in issue at date of meeting: 3,793,189,219