Resolutions | For | % of total votes cast | Against | % of total votes cast | Total votes cast | Votes withheld | |
1. | To receive the reports of the Directors and auditors and the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2025. | 375,346,297 | 99.99% | 32,502 | 0.01% | 375,378,799 | 1,090,284 |
2. | To approve the Annual Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025. | 366,806,671 | 97.46% | 9,553,397 | 2.54% | 376,360,068 | 109,015 |
3. | To approve a final dividend of 2.3 pence for the year ended 31 December 2025. | 376,353,287 | 99.99% | 18,847 | 0.01% | 376,372,134 | 96,949 |
4. | To elect Nathan Bostock as a Director. | 367,143,481 | 97.55% | 9,215,592 | 2.45% | 376,359,073 | 110,010 |
5. | To elect William Watt as a Director. | 305,126,625 | 98.19% | 5,634,418 | 1.81% | 310,761,043 | 65,708,040 |
6. | To re-elect Matthew Beesley as a Director. | 308,757,780 | 99.35% | 2,010,637 | 0.65% | 310,768,417 | 65,700,666 |
7. | To re-elect James Macpherson as a Director. | 283,883,230 | 92.73% | 22,268,819 | 7.27% | 306,152,049 | 70,317,034 |
8. | To re-elect Wayne Mepham as a Director. | 307,224,711 | 98.86% | 3,543,878 | 1.14% | 310,768,589 | 65,700,494 |
9. | To re-elect Dale Murray as a Director. | 280,652,240 | 91.67% | 25,508,065 | 8.33% | 306,160,305 | 70,308,778 |
10. | To re-elect Suzy Neubert as a Director. | 286,936,532 | 93.72% | 19,223,781 | 6.28% | 306,160,313 | 70,308,770 |
11. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors. | 376,296,402 | 99.99% | 50,105 | 0.01% | 376,346,507 | 122,576 |
Resolutions | For | % of total votes cast | Against | % of total votes cast | Total votes cast | Votes withheld | |
12. | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to set the remuneration of the auditors. | 376,078,849 | 99.93% | 278,977 | 0.07% | 376,357,826 | |
13. | To authorise the Company to make political donations. | 309,742,927 | 99.80% | 623,958 | 0.20% | 310,366,885 | |
14. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company. | 375,470,984 | 99.77% | 857,176 | 0.23% | 376,328,160 | |
15. | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights. | 376,052,780 | 99.95% | 187,937 | 0.05% | 376,240,717 | |
16. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 376,088,888 | 99.99% | 52,017 | 0.01% | 376,140,905 | |
17. | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) of the Company being called on 14 clear days' notice. | 367,912,450 | 97.76% | 8,426,069 | 2.24% | 376,338,519 |
A 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution, or in the 'votes cast'. Resolutions 15, 16 and 17 were proposed as special resolutions requiring 75% majority of votes cast to be in favour.