Class Meeting Result

At the adjourned Class Meeting of the Company's Preference Shareholders held this morning, the following resolution, giving the Directors the authority to purchase the Company's Ordinary and Preference Shares, was passed as a Special Resolution following a poll:

THAT the holders of the cumulative convertible redeemable preference shares of 1p each in the Company hereby sanction the passing and implementation of Resolution 16 set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and each and every contract to purchase shares entered into within the terms of the authority thereby conferred.

The results of the poll were as follows:

Notes:

1.         The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

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

3.         The total number of Preference Shares of 1p each in the Company in issue at 6.00 pm on 16 May 2017 was 111,839,795, each carrying one vote. 

22 May 2017