Annual General Meeting 2012
Our AGM was held at 2.00pm, Friday 25 May 2012 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
You can see how our shareholders voted below.
| Resolutions | For | Against | Withheld |
| Resolution 1: To receive and consider the Annual Report and accounts for 2011 | 910,647,085 | 1,179,049 | 2,497,156 |
| Resolution 2: To approve the Directors’ remuneration report | 830,502,406 | 40,117,120 | 43,700,143 |
| Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend for 2011 | 912,210,076 | 485,052 | 1,624,541 |
| Resolution 4: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors | 905,436,267 | 6,039,818 | 2,843,158 |
| Resolution 5: To authorise the Directors to set the auditors’ fees | 907,166,092 | 4,129,827 | 3,023,750 |
| Resolution 6A: To re-elect Gerald Grimstone | 902,298,239 | 7,299,499 | 4,721,931 |
| Resolution 6B: To re-elect Colin Buchan | 902,313,672 | 7,012,566 | 4,993,431 |
| Resolution 6C: To re-elect Crawford Gillies | 901,894,161 | 7,388,617 | 5,036,891 |
| Resolution 6D: To re-elect David Grigson | 901,972,339 | 7,349,613 | 4,997,717 |
| Resolution 6E: To re-elect Jacqueline Hunt | 902,393,544 | 7,100,420 | 4,818,226 |
| Resolution 6F: To re-elect David Nish | 867,174,439 | 42,285,453 | 4,862,428 |
| Resolution 6G: To re-elect Keith Skeoch | 909,869,389 | 7,396,486 | 4,939,466 |
| Resolution 6H: To re-elect Sheelagh Whittaker | 902,105,502 | 7,338,178 | 4,886,258 |
| Resolution 7A: To elect Pierre Danon | 899,913,567 | 8,416,912 | 5,999,459 |
| Resolution 7B: To elect John Paynter | 900,945,570 | 7,396,483 | 5,986,639 |
| Resolution 7C: To elect Lynne Peacock | 901,039,349 | 7,444,987 | 5,847,957 |
| Resolution 8: To authorise the Directors to issue further shares | 895,524,087 | 15,184,347 | 3,620,298 |
| Resolution 9: To disapply share pre-emption rights | 891,320,196 | 12,109,644 | 10,900,098 |
| Resolution 10: To give authority for the Company to buy back up to 10% of its issued ordinary shares | 905,195,956 | 5,581,039 | 3,452,714 |
| Resolution 11: To provide limited authority to the Company to make political donations and to incur political expenditure | 843,481,510 | 61,116,993 | 9,719,920 |
| Resolution 12: To allow the Company to call general meetings on 14 days’ notice | 900,330,978 | 53,179,542 | 5,242,083 |
Issued share capital and total voting rights
On 13 March 2012 the Company's issued share capital consisted of 2,353,771,435 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. No shares were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company on 13 March 2012 were 2,353,771,435.