Publication of information in advance of general meeting
Publication of information in advance of general meeting pursuant to Section 311A of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006
Please refer to the Notice of Eighty-Third Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) for the details of the resolutions to be put to the meeting together with the explanatory notes on the resolutions.
The Company has only one (1) class of share in issue, being ordinary shares.
Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 23 June 2010 (being the date of the Notice of AGM) in respect of which members are entitled to exercise voting rights at the AGM – 403,256,136 of 7.5 pence each.
Total number of votes that members are entitled to exercise at the AGM in respect of the ordinary shares of 7.5 pence each - 403,256,136 (one (1) vote per share).