Financial Releases

AGM Proxy Vote Results

27 Apr 2005

Votes
in Favour

Votes
Against

Votes
Withheld
       
1. Report & Accounts
123,855,684
386,642 2,937,728
2. Remuneration Report
124,203,420
1,377,866 1,598,767

3. Dividend
127,177,428
2,244 382
4. Re-election of
Mr. PG Rogerson
123,269,874
1,072,398 2,837,781
5. Re-election of
Mr. NH Northridge
127,137,389
38,439 4,226
6. Election of
Mr. FAB Shepherd
126,290,366
885,898 3,790
7. Reappointment of
Auditors
126,237,278
939,794 2,982
8. Allotment for cash 127,104,589 49,952 25,513
9. Purchase of
own shares
126,915,789 51,690 212,575

Total
Issued Shares

Number of
proxies
cast

%age of
proxies
cast
268,239,604
127,180,054 47.41%