Vote Summary CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC. Security. Meeting Type. Ticker Symbol. Meeting Date. Agenda ISIN. Holding Recon Date.

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1 CITY OF INVESTMENT GROUP PLC G Oct-2012 GB00B104RS Sep Sep-2012 B104RS5 - B152BW6 - B68QYM1 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the accounts 2 To approve the Directors' remuneration report 3 To approve the final dividend 4 To re-elect L C Ruddick as a Director 5 To re-elect T Griffith as a Director 6 To re-elect B M Olliff as a Director 7 To approve the re-appointment of Moore Stephens LLP as auditors 8 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration 9 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 10 To approve the of London Employee Benefit Trust to hold up to a maximum of 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital 11 To empower the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights 12 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary Shares up t o a maximum number of 2,694,095 Page 1 of 141

2 COALFIELD RESOURCES PLC, DONCASTER SOUTH YORKSHIRE G Ordinary General Meeting 01-Oct-2012 GB Sep Sep B02R7X0 - B1SVQB4 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Ordinary resolution to approve the disposal of Harworth Power (Generation) Limited Page 2 of 141

3 F&C US SMALLER COMPANIES PLC G3628J Oct-2012 GB Oct Sep B Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Adoption of annual accounts 2 Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report 3 Re-election of Mr N M Bachop 4 Re-election of Mr M P S Barton 5 Re-election of Mr G D Grender 6 Re-election of Mr C A Parritt 7 Re-appointment of the auditors 8 Authority to determine the auditors' remuneration 9 Authority to allot securities for cash 10 Authority to buy back shares 11 Notice period for meetings Page 3 of 141

4 HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC, G Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B073F40 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 May To approve a final dividend of 5.50p per ordinary share 4 To re-appoint Mr K E Percy as a director of the Company 5 To re-appoint Mr J J Nelson as a director of the Company 6 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Statutory Auditors to the Company 7 To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the Statutory Auditors 8 To authorise the Company to purchase its own preference stock units 9 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares Page 4 of 141

5 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC, WINDSOR G4804L122 Ordinary General Meeting 08-Oct-2012 GB00B1WQCS Oct Oct-2012 B1WQCS4 - B1XJ2Q0 - B1Y93Z5 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Consolidation of share capital 2 Authority to purchase own shares Page 5 of 141

6 JUPITER EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC G6394A Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B05P173 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 That the Report of the Directors and the audited Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2012 be received and adopted 2 That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 May 2012 be approved 3 To re-elect H M Priestley as a Director of the Company 4 To re-elect A F C Darwall as a Director of the Company 5 To re-elect J D A Wallinger as a Director of the Company 6 To re-elect P E F Best as a Director of the Company 7 To elect A L Sutch as a Director of the Company 8 To appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditors of the Company 9 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration 10 Authority to allot shares 11 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 12 Authority to buy back shares 13 Notice of General Meeting Page 6 of 141

7 MAJEDIE INVESTMENTS PLC, G Ordinary General Meeting 09-Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B05P1V7 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To approve the proposed amendments to the Company's investment policy and the revised investment policy be approved and adopted with effect from 1 Oct 2012 Page 7 of 141

8 GOODWIN PLC G Oct-2012 GB CHESHIRE 09-Oct Oct B76Y833 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the report of the Directors and the audited financial statements 2 To approve the payment of an ordinary dividend on the ordinary shares 3 To re-elect Mr. M. S. Goodwin as a Director 4 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 5 To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration Page 8 of 141

9 MONITISE PLC G6258F Oct-2012 GB00B1YMRB Oct Oct-2012 B1YMRB8 - B1Z8M54 - B61GBS3 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 That the Company's report and audited financial statements and the reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 30 June 2012 be approved 2 That Alastair Lukies be re-elected as a Director of the Company 3 That Lee Cameron be re-elected as a Director of the Company 4 That David Dey be re-elected as a Director of the Company 5 That Peter Ayliffe be elected as a Director of the Company 6 That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be reappointed as Auditors of the Company 7 That the Directors be authorised to agree the remuneration of the Auditors 8 That the Directors' Remuneration Report be approved 9 That the Directors be authorised to allot relevant securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act That the statutory pre-emption rights pursuant to section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 be disapplied in relation to rights issues and the issue of ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company for cash up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of GBP 1,141, That the Company be authorised to purchase a maximum of 114,116,135 ordinary shares at a price per share of not less than 1 p and not more than 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for ordinary shares for the five business days preceding the day of purchase Page 9 of 141

10 STANDARD LIFE UK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC G Oct-2012 GB EDINBURGH 09-Oct Oct B3MQ459 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2012, together with the independent auditor's report thereon 2 To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To declare a final dividend of 2.10 pence per Ordinary share 4 To re-elect Donald MacDonald as a Director of the Company 5 To re-elect David Woods as a Director of the Company 6 To re-elect Lynn Ruddick as a Director of the Company 7 To re-elect Carol Ferguson as a Director of the Company 8 To re-appoint Ernst and Young LLP as independent auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration 9 To authorise the Company to allot shares 10 To disapply pre-emption rights 11 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares 12 To authorise the Company to issue shares from treasury at a discount to net asset value 13 To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares in connection with a tender offer 14 To authorise that a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 days' notice Page 10 of 141

11 MCBRIDE PLC, G5922D Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B05P1W8 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the accounts including the directors' and auditors' reports, for the year ended 30 June To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 30 June To re-elect Iain John Grant Napier, the Chairman, as a director 4 To re-elect Richard James Armitage as an executive director 5 To re-elect Christopher (Chris) Derek Bull as an executive director 6 To re-elect Robert (Bob) Anthony Lee as a non-executive director 7 To re-elect Sandra Turner as a non-executive director 8 To elect Neil Simon Harrington as a non-executive director 9 To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company 10 To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration 11 To authorise the Company to make political donations 12 To authorise the directors to allot shares 13 To authorise the directors to allot B Shares as a method of making payments to shareholders 14 To authorise the directors to allot shares for cash 15 To authorise the purchase of the Company's own shares 16 To call a general meeting of the Company on not less than 14 clear days' notice PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REVISION DUE TO MODIFICATION IN TEXT OF RESOLUTION-3. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR VOTES, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THIS PROXY FOR-M UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. Non-Voting Page 11 of 141

12 DIAGEO PLC, G Oct-2012 GB Oct B01DFS0 11-Oct-2012 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Report and accounts Directors' remuneration report Declaration of final dividend 4 Re-election of PB Bruzelius as a director 5 Re-election of LM Danon as a director 6 Re-election of Lord Davies as a director 7 Re-election of BD Holden as a director 8 Re-election of Dr FB Humer as a director 9 Re-election of D Mahlan as a director 10 Re-election of PG Scott as a director 11 Re-election of HT Stitzer as a director 12 Re-election of PS Walsh as a director 13 Election of Ho KwonPing as a director 14 Election of IM Menezes as a director 15 Re-appointment of auditor 16 Remuneration of auditor 17 Authority to allot shares 18 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 19 Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 20 Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure in the EU 21 Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an annual general meeting Page 12 of 141

13 MAN GROUP PLC, G5790V156 Ordinary General Meeting 17-Oct-2012 GB00B28KQ Oct Oct-2012 B28KQ18 - B29LSJ2 - B29M077 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Implement the Scheme of Arrangement 2 Amend the Articles of Association: Articles 6(D), 6(E), 155, 156, 10, 10(A) and 2 3 Change the Company's Name to Man Strategic Holdings plc 4 Approve the New Man Reduction of Capital 5 Approve the establishment of the New Man 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan 6 Approve the establishment of the New Man 2012 Executive Share Option Plan 7 Approve the establishment of the New Man 2012 Sharesave Scheme CMMT PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REVISION DUE TO CHANGE IN MEETING TYPE FROM EGM TO-OGM AND RECEIPT OF ARTICLE NUMBERS. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR VOTES, PL-EASE DO NOT RETURN THIS PROXY FORM UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR ORIGINAL IN- STRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. Non-Voting Page 13 of 141

14 MAN GROUP PLC, G5790V156 Court Meeting 17-Oct-2012 GB00B28KQ Oct Oct-2012 B28KQ18 - B29LSJ2 - B29M077 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against CMMT PLEASE NOTE THAT ABSTAIN IS NOT A VALID VOTE OPTION FOR THIS MEETING TYPE.-PLEASE CHOOSE BETWEEN "FOR" AND "AGAINST" ONLY. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE-ABSTAIN FOR THIS MEETING THEN YOUR VOTE WILL BE DISREGARDED BY THE ISSUER OR-ISSUERS AGENT. 1 the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving (with or without modification) a scheme of arrangement (the ''Scheme of Arrangement'') proposed to be made between Man Group plc (registered in England and Wales with registered number ) (hereinafter the ''Company'') and the holders of Scheme Shares (as defined in the Scheme of Arrangement) Non-Voting Page 14 of 141

15 PERSIMMON PLC, FULFORD YORK G Ordinary General Meeting 17-Oct-2012 GB YORK 15-Oct Oct B02T0K4 - B09RH88 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 That the rules of the Persimmon Plc 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan (the 'Plan') a copy of which is produced in draft to this meeting and for the purposes of identification initialled by the Chairman and which is summarised in the notice of meeting circular dated 24 September 2012, be approved and the Directors be authorised to make such modifications to the Plan as they may consider appropriate for the implementation of the Plan and to adopt the Plan as so modified and to do all such other acts and things as they may consider appropriate to implement the Plan Page 15 of 141

16 IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC, G4753Q Oct-2012 GB00B06QFB Oct Oct-2012 B06QFB7 - B3F7RK5 - B4Y5893 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 May 2012 and accompanying reports 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 3 To declare a final dividend of pence per share 4 To re-elect Jonathan Davie as a Director 5 To re-elect Peter Hetherington as a Director 6 To re-elect Christopher Hill as a Director 7 To re-elect Stephen Hill as a Director 8 To re-elect Timothy Howkins as a Director 9 To re-elect Martin Jackson as a Director 10 To re-elect Roger Yates as a Director 11 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company 12 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration 13 To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act 14 To disapply statutory pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Act 15 To renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares 16 That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice Page 16 of 141

17 RENISHAW PLC, GLOUCESTERSHIRE G Oct-2012 GB MISKIN 16-Oct Oct B3BJM11 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the reports of the directors and auditors and the financial statements for the year ended 30th June To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June To re-elect Sir David McMurtry as a director of the Company 4 To re-elect John Deer as a director of the Company 5 To re-elect Ben Taylor as a director of the Company 6 To re-elect Allen Roberts as a director of the Company 7 To re-elect Geoff McFarland as a director of the Company 8 To re-elect David Grant as a director of the Company 9 To re-elect Bill Whiteley as a director of the Company 10 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To re-appoint KPMG as auditor 12 To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor 13 To grant to the Company authority to purchase its own shares under section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REVISION DUE TO CHANGE IN TEXT OF RESOLUTION 6. IF-YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR VOTES, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THIS PROXY FORM UNLE-SS YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. Non-Voting Page 17 of 141

18 DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, STOKE-ON-TRENT G2698H Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B603H87 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2012, together with the Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report 2 To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year end 30 June To declare a final dividend 4 To re-elect Mr Michael Redmond 5 To re-elect Mr Ian Page 6 To re-elect Mr Simon Evans 7 To re-elect Mr Edwin Torr 8 To re-elect Mr Neil Warner 9 To re-elect Dr Christopher Richards 10 To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditor of the Company 11 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor 12 To authorise the Directors to allot shares to a specific limit 13 To dis-apply the pre-emption rights 14 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 15 To authorise the Company to hold any General Meeting (other than an ) on not less than 14 clear day's notice Page 18 of 141

19 RANK GROUP PLC, G7377H Oct-2012 GB00B1L5QH MAIDENHEAD 17-Oct Oct-2012 B1L5QH9 - B1VNTC9 - B1VQFP3 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the report of the directors and the audited financial statements for the 18 month period ended 30 June To approve the directors remuneration report for the 18 month period ended 30 June To declare a final dividend 4 To elect Colin Child as a director 5 To elect Clive Jennings as a director 6 To elect Sir Richard Needham as a director 7 To re elect Ian Burke as a director 8 To re elect Richard Greenhalgh as a director 9 To re elect Owen O'Donnell as a director 10 To re elect Tim Scoble as a director 11 To re elect Bill Shannon as a director 12 To re elect John Warren as a director 13 To re appoint Ernst and Young LLP as auditors 14 To authorise the audit committee to agree the remuneration of the auditors 15 To authorise political donations and political expenditure 16 To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days notice 17 To approve subsistence of 2010 and 2011 LTIP share awards Page 19 of 141

20 NIGHTHAWK ENERGY PLC, G6562L Oct-2012 GB00B156TD Oct Oct-2012 B156TD5 - B1VS399 - B3YC552 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the report and accounts for the year ended 30 June To re-elect Stephen Gutteridge as a director 3 To appoint BDO LLP as auditors and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration 4 To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities 5 To enable the directors to allot equity securities for cash without first offering them to existing shareholders CMMT PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REVISION DUE TO CHANGE IN MEETING TYPE FROM OGM TO-AGM. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT IN YOUR VOTES, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THIS PROXY F-ORM UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. Non-Voting Against Against Page 20 of 141

21 ABERFORTH GEARED INCOME TRUST PLC G007A Oct-2012 GB00B4TR TBD 18-Oct Oct-2012 B4TR344 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 That the Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2012 be adopted 2 That the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2012 be approved 3 That Mr J. Cartwright be re-elected as a Director 4 That Mr G. Menzies be re-elected as a Director 5 That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be reappointed as Auditors and that the Directors be authorised to determine their remuneration Page 21 of 141

22 MURRAY INCOME TRUST PLC G Oct-2012 GB GLASGOW 19-Oct Oct B3BJ448 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the Directors' and Auditor's Reports and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To declare a final dividend of 13.25p per Ordinary Share 4 To elect Ms J Park as a Director of the Company 5 To elect Mr D Cameron as a Director of the Company 6 To re-elect Mr P Gifford as a Director of the Company 7 To re-elect Mr H van der Klugt as a Director of the Company 8 To re-elect Mr N Honebon as a Director of the Company 9 To re-elect Mr D Woods as a Director of the Company 10 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company 11 To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company 12 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 13 To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights 14 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares Page 22 of 141

23 ANTISOMA PLC, G0395B Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B02S5N9 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and Auditors' Report 2 To re-elect Michael Bretherton as a director of the Company 3 To appoint Jonathan Morley-Kirk as a director of the Company 4 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to determine their remuneration 5 To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's fees 6 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 7 To authorise the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights Page 23 of 141

24 BHP BILLITON PLC, G Oct-2012 GB Oct B02S6G9 19-Oct-2012 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 Financial statements and reports 2 To elect Pat Davies as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 3 To re-elect Malcolm Broomhead as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 4 To re-elect Sir John Buchanan as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 5 To re-elect Carlos Cordeiro as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 6 To re-elect David Crawford as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 7 To re-elect Carolyn Hewson as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 8 To re-elect Marius Kloppers as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 9 To re-elect Lindsay Maxsted as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 10 To re-elect Wayne Murdy as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 11 To re-elect Keith Rumble as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 12 To re-elect John Schubert as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 13 To re-elect Shriti Vadera as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 14 To re-elect Jac Nasser as a Director of each of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited 15 That KPMG Audit Plc be reappointed as the auditor of BHP Billiton Plc and that the Directors be authorised to agree their remuneration 16 General authority to issue shares in BHP Billiton Plc 17 Issuing shares in BHP Billiton Plc for cash 18 Repurchase of shares in BHP Billiton Plc (and cancellation of shares in BHP Billiton Plc purchased by BHP Billiton Limited) 19 Remuneration Report 20 Approval of grant of Long-Term Incentive Performance Shares to Executive Director - Marius Kloppers Page 24 of 141

25 PREMIER FOODS PLC, ST ALBANS G7S17N124 ExtraOrdinary General Meeting 25-Oct-2012 GB00B7N0K Oct Oct-2012 B7N0K05 - B7Z3N14 - B8868X4 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To approve the disposal of Premier Food plcs sweet spreads and jellies business located in Histon and Cambridgeshire Page 25 of 141

26 THE GO-AHEAD GROUP PLC, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE G Oct-2012 GB NEWCASTLE UPON 23-Oct Oct B3BHHK9 - B3DQ5W2 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the reports of the Directors and the financial statements together with the report of the Auditor for the year ended 30 June To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To declare, as recommended by the Directors, a final dividend of 55.5p per share in respect of the ordinary shares in the Company payable on 16 November 2012 to all ordinary shareholders on the register at the close of business on 2 November To elect Nick Horler as a Non-Executive Director 5 To re-elect Sir Patrick Brown as a Non-Executive Director 6 To re-elect Andrew Allner as a Non-Executive Director 7 To re-elect Katherine Innes Ker as a Non-Executive Director 8 To re-elect Rupert Pennant-Rea as a Non-Executive Director 9 To re-elect David Brown as an Executive Director 10 To re-elect Keith Down as an Executive Director 11 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor of the Company 12 To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of Ernst & Young LLP 13 That, in accordance with Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), the Company and all companies that are subsidiaries of the Company at any time during the period for which this resolution is effective are hereby authorised to: (i) make political donations to political parties and/or to independent election candidates not exceeding GBP 75,000 in total; (ii) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding GBP 75,000 in total; and (iii) incur political expenditure not exceeding GBP 75,000; up to a total aggregate not exceeding GBP 75,000 during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 25 January the purposes of this resolution the terms 'political donation', 'political parties', CONTD CONT CONTD 'independent election candidates', 'political organisation' and-'political expenditure' have the meanings set out in sections 363 to 365 of-the Act Non-Voting Page 26 of 141

27 14 That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 551 of the Act to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company ("Rights"): (i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP 1,433,458 (such amount to be reduced by the nominal amount allotted or granted under (ii) below in excess of such sum); and (ii) comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP 2,866,916 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under (i) above) in connection with or pursuant to an offer by way of a rights issue to holders of ordinary shares in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the respective number of ordinary CONTD CONT CONT CONTD shares held by them on the record date for such allotment, but subject-to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary-or appropriate to deal with fractional entitlements, treasury shares, record-dates or legal, regulatory or practical difficulties which may arise under-the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange in,-any territory or any other matter whatsoever; such authorisations shall-expire on the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company-unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting save-that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which-would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted aftersuch expiry and the Directors may allot shares or grant Rights in pursuance-contd CONTD of any such offer or agreement as if the authorities conferred hereby-had not expired 15 That, the Directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) for cash, either pursuant to the authority so conferred by Resolution 14 above or by way of a sale of treasury shares, as if Section 561 (1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to: (i) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (ii) of Resolution 14 by way of rights issue only) in favour of the holders ("shareholders") of ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company ("ordinary shares") on the register of members at such record dates as the Directors may determine where the equity securities CONTD CONT CONTD respectively attributable to the interests of the shareholders are-proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of-ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them on any such record dates,-subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deemnecessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements-or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas-territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or by-virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts or any other-matter; and (ii) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (i) of-this Resolution 15) to any person or persons of equity securities up to an-aggregate nominal amount of GBP 215,019 (being 5% of the issued share capital-of the CONTD Non-Voting Non-Voting Non-Voting Page 27 of 141

28 CONT CONTD Company on 5 September 2012); and shall expire on the conclusion of the-next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 25 January 2014,-but the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would-or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the-directors may allot equity securities pursuant to such an offer or agreementnotwithstanding that the power conferred by this resolution has expired 16 That, in accordance with the Act, the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Act) of the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company either for cancellation or to hold as treasury shares (within the meaning of Section 724(5) of the Act) provided that: (i) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 4,300,375; (ii) the maximum number of shares held in treasury will never exceed 10% of the issued share capital of the Company; (iii) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such ordinary shares shall not be more than 5% above the average of the market values for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock CONTD CONT CONTD Exchange's Daily Official List for the five business days immediately-preceding the date on which the ordinary shares are purchased; (iv) the-minimum price which may be paid for such ordinary shares is 10p per ordinary-share (exclusive of expenses); (v) unless previously renewed, varied or-revoked, the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the-company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 25 January 2014; and- (vi) the Company may make a contract or contracts to purchase ordinary shares-under the authority conferred by this resolution prior to the expiry of such-authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of-such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any-such contract or contracts 17 That a general meeting of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice Non-Voting Non-Voting Page 28 of 141

29 THORNTONS PLC, SOMERCOTES DERBY G Oct-2012 GB DERBY 23-Oct Oct B02S3D5 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the Report of the Directors and financial statements 2 To approve the Report on the Directors' remuneration 3 To reappoint Diana Houghton as a Director 4 To reappoint Paul Wilkinson as a Director 5 To reappoint Michael Killick as a Director 6 To reappoint Keith Edelman as a Director 7 To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors and to authorise the Audit Committee to determine their remuneration 8 Authority to allot shares - Section 551 of the Companies Act Authority to allot shares for cash - Section 570 of the Companies Act Authority to purchase own shares - Section 701 of the Companies Act To approve the holding of general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 clear days' notice Page 29 of 141

30 NIGHTHAWK ENERGY PLC, G6562L103 Ordinary General Meeting 26-Oct-2012 GB00B156TD Oct Oct-2012 B156TD5 - B1VS399 - B3YC552 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To approve the purchase by the Company of an aggregate of 102,236,422 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in the capital of the Company, pursuant to, and on the terms of, the conditional agreement dated 8 October 2012 made between Running Foxes Petroleum, Inc. (1) and the Company (2), such authority, unless previously renewed, revoked or varied, to expire on 31 December 2012 Page 30 of 141

31 CITY OF INVESTMENT TRUST PLC, G Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct B073B75 - B1S8T27 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the Report of the Directors and the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To re-elect Mr Philip Remnant as a director of the Company 4 To re-elect Mr David Brief as a director of the Company 5 To re-elect Mr Simon Barratt as a director of the Company 6 To re-elect Mr Richard Hextall as a director of the Company 7 To elect Mr Martin Morgan as a director of the Company 8 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as statutory auditor to the Company 9 To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration 10 To allot new Ordinary Shares 11 To disapply pre-emption rights 12 To authorise the Company to repurchase Ordinary Shares 13 To authorise the Company to repurchase Preferred Stock 14 To authorise general meetings to be held on 14 days' clear notice Page 31 of 141

32 CITY OF INVESTMENT TRUST PLC, G Oct-2012 GB Oct Oct Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the Report of the Directors and the audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June To re-elect Mr Philip Remnant as a director of the Company 4 To re-elect Mr David Brief as a director of the Company 5 To re-elect Mr Simon Barratt as a director of the Company 6 To re-elect Mr Richard Hextall as a director of the Company 7 To elect Mr Martin Morgan as a director of the Company 8 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as statutory auditor to the Company 9 To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration 10 That in substitution for all existing authorities the directors be generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company (within the meaning of section 551) up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP 6,020,246 (being 10% of the issued ordinary share capital at the date of this Notice) for a period expiring (unless previously renewed/varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2013, but that the directors may make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired 11 That in substitution for all existing authorities and subject to the passing of resolution 10 the directors be empowered pursuant to section 571 and/or section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 10 as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to the allotment and to sell relevant shares (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) held by the Company immediately before the sale as treasury shares (as defined in section 724 of the Act) for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such sale. This power is limited to: (a) the allotment of equity securities whether by way of a rights issue, open offer or otherwise to ordinary shareholders and/or holders of any other securities in accordance with the rights of those securities where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all ordinary shareholders and/or such holders are proportionate (or as nearly as may be) to the None Page 32 of 141

33 respective numbers of ordinary shares and such equity securities held by them (or are otherwise allotted in accordance with the rights attaching to such equity securities) subject in either case to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or local or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of, any regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory or otherwise howsoever; (b) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to subparagraph (a) above) of equity securities up to a maximum aggregate nominal value of GBP 6,020,246 (being 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the date of this Notice of ); and (c) the allotment of equity securities at a price not less than the net asset value per share and shall expire at the conclusion of the of the Company in 2013, save that the directors may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired 12 That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company provided that: (a) the maximum number of ordinary shares which may be purchased is 14.99% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the date of the Annual General Meeting (equivalent to 36,097,399 ordinary shares at the date of this Notice); (b) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share shall not exceed the higher of: (i) 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for the shares as taken from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days preceding the date of purchase; and (ii) the higher of the last independent bid and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange; (c) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share shall be 25p, being the nominal value per share; (d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the of the Company in 2013, or, if earlier, on the expiry of 18 months from the passing of this resolution, unless such authority is renewed before that expiry; (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a-purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract; and (f) any ordinary shares so purchased shall be: (i) cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase; or (ii) held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act That the Company be and is hereby authorised in accordance with section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act") to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of the Company's 4.2% cumulative first preference stock ("the First Preference Stock"), 4.2% non-cumulative second preference stock ("the Second Preference Stock") and 14% non-cumulative preferred ordinary stock ("the Preferred Ordinary Stock") (together "the Preferred Stock"), provided that: (a) the maximum amount of Preferred Stock hereby authorised to be purchased is the entire issued capital amount of each such class of Preferred Stock as at the date of this resolution, being: (i) GBP 301,982 of First Preference Stock; (ii) GBP 507,202 of Second Preference Stock; and (iii) GBP 589,672 of Preferred Ordinary Stock; (b) the None Page 33 of 141

34 minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each GBP 1 of capital of Preferred Stock is 1p; (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each GBP 1 of capital of Preferred Stock is an amount equal to 110% of the prevailing middle market quotation for GBP 1 of capital of the relevant Preferred Stock taken from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the business day immediately preceding the day on which such stock is purchased; (d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2013; and (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase any class of Preferred Stock under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of Preferred Stock pursuant to any such contract 14 That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice, such authority to expire at the conclusion of the of the Company in 2013 Page 34 of 141

35 ASHMORE GROUP PLC, G0609C Oct-2012 GB00B132NW Oct Oct-2012 B132NW2 - B1G4GN7 - B3D1C37 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2012 of pence per Ordinary Share 3 To re-elect Michael Benson as a Director 4 To re-elect Mark Coombs as a Director 5 To re-elect Graeme Dell as a Director 6 To re-elect Nick Land as a Director 7 To re-elect Melda Donnelly as a Director 8 To elect Simon Fraser as a Director 9 To approve the Remuneration report for the year ended 30 June To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors 11 To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors 12 To authorise political donations and political expenditure 13 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 14 To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights 15 To authorise market purchases of shares 16 To approve the renewal of the waiver of the obligation under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code 17 To reduce the notice period for general meetings other than an Against Against Page 35 of 141

36 PACIFIC HORIZON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC G6853L Oct-2012 GB EDINBURGH 29-Oct Oct B3BJFW3 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive and adopt the Financial Statements of the Company for the year to 31 July 2012, together with the Reports of the Directors and of the Independent Auditor thereon 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year to 31 July To declare a final dividend of 1.50 p per ordinary share 4 To re-elect Miss JGK Matterson as a Director 5 To re-elect Mr DCP McDougall as a Director 6 To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting at which the financial statements are laid before the Company 7 To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Independent Auditor of the Company 8 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities under section 551 of the Companies Act To approve by Special Resolution that the Directors be authorised to Issue additional shares on a non-pre-emptive basis pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act To approve by Special Resolution that the Company be authorised to buy back Its own shares Page 36 of 141

37 BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC, ISLEWORTH MIDD G Nov-2012 GB Oct Oct B01DDD1 Item Proposal Type Vote /Against 1 To receive the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2012, together with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon 2 To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2012 of pence for each ordinary share in the capital of the Company 3 To reappoint Tracy Clarke as a Director 4 To reappoint Jeremy Darroch as a Director 5 To reappoint David F. DeVoe as a Director Against Against 6 To reappoint Nicholas Ferguson as a Director 7 To reappoint Martin Gilbert as a Director 8 To reappoint Andrew Griffith as a Director 9 To reappoint Andrew Higginson as a Director 10 To reappoint Thomas Mockridge as a Director 11 To reappoint James Murdoch as a Director 12 To reappoint Matthieu Pigasse as a Director 13 To reappoint Daniel Rimer as a Director 14 To reappoint Arthur Siskind as a Director Against Against 15 To reappoint Lord Wilson of Dinton as a Director 16 To reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to agree their remuneration 17 To approve the report on Directors' remuneration for the year ended 30 June That, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and all companies that are subsidiaries of the Company at the time at which this Resolution is passed or at any time during the period for which this Resolution has effect are generally and unconditionally authorised to: (a) make political donations to political parties or independent election candidates, not exceeding GBP 100,000 in total; (b) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties, not exceeding GBP 100,000 in total; and (c) incur political expenditure, not exceeding GBP 100,000 in total, (as such terms are defined in the Companies Act 2006) during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this Resolution and ending on 31 December 2013 or, if sooner, the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2013, provided that the authorised sum referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above may be comprised None Page 37 of 141

38 of one or more amounts in different currencies which, for the purposes of calculating the said sum, shall be converted into pounds sterling at the exchange rate published in the London edition of the Financial Times on the day on which the relevant donation is made or expenditure incurred (or the first business day thereafter) or, if earlier, on the day in which the Company enters into any contract or undertaking in relation to the same 19 That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to and in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company (Rights) up to a maximum nominal amount of GBP 273,000,000 (being approximately 33% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company), provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2013, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of this authority which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offers or agreements as if this authority had not expired; and all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked 20 That, (a) subject to the passing of Resolution 19 set out above, the Directors be empowered pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities, within the meaning of section 560 of that Act, for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 18, as if section 561 (1) of that Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to: (i) the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue; and (ii) the allotment to any person or persons (otherwise than in connection with a rights issue) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of GBP 41,000,000 (being approximately 5% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company); (b) the power given by this resolution shall expire upon the expiry of the authority conferred by Resolution 18 set out above, save that the Directors shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities pursuant to any such offers or agreements as if the power conferred hereby had not expired; and (c) for the purposes of this Resolution, "rights issue" means a rights issue, open offer or other offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of equity securities on the register on a fixed record date where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to their respective holdings of such equity securities or in accordance with the rights attached thereto (but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements, of any recognised body or any stock exchange in, any territory or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts or any other matter) 21 That until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company in 2013, a general meeting of the Company, other than an annual general meeting of the Company, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice Page 38 of 141

39 22 That, subject to and conditional on the passing of Resolutions 23 and 24 set out below, the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of GBP 0.50 each on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine provided that: (a) the maximum number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 248,313,994 (representing approximately 14.99% of the Company's issued share capital as at 17 September 2012); (b) the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is GBP 0.50; (c) the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher of: (i) 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share in the Company as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased; and (ii) the amount stipulated by Article 5(1) of the EU Buyback and Stabilisation Regulation (being the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out); (d) the authority hereby conferred shall, unless previously varied, revoked or renewed, expire on the date on which the annual general meeting of the Company is held in 2013 or, if earlier, when the Company has repurchased such number of ordinary shares as shall result in the aggregate total payment by the Company to shareholders of GBP 500,000,000 pursuant to market purchases made under this authority and off-market purchases made pursuant to the authority granted by Resolution 23; and (e) the Company may, before the expiry of the authority granted by this resolution, enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority 23 That, subject to and conditional upon the passing of Resolution 22 set out above and Resolution 24 set out below, the terms of the agreement between the Company, BSkyB Holdco Inc., News Corporation and News UK Nominees Limited dated 25 July 2012 (a copy of which has been produced to the meeting and made available at the Company's registered office for not less than 15 days ending with the date of this meeting) pursuant to which the Company may make off-market purchases (as defined by section 693(2) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of GBP 0.50 each from BSkyB Holdco Inc. (as beneficial owner) and News UK Nominees Limited (as legal owner), be and are hereby approved and authorised for the purposes of section 694 of the Companies Act 2006 and that: (a) the Company be and is hereby authorised to make such off-market purchases from News UK Nominees Limited, provided that this authority shall expire on the date on which the annual general meeting of the Company is held in 2013 or, if earlier, when the Company has repurchased such number of ordinary shares as shall result in the aggregate total payment by the Company to shareholders of GBP 500,000,000 pursuant to off-market purchases made pursuant to this authority and market purchases made under the authority granted by Resolution 22; and (b) the Company may, before expiry of the authority granted by this resolution enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority Page 39 of 141