We are pleased to report the outcomes of our AGM held on 6 July 2010.

Non-executive director election.

A formal poll was held, using weighted voting, for the election of non-executive directors.  Sebastien Lahtinen and Thomas Vollrath were elected to the Board. 356 members voted, 12.81% of the electorate and 5,983,102 votes were cast, 59.25% of the total number of votes.

We would like to congratulate Sebastien Lahtinen and Thomas Vollrath on their election, and to extend our thanks to all the candidates and those who voted.

We would also like to thank Gordon Dick for the past six years on the Board, most recently as Interim Chairman, and wish him the very best for the future.

Full details of the voting in the non-executive director election can be found here.

Formal AGM business

The following Ordinary Resolutions were all passed on a show of hands:

1. That the annual report and accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 30 September 2009 be and are received.

2. That Grant Thornton LLP of 1 Westminster Way, Oxford OX2 0PZ be re-appointed as auditors of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which audited accounts are laid, at a remuneration fixed by the directors

3.That Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE be and is re-appointed as an Appointed Director of the Company.

4. That Clive Grace be and is re-appointed as an Appointed Director of the Company.

5. That Piers White MBE be and is re-appointed as an Appointed Director of the Company.


The webcast of the AGM is still available to view.