Proxy Voting Analysis

Proxy Voting Analysis

The Annual General Meeting of Charles Stanley Group PLC was held on 29th July 2011.

Total number of shares in issue: 45,072,021. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 37,573,643 ordinary shares amounting to 83.36% of the issued share capital.

For resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting:

Voting was by a show of hands. Proxy information was read out for information purposes only.

It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll, it merely reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being completed, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy appointment, is still entitled to attend the meeting and, having heard/participated in the debate, vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and so has not been included in the calculation of votes.

Votes on returned proxy forms where the vote has been given to the Chairman (3,415 Shares) have been calculated as a vote in favour of the resolutions.

The Annual General Meeting of Charles Stanley Group PLC was held on 29th July 2010.

Total number of shares in issue: 44,547,510. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 36,951,733 ordinary shares amounting to 82.94% of the issued share capital.

For resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting:

Voting was by a show of hands. Proxy information was read out for information purposes only.

It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll, it merely reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being completed, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy appointment, is still entitled to attend the meeting and, having heard/participated in the debate, vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and so has not been included in the calculation of votes.

Votes on returned proxy forms where the vote has been given to the Chairman (50,671 Shares) have been calculated as a vote in favour of the resolutions.

The Annual General Meeting of Charles Stanley Group PLC was held on 28th July 2009.

Total number of shares in issue:44,142,718. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 34,039,610 ordinary shares amounting to 77.11% of the issued share capital.

For resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting:

Voting was by a show of hands. Proxy information was read out for information purposes only.

It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll, it merely reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being completed, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy appointment, is still entitled to attend the meeting and, having heard/participated in the debate, vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and so has not been included in the calculation of votes

The Annual General Meeting of Charles Stanley Group Plc was held on 30th July 2008

Total number of shares in issue:44,142,718. Proxy appointments were received from shareholders of 35,922,957 ordinary shares amounting to 81.38% of the issued share capital.

For resolutions decided on a show of hands, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated instructions were received prior to the meeting: