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AI Disclosure Final The voting records available within this document represent decisions made by Aviva Investors (Aviva Investors Global Services Limited in the UK and Aviva Investors Ireland Limited in Ireland) on behalf of clients who have given Aviva Investors full discretion to make voting decisions. To search for a specific company, hold down the Ctrl and F keys on your keyboard, type in all or some of the Company name required and then click "Find Next". Note that meeting dates are updated 3 months in arrears (i.e a meeting held on 1 Dec 2008 will be displayed on this page on 1 Mar 2009) in descending date order. Mtg Date / Type Company / Resolutions Vote Cast Country 29/12/09 EGM Tenon Group plc UK 1 Approve Change of Company Name to RSM Tenon Group plc; Waive Provision which Sets a Maximum For Amount of Shares that May Be Allotted by the Company (Placing and Acquisition); Issue Equity with 30/12/09 AGM Lagan Capital PLC UK 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports Abstain 2 Re-elect Stephen Casey as Director For 3 Reappoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Auditors and Authorise Board to Fix Their Remuneration For 4 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nomina Abstain 5 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Abstain 30/12/09 EGM Redstone plc UK 1 Approve Waiver on Tender-Bid Requirement For 2 Subdivide and Convert Each Issued Ordinary Share of Ten Pence Each Into One Ordinary Share of 0.1 For 3 Adopt New Articles of Association For 4 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to 1,306,156,208 For 5 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate For 6 Approve Redstone Management Incentive Plan Abstain 7 Amend Redstone Approved and Unapproved 2008 Incentive Option Scheme and Authorise the Abstain 24/12/09 Bondholder Chelsea Building Society UK Meeting of the Holders of the Outstanding GBP 100,000,000 6.25 Per Cent. Fixed Rate Notes due 2017 1 Amend the Terms and Conditions of the Notes; Sanction Every Abrogation of the Rights of Each For 24/12/09 Bondholder Chelsea Building Society UK Meeting of the Holders of the Outstanding GBP 100,000,000 5.87 Per Cent. Fixed Rate Notes due 1 Amend the Terms and Conditions of the Notes; Sanction Every Abrogation of the Rights of Each For Noteholder; Authorise the Trustee to Concur to the Modifications; Discharge Trustee and/or Any 23/12/09 EGM Allied Irish Banks plc Ireland 1 Approve Company's Participation in NAMA Programme For 2 Approve the Convening of General Meetings on 14 Days Notice For 22/12/09 EGM Ensco International, Inc. USA 1 Change State of Incorporation [from Delaware to England] For 2 Adjourn Meeting For 22/12/09 EGM Sterling Energy plc UK 1 Approve Waiver on Tender-Bid Requirement For 2 Authorise Issue of Equity with and without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nominal Amount of For GBP 16,372,965.83 (Firm Placing and Open Offer); Consolidate Every 40 Issued Ordinary Shares of 1 Pence Each Into One Ordinary Share of 40 Pence Each 3 Adopt New Articles of Association For 4 Approve All Staff Long Term Incentive Plan Against 5 Approve Non Executive Director Long Term Incentive Plan; Authorise Issue of Equity with and without For 21/12/09 EGM Cairn Energy plc UK 1 Approve Subdivision of Each Ordinary Share of 6 2/13 Pence in the Capital of the Company Into Ten For 2 Authorise 209,240,841 New Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase For 3 Approve the LTIP Conversion Proposal; Approve the Cairn Energy plc Replacement Long Term Against 4 Approve the Option Conversion Proposal; Approve the Cairn Energy plc Replacement Share Option Against 21/12/09 EGM The Innovation Group plc UK 1 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nomina For 2 Approve Issuance of Ordinary Shares of 2 Pence Each Pursuant to the Firm Placing and Placing and For Open Offer at a Discount of 10 Percent to the Middle Market Price of Ordinary Shares on 3 December 3 Subject and Conditional upon Passing of Resolution 1, Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked For 4 Adopt New Articles of Association For 18/12/09 EGM Brightside Group plc UK 1 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nomina For 2 Approve that the Amount of the Company's Authorised Share Capital, as Included or Deemed to be For 3 Subject to the Passing of Resolutions 1 and 3, Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities For 4 Adopt New Articles of Association For 18/12/09 EGM Hercules Unit Trust (The) Jersey Extraordinary Resolutions 1 Amend and Restate the Trust Instrument by the Execution of an Eight Supplemental Trust Instrument Against 2 Amend Draft Trust Instrument Re: Performance Fee For 3 Amend Draft Trust Instrument Re: Decertification of Trust For 4 Amend Draft Trust Instrument Re: Accounts Notices and Communications Through Website For 5 Amend Draft Trust Instrument Re: Withdrawal of Notice Prior to Meeting Date Against 6 Amend Draft Trust Instrument Re: Transfer Fee For 7 Amend Property Advisers Agreement by the Execution of the Sixth Supplemental Property Advisers 18/12/09 AGM Keystone Investment Trust plc UK 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports For 2 Approve Final Dividend of 28 Pence Per Ordinary Share For 3 Approve Remuneration Report For 4 Re-elect Richard Oldfield as Director Against 5 Re-elect David Adams as Director Against 6 Re-elect Beatrice Hollond as Director For 7 Re-elect William Kendall as Director For 8 Re-elect Peter Readman as Director Against 9 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration For 10 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nomina For 11 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate For 12 Authorise 2,003,982 Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase For 13 Approve That a General Meeting of the Company Other Than an Annual General Meeting Shall be Not For 18/12/09 AGM Sportingbet plc UK 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports For 2 Approve Remuneration Report Against 3 Approve Final Dividend of 1 Pence Per Ordinary Share For 4 Reappoint Grant Thornton (UK) LLP as Auditors of the Company For 5 Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors For 6 Re-elect Brian Harris as Director For 7 Re-elect Sean O'Connor as Director For 8 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights Under a General For 9 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Against 10 Auth. Company and its Subsidiaries to Make EU Political Donations to Political Parties and/or For 11 Authorise 48,412,446 Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase For 17/12/09 EGM Activision Blizzard, Inc. USA 1 Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For 17/12/09 AGM British Assets Trust plc UK 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports For 2 Approve Remuneration Report For 3 Approve Final Dividend of 1.786 Pence Per Ordinary Share For 4 Re-elect James MacLeod as Director Against 5 Re-elect James West as Director Against 6 Re-elect James Long as Director For 7 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration For 8 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate Nomina For 9 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without Pre-emptive Rights up to Aggregate For 10 Authorise 43,637,731 Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase For 11 Adopt New Articles of Association For 17/12/09 AGM British Empire Securities and General Trust plc UK 1 Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports For 2 Approve Final Dividend of 4.20 Pence Per Ordinary Share For 3 Approve Special Dividend of 1.25 Pence Per Ordinary Share For 4 Re-elect Strone Macpherson as Director For 5 Re-elect Steven Bates as Director For 6 Reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and Authorise the Board to Determine Their Remuneration For 7 Approve Remuneration Report For 8 Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Pre-emptive Rights up to 23,996,005 For 9 Subject to the Passing of Resolution 8, Authorise Issue of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities without For 10 Authorise 23,996,005 Ordinary Shares for Market Purchase For 11 Adopt New Articles of Association For 17/12/09 Bondholder Cattles plc UK Meeting of the Holders of the Outstanding GBP 350,000,000 7.875 Percent Bonds Due 2014 1 Amend Trust Deed; Approve the Proposal; Sanction Rights of Holders; Concur in Amendments; For 17/12/09 Bondholder Cattles plc UK Meeting of the Holders of the Outstanding GBP 400,000,000 8.125 Percent Bonds Due 2017 1 Assent to Amendment; Approve Proposal; Sanction Rights of Holders; Concur in Amendments; For 17/12/09 CRT Irish Life and Permanent plc Ireland 1 Approve Scheme of Arrangement For 17/12/09 EGM Irish Life and Permanent plc Ireland Special Resolutions 1 Approve Scheme of Arrangement For 2 Approve Cancellation of Existing Shares For 3 Authorize Issuance of Equity or Equity-Linked Securities with Preemptive Rights For 4 Amend Articles of Association Re: Scheme of Arrangement For 5 Approve Delisting of Shares from the Irish and UK Official Lists For 6 Approve Reduction in Share Capital For Ordinary Resolutions 7 Approve Employee Share Schemes For 8 Approve Replacement of Share Schemes For 17/12/09 AGM JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc UK 1 Accept Financial
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