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Below you’ll find a fully searchable table of our UK and Ireland voting records, going back as far as 2004. You can view all resolutions voted on for each individual company by selecting from the dropdown list, or view the comments on the vote cast by selecting the resolution detail link.

We make the voting records available monthly, three months in arrears. If you have any problems using the search facility please don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

Voting records

Meeting Type Company Resolution Vote Cast Country
No. Detail
07/06/2010
Annual
Afren plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Abstain United Kingdom
22/06/2010
Annual
Brightside Group plc 8 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

Authorise issue of equity with and without pre-emptive rights

Given that this is a small company and the proposed authorities were modest, we felt in appropriate to abstain on this occasion, instead of voting against.

Abstain United Kingdom
08/06/2010
Special
Capital & Regional plc 1 Amend 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan

Executive Incentive Schemes

We do not support executive incentive schemes that have the potential to reward participants for achieving unchallenging performance conditions or where the performance targets proposed are inappropriate as indicators of improvements in underlying financial performance. Also, we do not support schemes where there are no limits on individual participation, unless such arrangements are consistent with industry practice.

Against United Kingdom
28/06/2010
Annual
Capital & Regional plc 9 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Against United Kingdom
02/06/2010
Annual
Capital Shopping Centres Group plc 12 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Abstain United Kingdom
28/06/2010
Annual
Cove Energy plc 8 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

Authorise issue of equity with and without pre-emptive rights

Given that this is a small company and the proposed authorities were modest, we felt in appropriate to abstain on this occasion, instead of voting against.

Abstain United Kingdom
15/06/2010
Annual
EMED Mining Public Ltd 6 Approve Stock Option Plan

Approve Stock Option Plan

We abstained on this resolution to reflect our concerns over lack of disclosure and the levels of dilution as a result of this Plan.

Abstain United Kingdom
09/06/2010
Annual
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation plc 3 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Against United Kingdom
17/06/2010
Annual
Heritage Oil plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Abstain United Kingdom
7 Authorise Issue of Equity with and without Pre-emptive Rights

Authorise issue of equity with and without pre-emptive rights

We voted against this resolution to reflect our concerns over the continued bundling of requests for different share allotment authorities into one resolution and that the non-pre-emptive element of these authorities exceeded the guideline limit.

Against United Kingdom
07/06/2010
Annual
IGas Energy plc 9 Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights

Approval of Pre emption rights, share issuances

Whilst we understood some of the reasons why the Company might want to seek the flexibility provided in this authority, it was nevertheless not consistent with the guidance given by representative bodies of institutional investors and our own views.

Against United Kingdom
07/06/2010
Annual
Lamprell plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Against United Kingdom
4 Re-elect Richard Raynaut as Director

Re-election of board member

In exceptional situations we will vote against or abstain on the re-election of Remuneration Committee members

Against United Kingdom
09/06/2010
Annual
Mears Group plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Against United Kingdom
07/06/2010
Annual
Prudential plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Abstain United Kingdom
09/06/2010
Annual
Regal Petroleum plc 3 Re-elect Keith Henry as Director

Re-election of board member

In exceptional situations we will vote against or abstain on the re-election of Remuneration Committee members

Against United Kingdom
03/06/2010
Annual
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc 2 Approve Remuneration Report

Remuneration Report

We do not support resolutions seeking approval for the remuneration report where, for example, we believe that the remuneration policies have the potential to reward executives for achieving unchallenging performance conditions.

Abstain United Kingdom

Standard Life Investments Limited, a company registered in Ireland (904256) and Scotland (SC123321).
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Standard Life Investments Limited acts as investment manager for Standard Life Assurance Limited and its subsidiaries.
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Standard Life Investments Limited Board of Directors: DT Nish (UK) CAM Buchan (UK) C Clark (UK) D Cumming (UK) V Holmes (UK) W Littleboy (UK) R Paris (UK) Roger Renaud (Can) NK Skeoch (UK) AP Watt (UK) C Walklin (UK) AS Acheson (UK) EG Munro (UK) M Tumilty (UK).

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