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    <inf:voteDescription>5 To re-elect Cathia Lawson-Hall as a Director.  </inf:voteDescription>
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    <inf:voteDescription>9 To re-elect Naguib Sawiris as a Director.  </inf:voteDescription>
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    <inf:voteDescription>10 To re-elect Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as a Director.  </inf:voteDescription>
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    <inf:voteDescription>11 To reappoint BDO LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.  </inf:voteDescription>
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    <inf:voteDescription>13 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy in the form set out on pages 134 to 144 of the 2024 Annual Report.  </inf:voteDescription>
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    <inf:voteDescription>14 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report set out on pages 125 to 151 of the 2024 Annual Report.  </inf:voteDescription>
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