We'd like to thank all our Members who participated in the 2009 Annual General Meeting vote, and for the overwhelming support you have given to the Board's recommendations. This year over 128,350 Members voted, which represents 19.12% of our eligible membership.

The results of the Resolutions proposed at our recent Annual General Meeting are shown below:

	For	Against	Withheld	% in favour
Ordinary Resolutions
Annual Report and Accounts	126,135	1,351	734	98.94
Directors' Remuneration Report	117,353	8,302	2,565	93.39
Re-appointment of Auditors	124,406	2,847	959	97.76
Special Resolution
Special Resolution	122,105	3,815	2,432	96.97
Election of Directors
Roger Douglas Burnell	122,013	4,282	2,055	96.61
Ian Scott Geden	122,614	3,829	1,905	96.97
David Alan Harding	122,487	4,181	1,683	96.70
Fiona Brown Smith	122,068	4,562	1,717	96.40
David Stewart	122,711	4,044	1,597	96.81

Ordinary Resolutions

These were passed on a show of hands by the Members who attended the Annual General Meeting held on 30 April 2009. The table shows the number of proxy votes received, which would have been used if a poll had been required at the meeting.

Special Resolution

This was passed on a poll at the Annual General Meeting. Under the 'Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008', any accounts that have had no customer-initiated contact or activity for 15 years will be transferred to a central reclaim fund operated by HM Treasury. The Special Resolution permits the Society to amend its Rules in order to guarantee the continuity of membership rights of Members whose accounts are caught by the scheme.

Election of Directors

The table shows the votes cast by proxy and at the meeting. All of the Directors were elected, receiving substantially more than the 50% endorsement required from Members voting.

To ensure fairness and accuracy, this vote was independently scrutinised by Electoral Reform Services, part of the Electoral Reform Society.