Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991

Voting

19 (1) At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes cast except where under the Act or the regulations a different majority is provided for. The vote shall be taken on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) by the chairman or by at least five members entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy or represented by a person duly authorised under regulation 23 or 24.

(2) Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the Company’s minute book shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without any further proof. A demand for a poll may be withdrawn.