IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol Marriott Hotel,
2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3AD on Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions proposed at the Meeting were decided on a poll and all resolutions were passed.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
|
Resolution
|
Total Votes For
|
% For |
Total Votes Against
|
Total Votes Cast
|
Votes Withheld
|
|
|
1
|
Annual Report and Accounts
|
750,907,833 |
100.00 |
26,126 |
750,933,959 |
565,519 |
|
2
|
Directors' Remuneration Report
|
656,269,587 |
87.37 |
94,881,744 |
751,151,331 |
348,146 |
|
3
|
To declare a final dividend
|
750,133,706 |
99.83 |
1,275,964 |
751,409,670 |
89,808 |
|
4
|
Re-elect S M Clark |
744,381,984 |
99.09 |
6,863,111 |
751,245,095 |
254,383 |
|
5 |
|
Resolution withdrawn |
||||
|
6
|
Re-elect T M Esperdy
|
749,057,440 |
99.71 |
2,204,044 |
751,261,484 |
237,994 |
|
7 |
Re-elect S A C Langelier
|
750,777,268 |
99.94 |
481,469 |
751,258,737 |
240,741 |
|
8 |
|
Resolution withdrawn |
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|
9 |
Re-elect S P Stanbrook
|
750,708,226 |
99.93 |
550,037 |
751,258,263 |
241,215 |
|
10 |
Elect J A Stanton
|
748,657,615 |
99.65 |
2,606,099 |
751,263,714 |
235,764 |
|
11
|
Re-elect O R Tant |
715,832,310 |
95.29 |
35,379,736 |
751,212,046 |
287,432 |
|
12 |
Re-elect K Witts |
737,283,840 |
98.14 |
13,978,442 |
751,262,282 |
237,196 |
|
13
|
Appointment of Auditors
|
749,506,854 |
99.76 |
1,766,438 |
751,273,292 |
226,186 |
|
14
|
Remuneration of Auditors
|
751,092,592 |
99.97 |
220,256 |
751,312,848 |
186,630 |
|
15
|
Political donations/ expenditure
|
741,202,201 |
99.13 |
6,506,896 |
747,709,097 |
3,790,381 |
|
16
|
Authority to allot securities |
750,341,458 |
99.89 |
845,123 |
751,186,581 |
312,897 |
|
17
|
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
|
744,964,749 |
99.17 |
6,253,214 |
751,217,963 |
281,515 |
|
18
|
Purchase of own shares
|
745,726,825 |
99.31 |
5,154,270 |
750,881,095 |
618,381 |
|
19
|
Notice period for general meetings
|
711,092,978 |
95.01 |
37,336,462 |
748,429,440 |
3,070,038 |
Notes
a) The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
b) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.
c) Resolutions 17 to 19 are special resolutions.
d) The total number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each, in issue, excluding shares held in treasury as at 6.00pm on 4 February 2020 were 946,408,101.
A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special business at the meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM in due course.
Trevor Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
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