Result of AGM

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British American Tobacco PLC

26 April 2017

 

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

RESULTS OF VOTING AT 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 9BH on 26 April 2017 at 11.30am.

The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 20 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 22 March 2017. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote per share held.

Resolution 1 Receipt of 2016 Report and Accounts For - Note (b) 1,455,089,059 Percent of Votes Cast 99.82% Percent of Issued Share Capital 78.047% Against 2,662,511 Percent of Votes Cast 0.18% Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.143% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,457,751,570 Percent of Issued Share Capital 78.190% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 18,032,019 Resolution 2 Approval of Remuneration Report For - Note (b) 1,346,502,332 Percent of Votes Cast 92.05% Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.222% Against 116,220,156 Percent of Votes Cast 7.95% Percent of Issued Share Capital 6.234% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,462,722,488 Percent of Issued Share Capital 78.456% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 13,100,905 Resolution 3 Declaration of final dividend for 2016 of 118.1p per share For - Note (b) 1,474,942,682 Percent of Votes Cast 99.98% Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.112% Against 330,223 Percent of Votes Cast 0.02% Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.018% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,475,272,905 Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.129% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 546,890 Resolution 4 Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors For - Note (b) 1,470,214,118 Percent of Votes Cast 99.66% Percent of Issued Share Capital 78.858% Against 5,036,749 Percent of Votes Cast 0.34% Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.270% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,475,250,867 Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.128% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 572,292 Resolution 5 Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration For - Note (b) 1,473,967,937 Percent of Votes Cast 99.91% Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.059% Against 1,259,070 Percent of Votes Cast 0.09% Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.068% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,475,227,007 Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.127% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 596,152 Resolution 6 Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director For - Note (b) 1,427,228,065 Percent of Votes Cast 97.96% Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.552% Against 29,771,009 Percent of Votes Cast 2.04% Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.597% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,456,999,074 Percent of Issued Share Capital 78.149% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 18,824,082

Resolution 7 Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director For - Note (b) 1,474,776,773 Percent of Votes Cast 99.97% Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.103% Against 375,376 Percent of Votes Cast 0.03% Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.020% Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,475,152,149 Percent of Issued Share Capital 79.123% Votes Withheld - Note (c) 671,010

Resolution 8
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,446,389,284
Percent of Votes Cast	99.23%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	77.580%
Against	11,292,909
Percent of Votes Cast	0.77%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.606%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,457,682,193
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.186%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	18,141,402
Resolution 9
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,452,015,300
Percent of Votes Cast	98.93%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	77.882%
Against	15,653,328
Percent of Votes Cast	1.07%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.840%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,467,668,628
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.721%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	8,154,968

Resolution 10
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,466,212,449
Percent of Votes Cast	99.90%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.643%
Against	1,453,766
Percent of Votes Cast	0.10%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.078%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,467,666,215
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.721%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	8,157,381

Resolution 11
Re-election of Pedro Malan as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,459,515,059
Percent of Votes Cast	99.44%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.284%
Against	8,154,250
Percent of Votes Cast	0.56%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.437%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,467,669,309
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.721%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	8,154,287

Resolution 12
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,455,528,561
Percent of Votes Cast	99.17%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.070%
Against	12,135,994
Percent of Votes Cast	0.83%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.651%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,467,664,555
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.721%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	8,159,041

Resolution 13
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,456,863,508
Percent of Votes Cast	99.26%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.142%
Against	10,807,024
Percent of Votes Cast	0.74%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.580%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,467,670,532
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.722%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	8,153,064

Resolution 14
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,467,638,931
Percent of Votes Cast	99.49%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.720%
Against	7,527,411
Percent of Votes Cast	0.51%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.404%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,475,166,342
Percent of Issued Share Capital	79.124%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	656,304

Resolution 15
Election of Marion Helmes as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,450,064,535
Percent of Votes Cast	99.48%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	77.777%
Against	7,609,655
Percent of Votes Cast	0.52%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.408%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,457,674,190
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.185%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	18,148,456

Resolution 16
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b)	1,211,510,091
Percent of Votes Cast	82.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	64.982%
Against	263,641,150
Percent of Votes Cast	17.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	14.141%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,475,151,241
Percent of Issued Share Capital	79.123%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	669,307

Resolution 17 - Note (d)
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b)	1,409,472,028
Percent of Votes Cast	95.56%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.600%
Against	65,491,122
Percent of Votes Cast	4.44%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	3.513%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,474,963,150
Percent of Issued Share Capital	79.113%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	858,421

Resolution 18 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b)	1,451,938,937
Percent of Votes Cast	98.48%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	77.878%
Against	22,447,876
Percent of Votes Cast	1.52%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	1.204%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,474,386,813
Percent of Issued Share Capital	79.082%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	1,434,832

Resolution 19
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b)	1,324,307,528
Percent of Votes Cast	93.73%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	71.032%
Against	88,663,027
Percent of Votes Cast	6.27%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	4.756%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,412,970,555
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.788%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	62,846,400

Resolution 20 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b)	1,341,546,881
Percent of Votes Cast	91.33%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	71.957%
Against	127,401,780
Percent of Votes Cast	8.67%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	6.833%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,468,948,661
Percent of Issued Share Capital	78.790%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	6,873,982

Notes:

(a)           The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on Tuesday 25 April 2017 was 1,864,382,528.

(b)           Includes discretionary votes.

(c)           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.

(d)          In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each of the resolutions numbered 17, 18 and 20 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.  A copy of the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.bat.com/agm.

G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

26 April 2017

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