Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4891D

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

29 January 2015

 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT

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The 2015 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was held at the

Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1

3AD on Wednesday 28 January 2015 at 2.30 pm.

All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Meeting

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		Votes For	Percentage For	Votes Against	Votes Total	Votes Withheld
1	Annual Report and Accounts	758,576,676	100.00	21,610	758,598,286	4,070,000
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	711,696,277	94.52	41,277,055	752,973,332	9,694,951
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	704,892,593	93.57	48,447,661	753,340,254	9,328,030
4	To declare a final dividend	758,585,119	100.00	24,991	758,610,110	4,058,176
5	Re-elect K M Burnett	755,846,422	99.92	607,526	756,453,948	6,214,338
6	Re-elect A J Cooper	758,026,593	99.93	556,746	758,583,339	4,084,947
7	Re-elect D J Haines	752,264,094	99.45	4,188,537	756,452,631	6,215,655
8	Re-elect M H C Herlihy	755,839,254	99.92	620,601	756,459,855	6,208,431
9	Re-elect M R Phillips	752,838,628	99.52	3,620,725	756,459,353	6,208,932
10	Re-elect O R Tant	750,849,633	99.26	5,607,351	756,456,984	6,211,301
11	Re-elect M D Williamson	754,428,724	99.73	2,022,328	756,451,052	6,217,233
12	Elect K Witts	755,817,317	99.92	639,174	756,456,491	6,211,795
13	Re-elect M I Wyman	755,803,406	99.91	655,613	756,459,019	6,209,267
14	Re-appointment of Auditors	736,445,249	98.46	11,515,494	747,960,743	14,707,662
15	Remuneration of    Auditors	743,859,876	98.75	9,430,221	753,290,097	9,378,209
16	Donations to political organisations	746,040,791	99.10	6,792,964	752,833,755	9,834,530
17	Authority to allot      securities	752,417,386	99.20	6,078,692	758,496,078	4,172,207
18	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	752,417,257	99.48	3,953,152	756,370,409	6,297,877
19	Purchase of own shares	758,099,115	99.94	421,410	758,520,525	4,147,761
20	Notice period for general meetings	673,311,486	88.77	85,173,789	758,485,275	4,183,008

Notes

a. The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is

     rounded to two decimal places.

b. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is

     carried.

c.  Resolutions 18 to 20 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 28 January 2015 were 957,090,863. 

T M Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

Copies of our announcements are available on our website:  www.imperial-tobacco.com

 

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