Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8772V

Imperial Brands PLC

02 February 2017

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT

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The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the

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

3AD on Wednesday 1 February 2017 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		Votes For	Percentage For	Votes Against	Votes Total	Votes Withheld
1	Annual Report and Accounts	754,567,398	99.99	106,837	754,674,235	89,730
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	707,591,718	94.69	39,693,115	747,284,833	7,479,131
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	Resolution withdrawn
4	To declare a final dividend	753,057,029	99.78	1,642,642	754,699,671	64,294
5	Re-elect A J Cooper	749,722,722	99.35	4,940,011	754,662,733	101,232
6	Elect T M Esperdy	743,474,746	98.52	11,181,384	754,656,130	107,835
7	Re-elect D J Haines	727,673,901	96.49	26,437,712	754,111,613	652,352
8	Re-elect M R Phillips	749,139,137	99.27	5,513,614	754,652,751	111,214
9	Elect S P Stanbrook	743,766,155	98.56	10,889,078	754,655,233	108,431
10	Re-elect O R Tant	747,080,630	99.00	7,581,481	754,662,111	101,854
11	Re-elect M D Williamson	748,318,255	99.23	5,842,024	754,160,279	603,686
12	Re-elect K Witts	744,072,248	98.60	10,583,600	754,655,848	108,117
13	Re-elect M I Wyman	736,897,415	97.65	17,756,747	754,654,162	109,802
14	Re-appointment of Auditors	726,248,784	96.23	28,435,288	754,684,072	79,892
15	Remuneration of    Auditors	735,983,933	97.52	18,684,777	754,668,710	95,254
16	Political donations/expenditure	742,454,459	99.05	7,143,134	749,597,593	5,166,372
17	Authority to allot      securities	743,842,396	98.58	10,748,804	754,591,200	172,765
18	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	735,053,053	97.41	19,517,783	754,570,836	193,129
19	Purchase of own shares	739,276,855	98.56	10,789,059	750,065,914	4,698,050
20	Notice period for general meetings	695,241,145	92.70	54,779,839	750,020,984	4,742,981
21	Adoption of new Articles of Association	749,933,671	99.99	110,593	750,044,264	4,719,539

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 21 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 31 January 2017 were 958,710,863. 

Trevor Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Copies of our announcements are available on our website:  www.imperialbrandsplc.com/Investors/Stock-Exchange-announcements

 

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