Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3087E

Imperial Brands PLC

08 February 2018

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT

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The 2018 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 7 February 2018 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	762,239,845	99.99	56,266	762,296,111	278,871
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	750,467,025	98.48	11,547,680	762,014,705	560,276
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	728,923,965	95.66	33,080,528	762,004,493	570,488
4	To declare a final dividend	761,294,287	99.86	1,031,361	762,325,648	249,334
5	Re-elect A J Cooper	736,576,751	98.71	9,596,116	746,172,867	16,402,115
6	Re-elect T M Esperdy	745,840,791	99.96	331,092	746,171,883	16,403,099
7	Re-elect D J Haines	744,550,800	99.78	1,617,923	746,168,723	16,406,259
8	Elect S A C Langelier	746,065,528	99.99	103,246	746,168,774	16,406,208
9	Re-elect M R Phillips	743,528,063	99.65	2,640,693	746,168,756	16,406,226
10	Re-elect S P Stanbrook	745,704,954	99.94	465,798	746,170,752	16,404,230
11	Re-elect O R Tant	727,595,762	97.51	18,572,235	746,167,997	16,406,985
12	Re-elect M D Williamson	710,330,106	95.27	35,269,218	745,599,324	16,975,657
13	Re-elect K Witts	739,550,172	99.11	6,618,987	746,169,159	16,405,822
14	Re-elect M I Wyman	745,609,638	99.93	558,311	746,167,949	16,407,033
15	Re-appointment of Auditors	709,111,773	93.02	53,201,866	762,313,639	261,342
16	Remuneration of    Auditors	756,142,145	99.19	6,145,694	762,287,839	287,142
17	Political donations/expenditure	752,333,200	99.13	6,578,844	758,912,044	3,662,938
18	Authority to allot      securities	757,569,832	99.37	4,817,592	762,387,424	187,558
19	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	758,354,717	99.47	4,022,641	762,377,358	197,624
20	Purchase of own shares	753,647,623	98.86	8,673,407	762,321,030	253,951
21	Notice period for general meetings	708,429,275	93.30	50,864,461	759,293,736	3,281,244

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 19 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 6 February  2018 were 953,736,947. 

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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