Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1945C

Imperial Brands PLC

06 February 2020

 

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5		Resolution withdrawn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8		Resolution withdrawn
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

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

 

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