Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5252A

Imperial Brands PLC

02 February 2022

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2022 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 2 February 2022 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	728,988,696	99.98	114,425	729,103,121	3,398,555
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	702,037,143	95.93	29,784,340	731,821,483	680,193
3	To declare a final dividend	732,118,321	99.99	66,027	732,184,348	317,328
4	Re-elect S Bomhard	729,860,126	99.72	2,041,183	731,901,309	600,370
5	Re-elect S Clark	729,614,912	99.69	2,249,159	731,864,071	637,605
6	Elect N Edozien	729,255,577	99.66	2,502,154	731,757,731	743,945
7	Re-elect T Esperdy	726,465,624	99.64	2,615,122	729,080,746	3,420,930
8	Re-elect A Johnson	729,859,518	99.74	1,926,946	731,786,464	715,212
9	Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz	726,640,042	99.68	2,352,884	728,992,926	3,508,750
10	Re-elect S Langelier	729,843,519	99.73	2,001,664	731,845,183	656,493
11	Elect L Paravicini	729,057,119	99.62	2,789,274	731,846,393	655,283
12	Elect D de Saint Victor	731,239,912	99.93	489,964	731,729,876	771,800
13	Re-elect J Stanton	725,476,610	99.51	3,574,052	729,050,662	3,451,014
14	Re-appointment of Auditors	728,891,560	99.59	2,992,417	731,883,977	617,699
15	Remuneration of Auditors	731,590,999	99.96	258,921	731,849,920	651,756
16	Political donations/ expenditure	727,408,041	99.45	4,005,976	731,414,017	1,087,659
17	Authority to allot  securities	730,854,868	99.84	1,160,818	732,015,686	485,990
18	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	725,008,014	99.08	6,732,382	731,740,396	761,280
19	Purchase of own shares	728,638,507	99.57	3,156,946	731,795,453	706,223
20	Notice period for general meetings	699,032,086	95.50	32,963,550	731,995,636	506,040

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 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 1 February 2022 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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism   in due course.

Daniel Bevan

Assistant Company Secretary

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

 

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