Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6543O

Imperial Brands PLC

01 February 2023

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2023 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 1 February 2023 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	727,011,390	99.95	386,577	727,397,967	770,338
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	709,307,449	97.54	17,905,513	727,212,962	955,342
3	To declare a final dividend	727,803,390	99.99	47,044	727,850,434	317,871
4	Re-elect S Bomhard	725,598,270	99.71	2,119,286	727,717,556	450,748
5	Re-elect S Clark	713,772,788	98.11	13,722,765	727,495,553	672,751
6	Re-elect N Edozien	724,947,275	99.67	2,420,194	727,367,469	800,836
7	Re-elect T Esperdy	710,166,036	97.62	17,331,373	727,497,409	670,896
8	Re-elect A Johnson	722,214,285	99.28	5,238,275	727,452,560	715,744
9	Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz	722,332,055	99.66	2,439,511	724,771,566	3,396,738
10	Re-elect L Paravicini	724,689,505	99.62	2,762,352	727,451,857	716,447
11	Re-elect D de Saint Victor	726,818,351	99.91	658,905	727,477,256	691,039
12	Re-elect J Stanton	721,197,420	99.50	3,599,099	724,796,519	3,371,786
13	Re-appointment of Auditor	724,779,657	99.60	2,905,314	727,684,971	483,335
14	Remuneration of Auditor	727,323,426	99.96	324,991	727,648,417	519,888
15	Share Matching Scheme	724,200,697	99.54	3,370,379	727,571,076	597,230
16	Political donations/ expenditure	723,943,057	99.52	3,469,254	727,412,311	755,994
17	Authority to allot  securities	725,506,616	99.72	2,055,728	727,562,344	605,961
18	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	724,113,165	99.54	3,351,662	727,464,827	703,478
19	Purchase of own shares	723,207,546	99.41	4,269,378	727,476,924	691,381
20	Notice period for general meetings	699,128,665	96.09	28,467,429	727,596,094	572,211

Notes

a)  The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair 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 30 January 2023 was 932,468,492.

A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special business at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism in due course.

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

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

 

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