Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 4209D

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

28 January 2015

 



IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC

RESULT OF GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 28 JANUARY 2015

On 15 July 2014, Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("Imperial Tobacco" or the "Company") announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, ITG Brands, LLC (formerly Lignum-2, L.L.C.), had entered into an asset purchase agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") with Reynolds American Inc. ("Reynolds") in relation to the proposed acquisition of certain U.S. cigarette and e-cigarette brands and assets currently owned by Reynolds and Lorillard, Inc. ("Lorillard") (the "Acquisition").

Imperial Tobacco is pleased to announce that at the general meeting of the Company held on 28 January 2015 (the "General Meeting"), the ordinary resolution to approve the Acquisition, as set out in the Notice of General Meeting contained in the Circular sent to shareholders dated 15 December 2014 (the "Circular"), was duly passed on a poll.

The voting of those members who returned proxy forms for the resolution passed at the General Meeting, representing a total of 78.70% of the total voting rights in the Company as at the date of the General Meeting, is summarised in the following table:

VOTES FOR	PERCENTAGE FOR	VOTES AGAINST	VOTES TOTAL	VOTES WITHHELD
753,034,338	99.97	227,270	753,261,608	9,330,387

Notes
1.	The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
2.	'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried.
3.	The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury Shares as at 6.00 pm on 26 January 2015 was 957,090,863.

The voting results will also be placed on our website (www.imperial-tobacco.com).

Completion of the Acquisition remains conditional on the fulfilment (or, where applicable, waiver) of the other conditions set out in the Asset Purchase Agreement, as described in the Circular.

Results of the Company's Annual General Meeting, also held today, will be announced separately.

For further information please contact:

Matt Sharff, Investor Relations Manager	[phone]
Jo Brewin, Investor Relations Manager	[phone]
Alex Parsons, Director of Group Communications	[phone]
Simon Evans, Group Media Relations Manager	[phone]

Copies of Imperial Tobacco's announcements are available on its website: www.imperial-tobacco.com

 

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