Result of AGM

Imperial Brands PLC

31 January 2024

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel,

College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA on Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 9.30 am.

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	704,386,942	99.95	321,752	704,708,694	643,851
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	678,661,665	97.72	15,835,705	694,497,370	10,855,174
3	Directors' Remuneration Policy	673,024,462	95.51	31,631,996	704,656,458	696,086
4	To declare a final dividend	704,895,149	99.98	150,372	705,045,521	307,025
5	Re-elect T Esperdy	688,995,548	97.77	15,700,044	704,695,592	656,952
6	Re-elect S Bomhard	702,797,950	99.71	2,011,724	704,809,674	542,871
7	Re-elect S Clark	697,749,025	99.01	7,006,558	704,755,583	596,963
8	Re-elect D de Saint Victor	699,471,505	99.27	5,157,981	704,629,486	723,060
9	Re-elect N Edozien	699,480,597	99.27	5,136,941	704,617,538	735,008
10	Re-elect A Johnson	699,521,782	99.27	5,110,147	704,631,929	720,616
11	Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz	702,552,489	99.71	2,073,795	704,626,284	726,261
12	Re-elect L Paravicini	701,199,603	99.50	3,541,485	704,741,088	611,458
13	Re-elect J Stanton	699,770,773	99.71	2,008,643	701,779,416	3,573,129
14	Elect A Gilchrist	704,036,348	99.92	557,554	704,593,902	758,643
15	Re-appointment of Auditor	701,695,443	99.55	3,170,681	704,866,124	486,421
16	Remuneration of Auditor	704,466,934	99.96	300,060	704,766,994	585,551
17	Political donations/ expenditure	701,539,603	99.55	3,174,598	704,714,201	638,344
18	Authority to allot    securities	702,060,506	99.62	2,653,204	704,713,710	638,835
19	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	701,126,711	99.50	3,502,667	704,629,378	723,167
20	Purchase of own shares	701,480,287	99.55	3,167,783	704,648,070	704,475
21	Notice period for general meetings	680,720,171	96.58	24,089,872	704,810,043	542,500

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 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 29 January 2024 was 881,418,045.

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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