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Imperial Brands PLC
02 February 2017
 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT

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The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the

Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1

3AD on Wednesday 1 February 2017 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

 

 

Votes For

 

 

Percentage

For

 

Votes

Against

 

 

Votes Total

 

 

Votes

Withheld

 

1

 

Annual Report and Accounts

 

754,567,398

 

99.99

 

106,837

 

754,674,235

 

89,730

 

2

 

Directors' Remuneration Report

 

707,591,718

 

94.69

 

39,693,115

 

747,284,833

 

7,479,131

 

3

 

Directors' Remuneration Policy

 

Resolution withdrawn

4

 

To declare a final dividend

 

753,057,029

99.78

1,642,642

754,699,671

64,294

5

 

Re-elect A J Cooper

 

749,722,722

99.35

4,940,011

754,662,733

101,232

6

Elect T M Esperdy

 

743,474,746

98.52

11,181,384

754,656,130

107,835

7

 

Re-elect D J Haines

 

727,673,901

96.49

26,437,712

754,111,613

652,352

8

 

Re-elect M R Phillips

749,139,137

99.27

5,513,614

754,652,751

111,214

9

Elect S P Stanbrook

 

743,766,155

98.56

10,889,078

754,655,233

108,431

10

 

Re-elect O R Tant

747,080,630

99.00

7,581,481

754,662,111

101,854

11

 

Re-elect M D Williamson

 

748,318,255

99.23

5,842,024

754,160,279

603,686

12

Re-elect K Witts

744,072,248

98.60

10,583,600

754,655,848

108,117

13

 

Re-elect M I Wyman

736,897,415

97.65

17,756,747

754,654,162

109,802

14

 

Re-appointment of Auditors

 

726,248,784

96.23

28,435,288

754,684,072

79,892

15

 

Remuneration of    Auditors

 

735,983,933

97.52

18,684,777

754,668,710

95,254

16

 

Political donations/expenditure

 

742,454,459

99.05

7,143,134

749,597,593

5,166,372

17

 

Authority to allot      securities

743,842,396

98.58

10,748,804

754,591,200

172,765

18

 

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

735,053,053

97.41

19,517,783

754,570,836

193,129

19

 

Purchase of own shares

 

739,276,855

98.56

10,789,059

750,065,914

4,698,050

20

 

Notice period for general meetings

 

695,241,145

92.70

54,779,839

750,020,984

4,742,981

21

Adoption of new Articles of Association

749,933,671

99.99

110,593

750,044,264

4,719,539

 

 

Notes

 

a. The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is

     rounded to two decimal places.

 

b. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is

     carried.

 

c.  Resolutions 18 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 31 January 2017 were 958,710,863. 

 

 

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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