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British American Tobacco PLC
26 April 2017
 

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

RESULTS OF VOTING AT 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 9BH on 26 April 2017 at 11.30am.

 

The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 20 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 22 March 2017. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote per share held.

 

Resolution 1

 

Receipt of 2016 Report and Accounts

 

For - Note (b)

1,455,089,059

Percent of Votes Cast

99.82%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.047%

Against

2,662,511

Percent of Votes Cast

0.18%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.143%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,457,751,570

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.190%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

18,032,019

 

Resolution 2

 

Approval of Remuneration Report

 

For - Note (b)

1,346,502,332

Percent of Votes Cast

92.05%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

72.222%

Against

116,220,156

Percent of Votes Cast

7.95%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

6.234%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,462,722,488

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.456%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

13,100,905

 

Resolution 3

 

Declaration of final dividend for 2016 of 118.1p per share

 

For - Note (b)

1,474,942,682

Percent of Votes Cast

99.98%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.112%

Against

330,223

Percent of Votes Cast

0.02%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.018%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,272,905

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.129%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

546,890

 

Resolution 4

 

Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors

 

For - Note (b)

1,470,214,118

Percent of Votes Cast

99.66%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.858%

Against

5,036,749

Percent of Votes Cast

0.34%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.270%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,250,867

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.128%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

572,292

 

Resolution 5

 

Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration

 

For - Note (b)

1,473,967,937

Percent of Votes Cast

99.91%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.059%

Against

1,259,070

Percent of Votes Cast

0.09%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.068%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,227,007

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.127%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

596,152

 

Resolution 6

 

Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,427,228,065

Percent of Votes Cast

97.96%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

76.552%

Against

29,771,009

Percent of Votes Cast

2.04%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

1.597%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,456,999,074

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.149%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

18,824,082

 

 

 

Resolution 7

 

Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,474,776,773

Percent of Votes Cast

99.97%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.103%

Against

375,376

Percent of Votes Cast

0.03%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.020%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,152,149

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.123%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

671,010

 

 

 

Resolution 8

 

Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,446,389,284

Percent of Votes Cast

99.23%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

77.580%

Against

11,292,909

Percent of Votes Cast

0.77%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.606%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,457,682,193

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.186%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

18,141,402

 

Resolution 9

 

Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,452,015,300

Percent of Votes Cast

98.93%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

77.882%

Against

15,653,328

Percent of Votes Cast

1.07%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.840%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,467,668,628

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.721%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

8,154,968

 

Resolution 10

 

Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,466,212,449

Percent of Votes Cast

99.90%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.643%

Against

1,453,766

Percent of Votes Cast

0.10%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.078%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,467,666,215

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.721%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

8,157,381

 

Resolution 11

 

Re-election of Pedro Malan as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,459,515,059

Percent of Votes Cast

99.44%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.284%

Against

8,154,250

Percent of Votes Cast

0.56%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.437%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,467,669,309

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.721%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

8,154,287

 

Resolution 12

 

Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,455,528,561

Percent of Votes Cast

99.17%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.070%

Against

12,135,994

Percent of Votes Cast

0.83%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.651%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,467,664,555

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.721%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

8,159,041

 

Resolution 13

 

Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,456,863,508

Percent of Votes Cast

99.26%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.142%

Against

10,807,024

Percent of Votes Cast

0.74%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.580%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,467,670,532

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.722%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

8,153,064

 

Resolution 14

 

Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,467,638,931

Percent of Votes Cast

99.49%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.720%

Against

7,527,411

Percent of Votes Cast

0.51%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.404%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,166,342

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.124%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

656,304

 

Resolution 15

 

Election of Marion Helmes as a Director

 

For - Note (b)

1,450,064,535

Percent of Votes Cast

99.48%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

77.777%

Against

7,609,655

Percent of Votes Cast

0.52%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

0.408%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,457,674,190

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.185%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

18,148,456

 

Resolution 16

 

Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares

 

For - Note (b)

1,211,510,091

Percent of Votes Cast

82.13%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

64.982%

Against

263,641,150

Percent of Votes Cast

17.87%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

14.141%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,475,151,241

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.123%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

669,307

 

Resolution 17 - Note (d)

 

Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights

 

For - Note (b)

1,409,472,028

Percent of Votes Cast

95.56%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

75.600%

Against

65,491,122

Percent of Votes Cast

4.44%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

3.513%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,474,963,150

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.113%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

858,421

 

Resolution 18 - Note (d)

 

Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares

 

For - Note (b)

1,451,938,937

Percent of Votes Cast

98.48%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

77.878%

Against

22,447,876

Percent of Votes Cast

1.52%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

1.204%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,474,386,813

Percent of Issued Share Capital

79.082%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

1,434,832

 

Resolution 19

 

Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure

For - Note (b)

1,324,307,528

Percent of Votes Cast

93.73%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

71.032%

Against

88,663,027

Percent of Votes Cast

6.27%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

4.756%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,412,970,555

Percent of Issued Share Capital

75.788%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

62,846,400

 

Resolution 20 - Note (d)

 

Notice period for General Meetings

 

For - Note (b)

1,341,546,881

Percent of Votes Cast

91.33%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

71.957%

Against

127,401,780

Percent of Votes Cast

8.67%

Percent of Issued Share Capital

6.833%

Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)

1,468,948,661

Percent of Issued Share Capital

78.790%

Votes Withheld - Note (c)

6,873,982

 

 

Notes:

 

(a)           The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on Tuesday 25 April 2017 was 1,864,382,528.

 

(b)           Includes discretionary votes.

 

(c)           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.

(d)          In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each of the resolutions numbered 17, 18 and 20 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.  A copy of the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website at www.bat.com/agm.

 

 

G C W Cunnington

Deputy Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

 

26 April 2017

 

Enquiries:

British American Tobacco Press Office

Anna Vickerstaff  +44 20 7845 2888

 

 


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