British American Tobacco Regulatory News (BATS)

28 Apr 2005 16:32

British American Tobacco PLC28 April 2005 British American Tobacco p.l.c. Results of Voting at the Annual General Meeting held on 28 April 2005 Resolution For Against WithheldResolution 1:To receive the 2004 Report & Accounts 1,383,096,761 11,736,667 27,602,299 Resolution 2:To approve the 2004 Remuneration Report 1,405,192,868 6,357,517 10,885,344 Resolution 3:To declare a final dividend for 2004 of 29.2p per share 1,420,276,957 15,719 2,079,052 Resolution 4:To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors 1,403,491,533 7,147,885 11,795,936 Resolution 5:To authorise the Directors to agree the auditors' remuneration 1,418,193,435 2,038,492 2,203,365 Resolution 6a:To reappoint Kenneth Clarke as a Director 1,408,734,304 1,808,579 11,892,457 Resolution 6b:To reappoint Paul Rayner as a Director 1,417,288,347 2,824,599 2,322,412 Resolution 6c:To reappoint Thys Visser as a Director 1,413,961,820 6,159,617 2,294,562 Resolution 7a:To reappoint Piet Beyers as a Director 1,414,820,284 5,281,232 2,319,713 Resolution 7b:To reappoint Robert Lerwill as a Director 1,384,403,183 26,072,701 11,940,114 Resolution 7c:To reappoint Sir Nicholas Scheele as a Director 1,416,982,750 3,129,020 2,309,459 Resolution 8:To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares 1,410,629,187 9,509,239 2,213,577 Resolution 9 (Special Resolution):To renew the Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption 1,415,238,680 6,920,288 255,431rights Resolution 10 (Special Resolution):To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 1,418,733,094 1,312,436 2,325,827 Resolution 11:To authorise the Company to make political donations andto incur political expenditure in the European Union 1,376,103,983 18,159,013 28,084,516 Resolution 12:To amend the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan 1,404,724,625 15,188,456 2,519,101 Shares in issue: 2,135,719,282 ENQUIRIES British American Tobacco Press Office: David Betteridge/Teresa La Thangue +44(0) 20 7845 2888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange