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BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. (the "Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the 'Company') announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 24 April 2024 at the Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG. The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 6 March 2024.
The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 18 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 6 March 2024. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the Meeting. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per ordinary share of 25p held.
Resolution | Votes For | % of votes cast | Votes against | % of votes cast | Votes Withheld | Votes cast in total | Total cast as a % of issued share capital |
1. Receipt of 2023 Report and Accounts | 1,559,437,174 | 99.92% | 1,317,303 | 0.08% | 3,805,932 | 1,560,754,477 | 69.96% |
2. Approval of the 2023 Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,509,240,342 | 96.58% | 53,407,399 | 3.42% | 1,912,941 | 1,562,647,741 | 70.05% |
3. Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors | 1,556,850,256 | 99.57% | 6,795,887 | 0.43% | 914,541 | 1,563,646,143 | 70.09% |
4. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration | 1,560,713,936 | 99.90% | 1,615,637 | 0.10% | 1,014,365 | 1,562,329,573 | 70.03% |
5. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director | 1,531,219,660 | 98.02% | 30,973,962 | 1.98% | 2,363,416 | 1,562,193,622 | 70.03% |
6. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director | 1,557,735,694 | 99.65% | 5,490,762 | 0.35% | 1,330,583 | 1,563,226,456 | 70.07% |
7. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director | 1,549,504,697 | 99.19% | 12,602,921 | 0.81% | 2,449,099 | 1,562,107,618 | 70.02% |
8. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director | 1,556,517,530 | 99.66% | 5,233,889 | 0.34% | 2,805,620 | 1,561,751,419 | 70.01% |
9. Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director | 1,525,141,299 | 97.65% | 36,632,714 | 2.35% | 2,783,025 | 1,561,774,013 | 70.01% |
10. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director | 1,557,724,282 | 99.74% | 4,003,179 | 0.26% | 2,829,578 | 1,561,727,461 | 70.00% |
11. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director | 1,551,141,034 | 99.40% | 9,411,952 | 0.60% | 2,789,068 | 1,560,552,986 | 69.95% |
12. Election of Murray S. Kessler as a Director | 1,558,460,567 | 99.87% | 2,084,492 | 0.13% | 2,796,995 | 1,560,545,059 | 69.95% |
13. Election of Serpil Timuray as a Director | 1,550,667,488 | 99.37% | 9,836,177 | 0.63% | 2,837,854 | 1,560,503,665 | 69.95% |
14. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure | 1,422,302,938 | 91.55% | 131,343,301 | 8.45% | 9,695,908 | 1,553,646,239 | 69.64% |
15. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares | 1,382,169,882 | 88.53% | 179,159,404 | 11.47% | 2,014,357 | 1,561,329,286 | 69.99% |
16. Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,399,468,962 | 89.65% | 161,547,570 | 10.35% | 2,327,110 | 1,561,016,532 | 69.97% |
17. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares | 1,550,414,809 | 99.27% | 11,412,226 | 0.73% | 1,516,608 | 1,561,827,035 | 70.01% |
18. Notice period for General Meetings | 1,474,384,914 | 94.37% | 87,916,244 | 5.63% | 1,042,484 | 1,562,301,158 | 70.03% |
All resolutions were passed at the Company's AGM today with the requisite majority of votes.
Sue Farr and Dimitri Panayotopoulos stepped down from the Board as Non-Executive Directors at the conclusion of the Company's 2024 AGM. Ms Farr's and Mr Panayotopoulos's retirement from the Board follows the Company's announcement on 6 February 2024, as further set out in the Company's 2023 Annual Report and Form 20-F.
The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the close of business on Tuesday 23 April 2024 was 2,230,669,954. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 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. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the total votes 'for' the respective resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, copies of Resolutions 16 to 18 will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will in due course be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
C Worlock
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
24 April 2024
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