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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