REG - Imperial Brands PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 1945CImperial Brands PLC06 February 2020IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol Marriott Hotel,
2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3AD on Wednesday 5 February 2020 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
Total Votes For
%
For
Total Votes
Against
Total Votes Cast
Votes
Withheld
1
Annual Report and Accounts
750,907,833
100.00
26,126
750,933,959
565,519
2
Directors' Remuneration Report
656,269,587
87.37
94,881,744
751,151,331
348,146
3
To declare a final dividend
750,133,706
99.83
1,275,964
751,409,670
89,808
4
Re-elect S M Clark
744,381,984
99.09
6,863,111
751,245,095
254,383
5
Resolution withdrawn
6
Re-elect T M Esperdy
749,057,440
99.71
2,204,044
751,261,484
237,994
7
Re-elect S A C Langelier
750,777,268
99.94
481,469
751,258,737
240,741
8
Resolution withdrawn
9
Re-elect S P Stanbrook
750,708,226
99.93
550,037
751,258,263
241,215
10
Elect J A Stanton
748,657,615
99.65
2,606,099
751,263,714
235,764
11
Re-elect O R Tant
715,832,310
95.29
35,379,736
751,212,046
287,432
12
Re-elect K Witts
737,283,840
98.14
13,978,442
751,262,282
237,196
13
Appointment of Auditors
749,506,854
99.76
1,766,438
751,273,292
226,186
14
Remuneration of Auditors
751,092,592
99.97
220,256
751,312,848
186,630
15
Political donations/
expenditure
741,202,201
99.13
6,506,896
747,709,097
3,790,381
16
Authority to allot securities
750,341,458
99.89
845,123
751,186,581
312,897
17
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
744,964,749
99.17
6,253,214
751,217,963
281,515
18
Purchase of own shares
745,726,825
99.31
5,154,270
750,881,095
618,381
19
Notice period for general meetings
711,092,978
95.01
37,336,462
748,429,440
3,070,038
Notes
a) The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman 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 17 to 19 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 4 February 2020 were 946,408,101.
A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special business at the meeting has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM in due course.
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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