Result of AGM

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British American Tobacco PLC

27 April 2016

 

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

RESULTS OF VOTING AT 2016 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 27 April 2016 at 11.30am.

The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 24 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 22 March 2016. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote per share held.

Resolution 1
Receipt of 2015 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b)	1,400,261,457
Percent of Votes Cast	99.82%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.112%
Against	2,460,481
Percent of Votes Cast	0.18%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.132%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,402,721,938
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.244%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	19,775,801

Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Policy
For - Note (b)	1,191,242,495
Percent of Votes Cast	90.32%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	63.900%
Against	127,646,481
Percent of Votes Cast	9.68%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	6.847%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,318,888,976
Percent of Issued Share Capital	70.747%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	103,597,686

Resolution 3
Approval of Remuneration Report
For - Note (b)	1,254,887,608
Percent of Votes Cast	94.49%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	67.314%
Against	73,116,552
Percent of Votes Cast	5.51%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	3.922%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,328,004,160
Percent of Issued Share Capital	71.236%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	94,481,732

Resolution 4
Declaration of final dividend for 2015 of 104.6p per share
For - Note (b)	1,421,653,693
Percent of Votes Cast	100.00%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.259%
Against	40,368
Percent of Votes Cast	0.00%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.00%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,694,061
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.262%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	783,875

Resolution 5
Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors
For - Note (b)	1,406,262,303
Percent of Votes Cast	99.83%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.434%
Against	2,397,534
Percent of Votes Cast	0.17%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.129%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,408,659,837
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.562%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	13,834,274

Resolution 6
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration
For - Note (b)	1,419,875,162
Percent of Votes Cast	99.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.164%
Against	1,780,736
Percent of Votes Cast	0.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.096%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,655,898
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.260%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	838,215

Resolution 7
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,415,598,453
Percent of Votes Cast	99.58%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.93%
Against	6,018,148
Percent of Votes Cast	0.42%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.323%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,616,601
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.257%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	872,060

Resolution 8
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,421,391,477
Percent of Votes Cast	99.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.245%
Against	225,022
Percent of Votes Cast	0.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.012%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,616,499
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.257%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	876,884

Resolution 9
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,419,446,321
Percent of Votes Cast	99.85%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.141%
Against	2,139,885
Percent of Votes Cast	0.15%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.115%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,586,206
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	904,530

Resolution 10
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,419,952,254
Percent of Votes Cast	99.88%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.168%
Against	1,646,785
Percent of Votes Cast	0.12%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.088%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,599,039
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	891,697

Resolution 11
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,421,022,778
Percent of Votes Cast	99.96%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.226%
Against	561,357
Percent of Votes Cast	0.04%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.030%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,584,135
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	909,296

Resolution 12
Re-election of Pedro Malan as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,417,688,326
Percent of Votes Cast	99.73%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.047%
Against	3,885,442
Percent of Votes Cast	0.27%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.208%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,573,768
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.255%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	919,670

Resolution 13
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,420,707,921
Percent of Votes Cast	99.94%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.209%
Against	886,662
Percent of Votes Cast	0.06%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.048%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,594,583
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	898,021

Resolution 14
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,420,931,527
Percent of Votes Cast	99.95%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.221%
Against	657,305
Percent of Votes Cast	0.05%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.035%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,588,832
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	901,903

Resolution 15
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,421,320,076
Percent of Votes Cast	99.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.242%
Against	270,190
Percent of Votes Cast	0.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.014%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,590,266
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	900,470

Resolution 16
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,419,159,455
Percent of Votes Cast	99.83%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.126%
Against	2,391,015
Percent of Votes Cast	0.17%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.128%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,550,470
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.254%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	940,266

Resolution 17
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b)	1,417,849,176
Percent of Votes Cast	99.74%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.055%
Against	3,745,843
Percent of Votes Cast	0.26%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.201%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,595,019
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	898,419

Resolution 18
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b)	1,158,509,233
Percent of Votes Cast	81.58%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	62.144%
Against	261,503,451
Percent of Votes Cast	18.42%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	14.027%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,420,012,684
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.171%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	2,479,324

Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b)	1,301,214,015
Percent of Votes Cast	91.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	69.799%
Against	119,726,422
Percent of Votes Cast	8.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	6.422%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,420,940,437
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.221%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	1,553,001

Resolution 20 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b)	1,404,024,510
Percent of Votes Cast	98.76%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	75.314%
Against	17,619,516
Percent of Votes Cast	1.24%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	0.945%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,644,026
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.259%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	850,086

Resolution 21
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan
For - Note (b)	1,203,045,427
Percent of Votes Cast	91.51%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	64.533%
Against	111,547,105
Percent of Votes Cast	8.49%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	5.984%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,314,592,532
Percent of Issued Share Capital	70.517%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	107,895,013

Resolution 22
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Sharesave Scheme
For - Note (b)	1,335,795,529
Percent of Votes Cast	98.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	71.654%
Against	25,488,688
Percent of Votes Cast	1.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	1.367%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,361,284,217
Percent of Issued Share Capital	73.021%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	61,202,738

Resolution 23
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b)	1,306,219,082
Percent of Votes Cast	93.64%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	70.067%
Against	88,732,736
Percent of Votes Cast	6.36%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	4.760%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,394,951,818
Percent of Issued Share Capital	74.827%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	27,520,777

Resolution 24 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b)	1,257,236,917
Percent of Votes Cast	88.44%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	67.440%
Against	164,303,840
Percent of Votes Cast	11.56%
Percent of Issued Share Capital	8.813%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld)	1,421,540,757
Percent of Issued Share Capital	76.253%
Votes Withheld - Note (c)	940,907

Notes:

(a)         The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on Tuesday 26 April 2016 was 1,864,233,906.

(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 19, 20 and 24 will be 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.

27 April 2016

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