Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1945C
Imperial Brands PLC
06 February 2020
 

IMPERIAL 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Resolution withdrawn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Resolution withdrawn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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