Result of AGM

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Imperial Brands PLC
01 February 2023
 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The 2023 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 1 February 2023 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

727,011,390

99.95

386,577

727,397,967

770,338

2

 

Directors' Remuneration Report

709,307,449

97.54

17,905,513

727,212,962

955,342

3

 

To declare a final dividend

727,803,390

99.99

47,044

727,850,434

317,871

4

 

Re-elect S Bomhard

725,598,270

99.71

2,119,286

727,717,556

450,748

5

Re-elect S Clark

713,772,788

98.11

13,722,765

727,495,553

672,751

6

Re-elect N Edozien

724,947,275

99.67

2,420,194

727,367,469

800,836

7

 

Re-elect T Esperdy

710,166,036

97.62

17,331,373

727,497,409

670,896

8

Re-elect A Johnson

722,214,285

99.28

5,238,275

727,452,560

715,744

9

Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz

722,332,055

99.66

2,439,511

724,771,566

3,396,738

10

Re-elect L Paravicini

724,689,505

99.62

2,762,352

727,451,857

716,447

11

Re-elect D de Saint Victor

726,818,351

99.91

658,905

727,477,256

691,039

12

Re-elect J Stanton

721,197,420

99.50

3,599,099

724,796,519

3,371,786

13

Re-appointment of Auditor

724,779,657

99.60

2,905,314

727,684,971

483,335

14

 

Remuneration of Auditor

727,323,426

99.96

324,991

727,648,417

519,888

15

 

Share Matching Scheme

724,200,697

99.54

3,370,379

727,571,076

597,230

16

 

Political donations/

expenditure

723,943,057

99.52

3,469,254

727,412,311

755,994

17

Authority to allot  securities

725,506,616

99.72

2,055,728

727,562,344

605,961

18

 

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

724,113,165

99.54

3,351,662

727,464,827

703,478

19

 

Purchase of own shares

723,207,546

99.41

4,269,378

727,476,924

691,381

20

 

Notice period for general meetings

699,128,665

96.09

28,467,429

727,596,094

572,211

 

 

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 18 to 20 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 30 January 2023 was 932,468,492.

 

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

 

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