Result of AGM

Imperial Brands PLC
31 January 2024
 

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

 

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