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RNS Number : 9104L  British American Tobacco PLC  24 April 2024

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. (the "Company")

 

RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the 'Company') announces the result of voting
on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 24
April 2024 at the Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1
0UG. The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is
set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 6 March 2024.

 

The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 18
Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 6 March 2024. All valid
proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were
included in the poll taken at the Meeting.  Each shareholder, present in
person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per ordinary share of 25p held.

 

 Resolution                                                                 Votes For      % of votes cast  Votes against  % of votes cast  Votes Withheld  Votes cast in total   Total cast as a % of issued share capital
 1. Receipt of 2023 Report and Accounts                                     1,559,437,174  99.92%           1,317,303      0.08%            3,805,932       1,560,754,477        69.96%
 2. Approval of the 2023 Directors' Remuneration Report                     1,509,240,342  96.58%           53,407,399     3.42%            1,912,941       1,562,647,741        70.05%
 3. Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors                                   1,556,850,256  99.57%           6,795,887      0.43%            914,541         1,563,646,143        70.09%
 4. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration   1,560,713,936  99.90%           1,615,637      0.10%            1,014,365       1,562,329,573        70.03%
 5. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director                                  1,531,219,660  98.02%           30,973,962     1.98%            2,363,416       1,562,193,622        70.03%
 6. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director                              1,557,735,694  99.65%           5,490,762      0.35%            1,330,583       1,563,226,456        70.07%
 7. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director                                1,549,504,697  99.19%           12,602,921     0.81%            2,449,099       1,562,107,618        70.02%
 8. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director                               1,556,517,530  99.66%           5,233,889      0.34%            2,805,620       1,561,751,419        70.01%
 9. Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director                       1,525,141,299  97.65%           36,632,714     2.35%            2,783,025       1,561,774,013        70.01%
 10. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director                           1,557,724,282  99.74%           4,003,179      0.26%            2,829,578       1,561,727,461        70.00%
 11. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director                            1,551,141,034  99.40%           9,411,952      0.60%            2,789,068       1,560,552,986        69.95%
 12. Election of Murray S. Kessler as a Director                            1,558,460,567  99.87%           2,084,492      0.13%            2,796,995       1,560,545,059        69.95%
 13. Election of Serpil Timuray as a Director                               1,550,667,488  99.37%           9,836,177      0.63%            2,837,854       1,560,503,665        69.95%
 14. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur    1,422,302,938  91.55%           131,343,301    8.45%            9,695,908       1,553,646,239        69.64%
 political expenditure
 15. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares                        1,382,169,882  88.53%           179,159,404    11.47%           2,014,357       1,561,329,286        69.99%
 16. Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights         1,399,468,962  89.65%           161,547,570    10.35%           2,327,110       1,561,016,532        69.97%
 17. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares  1,550,414,809  99.27%           11,412,226     0.73%            1,516,608       1,561,827,035        70.01%
 18. Notice period for General Meetings                                     1,474,384,914  94.37%           87,916,244     5.63%            1,042,484       1,562,301,158        70.03%

 

 

All resolutions were passed at the Company's AGM today with the requisite
majority of votes.

 

Sue Farr and Dimitri Panayotopoulos stepped down from the Board as
Non-Executive Directors at the conclusion of the Company's 2024 AGM. Ms Farr's
and Mr Panayotopoulos's retirement from the Board follows the Company's
announcement on 6 February 2024, as further set out in the Company's 2023
Annual Report and Form 20-F.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the
close of business on Tuesday 23 April 2024 was 2,230,669,954.  Shareholders
are entitled to one vote per share.  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. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted
electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll.  Proxy
appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the
total votes 'for' the respective resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, copies of Resolutions 16
to 18 will be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will in due
course be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

C Worlock

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

24 April 2024

 

 

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