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RNS Number : 3443F  British American Tobacco PLC  16 April 2025

16 April 2025

 

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 16
April 2025 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 5 March 2025.

 

The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 21
Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 5 March 2025. 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 2024 Report and Accounts                                     1,604,423,816  99.81%           3,007,431      0.19%            3,727,349       1,607,431,247        73.02%
 2. Approval of the 2025 Directors' Remuneration Policy                     1,582,103,742  98.32%           27,065,379     1.68%            1,989,473       1,609,169,121        73.10%
 3. Approval of the 2024 Directors' Remuneration Report                     1,584,560,241  98.46%           24,754,103     1.54%            1,844,248       1,609,314,344        73.10%
 4.Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors                                    1,551,037,131  96.35%           58,722,742     3.65%            1,398,723       1,609,759,873        73.12%
 5. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration   1,602,760,781  99.57%           6,899,212      0.43%            1,498,603       1,609,659,993        73.12%
 6. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director                                  1,585,632,252  98.53%           23,591,640     1.47%            1,934,702       1,609,223,892        73.10%
 7. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director                              1,603,357,945  99.61%           6,240,594      0.39%            1,560,056       1,609,598,539        73.11%
 8. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director                                1,596,545,940  99.26%           11,873,084     0.74%            2,739,571       1,608,419,024        73.06%
 9. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director                               1,601,724,941  99.58%           6,716,268      0.42%            2,717,386       1,608,441,209        73.06%
 10. Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director                      1,551,330,018  96.45%           57,143,008     3.55%            2,685,569       1,608,473,026        73.06%
 11. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director                           1,601,623,862  99.58%           6,765,405      0.42%            2,769,328       1,608,389,267        73.06%
 12. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director                            1,601,715,479  99.58%           6,704,923      0.42%            2,738,193       1,608,420,402        73.06%
 13. Re-election of Serpil Timuray as a Director                            1,592,901,711  99.04%           15,484,508     0.96%            2,771,133       1,608,386,219        73.06%
 14. Election of Soraya Benchikh as a Director                              1,607,591,937  99.88%           1,921,986      0.12%            1,644,673       1,609,513,923        73.11%
 15. Election of Uta Kemmerich-Keil as a Director                           1,605,979,952  99.85%           2,412,034      0.15%            2,764,609       1,608,391,986        73.06%
 16. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur    1,499,201,368  93.14%           110,377,277    6.86%            1,579,950       1,609,578,645        73.11%
 political expenditure
 17. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares                        1,511,285,703  93.89%           98,348,344     6.11%            1,524,383       1,609,634,047        73.12%
 18. Establishment of Performance Share Plan                                1,584,522,405  98.44%           25,077,326     1.56%            1,557,360       1,609,599,731        73.11%
 19. Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights         1,485,012,776  92.28%           124,287,266    7.72%            1,858,554       1,609,300,042        73.10%
 20. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares  1,605,790,686  99.78%           3,503,243      0.22%            1,864,666       1,609,293,929        73.10%
 21. Notice period for General Meetings                                     1,538,821,590  95.60%           70,884,506     4.40%            1,452,499       1,609,706,096        73.12%

 

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

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the
close of business on Monday 14 April 2025 was 2,201,463,243. 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 UK Listing Rules 6.4.1 and 6.4.2, copies of Resolutions 17
and 19 to 21 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority, and will
shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

C Worlock

Assistant Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

British American Tobacco Media Centre

+44 (0)20 7845 2888 (24 hours) │@BATPlc

 

Investor Relations

Victoria Buxton: +44 (0)20 7845 2012 | IR_team@bat.com

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