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RNS Number : 6296A  British American Tobacco PLC  15 April 2026

15 April 2026

 

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company")

 

RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual
General Meeting ('AGM', the 'Meeting') held on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at the
Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG.

 

The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 19
Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting.

 

 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 2025 Report and Accounts                                           1,643,331,698       99.63%                    6,098,278          0.37%                   3,289,917              1,649,429,976       75.94%
 2. Approval of the 2025 Directors' Remuneration Report                           1,626,368,837       98.48%                  25,053,577           1.52%                   1,297,979              1,651,422,414       76.04%
 3.Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors                                         1,593,961,516       96.51%                  57,663,414           3.49%                   1,095,463              1,651,624,930       76.05%
 4. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration         1,638,634,915       99.22%                  12,891,637           0.78%                   1,193,841              1,651,526,552       76.04%
 5. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director                                        1,628,785,224       98.70%                  21,452,419           1.30%                   2,479,040              1,650,237,643       75.98%
 6. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director                                    1,634,908,627       99.00%                  16,582,482           1.00%                   1,225,574              1,651,491,109       76.04%
 7. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director                                      1,637,066,159       99.18%                  13,471,597           0.82%                   2,178,927              1,650,537,756       76.00%
 8. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director                                     1,637,852,929       99.23%                  12,693,089           0.77%                   2,170,665              1,650,546,018       76.00%
 9. Re-election of Uta Kemmerich-Keil as a Director                               1,640,871,315       99.42%                    9,633,222          0.58%                   2,212,146              1,650,504,537       75.99%
 10. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director                                 1,640,896,328       99.42%                    9,572,183          0.58%                   2,197,814              1,650,468,511       75.99%
 11. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director                                  1,638,956,115       99.30%                  11,603,838           0.70%                   2,157,017              1,650,559,953       76.00%
 12. Re-election of Serpil Timuray as a Director                                  1,641,236,499       99.44%                    9,208,376          0.56%                   2,271,808              1,650,444,875       75.99%
 13. Election of Matthew Wright as a Director                                     1,640,633,253       99.40%                    9,881,771          0.60%                   2,199,958              1,650,515,024       75.99%
 14. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur          1,575,881,785       95.98%                  65,949,625           4.02%                  10,882,627              1,641,831,410       75.59%
 political expenditure
 15. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares                              1,550,136,310       93.88%                 101,135,636           6.12%                   1,448,447              1,651,271,946       76.03%
 16. Extension of the British American Tobacco Sharesave Scheme                   1,648,586,831       99.86%                    2,336,841          0.14%                   1,796,721              1,650,923,672       76.01%
 17. Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights               1,572,347,237       95.24%                  78,504,052           4.76%                   1,869,104              1,650,851,289       76.01%
 18. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares        1,648,013,864       99.82%                    2,958,547          0.18%                   1,747,982              1,650,972,411       76.02%
 19. Notice period for General Meetings                                           1,586,144,746       96.05%                  65,310,796           3.95%                   1,264,851              1,651,455,542       76.04%

 

All resolutions were passed at the Company's AGM today with the requisite
majority of votes.  Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions
and Resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

 

Holly Keller Koeppel stepped down from the Board as Non-Executive Directors at
the conclusion of the Meeting and is succeeded by Karen Guerra as Senior
Independent Director. Ms Keller Koeppel's retirement from the Board, and Ms
Guerra's appointment as Senior Independent Director, follows the Company's
announcement on 10 February 2026.

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the
close of business on Monday 13 April 2026 was 2,171,899,866. Each shareholder,
present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per ordinary share of
25p held. 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 15
and 17 to 19 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:

 

Media Centre

 

press_office@bat.com | @BATplc

 

Investor Relations

 

Victoria Buxton | IR_team@bat.com

 

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