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Imperial BrandsAnnouncement

02/02/2017 10:45

RNS Number : 8772V
Imperial Brands PLC
02 February 2017
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT
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The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the
Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 
3AD on Wednesday 1 February 2017 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
Votes For
Percentage
For
Votes
Against
Votes Total
Votes
Withheld
1
Annual Report and Accounts
754,567,398
99.99
106,837
754,674,235
89,730
2
Directors' Remuneration Report
707,591,718
94.69
39,693,115
747,284,833
7,479,131
3
Directors' Remuneration Policy
Resolution withdrawn
4
To declare a final dividend
753,057,029
99.78
1,642,642
754,699,671
64,294
5
Re-elect A J Cooper 
749,722,722
99.35
4,940,011
754,662,733
101,232
6
Elect T M Esperdy
743,474,746
98.52
11,181,384
754,656,130
107,835
7
Re-elect D J Haines
727,673,901
96.49
26,437,712
754,111,613
652,352
8
Re-elect M R Phillips 
749,139,137
99.27
5,513,614
754,652,751
111,214
9
Elect S P Stanbrook
743,766,155
98.56
10,889,078
754,655,233
108,431
10
Re-elect O R Tant
747,080,630
99.00
7,581,481
754,662,111
101,854
11
Re-elect M D Williamson
748,318,255
99.23
5,842,024
754,160,279
603,686
12
Re-elect K Witts
744,072,248
98.60
10,583,600
754,655,848
108,117
13
Re-elect M I Wyman
736,897,415
97.65
17,756,747
754,654,162
109,802
14
Re-appointment of Auditors
726,248,784
96.23
28,435,288
754,684,072
79,892
15
Remuneration of Auditors
735,983,933
97.52
18,684,777
754,668,710
95,254
16
Political donations/expenditure
742,454,459
99.05
7,143,134
749,597,593
5,166,372
17
Authority to allot securities
743,842,396
98.58
10,748,804
754,591,200
172,765
18
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
735,053,053
97.41
19,517,783
754,570,836
193,129
19
Purchase of own shares 
739,276,855
98.56
10,789,059
750,065,914
4,698,050
20
Notice period for general meetings
695,241,145
92.70
54,779,839
750,020,984
4,742,981
21
Adoption of new Articles of Association
749,933,671
99.99
110,593
750,044,264
4,719,539
Notes
a. The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is 
 rounded to two decimal places.
b. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is 
 carried.
c.Resolutions 18 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 31 January 2017 were 958,710,863.
Trevor Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperialbrandsplc.com/Investors/Stock-Exchange-announcements

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