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Imperial BrandsAnnouncement

08/02/2018 09:35

RNS Number : 3087E
Imperial Brands PLC
08 February 2018
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT
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The 2018 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 7 February 2018 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
762,239,845
99.99
56,266
762,296,111
278,871
2
Directors' Remuneration Report
750,467,025
98.48
11,547,680
762,014,705
560,276
3
Directors' Remuneration Policy
728,923,965
95.66
33,080,528
762,004,493
570,488
4
To declare a final dividend
761,294,287
99.86
1,031,361
762,325,648
249,334
5
Re-elect A J Cooper 
736,576,751
98.71
9,596,116
746,172,867
16,402,115
6
Re-elect T M Esperdy
745,840,791
99.96
331,092
746,171,883
16,403,099
7
Re-elect D J Haines
744,550,800
99.78
1,617,923
746,168,723
16,406,259
8
Elect S A C Langelier
746,065,528
99.99
103,246
746,168,774
16,406,208
9
Re-elect M R Phillips 
743,528,063
99.65
2,640,693
746,168,756
16,406,226
10
Re-elect S P Stanbrook
745,704,954
99.94
465,798
746,170,752
16,404,230
11
Re-elect O R Tant
727,595,762
97.51
18,572,235
746,167,997
16,406,985
12
Re-elect M D Williamson
710,330,106
95.27
35,269,218
745,599,324
16,975,657
13
Re-elect K Witts
739,550,172
99.11
6,618,987
746,169,159
16,405,822
14
Re-elect M I Wyman
745,609,638
99.93
558,311
746,167,949
16,407,033
15
Re-appointment of Auditors
709,111,773
93.02
53,201,866
762,313,639
261,342
16
Remuneration of Auditors
756,142,145
99.19
6,145,694
762,287,839
287,142
17
Political donations/expenditure
752,333,200
99.13
6,578,844
758,912,044
3,662,938
18
Authority to allot securities
757,569,832
99.37
4,817,592
762,387,424
187,558
19
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
758,354,717
99.47
4,022,641
762,377,358
197,624
20
Purchase of own shares 
753,647,623
98.86
8,673,407
762,321,030
253,951
21
Notice period for general meetings
708,429,275
93.30
50,864,461
759,293,736
3,281,244
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 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 6 February2018 were 953,736,947.
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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