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RNS Number : 5755B  Imperial Brands PLC  31 January 2024

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol
Marriott Royal Hotel,

College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA on Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 9.30 am.

 

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                                    Total Votes For   %      Total Votes   Total Votes Cast   Votes

                                                                 For    Against                          Withheld

 1       Annual Report and Accounts            704,386,942       99.95  321,752       704,708,694        643,851

 2       Directors' Remuneration Report        678,661,665       97.72  15,835,705    694,497,370        10,855,174
 3       Directors' Remuneration Policy        673,024,462       95.51  31,631,996    704,656,458        696,086

 4       To declare a final dividend           704,895,149       99.98  150,372       705,045,521        307,025

 5       Re-elect T Esperdy                    688,995,548       97.77  15,700,044    704,695,592        656,952

 6       Re-elect S Bomhard                    702,797,950       99.71  2,011,724     704,809,674        542,871
 7       Re-elect S Clark                      697,749,025       99.01  7,006,558     704,755,583        596,963
 8       Re-elect D de Saint Victor            699,471,505       99.27  5,157,981     704,629,486        723,060
 9       Re-elect N Edozien                    699,480,597       99.27  5,136,941     704,617,538        735,008
 10      Re-elect A Johnson                    699,521,782       99.27  5,110,147     704,631,929        720,616
 11      Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz            702,552,489       99.71  2,073,795     704,626,284        726,261
 12      Re-elect L Paravicini                 701,199,603       99.50  3,541,485     704,741,088        611,458
 13      Re-elect J Stanton                    699,770,773       99.71  2,008,643     701,779,416        3,573,129
 14      Elect A Gilchrist                     704,036,348       99.92  557,554       704,593,902        758,643
 15      Re-appointment of Auditor             701,695,443       99.55  3,170,681     704,866,124        486,421
 16      Remuneration of Auditor               704,466,934       99.96  300,060       704,766,994        585,551

 17      Political donations/                  701,539,603       99.55  3,174,598     704,714,201        638,344

         expenditure
 18      Authority to allot    securities      702,060,506       99.62  2,653,204     704,713,710        638,835
 19      Disapplication of pre-emption rights  701,126,711       99.50  3,502,667     704,629,378        723,167

 20      Purchase of own shares                701,480,287       99.55  3,167,783     704,648,070        704,475

 21      Notice period for general meetings    680,720,171       96.58  24,089,872    704,810,043        542,500

 

 

Notes

 

a)   The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair discretion and the
percentage is rounded to two decimal places.

 

b)   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.

 

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 29 January 2024 was
881,418,045.

 

A copy of a document setting out the resolutions passed dealing with special
business at the meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) in due course.

 

 

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

 

 

Copies of our announcements are available on our website:
www.imperialbrandsplc.com/Investors/Stock-Exchange-announcements
(http://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/Investors/Stock-Exchange-announcements)

 

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