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RNS Number : 1697V Imperial Brands PLC 29 January 2025
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol
Marriott Royal Hotel,
College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA on Wednesday 29 January 2025 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 512,869,974 99.92 391,589 513,261,563 767,615
2 Directors' Remuneration Report 500,019,614 97.36 13,584,442 513,604,056 425,122
3 To declare a final dividend 513,840,349 99.99 29,030 513,869,379 159,799
4 Re-elect T Esperdy 503,908,924 98.10 9,757,416 513,666,340 362,838
5 Re-elect S Bomhard 512,046,904 99.67 1,683,157 513,730,061 299,117
6 Re-elect S Clark 502,703,807 97.86 10,967,210 513,671,017 358,160
7 Re-elect N Edozien 507,656,365 98.83 6,008,440 513,664,805 364,373
8 Re-elect A Gilchrist 513,577,904 99.98 91,809 513,669,713 359,465
9 Re-elect A Johnson 509,959,923 99.29 3,631,645 513,591,568 437,610
10 Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz 511,903,938 99.66 1,761,915 513,665,853 363,325
11 Re-elect L Paravicini 511,378,934 99.55 2,293,019 513,671,953 357,225
12 Re-elect J Stanton 507,479,923 99.32 3,467,818 510,947,741 3,081,437
13 Elect J Hamilton 513,422,951 99.95 242,729 513,665,680 363,498
14 Re-appointment of Auditor 511,011,040 99.45 2,818,058 513,829,098 200,080
15 Remuneration of Auditor 513,624,229 99.96 186,960 513,811,189 217,989
16 Political donations/ 505,759,670 98.89 5,699,131 511,458,801 2,570,377
expenditure
17 Authority to allot securities 512,112,867 99.68 1,652,916 513,765,783 263,396
18 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 511,892,109 99.65 1,822,541 513,714,650 314,529
19 Purchase of own shares 510,786,309 99.44 2,893,927 513,680,236 348,942
20 Notice period for general meetings 498,344,140 96.99 15,447,230 513,791,370 237,808
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 18 to 20 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 27 January 2025 was
833,995,819.
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/creating-shareholder-value/stock-exchange-announcements
(http://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/creating-shareholder-value/stock-exchange-announcements)
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