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RNS Number : 7801Q Imperial Brands PLC 28 January 2026
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 2026 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the Bristol
Marriott Royal Hotel,
College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA on Wednesday 28 January 2026 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 617,220,805 99.97 159,345 617,380,150 967,885
2 Directors' Remuneration Report 608,627,811 98.65 8,343,370 616,971,181 1,376,854
3 To declare a final dividend 617,929,921 99.99 55,495 617,985,416 362,620
4 Re-elect T Esperdy 580,938,625 94.04 36,786,277 617,724,902 623,134
5 Re-elect S Clark 611,558,777 99.00 6,168,053 617,726,830 621,206
6 Re-elect N Edozien 611,126,276 98.94 6,546,795 617,673,071 674,965
7 Re-elect A Gilchrist 614,167,649 99.43 3,539,016 617,706,665 641,371
8 Re-elect J Hamilton 613,031,240 99.23 4,735,478 617,766,718 581,318
9 Re-elect A Johnson 613,936,825 99.39 3,797,081 617,733,906 614,130
10 Re-elect R Kunze-Concewitz 613,975,746 99.39 3,795,119 617,770,865 577,170
11 Re-elect L Paravicini 610,509,552 98.82 7,319,734 617,829,286 518,750
12 Re-elect J Stanton 613,694,885 99.35 4,039,148 617,734,033 614,003
13 Elect A Luersman 617,605,888 99.98 124,895 617,730,783 617,253
14 Elect M McGowan 612,065,782 99.07 5,720,378 617,786,160 561,876
15 Reappointment of Auditor 611,242,251 99.27 4,493,190 615,735,441 2,612,845
16 Remuneration of Auditor 613,161,664 99.26 4,556,723 617,718,387 629,899
17 Political donations/ 609,127,583 99.30 4,296,666 613,424,249 4,923,787
expenditure
18 Authority to allot securities 617,150,211 99.90 640,579 617,790,790 557,245
19 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 614,465,674 99.48 3,219,614 617,685,288 662,748
20 Purchase of own shares 617,517,111 99.96 227,335 617,744,446 603,590
21 Notice period for general meetings 598,382,557 96.84 19,509,135 617,891,692 456,344
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 26 January 2026 was
792,206,424.
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
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