Imperial Brands PLC Result of AGM (8772V)

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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       Percentage      Votes         Votes        Votes 
                                    For           For         Against        Total       Withheld 
----------------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Annual Report 
 1     and Accounts            754,567,398          99.99    106,837     754,674,235       89,730 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 2     Report                  707,591,718          94.69   39,693,115   747,284,833    7,479,131 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 3    Directors'                                      Resolution withdrawn 
       Remuneration 
       Policy 
---  -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      To declare 
 4     a final dividend        753,057,029          99.78    1,642,642   754,699,671       64,294 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect A 
 5     J Cooper                749,722,722          99.35    4,940,011   754,662,733      101,232 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Elect T M 
 6     Esperdy                 743,474,746          98.52   11,181,384   754,656,130      107,835 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect D 
 7     J Haines                727,673,901          96.49   26,437,712   754,111,613      652,352 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect M 
 8     R Phillips              749,139,137          99.27    5,513,614   754,652,751      111,214 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Elect S P 
 9     Stanbrook               743,766,155          98.56   10,889,078   754,655,233      108,431 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect O 
 10    R Tant                  747,080,630          99.00    7,581,481   754,662,111      101,854 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect M 
 11    D Williamson            748,318,255          99.23    5,842,024   754,160,279      603,686 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect K 
 12    Witts                   744,072,248          98.60   10,583,600   754,655,848      108,117 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-elect M 
 13    I Wyman                 736,897,415          97.65   17,756,747   754,654,162      109,802 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Re-appointment 
 14    of Auditors             726,248,784          96.23   28,435,288   754,684,072       79,892 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Remuneration 
 15    of Auditors             735,983,933          97.52   18,684,777   754,668,710       95,254 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Political 
 16    donations/expenditure   742,454,459          99.05    7,143,134   749,597,593    5,166,372 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Authority 
 17    to allot securities     743,842,396          98.58   10,748,804   754,591,200      172,765 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Disapplication 
       of pre-emption 
 18    rights                  735,053,053          97.41   19,517,783   754,570,836      193,129 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Purchase of 
 19    own shares              739,276,855          98.56   10,789,059   750,065,914    4,698,050 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Notice period 
       for general 
 20    meetings                695,241,145          92.70   54,779,839   750,020,984    4,742,981 
---  -----------------------  ------------  -------------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
      Adoption of 
       new Articles 
 21    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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