Imperial Brands PLC Result of AGM (3087E)

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