BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.
RESULTS OF VOTING AT 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 9BH on 27 April 2016 at 11.30am.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 24 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 22 March 2016. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote per share held.
Resolution 1 | |
Receipt of 2015 Report and Accounts | |
For - Note (b) | 1,400,261,457 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.82% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.112% |
Against | 2,460,481 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.18% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.132% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,402,721,938 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.244% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 19,775,801 |
Resolution 2 | |
Approval of Remuneration Policy | |
For - Note (b) | 1,191,242,495 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 90.32% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 63.900% |
Against | 127,646,481 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 9.68% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 6.847% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,318,888,976 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 70.747% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 103,597,686 |
Resolution 3 | |
Approval of Remuneration Report | |
For - Note (b) | 1,254,887,608 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 94.49% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 67.314% |
Against | 73,116,552 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 5.51% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 3.922% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,328,004,160 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 71.236% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 94,481,732 |
Resolution 4 | |
Declaration of final dividend for 2015 of 104.6p per share | |
For - Note (b) | 1,421,653,693 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 100.00% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.259% |
Against | 40,368 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.00% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.00% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,694,061 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.262% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 783,875 |
Resolution 5 | |
Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors | |
For - Note (b) | 1,406,262,303 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.83% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.434% |
Against | 2,397,534 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.17% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.129% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,408,659,837 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.562% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 13,834,274 |
Resolution 6 | |
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration | |
For - Note (b) | 1,419,875,162 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.87% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.164% |
Against | 1,780,736 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.13% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.096% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,655,898 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.260% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 838,215 |
Resolution 7 | |
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,415,598,453 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.58% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.93% |
Against | 6,018,148 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.42% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.323% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,616,601 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.257% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 872,060 |
Resolution 8 | |
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,421,391,477 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.98% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.245% |
Against | 225,022 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.02% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.012% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,616,499 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.257% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 876,884 |
Resolution 9 | |
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,419,446,321 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.85% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.141% |
Against | 2,139,885 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.15% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.115% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,586,206 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 904,530 |
Resolution 10 | |
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,419,952,254 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.88% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.168% |
Against | 1,646,785 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.12% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.088% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,599,039 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 891,697 |
Resolution 11 | |
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,421,022,778 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.96% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.226% |
Against | 561,357 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.04% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.030% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,584,135 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 909,296 |
Resolution 12 | |
Re-election of Pedro Malan as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,417,688,326 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.73% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.047% |
Against | 3,885,442 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.27% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.208% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,573,768 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.255% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 919,670 |
Resolution 13 | |
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,420,707,921 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.94% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.209% |
Against | 886,662 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.06% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.048% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,594,583 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 898,021 |
Resolution 14 | |
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,420,931,527 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.95% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.221% |
Against | 657,305 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.05% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.035% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,588,832 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 901,903 |
Resolution 15 | |
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,421,320,076 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.98% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.242% |
Against | 270,190 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.02% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.014% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,590,266 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 900,470 |
Resolution 16 | |
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,419,159,455 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.83% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.126% |
Against | 2,391,015 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.17% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.128% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,550,470 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.254% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 940,266 |
Resolution 17 | |
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,417,849,176 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.74% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.055% |
Against | 3,745,843 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.26% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.201% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,595,019 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.256% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 898,419 |
Resolution 18 | |
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares | |
For - Note (b) | 1,158,509,233 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 81.58% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 62.144% |
Against | 261,503,451 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 18.42% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 14.027% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,420,012,684 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.171% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,479,324 |
Resolution 19 - Note (d) | |
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights | |
For - Note (b) | 1,301,214,015 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 91.57% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 69.799% |
Against | 119,726,422 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 8.43% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 6.422% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,420,940,437 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.221% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 1,553,001 |
Resolution 20 - Note (d) | |
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares | |
For - Note (b) | 1,404,024,510 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 98.76% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.314% |
Against | 17,619,516 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 1.24% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.945% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,644,026 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.259% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 850,086 |
Resolution 21 | |
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan | |
For - Note (b) | 1,203,045,427 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 91.51% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 64.533% |
Against | 111,547,105 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 8.49% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 5.984% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,314,592,532 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 70.517% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 107,895,013 |
Resolution 22 | |
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Sharesave Scheme | |
For - Note (b) | 1,335,795,529 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 98.13% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 71.654% |
Against | 25,488,688 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 1.87% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 1.367% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,361,284,217 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 73.021% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 61,202,738 |
Resolution 23 | |
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure | |
For - Note (b) | 1,306,219,082 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 93.64% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 70.067% |
Against | 88,732,736 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 6.36% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 4.760% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,394,951,818 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 74.827% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 27,520,777 |
Resolution 24 - Note (d) | |
Notice period for General Meetings | |
For - Note (b) | 1,257,236,917 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 88.44% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 67.440% |
Against | 164,303,840 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 11.56% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 8.813% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,421,540,757 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.253% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 940,907 |
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on Tuesday 26 April 2016 was 1,864,233,906.
(b) Includes discretionary votes.
(c) 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.
(d) In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each of the resolutions numbered 19, 20 and 24 will be will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection atwww.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. A copy of the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of Meeting which is available on the Company's website atwww.bat.com/agm.
G C W Cunnington
Deputy Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
27 April 2016
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