BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. (the
"Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the
'Company') announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its
Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on Wednesday 24 April 2024 at
the Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG.
The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes,
is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 6 March
2024.
The table below sets out the results
of the poll on each of the total of 18 Resolutions as stated in the
Notice of Meeting dated 6 March 2024. All valid proxy votes
(whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were
included in the poll taken at the Meeting. Each shareholder,
present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per
ordinary share of 25p held.
|
Resolution
|
Votes For
|
%
of votes cast
|
Votes against
|
%
of votes cast
|
Votes Withheld
|
Votes cast in total
|
Total cast as a % of issued share
capital
|
|
1. Receipt of 2023 Report and
Accounts
|
1,559,437,174
|
99.92%
|
1,317,303
|
0.08%
|
3,805,932
|
1,560,754,477
|
69.96%
|
|
2. Approval of the 2023
Directors' Remuneration Report
|
1,509,240,342
|
96.58%
|
53,407,399
|
3.42%
|
1,912,941
|
1,562,647,741
|
70.05%
|
|
3. Reappointment of KPMG LLP as
Auditors
|
1,556,850,256
|
99.57%
|
6,795,887
|
0.43%
|
914,541
|
1,563,646,143
|
70.09%
|
|
4. Authority for the Audit
Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration
|
1,560,713,936
|
99.90%
|
1,615,637
|
0.10%
|
1,014,365
|
1,562,329,573
|
70.03%
|
|
5. Re-election of Luc Jobin as
a Director
|
1,531,219,660
|
98.02%
|
30,973,962
|
1.98%
|
2,363,416
|
1,562,193,622
|
70.03%
|
|
6. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco
as a Director
|
1,557,735,694
|
99.65%
|
5,490,762
|
0.35%
|
1,330,583
|
1,563,226,456
|
70.07%
|
|
7. Re-election of Kandy Anand
as a Director
|
1,549,504,697
|
99.19%
|
12,602,921
|
0.81%
|
2,449,099
|
1,562,107,618
|
70.02%
|
|
8. Re-election of Karen Guerra
as a Director
|
1,556,517,530
|
99.66%
|
5,233,889
|
0.34%
|
2,805,620
|
1,561,751,419
|
70.01%
|
|
9. Re-election of Holly Keller
Koeppel as a Director
|
1,525,141,299
|
97.65%
|
36,632,714
|
2.35%
|
2,783,025
|
1,561,774,013
|
70.01%
|
|
10. Re-election of Véronique
Laury as a Director
|
1,557,724,282
|
99.74%
|
4,003,179
|
0.26%
|
2,829,578
|
1,561,727,461
|
70.00%
|
|
11. Re-election of Darrell
Thomas as a Director
|
1,551,141,034
|
99.40%
|
9,411,952
|
0.60%
|
2,789,068
|
1,560,552,986
|
69.95%
|
|
12. Election of Murray S.
Kessler as a Director
|
1,558,460,567
|
99.87%
|
2,084,492
|
0.13%
|
2,796,995
|
1,560,545,059
|
69.95%
|
|
13. Election of Serpil Timuray
as a Director
|
1,550,667,488
|
99.37%
|
9,836,177
|
0.63%
|
2,837,854
|
1,560,503,665
|
69.95%
|
|
14. Authority to make donations
to political organisations and to incur political
expenditure
|
1,422,302,938
|
91.55%
|
131,343,301
|
8.45%
|
9,695,908
|
1,553,646,239
|
69.64%
|
|
15. Renewal of Directors'
authority to allot shares
|
1,382,169,882
|
88.53%
|
179,159,404
|
11.47%
|
2,014,357
|
1,561,329,286
|
69.99%
|
|
16. Renewal of Directors'
authority to disapply pre-emption rights
|
1,399,468,962
|
89.65%
|
161,547,570
|
10.35%
|
2,327,110
|
1,561,016,532
|
69.97%
|
|
17. Authority for the Company
to make market purchases of ordinary shares
|
1,550,414,809
|
99.27%
|
11,412,226
|
0.73%
|
1,516,608
|
1,561,827,035
|
70.01%
|
|
18. Notice period for General
Meetings
|
1,474,384,914
|
94.37%
|
87,916,244
|
5.63%
|
1,042,484
|
1,562,301,158
|
70.03%
|
All resolutions were passed at the
Company's AGM today with the requisite majority of
votes.
Sue Farr and Dimitri Panayotopoulos
stepped down from the Board as Non-Executive Directors at the
conclusion of the Company's 2024 AGM. Ms Farr's and Mr
Panayotopoulos's retirement from the Board follows the Company's
announcement on 6 February 2024, as further set out in the
Company's 2023 Annual Report and Form 20-F.
The number of ordinary shares in
issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the
close of business on Tuesday 23 April 2024 was 2,230,669,954.
Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 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. All
valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy
form) were included in the poll. Proxy appointments which
gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the total votes
'for' the respective resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rules
9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, copies of Resolutions 16 to 18 will be submitted
to the Financial Conduct Authority and will in due course be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
C Worlock
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco
p.l.c.
24 April 2024
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