BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. British American Tobacco p.l.c. Incorporated in England and Wales (Registration number: 03407696) Short name: BATS
Share code: BTI
ISIN number: GB0002875804
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company") British American Tobacco p.l.c.
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. was held at Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG on 28 April 2022.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 20 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 March 2022. 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 1
Receipt of 2021 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) | 1,751,007,194 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.91% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.89% |
Against | 1,563,454 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.09% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.07% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,752,570,648 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.96% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 3,988,593 |
Resolution 2 | |
Approval of the 2022 Directors' Remuneration Policy | |
For - Note (b) | 1,663,434,518 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 94.85% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 73.05% |
Against | 90,313,970 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 5.15% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 3.97% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,753,748,488 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.01% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,811,496 |
Resolution 3 | |
Approval of the 2021 Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding | |
Remuneration policy) | |
For - Note (b) | 1,659,386,864 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 95.61% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 72.87% |
Against | 76,194,044 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 4.39% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 3.35% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,735,580,908 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.22% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 20,978,332 |
Resolution 4 | |
Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors | |
For - Note (b) | 1,744,497,084 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.42% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.61% |
Against | 10,093,644 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.58% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.44% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,754,590,728 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.05% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 1,968,513 |
Resolution 5 | |
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration | |
For - Note (b) | 1,752,000,104 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.86% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.94% |
Against | 2,416,691 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.14% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.11% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,754,416,795 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.04% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,142,446 |
Resolution 6 | |
Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,635,111,037 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 93.81% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 71.80% |
Against | 107,845,230 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 6.19% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 4.74% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,742,956,267 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.54% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 13,598,991 |
Resolution 7 | |
Re-election of Jack Bowles as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,745,629,059 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.67% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.66% |
Against | 5,800,496 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.33% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.25% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,751,429,555 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.91% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,126,316 |
Resolution 8 | |
Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,741,876,460 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.46% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.49% |
Against | 9,533,325 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.54% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.42% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,751,409,785 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.91% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,146,086 |
Resolution 9 | |
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,742,808,702 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.55% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.53% |
Against | 7,920,370 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.45% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.35% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,750,729,072 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,813,099 |
Resolution 10 | |
Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,746,736,651 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.77% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.71% |
Against | 3,983,776 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.23% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.17% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,750,720,427 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,831,744 |
Resolution 11 | |
Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,727,189,330 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 98.66% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 75.85% |
Against | 23,535,508 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 1.34% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 1.03% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,750,724,838 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,827,332 |
Resolution 12 | |
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,740,031,646 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.39% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.41% |
Against | 10,665,766 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.61% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.47% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,750,697,412 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,857,015 |
Resolution 13 | |
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,734,888,381 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 98.92% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.19% |
Against | 18,927,596 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 1.08% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.83% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,753,815,977 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.02% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,738,449 |
Resolution 14 | |
Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,746,011,207 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.73% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.67% |
Against | 4,714,868 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.27% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.21% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,750,726,075 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 5,828,352 |
Resolution 15 | |
Election of Kandy Anand as a Director | |
For - Note (b) | 1,750,653,216 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.82% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.88% |
Against | 3,116,919 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.18% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.14% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,753,770,135 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.02% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,782,292 |
Resolution 16 |
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) | 1,605,600,972 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 92.04% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 70.51% |
Against | 138,899,047 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 7.96% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 6.10% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,744,500,019 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.61% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 12,052,479 |
Resolution 17 | |
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares | |
For - Note (b) | 1,557,838,904 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 88.90% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 68.41% |
Against | 194,543,477 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 11.10% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 8.54% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,752,382,381 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.95% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 4,173,434 |
Resolution 18 - Note (d) | |
Authority for the Directors to allot equity securities for cash | |
For - Note (b) | 1,567,004,311 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 89.80% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 68.81% |
Against | 177,990,173 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 10.20% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 7.82% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,744,994,484 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.63% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 11,553,837 |
Resolution 19 - Note (d) | |
Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares | |
For - Note (b) | 1,740,758,546 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 99.24% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 76.44% |
Against | 13,296,537 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 0.76% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 0.58% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,754,055,083 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.03% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 2,471,852 |
Resolution 20 - Note (d) | |
Notice period for General Meetings | |
For - Note (b) | 1,642,447,730 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 93.61% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 72.13% |
Against | 112,191,297 |
Percent of Votes Cast | 6.39% |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 4.93% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) | 1,754,639,027 |
Percent of Issued Share Capital | 77.05% |
Votes Withheld - Note (c) | 1,916,788 |
Dr Marion Helmes, stepped down from the Board as a Non-Executive Director at the conclusion of the Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting. Dr Helmes' retirement from the Board follows the Company's announcement on 11 February 2022, as further set out in the Company's 2021 Annual Report and Form 20-F.
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on Wednesday 27 April 2022 was 2,277,160,414.
(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, copies of the resolutions numbered 18, 19 and 20 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and will be available for inspection athttps://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.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.
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