30th Jan 2008 15:53
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC30 January 2008 BOARD CHANGES AND 2008 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT---------------------------------------------------- BOARD CHANGES As previously announced Jean-Dominique Comolli, the current Chairman of Altadis, S.A., has indicated that he will accept an invitation to join the Board of Imperial Tobacco. He has agreed to remain in his position with Altadis until 14 July 2008 to assist with the initial stages of integration. Following the Annual General Meeting the Board of Imperial Tobacco resolved that with effect from 15 July 2008 he will then become Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company and in addition will provide certain consultancy services to the enlarged group. The Company also confirms that as previously announced Mr. A G L Alexander retired as Vice Chairman at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT The 2008 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was held at Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3AD on Tuesday 29 January 2008 at 2.30 pm. All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Meeting 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 For Percentage Votes Against Votes Total Votes Withheld For 1 Report and Accounts 521,360,932 99.90% 543,391 521,904,323 112,338 2 Remuneration Report 511,150,487 99.21% 4,079,804 515,230,291 6,786,370 3 Dividend 521,863,433 100.00% 16,228 521,879,661 137,000 4 Elect A J Cooper 516,784,647 99.02% 5,113,630 521,898,277 118,384 5 Re-elect G Davis 520,685,294 99.76% 1,239,654 521,924,948 91,713 6 Re-elect R Dyrbus 516,836,208 99.03% 5,084,517 521,920,725 95,936 7 Elect M H C Herlihy 520,853,087 99.80% 1,044,032 521,897,119 119,542 8 Re-elect S E Murray 488,058,145 93.52% 33,835,096 521,893,241 123,420 9 Elect M D Williamson 520,855,562 99.80% 1,036,849 521,892,411 124,250 10 Reappoint Auditors 517,375,816 99.62% 1,959,517 519,335,333 2,681,328 11 Remuneration of Auditors 519,931,031 99.62% 1,965,652 521,896,683 119,978 12 Donations to EU political organisations 519,089,993 99.54% 2,404,603 521,494,596 522,065 13 Sharesave plan renewal 516,733,745 99.21% 4,123,800 520,857,545 1,159,116 14 Authority to allot securities 517,349,935 99.14% 4,483,522 521,833,457 183,204 15 Disapplication of pre- emption rights 516,814,213 99.05% 4,936,613 521,750,826 265,835 16 Purchase of own shares 521,717,611 99.97% 166,851 521,884,462 132,199 17 Adoption of new Articles of Association 520,241,703 99.73% 1,423,172 521,664,875 351,786 18 Amendment to new Articles of Association 520,199,023 99.88% 602,216 520,801,239 1,215,422 Notes 1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is rounded to two decimal places. 2. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried. 3. Resolutions 15 to 18 are Special Resolutions. 4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury Shares as at 6.00pm on 27 January 2008 were 677,483,921. T M Williams Deputy Company Secretary Telephone 0117 963 6636 Copies of our announcements are available on our website:www.imperial-tobacco.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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