31st Jan 2007 11:41
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC31 January 2007 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING------------------------------------------------- The 10th 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 30 January 2007 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 467,002,090 99.90% 490,191 467,492,281 9,184,164 Accounts 2 Remuneration 467,434,499 99.03% 4,593,092 472,027,591 4,648,854 Report 3 Dividend 476,627,441 100.00% 9,675 476,637,116 39,329 4 Re-elect A G L 470,251,361 98.68% 6,312,988 476,564,349 112,096 Alexander 5 Elect K M 475,161,544 99.70% 1,439,573 476,601,117 75,328 Burnett 6 Re-elect D 471,613,810 99.62% 1,811,526 473,425,336 3,251,109 Cresswell 7 Elect C F Knott 471,694,057 98.97% 4,908,699 476,602,756 73,689 8 Re-elect I J G 471,320,904 98.89% 5,289,406 476,610,310 66,135 Napier 9 Re-elect F A 471,610,519 99.62% 1,813,530 473,424,049 3,252,396 Rogerson 10 Reappoint 470,574,265 99.59% 1,916,738 472,491,003 4,185,442 Auditors 11 Remuneration of 473,808,978 99.89% 536,417 474,345,395 2,331,050 Auditors Donations to EU political organisations 12 Imperial Tobacco 434,261,617 98.39% 7,128,035 441,389,652 35,286,793 Group PLC 13 Imperial Tobacco 433,752,509 98.27% 7,614,870 441,367,379 35,309,066 Limited 14 Imperial Tobacco 433,754,659 98.28% 7,607,168 441,361,827 35,314,618 International Limited 15 Van Nelle Tabak 433,747,121 98.28% 7,599,532 441,346,653 35,329,792 Nederland B.V. 16 Imperial Tobacco 433,750,494 98.28% 7,598,261 441,348,755 35,327,690 Polska S.A. 17 Reemtsma 433,752,113 98.28% 7,596,109 441,348,222 35,328,223 Cigarettenfabriken GmbH 18 Ets. L. Lacroix 433,747,004 98.28% 7,600,438 441,347,442 35,329,003 Fils NV/SA 19 Authority to allot 472,064,674 99.06% 4,467,629 476,532,303 144,142 securities 20 Disapplication of 472,715,157 99.20% 3,809,240 476,524,397 152,048 pre- emption rights 21 Purchase of own 475,910,395 99.86% 666,794 476,577,189 99,256 shares 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 20 and 21 are Special Resolutions. 4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury Shares as at 6.00pm on 28 January 2007 was 677,483,921. T M WilliamsDeputy Company SecretaryTelephone 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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