6th Feb 2014 14:53
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT
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The 2014 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was held at the
Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1
3AD on Wednesday 5 February 2014 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 For | Votes Against
| Votes Total
| Votes Withheld
| |
1
| Annual Report and Accounts
| 757,803,125 | 99.88
| 893,460
| 758,696,585
| 2,923,610
|
2
| Directors' Remuneration Report
| 694,645,923
| 92.61 | 55,397,807 | 750,043,730
| 11,576,464
|
3 | Directors' Remuneration Policy
| 664,057,447
| 88.04 | 90,242,108 | 754,299,555 | 7,320,638 |
4
| Dividend
| 756,917,375
| 99.76 | 1,803,788 | 758,721,163 | 2,899,053 |
5
| Re-elect K M Burnett
| 757,131,284
| 99.80 | 1,549,363 | 758,680,647 | 2,939,569 |
6
| Re-elect A J Cooper
| 757,108,794
| 99.79 | 1,574,906 | 758,683,700 | 2,936,516 |
7
| Re-elect D J Haines
| 757,105,947
| 99.79 | 1,572,220 | 758,678,167 | 2,942,028 |
8 | Re-elect M H C Herlihy
| 758,058,750
| 99.92 | 620,752 | 758,679,502 | 2,940,693 |
9
| Re-elect S E Murray
| 755,147,508
| 99.53 | 3,534,519 | 758,682,027 | 2,938,167 |
10
| Re-elect M R Phillips | 755,690,936 | 99.61 | 2,992,782 | 758,683,718 | 2,936,477 |
11
| Elect O R Tant
| 755,713,647 | 99.61 | 2,966,614 | 758,680,261 | 2,939,934 |
12 | Re-elect M D Williamson
| 754,371,226 | 99.43 | 4,292,890 | 758,664,116 | 2,956,079 |
13
| Re-elect M I Wyman | 750,929,031 | 99.10 | 6,847,216 | 757,776,247 | 3,843,947 |
14
| Re-appoint Auditors
| 746,125,861 | 99.07 | 7,008,279 | 753,134,140 | 8,486,074 |
15
| Remuneration of Auditors
| 752,486,932 | 99.18 | 6,183,559 | 758,670,491 | 2,949,703 |
16
| Donations to political organisations
| 747,307,798 | 99.25 | 5,636,693 | 752,944,491 | 8,675,724 |
17
| Authority to allot securities | 755,959,992 | 99.66 | 2,595,231 | 758,555,223 | 3,064,972 |
18
| Disapplication of pre-emption rights
| 732,920,197 | 96.62 | 25,632,440 | 758,552,637 | 3,067,579 |
19
| Purchase of own shares
| 756,985,455 | 99.79 | 1,588,883 | 758,574,338 | 3,045,878 |
20
| Notice period for general meetings
| 644,809,116 | 85.00 | 113,747,442 | 758,556,558 | 3,063,636 |
Notes
a. The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is
rounded to two decimal places.
b. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is
carried.
c. Resolutions 18 to 20 are special resolutions.
d. The total number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each, in issue, excluding shares held in treasury as at 6.00pm on 5 February 2014 were 963,574,010.
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone 0117 933 7410
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
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