31st Jan 2013 11:01
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT
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The 2013 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 30 January 2013 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
| Report and Accounts
| 756,462,721
| 99.89 | 869,730 | 757,332,451 | 633,353 |
2
| Directors' Remuneration Report
| 674,938,111 | 89.56 | 78,711,855 | 753,649,966 | 4,315,837 |
3
| Dividend
| 756,751,797 | 99.92 | 577,804 | 757,329,601 | 636,203 |
4
| Re-elect K M Burnett
| 757,195,523 | 99.99 | 102,417 | 757,297,940 | 667,864 |
5
| Re-elect A J Cooper
| 757,132,898 | 99.98 | 170,528 | 757,303,426 | 662,378 |
6
| Re-elect R Dyrbus
| 755,365,525 | 99.75 | 1,929,072 | 757,294,597 | 671,207 |
7 | Elect D J Haines
| 757,023,780 | 99.97 | 235,279 | 757,259,059 | 706,745 |
8
| Re-elect M H C Herlihy
| 757,100,925 | 99.98 | 174,817 | 757,275,742 | 690,062 |
9
| Re-elect S E Murray
| 756,341,097 | 99.88 | 939,983 | 757,281,080 | 684,724 |
10
| Re-elect I J G Napier
| 719,788,410 | 95.97 | 30,200,842 | 749,989,252 | 7,976,552 |
11 | Elect M R Phillips | 755,472,826 | 99.76 | 1,806,894 | 757,279,720 | 686,084 |
12
| Re-elect B Setrakian
| 752,322,893 | 99.35 | 4,922,809 | 757,245,702 | 720,102 |
13
| Re-elect M D Williamson
| 757,195,550 | 99.99 | 101,999 | 757,297,549 | 668,255 |
14
| Re-elect M I Wyman | 757,199,904 | 99.99 | 93,486 | 757,293,390 | 672,414 |
15
| Reappoint Auditors
| 746,188,841 | 99.56 | 3,312,633 | 749,501,474 | 8,464,328 |
16
| Remuneration of Auditors
| 755,552,891 | 99.77 | 1,733,651 | 757,286,542 | 679,261 |
17
| Donations to political organisations
| 742,047,670 | 99.02 | 7,338,896 | 749,386,566 | 8,579,237 |
18
| Authority to allot securities | 748,476,978 | 98.84 | 8,801,010 | 757,277,988 | 687,816 |
19
| Share Matching Scheme renewal | 659,012,506 | 88.32 | 87,187,958 | 746,200,464 | 11,765,339 |
20
| Long Term Incentive Plan renewal | 704,089,334 | 94.36 | 42,107,229 | 746,196,563 | 11,769,240 |
21
| International Sharesave Plan Renewal | 744,092,508 | 98.31 | 12,783,820 | 756,876,328 | 1,089,476 |
22
| Disapplication of pre-emption rights
| 754,552,518 | 99.65 | 2,685,865 | 757,238,383 | 727,421 |
23
| Purchase of own shares
| 752,408,271 | 99.36 | 4,874,145 | 757,282,416 | 683,388 |
24
| Notice period for general meetings
| 650,610,052 | 85.92 | 106,655,434 | 757,265,486 | 700,318 |
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 22 to 24 are Special Resolutions.
4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury
Shares as at 6.00pm on 30 January 2013 were 982,869,749.
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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