3rd Feb 2010 15:10
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT
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The 2010 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 2 February 2010 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
|
737,603,053 |
99.96 |
306,993 |
737,910,046 |
1,264,521 |
|
2 |
Remuneration Report
|
688,470,364 |
96.45 |
25,344,554 |
713,814,918 |
25,359,699 |
|
3 |
Dividend
|
738,286,439 |
99.97 |
242,871 |
738,529,310 |
645,257 |
|
4 |
Re-elect K M Burnett
|
737,995,523 |
99.91 |
628,637 |
738,624,160 |
550,407 |
|
5 |
Re-elect J-D Comolli
|
677,988,987 |
91.79 |
60,637,489 |
738,626,476 |
548,091 |
|
6 |
Re-elect R Dyrbus
|
732,509,354 |
99.27 |
5,367,643 |
737,876,997 |
1,297,570 |
|
7 |
Re-elect C F Knott
|
700,498,070 |
94.84 |
38,123,623 |
738,621,693 |
552,874 |
|
8 |
Re-elect I J G Napier
|
718,993,806 |
97.34 |
19,634,850 |
738,628,656 |
545,911 |
|
9 |
Reappoint Auditors
|
730,428,739 |
99.62 |
2,779,203 |
733,207,942 |
5,966,625 |
|
10 |
Remuneration of Auditors
|
735,885,687 |
99.73 |
1,978,497 |
737,864,184 |
1,310,383 |
|
11 |
Donations to political organisations
|
718,328,647 |
97.70 |
16,873,979 |
735,202,626 |
3,971,941 |
|
12 |
Authority to allot securities
|
696,844,681 |
94.56 |
40,124,186 |
736,968,867 |
2,205,700 |
|
13 |
Disapplication of pre- emption rights
|
729,934,873 |
99.06 |
6,951,615 |
736,886,488 |
2,288,079 |
|
14 |
Purchase of own shares
|
737,064,681 |
99.91 |
685,979 |
737,750,660 |
1,423,907 |
|
15 |
Notice period for General Meetings
|
721,217,754 |
97.68 |
17,122,327 |
738,340,081 |
834,486 |
|
16 |
Memorandum and Articles of Association |
717,548,049 |
97.81 |
16,082,424 |
733,630,473 |
5,544,094 |
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 13 to 16 are Special Resolutions.
4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury
Shares as at 6.00pm on 31 January 2010 were 1,018,211,881.
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone 0117 963 6636
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
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