1st Feb 2006 13:04
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC01 February 2006 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING------------------------------------------------- The 9th Annual General Meeting of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was held at BristolMarriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3ADon Tuesday 31 January 2006 at 2.30 pm. All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at theMeeting were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before theMeeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows: Resolution Votes For Percentage Votes Votes Votes For Against Total Withheld 1 Report and Accounts 455,263,107 99.76 1,085,315 456,348,422 8,132,655 2 Remuneration Report 432,322,353 96.19 17,115,314 449,437,667 15,043,410 3 Dividend 464,433,258 100.00 9,505 464,442,763 38,314 4 Re-elect A G L 445,206,663 96.39 16,696,218 461,902,881 2,578,196 Alexander 5 Re-elect D C Bonham 462,543,587 99.71 1,330,104 463,873,691 607,386 6 Elect C R Day 463,711,756 99.85 690,608 464,402,364 78,713 7 Re-elect P H Jungels 463,705,301 99.85 697,732 464,403,033 78,044 8 Elect G L Blashill 462,636,355 99.84 736,870 463,373,225 1,107,852 9 Reappoint Auditors 460,537,256 99.58 1,919,599 462,456,855 2,024,222 10 Remuneration of 462,415,273 99.69 1,433,964 463,849,237 631,840 Auditors Donations to EU political organisations 11 Imperial Tobacco Group 458,835,933 98.85 5,320,142 464,156,075 325,002 PLC 12 Imperial Tobacco 458,802,407 98.84 5,361,152 464,163,559 317,518 Limited 13 Imperial Tobacco 458,759,606 98.84 5,377,176 464,136,782 344,295 International Limited 14 Van Nelle Tabak 458,748,968 98.84 5,385,446 464,134,414 346,663 Nederland B.V. 15 John Player & Sons 458,754,190 98.84 5,388,301 464,142,491 338,586 Limited 16 Reemtsma 458,752,614 98.84 5,384,078 464,136,692 344,385 Cigarettenfabriken GmbH 17 Ets. L. Lacroix Fils 458,750,077 98.84 5,390,143 464,140,220 340,857 NV/SA 18 Long Term Incentive 459,168,126 99.04 4,459,167 463,627,293 853,784 Plan amendment 19 Authority to allot 460,977,369 99.28 3,321,239 464,298,608 182,469 securities 20 Disapplication of pre- 463,894,073 99.93 338,743 464,232,816 248,261 emption rights 21 Purchase of own shares 463,399,403 99.97 141,290 463,540,693 940,384 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 29 January 2006 was 706,860,921. Confirmation of Board Changes------------------------------------------ As announced on 28 October 2005 Simon Duffy and Sipko Huismans retired from theBoard at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. 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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