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SABMILLER PLC - Results of AGM

Release Date: 21/07/2016 15:50
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Results of AGM

SABMiller plc
JSEALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483

SABMILLER PLC

21 July 2016 The board of SABMiller plc announces the results of the polls taken on all resolutions
at the Annual General Meeting of the Company, held earlier today. All resolutions were approved by
substantial majorities, ranging from 87.31% to 99.98%. Full details of the poll results are set out
below and will also be available on the Company’s website: www.sabmiller.com

     RESOLUTION                    Votes         %        Votes         %       Total Shares      % Of        Votes
                                   For (i)      For      Against      Against      Voted         Issued      Withheld
                                                                                                  Share        (iii)
                                                                                                 Capital
                                                                                                Voted (ii)
1    To receive the financial
     statements of the
     Company and the
     reports of the directors
     and auditors for the
     year ended 31 March
     2016.                      1,130,413,222   99.20     9,092,115      0.80   1,139,505,337      70.22%     407,543
2    To approve the
     Directors’ Remuneration
     Report 2016, other than
     the Directors’
     Remuneration Policy,
     contained in the Annual
     Report for the year                                                                                     78,014,43
     ended 31 March 2016.        927,112,095    87.31   134,786,560     12.69   1,061,898,655      65.44%            0
3    To re-elect Mr J P du
     Plessis as a director of
     the Company.               1,119,226,445   98.77    13,913,135      1.23   1,133,139,580      69.83%    6,773,406
4    To re-elect Mr A J Clark
     as a director of the
     Company.                   1,122,207,023   98.48    17,293,450      1.52   1,139,500,473      70.22%     412,307
5    To elect Mr D J De
     Lorenzo as a director of
     the Company.               1,114,472,740   97.80    25,027,308      2.20   1,139,500,048      70.22%     412,732
6    To re-elect Mr M H
     Armour as a director of
     the Company.               1,078,991,137   94.69    60,464,405      5.31   1,139,455,542      70.22%     457,238
7    To re-elect Mr D R
     Beran as a director of
     the Company.               1,104,472,680   97.26    31,116,788      2.74   1,135,589,468      69.98%    4,319,112
8    To re-elect Mr G C Bible
     as a director of the
     Company.                   1,103,773,476   97.24    31,292,346      2.76   1,135,065,822      69.95%    4,842,758
9    To re-elect Mr D S
     Devitre as a director of
     the Company.               1,076,306,345   94.78    59,282,995      5.22   1,135,589,340      69.98%    4,319,240
10   To re-elect Mr G R
     Elliott as a director of
     the Company.               1,080,317,176   94.81    59,177,531      5.19   1,139,494,707      70.22%     413,873
11   To re-elect Ms L M S       1,077,139,950   94.53    62,288,962      5.47   1,139,428,912      70.22%     479,668
      Knox as a director of
      the Company.
12    To re-elect Mr T A
      Manuel as a director of
      the Company.                 1,136,944,188   99.78    2,549,914   0.22   1,139,494,102   70.22%    414,478
13.   To re-elect Dr D F Moyo
      as a director of the
      Company.                     1,136,403,078   99.73    3,080,262   0.27   1,139,483,340   70.22%    415,240
14    To re-elect Mr C A
      Pérez Dávila as a
      director of the
      Company.                     1,103,828,205   97.20   31,761,437   2.80   1,135,589,642   69.98%   4,318,928
15    To re-elect Mr A Santo
      Domingo Dávila as a
      director of the
      Company.                     1,102,962,533   97.13   32,626,564   2.87   1,135,589,097   69.98%   4,319,483
16    To re-elect Ms H A Weir
      as director of the
      Company.                     1,137,138,410   99.79    2,356,254   0.21   1,139,494,664   70.22%    413,916
17    To declare a final
      dividend of 93.75 US
      cents per share.             1,139,292,594   99.98     210,167    0.02   1,139,502,761   70.22%    405,819
18    To re-appoint
      PricewaterhouseCooper
      s LLP as auditors of the
      Company, to hold office
      until the conclusion of
      the next general
      meeting at which
      accounts are laid.           1,130,000,649   99.17    9,494,774   0.83   1,139,495,423   70.22%    413,157
19    To authorise the
      directors to determine
      the remuneration of the
      auditors.                    1,136,924,383   99.77    2,576,619   0.23   1,139,501,002   70.22%    407,578
20    To give a general power
      and authority to the
      directors to allot shares.   1,115,676,269   97.91   23,813,861   2.09   1,139,490,130   70.22%    418,450
21    To give a general power
      and authority to the
      directors to allot shares
      for cash otherwise than
      pro rata to all
      shareholders.                1,113,073,945   97.68   26,419,384   2.32   1,139,493,329   70.22%    415,251
22    To give a general
      authority to the directors
      to make market
      purchases of ordinary
      shares of US$0.10 each
      in the capital of the
      Company.                     1,109,787,556   97.86   24,310,615   2.14   1,134,098,171   69.89%   5,810,409
23    To approve the calling
      of general meetings,
      other than an annual
      general meeting, on not
      less than 14 clear days’
      notice.                      1,064,250,275   93.79   70,503,114   6.21   1,134,753,389   69.93%   5,155,190

Notes:
(i) Votes ‘For’ include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
(ii) At 19 July 2016 there were 1,622,678,941 shares in issue with the right to vote.
(iii) The votes ‘Withheld’ are not counted towards the votes cast ‘For’ or ‘Against’ at the Annual General
Meeting.

Full details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, dated 10 June 2016.
Resolutions 1 to 20 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50% of shareholders’ votes to be cast for
the resolutions.
Resolutions 21 to 23 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of shareholders’ votes to be cast for
the resolutions.


Copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, have been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will soon be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM


Stephen Shapiro, Group Company Secretary.

ENDS




Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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