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BTI - British American Tobacco p.l.c. - Results of voting at 2012 Annual
General Meeting
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
Incorporated in England and Wales
(Registration number: 03407696)
Short name: BATS
Share code: BTI
ISIN number: GB0002875804
("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company")
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.
RESULTS OF VOTING AT 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at The
Banqueting House, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ER on 26 April 2012 at 11.30am.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 21
Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 26 March 2012. Each
shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote per
share held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2011 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,393,708,082
Percent of Votes Cast 97.373%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.080%
Against 37,595,182
Percent of Votes Cast 2.627%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.917%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,431,303,264
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.998%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 6,325,705
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Report
For - Note (b) 1,322,490,231
Percent of Votes Cast 94.773%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.448%
Against 72,939,733
Percent of Votes Cast 5.227%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 3.720%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,395,429,964
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.168%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 42,196,989
Resolution 3
Declaration of final dividend for 2011 of
88.4p per share
For - Note (b) 1,437,254,345
Percent of Votes Cast 99.998%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.301%
Against 29,910
Percent of Votes Cast 0.002%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.002%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,284,255
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.303%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 342,343
Resolution 4
Reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,402,028,191
Percent of Votes Cast 98.206%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.505%
Against 25,612,675
Percent of Votes Cast 1.794%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.306%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,427,640,866
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.811%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 9,987,678
Resolution 5
Authority for the Directors to agree the
Auditors` remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,414,839,044
Percent of Votes Cast 98.441%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.158%
Against 22,401,650
Percent of Votes Cast 1.559%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.143%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,240,694
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.300%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 385,929
Resolution 6
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,429,808,789
Percent of Votes Cast 99.492%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.921%
Against 7,303,591
Percent of Votes Cast 0.508%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.372%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,112,380
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.294%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 517,746
Resolution 7
Re-election of John Daly as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,924,417
Percent of Votes Cast 99.989%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.284%
Against 160,029
Percent of Votes Cast 0.011%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.008%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,084,446
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.292%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 535,670
Resolution 8
Re-election of Karen de Segundo as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,826,019
Percent of Votes Cast 99.982%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.279%
Against 252,548
Percent of Votes Cast 0.018%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.013%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,078,567
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.292%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 542,600
Resolution 9
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,912,756
Percent of Votes Cast 99.988%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.284%
Against 179,011
Percent of Votes Cast 0.012%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.009%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,091,767
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.293%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 530,819
Resolution 10
Re-election of Robert Lerwill as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,434,726,801
Percent of Votes Cast 99.836%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.172%
Against 2,356,397
Percent of Votes Cast 0.164%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.120%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,083,198
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.292%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 540,678
Resolution 11
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as
a Director
For - Note (b) 1,425,371,217
Percent of Votes Cast 99.913%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.695%
Against 1,244,571
Percent of Votes Cast 0.087%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.063%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,426,615,788
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.759%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 11,013,087
Resolution 12
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,296,657
Percent of Votes Cast 99.944%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.252%
Against 802,545
Percent of Votes Cast 0.056%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.041%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,099,202
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.293%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 527,594
Resolution 13
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,223,509
Percent of Votes Cast 99.940%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.249%
Against 864,478
Percent of Votes Cast 0.060%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.044%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,087,987
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.293%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 531,930
Resolution 14
Re-election of Anthony Ruys as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,434,706,359
Percent of Votes Cast 99.834%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.171%
Against 2,379,302
Percent of Votes Cast 0.166%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.121%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,085,661
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.293%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 537,316
Resolution 15
Re-election of Sir Nicholas Scheele as a
Director
For - Note (b) 1,422,988,699
Percent of Votes Cast 99.745%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.574%
Against 3,630,927
Percent of Votes Cast 0.255%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.185%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,426,619,626
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.759%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 11,002,693
Resolution 16
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,436,949,125
Percent of Votes Cast 99.989%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.286%
Against 163,051
Percent of Votes Cast 0.011%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.008%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,112,176
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.294%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 510,426
Resolution 17
Election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,433,433,152
Percent of Votes Cast 99.746%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.106%
Against 3,647,524
Percent of Votes Cast 0.254%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.186%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,080,676
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.292%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 489,701
Resolution 18
Renewal of Directors` authority to allot
shares
For - Note (b) 1,189,373,087
Percent of Votes Cast 83.588%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 60.659%
Against 233,520,938
Percent of Votes Cast 16.412%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 11.910%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,422,894,025
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.569%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 14,717,677
Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Renewal of Directors` authority to
disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b) 1,318,765,280
Percent of Votes Cast 91.873%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.258%
Against 116,659,546
Percent of Votes Cast 8.127%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 5.950%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,435,424,826
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.208%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,191,087
Resolution 20 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its
own shares
For - Note (b) 1,427,398,828
Percent of Votes Cast 99.317%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.799%
Against 9,821,247
Percent of Votes Cast 0.683%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.501%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,220,075
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.299%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 394,724
Resolution 21 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,311,810,354
Percent of Votes Cast 91.278%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.903%
Against 125,345,788
Percent of Votes Cast 8.722%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 6.393%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,437,156,142
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.296%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 459,775
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares) at the close of business on 25 April 2012 was 1,960,753,009.
(b) Includes discretionary votes.
(c) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes `For` or `Against` a resolution.
(d) Indicates a Special Resolution.
(e) In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each
of the resolutions numbered 19, 20 and 21 (inclusive) will be will be
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as practicable and
will be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk. A copy of
the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of Meeting which
is available on the Company`s website at www.bat.com/agm.
G C W Cunnington
Deputy Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
26 April 2012
Enquiries:
British American Tobacco Press Office
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