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Results of voting at 2013 AGM
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 2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at The Banqueting House, Whitehall,
London SW1A 2ER on 25 April 2013 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 25 March 2013. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote
per share held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2012 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,340,841,130
Percent of Votes Cast 99.570%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.705%
Against 5,731,102
Percent of Votes Cast 0.430%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.298%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,346,572,232
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.003%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 30,438,469
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Report
For - Note (b) 1,257,995,534
Percent of Votes Cast 94.100%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 65.399%
Against 78,807,245
Percent of Votes Cast 5.900%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.097%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,336,802,779
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.496%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 40,209,042
Resolution 3
Declaration of final dividend for 2012 of 92.7p per share
For - Note (b) 1,374,666,446
Percent of Votes Cast 99.990%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.464%
Against 23,698
Percent of Votes Cast 0.010%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.001%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,690,144
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.465%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,326,372
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Resolution 4
Reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,339,338,833
Percent of Votes Cast 99.510%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.627%
Against 6,535,753
Percent of Votes Cast 0.490%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.340%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,345,874,586
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.967%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 31,140,176
Resolution 5
Authority for the Directors to agree the Auditors' remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,355,306,874
Percent of Votes Cast 99.780%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.457%
Against 3,042,625
Percent of Votes Cast 0.220%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.158%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,358,349,499
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.616%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 18,661,195
Resolution 6
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,371,441,052
Percent of Votes Cast 99.770%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.296%
Against 3,208,380
Percent of Votes Cast 0.230%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.167%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,649,432
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.463%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,366,508
Resolution 7
Re-election of John Daly as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,372,493,067
Percent of Votes Cast 99.840%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.351%
Against 2,148,920
Percent of Votes Cast 0.160%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.112%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,641,987
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.463%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,375,091
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Resolution 8
Re-election of Karen de Segundo as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,374,373,745
Percent of Votes Cast 99.980%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.449%
Against 258,424
Percent of Votes Cast 0.020%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.013%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,632,169
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.462%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,385,513
Resolution 9
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,725,987
Percent of Votes Cast 99.930%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.415%
Against 903,851
Percent of Votes Cast 0.070%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.047%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,629,838
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.462%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,387,945
Resolution 10
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,359,709,563
Percent of Votes Cast 99.670%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.686%
Against 4,485,577
Percent of Votes Cast 0.330%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.233%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,364,195,140
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.920%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 12,814,566
Resolution 11
Re-election of Christine Morin?Postel as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,843,483
Percent of Votes Cast 99.940%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.421%
Against 783,061
Percent of Votes Cast 0.060%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.041%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,626,544
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.462%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,389,391
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Resolution 12
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,359,219,422
Percent of Votes Cast 99.680%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.661%
Against 4,429,164
Percent of Votes Cast 0.320%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.230%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,363,648,586
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.891%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 13,370,318
Resolution 13
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,391,624
Percent of Votes Cast 99.910%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.398%
Against 1,241,393
Percent of Votes Cast 0.090%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.065%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,633,017
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.462%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,387,397
Resolution 14
Re-election of Anthony Ruys as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,718,367
Percent of Votes Cast 99.940%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.415%
Against 759,538
Percent of Votes Cast 0.060%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.039%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,477,905
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.454%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,541,170
Resolution 15
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,372,515,893
Percent of Votes Cast 99.850%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.352%
Against 2,123,346
Percent of Votes Cast 0.150%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.110%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,639,239
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.462%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,381,043
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Resolution 16
Election of Richard Tubb as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,763,827
Percent of Votes Cast 99.940%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.417%
Against 848,018
Percent of Votes Cast 0.060%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.044%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,611,845
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.461%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,408,613
Resolution 17
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b) 1,137,088,703
Percent of Votes Cast 82.820%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 59.113%
Against 235,828,096
Percent of Votes Cast 17.180%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 12.260%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,372,916,799
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.373%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,100,582
Resolution 18 ? Note (d)
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre?emption rights
For - Note (b) 1,220,666,213
Percent of Votes Cast 89.100%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 63.458%
Against 149,374,366
Percent of Votes Cast 10.900%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 7.765%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,370,040,579
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.223%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 6,941,435
Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b) 1,349,791,483
Percent of Votes Cast 99.090%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.171%
Against 12,351,405
Percent of Votes Cast 0.910%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.642%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,362,142,888
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.813%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 14,875,258
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Resolution 20
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) 1,285,870,045
Percent of Votes Cast 97.710%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.848%
Against 30,069,635
Percent of Votes Cast 2.290%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.563%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,315,939,680
Percent of Issued Share Capital 68.411%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 61,071,533
Resolution 21 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,188,298,875
Percent of Votes Cast 86.450%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 61.775%
Against 186,179,357
Percent of Votes Cast 13.550%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 9.679%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,374,478,232
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.454%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,539,297
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on
24 April 2013 was 1,923,581,641.
(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
18, 19 and 21 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.
25 April 2013
Enquiries:
British American Tobacco Press Office
Kate Matrunola/Jem Maidment/Will Hill +44 (0) 20 7845 2888
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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