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Results Of Voting At 2014 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 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at The Banqueting House, Whitehall,
London SW1A 2ER on 30 April 2014 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 24 March 2014. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote
per share held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2013 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,382,846,595
Percent of Votes Cast 99.990%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.642%
Against 98,861
Percent of Votes Cast 0.010%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.005%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,945,456
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.647%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,924,697
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Policy
For - Note (b) 1,251,092,549
Percent of Votes Cast 90.540%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.625%
Against 130,764,082
Percent of Votes Cast 9.460%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 6.964%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,381,856,631
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.589%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,014,169
Resolution 3
Approval of Remuneration Report
(other than the part containing the Remuneration Policy)
For - Note (b) 1,316,656,333
Percent of Votes Cast 95.300%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.117%
Against 64,934,172
Percent of Votes Cast 4.700%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 3.458%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,381,590,505
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.575%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,280,179
Resolution 4
Declaration of final dividend for 2013 of 97.4p per share
For - Note (b) 1,382,845,853
Percent of Votes Cast 99.990%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.641%
Against 172,105
Percent of Votes Cast 0.010%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.009%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,383,017,958
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.651%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,866,379
Resolution 5
Reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,343,143,502
Percent of Votes Cast 97.960%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.527%
Against 27,929,909
Percent of Votes Cast 2.040%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.487%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,371,073,411
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.015%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 14,795,051
Resolution 6
Authority for the Directors to agree the Auditors' remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,358,600,789
Percent of Votes Cast 98.240%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.350%
Against 24,337,405
Percent of Votes Cast 1.760%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.296%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,938,194
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.646%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,929,408
Resolution 7
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,367,862,512
Percent of Votes Cast 98.910%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.844%
Against 15,083,898
Percent of Votes Cast 1.090%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.803%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,946,410
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.647%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,921,026
Resolution 8
Re-election of Karen de Segundo as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,381,984,878
Percent of Votes Cast 99.930%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.596%
Against 931,654
Percent of Votes Cast 0.070%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.050%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,916,532
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,951,375
Resolution 9
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,382,777,257
Percent of Votes Cast 99.990%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.638%
Against 134,804
Percent of Votes Cast 0.010%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.007%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,912,061
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,955,376
Resolution 10
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,377,134,654
Percent of Votes Cast 99.580%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.337%
Against 5,782,878
Percent of Votes Cast 0.420%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.308%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,917,532
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,952,566
Resolution 11
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,382,325,657
Percent of Votes Cast 99.970%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.614%
Against 465,641
Percent of Votes Cast 0.030%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.025%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,791,298
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.639%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 3,077,001
Resolution 12
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,723,614
Percent of Votes Cast 99.770%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.475%
Against 3,195,574
Percent of Votes Cast 0.230%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.170%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,919,188
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,949,111
Resolution 13
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,495,416
Percent of Votes Cast 99.750%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.463%
Against 3,420,247
Percent of Votes Cast 0.250%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.182%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,915,663
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,951,110
Resolution 14
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,380,720,707
Percent of Votes Cast 99.840%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.528%
Against 2,198,038
Percent of Votes Cast 0.160%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.117%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,918,745
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,949,258
Resolution 15
Re-election of Richard Tubb as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,382,673,685
Percent of Votes Cast 99.980%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.632%
Against 234,209
Percent of Votes Cast 0.020%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.012%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,907,894
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.645%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,959,043
Resolution 16
Election of Savio Kwan as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,382,634,361
Percent of Votes Cast 99.980%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.630%
Against 260,685
Percent of Votes Cast 0.020%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.014%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,895,046
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.644%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,971,891
Resolution 17
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b) 1,194,597,087
Percent of Votes Cast 86.480%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 63.617%
Against 186,837,689
Percent of Votes Cast 13.520%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 9.950%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,381,434,776
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.566%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,427,201
Resolution 18 - Note (d)
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b) 1,271,469,244
Percent of Votes Cast 92.020%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.710%
Against 110,272,959
Percent of Votes Cast 7.980%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 5.872%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,381,742,203
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.583%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,121,111
Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b) 1,379,938,362
Percent of Votes Cast 99.860%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.487%
Against 1,880,361
Percent of Votes Cast 0.140%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.100%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,381,818,723
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.587%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,044,006
Resolution 20
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) 1,253,901,400
Percent of Votes Cast 93.550%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.775%
Against 86,452,914
Percent of Votes Cast 6.450%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.604%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,340,354,314
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.379%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 45,498,270
Resolution 21 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,174,097,022
Percent of Votes Cast 84.940%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 62.525%
Against 208,245,867
Percent of Votes Cast 15.060%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 11.090%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,342,889
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.615%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,983,967
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on
29 April 2014 was 1,877,808,676.
(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/nsm. 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.
2 May 2014
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Will Hill/Annie Brown +44 20 7845 2888
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