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Results of voting at 2015 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 2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of British American Tobacco p.l.c. held at Milton Court Concert Hall, Silk Street,
London EC2Y 9BH on 29 April 2015 at 11.30am.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 23 Resolutions as stated in the Notice
of Meeting dated 27 March 2015. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote
per share held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2014 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,374,457,146
Percent of Votes Cast 99.92%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.73%
Against 1,041,097
Percent of Votes Cast 0.08%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.06%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,375,498,243
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.79%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 6,747,297
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Report
For - Note (b) 1,257,729,382
Percent of Votes Cast 93.39%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.47%
Against 89,047,657
Percent of Votes Cast 6.61%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.78%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,346,777,039
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.25%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 35,469,417
Resolution 3
Declaration of final dividend for 2014 of 100.6p per share
For - Note (b) 1,379,347,661
Percent of Votes Cast 99.99%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.99%
Against 100,338
Percent of Votes Cast 0.01%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.01%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,447,999
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,799,510
Resolution 4
Appointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,376,063,379
Percent of Votes Cast 99.76%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.82%
Against 3,353,443
Percent of Votes Cast 0.24%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.18%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,416,822
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,820,811
Resolution 5
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,360,369,615
Percent of Votes Cast 98.62%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 72.98%
Against 19,047,755
Percent of Votes Cast 1.38%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.02%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,417,370
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,823,784
Resolution 6
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,377,681,488
Percent of Votes Cast 98.88%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.90%
Against 1,715,440
Percent of Votes Cast 0.12%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.09%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,396,928
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,849,527
Resolution 7
Re-election of Karen de Segundo as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,375,461,178
Percent of Votes Cast 99.71%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.79%
Against 3,936,315
Percent of Votes Cast 0.29%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.21%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,397,493
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,848,901
Resolution 8
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,277,770
Percent of Votes Cast 99.99%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.99%
Against 117,877
Percent of Votes Cast 0.01%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.01%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,395,647
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,850,808
Resolution 9
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,376,031,224
Percent of Votes Cast 99.76%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.82%
Against 3,376,580
Percent of Votes Cast 0.24%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.18%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,407,804
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,838,650
Resolution 10
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,241,933
Percent of Votes Cast 99.99%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.99%
Against 152,982
Percent of Votes Cast 0.01%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.01%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,394,915
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,851,539
Resolution 11
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,377,980,730
Percent of Votes Cast 99.90%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.92%
Against 1,412,412
Percent of Votes Cast 0.10%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.08%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,393,142
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,848,112
Resolution 12
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,378,988,831
Percent of Votes Cast 99.97%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.97%
Against 416,131
Percent of Votes Cast 0.03%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.02%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,404,962
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,841,492
Resolution 13
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,377,204,884
Percent of Votes Cast 99.84%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.88%
Against 2,195,352
Percent of Votes Cast 0.16%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.12%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,400,236
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,844,138
Resolution 14
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,377,234,132
Percent of Votes Cast 99.84%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.88%
Against 2,182,833
Percent of Votes Cast 0.16%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.12%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,416,965
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,829,269
Resolution 15
Re-election of Richard Tubb as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,239,858
Percent of Votes Cast 99.99%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.99%
Against 177,550
Percent of Votes Cast 0.01%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.01%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,417,408
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,829,046
Resolution 16
Election of Sue Farr as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,374,721,024
Percent of Votes Cast 99.66%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.75%
Against 4,660,818
Percent of Votes Cast 0.34%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.25%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,381,842
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,864,612
Resolution 17
Election of Pedro Malan as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,373,425,082
Percent of Votes Cast 99.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.68%
Against 5,948,577
Percent of Votes Cast 0.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.32%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,373,659
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,872,795
Resolution 18
Election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,379,112,216
Percent of Votes Cast 99.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.98%
Against 265,187
Percent of Votes Cast 0.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.01%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,377,403
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,869,051
Resolution 19
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b) 1,132,529,266
Percent of Votes Cast 82.19%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 60.75%
Against 245,485,592
Percent of Votes Cast 17.81%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 13.17%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,378,014,858
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.92%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,231,595
Resolution 20 – Special Resolution
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b) 1,244,883,380
Percent of Votes Cast 90.33%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.78%
Against 133,260,509
Percent of Votes Cast 9.67%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 7.15%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,378,143,889
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.93%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 4,102,564
Resolution 21 – Special Resolution
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b) 1,373,485,401
Percent of Votes Cast 99.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.68%
Against 5,928,377
Percent of Votes Cast 0.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.32%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,379,413,778
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,830,100
Resolution 22
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) 1,246,453,871
Percent of Votes Cast 93.79%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.87%
Against 82,575,498
Percent of Votes Cast 6.21%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.43%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,329,029,369
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.29%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 56,208,339
Resolution 23 – Special Resolution
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,219,700,135
Percent of Votes Cast 88.23%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 65.43%
Against 162,646,912
Percent of Votes Cast 11.77%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 8.73%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,382,347,047
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.15%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,899,405
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on
Monday 27 April 2015 was 1,864,133,453.
(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) In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R, two copies of each of the resolutions numbered
20, 21 and 23 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.
29 April 2015
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