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Results of voting at 2016 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 2016 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 27 April 2016 at 11.30am.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 24 Resolutions as stated in the Notice
of Meeting dated 22 March 2016. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy was entitled to one vote
per share held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2015 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,400,261,457
Percent of Votes Cast 99.82%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.112%
Against 2,460,481
Percent of Votes Cast 0.18%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.132%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,402,721,938
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.244%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 19,775,801
Resolution 2
Approval of Remuneration Policy
For - Note (b) 1,191,242,495
Percent of Votes Cast 90.32%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 63.900%
Against 127,646,481
Percent of Votes Cast 9.68%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 6.847%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,318,888,976
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.747%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 103,597,686
Resolution 3
Approval of Remuneration Report
For - Note (b) 1,254,887,608
Percent of Votes Cast 94.49%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.314%
Against 73,116,552
Percent of Votes Cast 5.51%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 3.922%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,328,004,160
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.236%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 94,481,732
Resolution 4
Declaration of final dividend for 2015 of 104.6p per share
For - Note (b) 1,421,653,693
Percent of Votes Cast 100.00%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.259%
Against 40,368
Percent of Votes Cast 0.00%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.00%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,694,061
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.262%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 783,875
Resolution 5
Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,406,262,303
Percent of Votes Cast 99.83%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.434%
Against 2,397,534
Percent of Votes Cast 0.17%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.129%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,408,659,837
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.562%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 13,834,274
Resolution 6
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,419,875,162
Percent of Votes Cast 99.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.164%
Against 1,780,736
Percent of Votes Cast 0.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.096%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,655,898
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.260%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 838,215
Resolution 7
Re-election of Richard Burrows as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,415,598,453
Percent of Votes Cast 99.58%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.93%
Against 6,018,148
Percent of Votes Cast 0.42%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.323%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,616,601
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.257%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 872,060
Resolution 8
Re-election of Nicandro Durante as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,421,391,477
Percent of Votes Cast 99.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.245%
Against 225,022
Percent of Votes Cast 0.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.012%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,616,499
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.257%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 876,884
Resolution 9
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,419,446,321
Percent of Votes Cast 99.85%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.141%
Against 2,139,885
Percent of Votes Cast 0.15%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.115%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,586,206
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 904,530
Resolution 10
Re-election of Ann Godbehere as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,419,952,254
Percent of Votes Cast 99.88%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.168%
Against 1,646,785
Percent of Votes Cast 0.12%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.088%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,599,039
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 891,697
Resolution 11
Re-election of Savio Kwan as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,421,022,778
Percent of Votes Cast 99.96%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.226%
Against 561,357
Percent of Votes Cast 0.04%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.030%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,584,135
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 909,296
Resolution 12
Re-election of Pedro Malan as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,417,688,326
Percent of Votes Cast 99.73%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.047%
Against 3,885,442
Percent of Votes Cast 0.27%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.208%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,573,768
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.255%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 919,670
Resolution 13
Re-election of Christine Morin-Postel as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,420,707,921
Percent of Votes Cast 99.94%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.209%
Against 886,662
Percent of Votes Cast 0.06%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.048%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,594,583
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 898,021
Resolution 14
Re-election of Gerry Murphy as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,420,931,527
Percent of Votes Cast 99.95%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.221%
Against 657,305
Percent of Votes Cast 0.05%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.035%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,588,832
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 901,903
Resolution 15
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,421,320,076
Percent of Votes Cast 99.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.242%
Against 270,190
Percent of Votes Cast 0.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.014%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,590,266
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 900,470
Resolution 16
Re-election of Kieran Poynter as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,419,159,455
Percent of Votes Cast 99.83%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.126%
Against 2,391,015
Percent of Votes Cast 0.17%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.128%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,550,470
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.254%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 940,266
Resolution 17
Re-election of Ben Stevens as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,417,849,176
Percent of Votes Cast 99.74%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.055%
Against 3,745,843
Percent of Votes Cast 0.26%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.201%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,595,019
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.256%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 898,419
Resolution 18
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b) 1,158,509,233
Percent of Votes Cast 81.58%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 62.144%
Against 261,503,451
Percent of Votes Cast 18.42%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 14.027%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,420,012,684
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.171%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,479,324
Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights
For - Note (b) 1,301,214,015
Percent of Votes Cast 91.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.799%
Against 119,726,422
Percent of Votes Cast 8.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 6.422%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,420,940,437
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.221%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 1,553,001
Resolution 20 - Note (d)
Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares
For - Note (b) 1,404,024,510
Percent of Votes Cast 98.76%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.314%
Against 17,619,516
Percent of Votes Cast 1.24%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.945%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,644,026
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.259%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 850,086
Resolution 21
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan
For - Note (b) 1,203,045,427
Percent of Votes Cast 91.51%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 64.533%
Against 111,547,105
Percent of Votes Cast 8.49%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 5.984%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,314,592,532
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.517%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 107,895,013
Resolution 22
Authority to establish the British American Tobacco 2016 Sharesave Scheme
For - Note (b) 1,335,795,529
Percent of Votes Cast 98.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 71.654%
Against 25,488,688
Percent of Votes Cast 1.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.367%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,361,284,217
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.021%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 61,202,738
Resolution 23
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) 1,306,219,082
Percent of Votes Cast 93.64%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.067%
Against 88,732,736
Percent of Votes Cast 6.36%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.760%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,394,951,818
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.827%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 27,520,777
Resolution 24 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,257,236,917
Percent of Votes Cast 88.44%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.440%
Against 164,303,840
Percent of Votes Cast 11.56%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 8.813%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,421,540,757
Percent of Issued Share Capital 76.253%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 940,907
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on
Tuesday 26 April 2016 was 1,864,233,906.
(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
19, 20 and 24 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.
27 April 2016
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British American Tobacco Press Office
Will Hill/Anne Vickerstaff +44 20 7845 2888
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