Imperial Brands PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Feb 6, 2019

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Imperial Brands PLC

06 February 2019

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULT

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The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Imperial Brands PLC was held at the

Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1

3AD on Wednesday 6 February 2019 at 2.30 pm.

All resolutions proposed at the Meeting were decided on a poll and all resolutions

were passed.

The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting

and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For	Percentage For	Votes Against	Votes Total	Votes Withheld
1	Annual Report and Accounts	745,632,223	99.99	72,243	745,704,466	527,778
2	Directors' Remuneration Report	663,281,220	89.75	75,728,142	739,009,362	7,222,879
3	To declare a final dividend	744,083,034	99.74	1,955,323	746,038,357	193,886
4	Elect S M Clark	735,896,210	99.01	7,393,383	743,289,593	2,942,649
5	Re-elect A J Cooper	720,784,897	96.62	25,204,070	745,988,967	243,276
6	Re-elect T M Esperdy	743,009,608	99.60	2,956,044	745,965,652	266,589
7	Re-elect S A C Langelier	745,711,992	99.97	260,464	745,972,456	259,787
8	Re-elect M R Phillips	704,106,342	94.39	41,852,891	745,959,233	273,009
9	Re-elect S P Stanbrook	744,038,662	99.74	1,938,330	745,976,992	255,251
10	Re-elect O R Tant	713,235,631	95.61	32,741,698	745,977,329	254,914
11	Re-elect M D Williamson	604,641,440	82.18	131,129,183	735,770,623	10,461,618
12	Re-elect K Witts	704,469,517	95.01	36,973,568	741,443,085	4,789,156
13	Re-elect M I Wyman	714,101,509	95.73	31,862,613	745,964,122	268,120
14	Re-appointment of Auditors	701,468,164	94.04	44,421,669	745,889,833	342,409
15	Remuneration of    Auditors	719,262,148	96.43	26,645,202	745,907,350	324,892
16	Political donations/expenditure	736,193,570	99.18	6,118,713	742,312,283	3,919,959
17	Authority to allot      securities	740,013,941	99.19	6,043,276	746,057,217	175,026
18	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	739,295,428	99.11	6,632,248	745,927,676	304,566
19	Purchase of own shares	741,159,684	99.39	4,523,490	745,683,174	549,068
20	Notice period for general meetings	700,228,268	94.29	42,405,233	742,633,501	3,598,741

Notes

a. The 'for' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is

rounded to two decimal places.

b. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is

carried.

c.  Resolutions 18 to 20 are special resolutions.

d.  The total number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each, in issue, excluding shares held in treasury as at 6.00pm on 5 February 2019 were 956,736,947. 

Trevor Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Copies of our announcements are available on our website:  www.imperialbrandsplc.com/Investors/Stock-Exchange-announcements

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