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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. (the “Company”)
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting (“the “AGM”) of the Company was held at 11.30am on 19 April 2023 at the
Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG.
The tables below set out the results of the poll on each of the total of 20 Resolutions as stated in the Notice
of Meeting dated 6 March 2023. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy
form) were included in the poll taken at the Meeting. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was
entitled to one vote per ordinary share of 25p held.
Resolution 1
Receipt of 2022 Report and Accounts
For - Note (b) 1,675,317,502
Percent of Votes Cast 99.90%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.91%
Against 1,632,861
Percent of Votes Cast 0.10%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.07%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,676,950,363
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.99%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 3,249,716
Resolution 2
Approval of the 2022 Directors’ Remuneration Report
For - Note (b) 1,585,393,499
Percent of Votes Cast 95.18%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.89%
Against 80,274,647
Percent of Votes Cast 4.82%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 3.59%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,665,668,146
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.48%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 14,532,234
Resolution 3
Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors
For - Note (b) 1,670,594,556
Percent of Votes Cast 99.55%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.70%
Against 7,518,651
Percent of Votes Cast 0.45%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.34%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,113,207
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.04%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,087,332
Resolution 4
Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration
For - Note (b) 1,676,907,349
Percent of Votes Cast 99.91%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.99%
Against 1,486,493
Percent of Votes Cast 0.09%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.07%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,393,842
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.05%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 1,807,138
Resolution 5
Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,638,501,373
Percent of Votes Cast 97.69%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.27%
Against 38,761,881
Percent of Votes Cast 2.31%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.73%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,263,254
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,937,726
Resolution 6
Re-election of Jack Bowles as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,672,115,123
Percent of Votes Cast 99.62%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.77%
Against 6,332,799
Percent of Votes Cast 0.38%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.28%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,447,922
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.05%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 1,753,058
Resolution 7
Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,668,047,741
Percent of Votes Cast 99.38%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.59%
Against 10,376,147
Percent of Votes Cast 0.62%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.46%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,423,888
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.05%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 1,776,987
Resolution 8
Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,671,004,130
Percent of Votes Cast 99.63%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.72%
Against 6,212,043
Percent of Votes Cast 0.37%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.28%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,216,173
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,984,807
Resolution 9
Re-election of Sue Farr as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,661,194,864
Percent of Votes Cast 99.04%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.28%
Against 16,094,213
Percent of Votes Cast 0.96%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.72%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,289,077
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,911,903
Resolution 10
Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,670,777,703
Percent of Votes Cast 99.62%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.71%
Against 6,430,340
Percent of Votes Cast 0.38%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.29%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,208,043
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,992,937
Resolution 11
Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,649,153,526
Percent of Votes Cast 98.32%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 73.74%
Against 28,102,908
Percent of Votes Cast 1.68%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 1.26%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,256,434
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,944,476
Resolution 12
Re-election of Dimitri Panayotopoulos as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,660,170,624
Percent of Votes Cast 98.98%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.24%
Against 17,086,288
Percent of Votes Cast 1.02%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.76%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,256,912
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,944,068
Resolution 13
Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,669,910,679
Percent of Votes Cast 99.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.67%
Against 7,284,659
Percent of Votes Cast 0.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.33%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,195,338
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.00%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 3,005,642
Resolution 14
Election of Véronique Laury as a Director
For - Note (b) 1,672,587,461
Percent of Votes Cast 99.74%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.79%
Against 4,314,873
Percent of Votes Cast 0.26%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.19%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,676,902,334
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.98%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 3,298,046
Resolution 15
Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
For - Note (b) 1,545,644,557
Percent of Votes Cast 92.21%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 69.12%
Against 130,633,984
Percent of Votes Cast 7.79%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 5.84%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,676,278,541
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.96%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 3,917,680
Resolution 16
Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
For - Note (b) 1,497,449,119
Percent of Votes Cast 89.55%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 66.96%
Against 174,774,957
Percent of Votes Cast 10.45%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 7.82%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,672,224,076
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.78%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 7,976,904
Resolution 17 – Note (d)
Authority for the Directors to allot equity securities for cash
For - Note (b) 1,511,303,601
Percent of Votes Cast 90.43%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 67.58%
Against 159,955,821
Percent of Votes Cast 9.57%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 7.15%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,671,259,422
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.73%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 8,941,558
Resolution 18 – Note (d)
Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares
For - Note (b) 1,663,113,521
Percent of Votes Cast 99.12%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.37%
Against 14,733,588
Percent of Votes Cast 0.88%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.66%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,677,847,109
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.03%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,353,871
Resolution 19 - Note (d)
Notice period for General Meetings
For - Note (b) 1,580,393,326
Percent of Votes Cast 94.15%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 70.67%
Against 98,132,615
Percent of Votes Cast 5.85%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 4.39%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,525,941
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.06%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 1,675,038
Resolution 20 - Note (d)
Adoption of new Articles of Association
For - Note (b) 1,675,972,363
Percent of Votes Cast 99.87%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 74.94%
Against 2,222,761
Percent of Votes Cast 0.13%
Percent of Issued Share Capital 0.10%
Total Votes Cast (Excl. Votes Withheld) 1,678,195,124
Percent of Issued Share Capital 75.04%
Votes Withheld - Note (c) 2,005,856
All resolutions were passed at the Company’s AGM today with the requisite majority of votes.
Savio Kwan, stepped down from the Board as a Non-Executive Director at the conclusion of the Company's
2023 AGM. Mr Kwan’s retirement from the Board follows the Company’s announcement on 9 February
2023, as further set out in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report and Form 20-F.
Notes:
(a) The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) at the close of business on
Tuesday 18 April 2023 was 2,236,321,754.
(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, copies of Resolutions 16 to 20 along with the
amended Articles of Association will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism as soon as
practicable and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
(e) The amended Articles of Association are also available at www.bat.com.
P McCrory
Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
19 April 2023
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20 April 2023
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities
