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British American Tobacco p.l.c. held its Annual General Meeting on 15 April 2026, where shareholders passed all 19 resolutions presented. Total votes cast for the resolutions represented between 75.59% and 76.05% of the issued share capital, with Holly Keller Koeppel stepping down as a Non-Executive Director and Karen Guerra appointed as Senior Independent Director at the meeting's conclusion.
| Date | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Time | 15:30:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 6296A |
15 April 2026
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the "Company")
RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Company announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM', the 'Meeting') held on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at the Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG.
The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 19 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting.
|
Resolution |
Votes For |
% of votes cast |
Votes against |
% of votes cast |
Votes Withheld |
Votes cast in total |
Total cast as a % of issued share capital |
|
1. Receipt of 2025 Report and Accounts |
1,643,331,698 |
99.63% |
6,098,278 |
0.37% |
3,289,917 |
1,649,429,976 |
75.94% |
|
2. Approval of the 2025 Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,626,368,837 |
98.48% |
25,053,577 |
1.52% |
1,297,979 |
1,651,422,414 |
76.04% |
|
3.Re-appointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors |
1,593,961,516 |
96.51% |
57,663,414 |
3.49% |
1,095,463 |
1,651,624,930 |
76.05% |
|
4. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration |
1,638,634,915 |
99.22% |
12,891,637 |
0.78% |
1,193,841 |
1,651,526,552 |
76.04% |
|
5. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director |
1,628,785,224 |
98.70% |
21,452,419 |
1.30% |
2,479,040 |
1,650,237,643 |
75.98% |
|
6. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director |
1,634,908,627 |
99.00% |
16,582,482 |
1.00% |
1,225,574 |
1,651,491,109 |
76.04% |
|
7. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director |
1,637,066,159 |
99.18% |
13,471,597 |
0.82% |
2,178,927 |
1,650,537,756 |
76.00% |
|
8. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director |
1,637,852,929 |
99.23% |
12,693,089 |
0.77% |
2,170,665 |
1,650,546,018 |
76.00% |
|
9. Re-election of Uta Kemmerich-Keil as a Director |
1,640,871,315 |
99.42% |
9,633,222 |
0.58% |
2,212,146 |
1,650,504,537 |
75.99% |
|
10. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director |
1,640,896,328 |
99.42% |
9,572,183 |
0.58% |
2,197,814 |
1,650,468,511 |
75.99% |
|
11. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director |
1,638,956,115 |
99.30% |
11,603,838 |
0.70% |
2,157,017 |
1,650,559,953 |
76.00% |
|
12. Re-election of Serpil Timuray as a Director |
1,641,236,499 |
99.44% |
9,208,376 |
0.56% |
2,271,808 |
1,650,444,875 |
75.99% |
|
13. Election of Matthew Wright as a Director |
1,640,633,253 |
99.40% |
9,881,771 |
0.60% |
2,199,958 |
1,650,515,024 |
75.99% |
|
14. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure |
1,575,881,785 |
95.98% |
65,949,625 |
4.02% |
10,882,627 |
1,641,831,410 |
75.59% |
|
15. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares |
1,550,136,310 |
93.88% |
101,135,636 |
6.12% |
1,448,447 |
1,651,271,946 |
76.03% |
|
16. Extension of the British American Tobacco Sharesave Scheme |
1,648,586,831 |
99.86% |
2,336,841 |
0.14% |
1,796,721 |
1,650,923,672 |
76.01% |
|
17. Renewal of Directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
1,572,347,237 |
95.24% |
78,504,052 |
4.76% |
1,869,104 |
1,650,851,289 |
76.01% |
|
18. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares |
1,648,013,864 |
99.82% |
2,958,547 |
0.18% |
1,747,982 |
1,650,972,411 |
76.02% |
|
19. Notice period for General Meetings |
1,586,144,746 |
96.05% |
65,310,796 |
3.95% |
1,264,851 |
1,651,455,542 |
76.04% |
All resolutions were passed at the Company's AGM today with the requisite majority of votes. Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
Holly Keller Koeppel stepped down from the Board as Non-Executive Directors at the conclusion of the Meeting and is succeeded by Karen Guerra as Senior Independent Director. Ms Keller Koeppel's retirement from the Board, and Ms Guerra's appointment as Senior Independent Director, follows the Company's announcement on 10 February 2026.
The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the close of business on Monday 13 April 2026 was 2,171,899,866. Each shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per ordinary share of 25p held. 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. All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll. Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chair have been included in the total votes 'for' the respective resolutions.
In accordance with UK Listing Rules 6.4.1 and 6.4.2, copies of Resolutions 15 and 17 to 19 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
C Worlock
Assistant Secretary
British American Tobacco p.l.c.
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