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Results of Voting at the 2026 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. (the "Company")
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 % of Votes Votes cast in Total
votes against votes Withheld total cast as
cast cast 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 1,648,013,864 99.82% 2,958,547 0.18% 1,747,982 1,650,972,411 76.02%
ordinary
shares
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.
Enquiries:
Media Centre
press_office@bat.com | @BATplc
Investor Relations
Victoria Buxton | IR_team@bat.com
15 April 2026
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities
Date: 15-04-2026 04:30:00
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