EX-99.23 24 ex99-23.htm PRESS RELEASE
Exhibit 23

16 April 2025

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c. (the "Company")

RESULTS OF VOTING AT THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
British American Tobacco p.l.c. (the ‘Company’) announces the result of voting on the resolutions at its Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) held on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at the Hilton London Bankside, 2-8 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0UG. The full text of the resolutions, along with the explanatory notes, is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 5 March 2025.

The table below sets out the results of the poll on each of the total of 21 Resolutions as stated in the Notice of Meeting dated 5 March 2025. 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
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 2024 Report and Accounts
1,604,423,816
99.81%
3,007,431
0.19%
3,727,349
1,607,431,247
73.02%
2. Approval of the 2025 Directors' Remuneration Policy
1,582,103,742
98.32%
27,065,379
1.68%
1,989,473
1,609,169,121
73.10%
3. Approval of the 2024 Directors’ Remuneration Report
1,584,560,241
98.46%
24,754,103
1.54%
1,844,248
1,609,314,344
73.10%
4.Reappointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors
1,551,037,131
96.35%
58,722,742
3.65%
1,398,723
1,609,759,873
73.12%
5. Authority for the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors’ remuneration
1,602,760,781
99.57%
6,899,212
0.43%
1,498,603
1,609,659,993
73.12%
6. Re-election of Luc Jobin as a Director
1,585,632,252
98.53%
23,591,640
1.47%
1,934,702
1,609,223,892
73.10%
7. Re-election of Tadeu Marroco as a Director
1,603,357,945
99.61%
6,240,594
0.39%
1,560,056
1,609,598,539
73.11%
8. Re-election of Kandy Anand as a Director
1,596,545,940
99.26%
11,873,084
0.74%
2,739,571
1,608,419,024
73.06%
9. Re-election of Karen Guerra as a Director
1,601,724,941
99.58%
6,716,268
0.42%
2,717,386
1,608,441,209
73.06%
10. Re-election of Holly Keller Koeppel as a Director
1,551,330,018
96.45%
57,143,008
3.55%
2,685,569
1,608,473,026
73.06%



11. Re-election of Véronique Laury as a Director
1,601,623,862
99.58%
6,765,405
0.42%
2,769,328
1,608,389,267
73.06%
12. Re-election of Darrell Thomas as a Director
1,601,715,479
99.58%
6,704,923
0.42%
2,738,193
1,608,420,402
73.06%
13. Re-election of Serpil Timuray as a Director
1,592,901,711
99.04%
15,484,508
0.96%
2,771,133
1,608,386,219
73.06%
14. Election of Soraya Benchikh as a Director
1,607,591,937
99.88%
1,921,986
0.12%
1,644,673
1,609,513,923
73.11%
15. Election of Uta Kemmerich-Keil as a Director
1,605,979,952
99.85%
2,412,034
0.15%
2,764,609
1,608,391,986
73.06%
16. Authority to make donations to political organisations and to incur political expenditure
1,499,201,368
93.14%
110,377,277
6.86%
1,579,950
1,609,578,645
73.11%
17. Renewal of Directors' authority to allot shares
1,511,285,703
93.89%
98,348,344
6.11%
1,524,383
1,609,634,047
73.12%
18. Establishment of Performance Share Plan
1,584,522,405
98.44%
25,077,326
1.56%
1,557,360
1,609,599,731
73.11%
19. Renewal of Directors’ authority to disapply pre-emption rights
1,485,012,776
92.28%
124,287,266
7.72%
1,858,554
1,609,300,042
73.10%
20. Authority for the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares
1,605,790,686
99.78%
3,503,243
0.22%
1,864,666
1,609,293,929
73.10%
21. Notice period for General Meetings
1,538,821,590
95.60%
70,884,506
4.40%
1,452,499
1,609,706,096
73.12%

All resolutions were passed at the Company's AGM today with the requisite majority of votes.

The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) at the close of business on Monday 14 April 2025 was 2,201,463,243. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. 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 17 and 19 to 21 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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