The Board of Directors of British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad wishes to announce that all the resolutions tabled at the Adjourned Fifty-Ninth Annual General Meeting held today was duly passed by poll.
The result of the poll was validated by the Coopers Professional Scrutineers Sdn Bhd, the Independent Scrutineer appointed by the Company.
Please refer to the table below for the poll results in respect of the resolutions.
Voting Results |
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1. Ordinary Resolution 1 |
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Description |
To re-elect Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Aseh bin Haji Che Mat, who retires pursuant to Clauses 109.1 and 109.2 of the Constitution of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 302 | 50 |
No. of Shares | 178,434,774 | 5,637,834 |
% of Voted Shares | 96.9370 | 3.0630 |
Result | Accepted | |
2. Ordinary Resolution 2 |
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Description |
To re-elect Datuk Christine Lee Oi Kuan, who retires pursuant to Clauses 109.1 and 109.2 of the Constitution of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 304 | 48 |
No. of Shares | 177,418,921 | 6,653,687 |
% of Voted Shares | 96.3850 | 3.6150 |
Result | Accepted | |
3. Ordinary Resolution 3 |
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Description |
To re-elect Mr Jonathan Darlow Reed, who retires pursuant to Clause 115 of the Constitution of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 333 | 19 |
No. of Shares | 183,825,695 | 246,913 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.8660 | 0.1340 |
Result | Accepted | |
4. Ordinary Resolution 4 |
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Description |
To re-elect Mr Ignacio Ballester, who retires pursuant to Clause 115 of the Constitution of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 334 | 18 |
No. of Shares | 184,025,695 | 46,913 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9750 | 0.0250 |
Result | Accepted | |
5. Ordinary Resolution 5 |
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Description |
To approve the payment of Directors fees and benefits to the Non-Executive Directors up to an amount of RM1,000,000.00 with effect from the 59th AGM of the Company until the next AGM of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 308 | 39 |
No. of Shares | 178,961,323 | 5,102,485 |
% of Voted Shares | 97.2280 | 2.7720 |
Result | Accepted | |
6. Ordinary Resolution 6 |
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Description |
To re-appoint KPMG PLT as the Auditors of the Company for the financial year ending 31 December 2020 and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 328 | 21 |
No. of Shares | 183,852,984 | 18,724 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9900 | 0.0100 |
Result | Accepted | |
7. Ordinary Resolution 7 |
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Description |
Proposed Renewal of Shareholders' Mandate for the Company and its Subsidiaries to enter into Recurrent Related Party Transactions of a Revenue or Trading Nature with Related Parties. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 330 | 18 |
No. of Shares | 41,093,645 | 209,663 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.4920 | 0.5080 |
Result | Accepted | |
8. Ordinary Resolution 8 |
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Description |
Proposed Shareholders' Mandate for the Company and its Subsidiaries to enter into the new Recurrent Related Party Transactions of a Revenue or Trading Nature with Related Parties. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 329 | 19 |
No. of Shares | 41,087,145 | 216,163 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.4770 | 0.5230 |
Result | Accepted | |