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7-May-2012
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Amendments to Articles
The annual meeting of shareholders of Reynolds American Inc., referred to as RAI, was held on May 3, 2012, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. At that meeting, RAI's shareholders considered and acted upon the following proposals:
Item 1: Election of Directors.
(a) By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders elected the following five
individuals as Class II directors:
For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
John P. Daly 417,336,129 13,894,152 44,929,816
Holly K. Koeppel 427,025,771 4,204,510 44,929,816
H.G.L. (Hugo) Powell 382,554,524 48,675,757 44,929,816
Richard E. Thornburgh 428,490,553 2,739,728 44,929,816
Thomas C. Wajnert 427,427,839 3,802,442 44,929,816
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(b) By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders elected the following individual as a Class I director:
For Withheld Broker Non-Votes H. Richard Kahler 385,582,591 45,647,690 44,929,816
Item 2: Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers.
By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of RAI's named executive officers:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 425,241,203 5,322,197 666,881 44,929,816
By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders approved the amendment to RAI's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation implementing a majority voting standard in uncontested director elections:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 429,715,517 1,197,695 317,069 44,929,816
Item 4: Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditors.
By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as RAI's independent auditors for fiscal year 2012:
For Against Abstentions 472,601,782 3,283,654 274,661
Item 5: Shareholder Proposal for the Creation of an Ethics Committee to Review Marketing Activities.
By the vote reflected below, RAI's shareholders defeated the shareholder proposal for the Creation of an Ethics Committee to Review Marketing Activities:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 6,455,607 418,455,551 6,319,123 44,929,816
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