NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 61st Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of British American Tobacco (Zambia) Plc (“the Company”), will be held at Neelkanth Sarovar Hotel and virtually on Tuesday 25 April 2023 starting at 10:00 hours for the purpose of transacting the following business:
1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To confirm and sign off the minutes of the Sixtieth Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 31st March 2022.
2. Financial Statements and Reports
To receive and adopt the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, together with the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
3. Dividends
To approve the final dividend of ZMW 0.15 per share (amounting to a total of ZMW31,869 million) is paid for the year ended 31 December 2022.
4. Directorate
i. To authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration for the year ending 31 December 2023.
ii. To elect Directors in place of those retiring in accordance with the provisions of section 99 (b) of the Companies Act No.10 of 2017. The profiles of Directors to be re-elected are included in the Annual Report under Board of Directors.
5. Auditors
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors for the past audit and to appoint Auditors for the year ending 31 December 2023.
6. To transact any other business that may properly be transacted at the Annual General Meeting.
A shareholder is entitled to appoint any person (whether a member of the company or not) to attend and/or speak and vote in his or her stead.
Proxy forms must be lodged at the Registered Office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting.
Formalised notices of the Annual General Meeting will be sent to all shareholders in compliance with Rule 14 of the Securities (Registration of Securities) Rule, 1993.
Shareholders intending to attend virtually may access the platform from the link below:
https://eagm.creg.co.zw/eagm/Login.aspx