REG - Vodafone Group Plc - Result of AGM
RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Friday 27 July 2018 at 11.00 am.
The results of polls on all 25 resolutions were as follows:
Resolution
Total votes validly cast
Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)
For
For (% of shares voted)
Against
Against (% of shares voted)
Votes withheld
1.
To receive the Company's accounts, the strategic report and reports of the Directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2018
17,353,644,991
64.96%
17,337,724,151
99.91
15,920,840
0.09
73,173,987
2.
To elect Michel Demaré as a Director.
17,389,377,830
65.09%
17,320,365,572
99.60
69,012,258
0.40
37,422,252
3.
To elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.
17,352,273,633
64.95%
17,308,376,303
99.75
43,897,330
0.25
37,286,510
4.
To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a Director.
17,390,140,816
65.09%
17,105,583,590
98.36
284,557,226
1.64
36,664,829
5.
To re-elect Vittorio Colao as a Director.
17,388,455,815
65.09%
17,303,654,875
99.51
84,800,940
0.49
38,340,775
6.
To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.
17,389,660,439
65.09%
17,076,792,034
98.20
312,868,405
1.80
37,144,113
7.
To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.
17,389,213,179
65.09%
17,315,093,924
99.57
74,119,255
0.43
37,586,558
8.
To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.
17,389,936,556
65.09%
17,318,073,118
99.59
71,863,438
0.41
36,863,029
9.
To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.
17,341,908,976
64.91%
17,070,248,952
98.43
271,660,024
1.57
84,900,751
10.
To re-elect Renee James as a Director.
17,389,968,641
65.09%
17,068,330,277
98.15
321,638,364
1.85
36,832,305
11.
To re-elect Samuel Jonah as a Director.
17,341,523,228
64.91%
16,968,478,131
97.85
373,045,097
2.15
85,272,280
12.
To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.
17,352,166,897
64.95%
17,230,380,048
99.30
121,786,849
0.70
74,640,891
13.
To re-elect David Nish as a Director.
17,389,100,887
65.09%
17,245,608,159
99.17
143,492,728
0.83
37,699,091
14.
To declare a final dividend of 10.23 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2018.
17,396,546,120
65.12%
17,350,275,385
99.73
46,270,735
0.27
30,283,617
15.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2018.
16,963,071,513
63.50%
16,474,188,042
97.12
488,883,471
2.88
463,720,332
16.
To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
17,407,151,339
65.16%
16,097,234,237
92.47
1,309,917,102
7.53
19,636,720
17.
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
17,356,220,577
64.97%
16,251,136,271
93.63
1,105,084,306
6.37
70,569,382
18.
To authorise the Directors to allot shares.
17,351,286,262
64.95%
16,372,083,957
94.36
979,202,305
5.64
75,490,021
19.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.
17,323,561,708
64.85%
17,134,977,164
98.91
188,584,544
1.09
65,975,408
20.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5% for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment.
17,327,056,078
64.86%
16,801,249,421
96.97
525,806,657
3.03
99,714,628
21.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
17,349,955,597
64.94%
17,116,863,922
98.66
233,091,675
1.34
76,832,511
22.
To authorise political donations and expenditure.
17,321,308,394
64.84%
16,836,709,406
97.20
484,598,988
2.80
68,241,085
23.
To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.
17,383,636,372
65.07%
16,283,250,327
93.67
1,100,386,045
6.33
43,155,392
24.
To approve the updated rules of the Vodafone Group 2008 Sharesave Plan.
17,384,234,801
65.07%
16,733,792,342
96.26
650,442,459
3.74
42,573,676
25.
To adopt as the new articles of association of the Company, the articles of association produced to the meeting, in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the Company's existing Articles of Association.
17,372,987,985
65.03%
17,305,253,158
99.61
67,734,827
0.39
53,813,845
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 27 July 2018 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,715,059,855. 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 validly cast.
Resolutions 1 to 18, 22 and 24 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25 were passed as Special Resolutions.
A copy of Resolutions 22 to 25, passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting, have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
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