REG - Vodafone Group Plc - Result of AGM
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at The Pavilion, Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN as a closed meeting on Tuesday 28 July 2020 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 2020.
17,835,894,356
66.49%
17,545,806,649
98.37
290,087,707
1.63
184,821,641
2.
To elect Jean-François van Boxmeer as a Director.
18,005,525,345
67.12%
16,162,290,120
89.76
1,843,235,225
10.24
15,178,924
3.
To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a Director.
17,997,519,613
67.09%
17,782,168,669
98.80
215,350,944
1.20
23,184,663
4.
To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.
17,876,383,539
66.64%
17,838,678,506
99.79
37,705,033
0.21
144,309,996
5.
To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.
18,007,285,095
67.13%
17,723,749,046
98.43
283,536,049
1.57
13,413,286
6.
To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.
18,005,469,337
67.12%
17,938,786,382
99.63
66,682,955
0.37
15,234,304
7.
To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.
18,005,290,985
67.12%
17,675,507,845
98.17
329,783,140
1.83
15,405,511
8.
To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.
18,006,324,315
67.13%
17,958,941,664
99.74
47,382,651
0.26
14,377,190
9
To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.
17,980,920,270
67.03%
17,778,165,236
98.87
202,755,034
1.13
39,788,088
10.
To re-elect Renee James as a Director.
18,004,826,956
67.12%
15,624,114,054
86.78
2,380,712,902
13.22
15,868,579
11.
To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.
18,006,035,579
67.13%
17,928,139,248
99.57
77,896,331
0.43
14,650,052
12.
To re-elect Sanjiv Ahuja as a Director.
18,005,397,654
67.12%
17,961,158,199
99.75
44,239,455
0.25
15,292,296
13.
RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN
14.
To re-elect David Nish as a Director.
18,005,945,761
67.13%
17,556,677,676
97.50
449,268,085
2.50
14,759,610
15.
To declare a final dividend of 4.50 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2020.
18,012,269,059
67.15%
17,743,257,151
98.51
269,011,908
1.49
8,443,173
16.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 102 to 107 of the Annual Report.
17,835,162,810
66.49%
17,195,227,349
96.41
639,935,461
3.59
185,334,870
17.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2020.
17,961,819,272
66.96%
17,153,884,741
95.50
807,934,531
4.50
58,861,777
18.
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
18,011,883,038
67.15%
17,956,467,585
99.69
55,415,453
0.31
8,818,018
19.
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
18,008,026,816
67.13%
17,936,353,590
99.60
71,673,226
0.40
12,662,719
20.
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
18,000,957,692
67.11%
16,474,862,108
91.52
1,526,095,584
8.48
19,719,054
21.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.
17,991,931,825
67.07%
17,588,539,002
97.76
403,392,823
2.24
28,746,598
22.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment.
17,993,708,523
67.08%
17,510,605,282
97.32
483,103,241
2.68
26,982,435
23.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
17,994,821,370
67.08%
17,535,797,880
97.45
459,023,490
2.55
25,872,888
24.
To authorise political donations and expenditure.
18,002,952,626
67.11%
17,514,773,647
97.29
488,178,979
2.71
17,743,696
25.
To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.
17,928,768,742
66.84%
16,795,515,514
93.68
1,133,253,228
6.32
91,923,634
26.
To approve the rules of the Vodafone Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
18,000,670,429
67.11%
17,901,440,411
99.45
99,230,018
0.55
20,008,628
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 24 July 2020 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,824,278,985. 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 12, 14 to 20 (inclusive), 24 and 26 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 21, 22, 23 and 25 were passed as Special Resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 24 and 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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