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 on Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 10.00 am.
The results of polls on all 23 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 2021.
17,132,724,181
61.60
17,125,806,638
99.96
6,917,543
0.04
23,915,195
2.
To elect Olaf Swantee as a Director.
17,130,076,272
61.59
17,095,470,221
99.80
34,606,051
0.20
26,435,255
3.
To re-elect Jean-François van Boxmeer as a Director.
17,131,196,388
61.59
16,235,434,377
94.77
895,762,011
5.23
25,534,309
4.
To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.
17,131,339,238
61.59
17,088,602,622
99.75
42,736,616
0.25
25,271,692
5.
To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.
17,131,587,069
61.59
17,084,011,783
99.72
47,575,286
0.28
24,992,962
6.
To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.
17,130,152,964
61.59
17,009,929,952
99.30
120,223,012
0.70
26,432,593
7.
To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.
17,129,962,222
61.59
17,061,166,726
99.60
68,795,496
0.40
26,647,135
8.
To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.
17,130,989,026
61.59
17,094,737,047
99.79
36,251,979
0.21
25,620,151
9
To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.
17,130,841,063
61.59
16,872,817,032
98.49
258,024,031
1.51
25,768,550
10.
To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.
17,131,017,933
61.59
16,466,110,256
96.12
664,907,677
3.88
25,591,305
11.
To re-elect Sanjiv Ahuja as a Director.
RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN
12.
To re-elect David Nish as a Director.
17,125,461,561
61.57
17,056,275,299
99.60
69,186,262
0.40
31,110,498
13.
To declare a final dividend of 4.50 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021.
17,146,267,777
61.64
17,016,928,924
99.25
129,338,853
0.75
10,335,481
14.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2021.
17,131,306,675
61.59
16,729,088,541
97.65
402,218,134
2.35
25,262,861
15.
To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
17,142,233,659
61.63
16,713,626,165
97.50
428,607,494
2.50
14,379,508
16.
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
17,140,202,508
61.62
16,873,583,470
98.44
266,619,038
1.56
16,372,690
17.
To authorise the Directors to allot shares
17,134,515,551
61.60
16,058,241,382
93.72
1,076,274,169
6.28
22,070,445
18.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.
17,109,183,719
61.51
16,767,989,818
98.01
341,193,901
1.99
47,381,780
19.
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.
17,120,134,729
61.55
16,370,746,771
95.62
749,387,958
4.38
36,451,703
20.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
17,135,194,625
61.61
16,843,308,960
98.30
291,885,665
1.70
21,372,240
21.
To approve the adoption of new articles of association.
17,113,903,563
61.53
17,080,074,901
99.80
33,828,662
0.20
42,680,690
22.
To authorise political donations and expenditure.
17,119,587,463
61.55
16,817,937,876
98.24
301,649,587
1.76
33,749,912
23.
To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.
17,125,163,856
61.57
16,158,288,221
94.35
966,875,635
5.65
30,879,790
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 23 July 2021 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 27,814,578,745. 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 17 (inclusive) and 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 21 (inclusive) and 23 were passed as Special Resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 21 to 23 (inclusive), 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.
Other matters
Following conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, the below changes to the composition of the Board and its Committees were effective:
- Olaf Swantee was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and became a member of the Audit and Risk Committee;
- Sanjiv Ahuja retired as a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee; and
- Renee James retired as a Non-Executive Director and member of the Nominations and Governance and Remuneration Committees.
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