Result of AGM

Vodafone Group Plc 24 July 2007 24 July 2007 BOARD STATEMENT AND RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on Tuesday 24 July 2007. The Board has issued the following statement : 'The Board notes today's strong vote against the resolutions proposed by Efficient Capital Structures. The Company's strategy regarding Verizon Wireless and the Group's capital structure are important issues which the Board will continue to review on a regular basis, in order to deliver sustained growth in value for shareholders' The results of polls on all 28 resolutions were as follows: Resolution For Against Votes Withheld ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Receive directors' report 35,683,410,077 45,939,225 33,511,130 and financial statements 2. Re-elect Sir John Bond as a 35,454,409,238 157,872,074 296,147,520 director 3. Re-elect Arun Sarin as a 35,204,295,387 406,138,102 298,011,103 director 4. Re-elect Dr Michael Boskin 27,065,526,485 8,522,527,296 315,264,802 as a director 5. Re-elect John Buchanan as a 35,466,493,998 144,883,506 297,009,028 director 6. Re-elect Andy Halford as a 35,554,128,903 57,172,928 297,119,973 director 7. Re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as 35,327,710,815 283,929,296 296,757,038 a director 8. Re-elect Professor Jurgen 35,081,499,538 529,472,943 297,300,120 Schrempp as a director 9. Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as a 35,212,017,031 398,593,261 297,624,537 director 10. Re-elect Anthony Watson as 35,218,831,285 391,954,740 297,425,593 a director 11. Re-elect Philip Yea as a 35,218,015,442 392,776,330 297,443,773 director 12. Elect Vittorio Colao as a 35,551,552,061 58,770,373 297,892,636 director 13. Elect Alan Jebson as a 35,572,791,115 37,661,055 297,783,682 director 14. Elect Nick Land as a 35,469,216,819 139,108,648 299,866,116 director 15. Elect Simon Murray as a 35,483,220,767 128,117,984 297,349,129 director 16. Approve the final dividend 35,784,681,709 57,053,887 21,985,154 of 4.41pence per share 17. Approve the Remuneration 31,589,624,513 1,671,595,432 2,647,213,048 Report 18. Re-appoint Deloitte & 34,897,704,217 468,460,747 393,237,660 Touche LLP as auditors 19. Authorise the Audit 35,457,682,450 387,163,890 18,918,260 Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration 20. Authority to allot shares 34,031,006,502 1,704,555,151 27,596,680 21. Disapplication of 34,102,078,123 1,730,540,818 31,037,513 pre-emption rights 22. Approval of market 35,455,200,686 58,307,188 294,742,030 purchases of ordinary shares 23. To authorize the Company to 35,665,005,791 67,365,424 30,782,963 send or supply documents or information to shareholders in electronic form or by means of a website 24. To adopt new Articles of 35,403,327,822 314,282,181 45,547,089 Association 25. To amend Article 114.1 of 1,665,442,699 34,021,159,845 222,576,610 the Company's Articles of Association 26. To separate out the 1,658,464,189 33,457,095,396 793,684,413 Company's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless from its other assets by tracking shares or spin-off 27. To issue Company bonds 1,140,930,194 34,019,262,940 749,022,292 directly to shareholders, increasing the Group's indebtedness 28. To amend the Company's 2,141,610,389 33,508,924,818 213,534,167 Articles of Association to limit the Company's ability to make acquisitions without approval by special resolution Resolutions 1 to 20 proposed by the directors were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21 to 24 proposed by the directors were passed as special resolutions. Resolutions 26 and 27 requisitioned by a group of shareholders were not passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 25 and 28 requisitioned by a group of shareholders were not passed as special resolutions. Stephen Scott Group General Counsel and Company Secretary For further information: Vodafone Group Investor Relations Media Relations Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664447 Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664444 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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