Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9757J

Vodafone Group Plc

23 July 2013

 



STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

23 July 2013

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescot Street, London E1 8GP on Tuesday 23 July 2013.

The results of polls on all 23 resolutions were as follows:

	Resolution	Total votes validly cast	Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)	For	Against	Votes withheld
1.	To receive the Company's accounts and reports of the directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2013	32,313,101,958	66.69%	32,256,574,883	56,527,075	73,894,340
2.	To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a director	32,305,796,473	66.68%	31,682,767,118	623,029,355	81,379,692
3.	To re-elect Vittorio Colao as a director	32,305,324,911	66.68%	32,113,807,449	191,517,462	81,862,181
4.	To re-elect Andy Halford as a director	32,305,373,726	66.68%	32,048,022,541	257,351,185	81,840,185
5.	To re-elect Stephen Pusey as a director	32,305,199,849	66.68%	32,062,628,108	242,571,741	81,980,762
6.	To re-elect Renee James as a director	32,305,677,549	66.68%	32,042,579,875	263,097,674	81,487,406
7.	To re-elect Alan Jebson as a director	32,304,834,108	66.68%	32,106,766,887	198,067,221	82,354,526
8.	To re-elect Samuel Jonah as a director	31,951,686,525	65.95%	31,572,731,468	378,955,057	435,468,101
9.	To elect Omid Kordestani as a director	32,303,865,016	66.68%	32,036,161,014	267,704,002	83,284,805
10.	To re-elect Nick Land as a director	32,305,023,593	66.68%	32,074,107,811	230,915,782	82,132,664
11.	To re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as a director	31,952,192,076	65.95%	31,598,584,982	353,607,094	434,933,278
12.	To re-elect Luc Vandevelde as a director	32,303,792,184	66.68%	32,017,608,712	286,183,472	83,360,920
13.	To re-elect Anthony Watson as a director	32,286,387,865	66.64%	32,054,231,426	232,156,439	100,802,955
14.	To re-elect Philip Yea as a director	32,262,062,475	66.59%	32,009,136,820	252,925,655	125,034,018
15.	To approve a final dividend of 6.92p per ordinary share	32,307,300,091	66.68%	32,229,837,280	77,462,811	79,890,679
16.	To approve the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2013	31,950,649,494	65.95%	30,789,239,369	1,161,410,125	436,513,724
17.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	32,052,773,092	66.16%	31,749,339,437	303,433,655	334,398,730
18.	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	32,162,761,136	66.38%	32,024,281,347	138,479,789	224,248,949
19.	To authorise the directors to allot shares	32,070,509,194	66.19%	29,499,580,701	2,570,928,493	316,609,576
20.	To authorise the directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights	32,105,770,519	66.27%	31,132,476,457	973,294,062	281,330,637
21.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	32,310,383,067	66.69%	32,197,041,700	113,341,367	76,791,511
22.	To authorise political donations and expenditure	32,067,139,215	66.19%	31,386,077,660	681,061,555	319,974,264
23.	To authorise the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less that 14 clear days' notice	32,282,062,596	66.63%	28,514,003,024	3,768,059,572	105,106,465

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 19 July 2013 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 48,449,167,182.  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 19 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 20, 21 and 23 were passed as special resolutions.

A copy of Resolutions 22 and 23, 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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