Results of Annual General Meeting

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Vodafone Group Plc
26 July 2022
 

 

26 July 2022

Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone' or the 'Company')

 

Results of Annual General Meeting  

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at The Pavilion, Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 10.00 am.

 

Resolutions 1 to 19 (inclusive) and 23 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 20 to 22 (inclusive) and 24 were passed as Special Resolutions.

 

The results of the poll on all 24 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 2022.

19,493,946,517

69.68%

19,485,490,846

99.96

8,455,671

0.04

51,088,718

2.

To re-elect Jean-François van Boxmeer as a Director.

19,306,763,916

69.01%

17,210,770,653

89.14

2,095,993,263

10.86

238,192,481

3.

To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.

19,502,708,111

69.71%

19,447,795,495

99.72

54,912,616

0.28

42,224,951

4.

To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.

19,503,016,256

69.71%

19,431,003,165

99.63

72,013,091

0.37

41,924,736

5.

To elect Stephen A. Carter C.B.E. as a Director.

19,501,246,254

69.71%

19,452,464,590

99.75

48,781,664

0.25

43,710,312

6.

To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.

19,501,506,610

69.71%

18,894,436,667

96.89

607,069,943

3.11

43,460,905

7.

To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.

19,502,149,516

69.71%

18,917,342,070

97.00

584,807,446

3.00

42,866,619

8.

To elect Delphine Ernotte Cunci as a Director.

19,502,375,951

69.71%

19,438,367,304

99.67

64,008,647

0.33

42,634,408

9.

To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.

19,501,833,866

69.71%

19,415,658,222

99.56

86,175,644

0.44

43,132,354

10.

To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.

19,501,730,858

69.71%

18,914,896,189

96.99

586,834,669

3.01

43,254,507

11.

To elect Deborah Kerr as a Director.

19,501,087,979

69.71%

19,452,796,768

99.75

48,291,211

0.25

43,891,939

12.

To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.

19,501,823,775

69.71%

18,848,895,461

96.65

652,928,314

3.35

43,184,656

13.

To re-elect David Nish as a Director.

19,501,266,969

69.71%

19,450,797,473

99.74

50,469,496

0.26

43,709,200

14.

To elect Simon Segars as a Director.

19,498,848,477

69.70%

19,453,708,826

99.77

45,139,651

0.23

46,112,414

15.

To declare a final dividend of 4.50 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2022.

19,509,242,715

69.74%

19,457,795,003

99.74

51,447,712

0.26

35,760,312

16.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2022.

 

19,496,903,239

69.69%

19,086,924,682

97.90

409,978,557

2.10

47,875,529

17.

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.

19,507,516,261

69.73%

19,379,132,140

99.34

128,384,121

0.66

37,394,082

18.

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

19,504,142,249

69.72%

19,490,192,112

99.93

13,950,137

0.07

40,760,118

19.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

19,505,861,334

69.72%

18,474,217,163

94.71

1,031,644,171

5.29

39,092,919

20.*

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.

19,433,291,115

69.47%

19,007,099,920

97.81

426,191,195

2.19

111,673,329

21.*

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.

19,433,585,400

69.47%

18,739,915,910

96.43

693,669,490

3.57

111,360,006

22.*

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

19,486,245,723

69.65%

19,272,281,803

98.90

213,963,920

1.10

58,753,588

23.

To authorise political donations and expenditure.

19,262,313,290

68.85%

18,917,554,866

98.21

344,758,424

1.79

282,628,828

24.*

To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.

19,488,586,719

69.66%

18,483,731,105

94.84

1,004,855,614

5.16

56,331,018

 

* Special resolution

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 22 July 2022 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 27,975,521,625.  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.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the Resolutions, 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 .

 

Following conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, the below changes to the composition of the Board were effective:

 

-  Stephen A. Carter C.B.E was appointed as a Non-Executive Director;

-  Delphine Ernotte Cunci was appointed as a Non-Executive Director; and

Simon Segars was appointed as a Non-Executive Director.

 

 

 

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Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No. 1833679

 

 

 

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