30 July 2024
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, 30 July 2024 at 10.00
am.
Resolutions 1 to 18 (inclusive) and
22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 19 to 21
(inclusive) and 23 were passed as Special Resolutions.
The results of the poll 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 2024.
|
16,708,518,405
|
62.87%
|
16,685,668,165
|
99.86
|
22,850,240
|
0.14
|
36,049,372
|
2.
|
To re-elect Jean-François van
Boxmeer as a Director.
|
16,711,488,860
|
62.89%
|
16,393,349,101
|
98.10
|
318,139,759
|
1.90
|
33,079,259
|
3.
|
To re-elect Margherita Della Valle
as a Director.
|
16,712,512,078
|
62.89%
|
16,661,482,636
|
99.69
|
51,029,442
|
0.31
|
32,056,004
|
4.
|
To elect Luka Mucic as a
Director.
|
16,709,127,638
|
62.88%
|
16,648,924,108
|
99.64
|
60,203,530
|
0.36
|
35,440,266
|
5.
|
To re-elect Stephen A. Carter CBE as
a Director.
|
16,705,759,539
|
62.86%
|
16,366,336,593
|
97.97
|
339,422,946
|
2.03
|
38,808,580
|
6.
|
To re-elect Michel Demaré as a
Director.
|
16,705,365,194
|
62.86%
|
16,216,465,452
|
97.07
|
488,899,742
|
2.93
|
39,202,935
|
7.
|
To elect Hatem Dowidar as a
Director.
|
16,705,256,639
|
62.86%
|
15,462,440,827
|
92.56
|
1,242,815,812
|
7.44
|
39,309,121
|
8.
|
To re-elect Delphine Ernotte Cunci
as a Director.
|
16,705,532,366
|
62.86%
|
16,513,070,826
|
98.85
|
192,461,540
|
1.15
|
39,037,199
|
9.
|
To re-elect Deborah Kerr as a
Director.
|
16,706,188,517
|
62.87%
|
16,664,826,660
|
99.75
|
41,361,857
|
0.25
|
38,377,727
|
10.
|
To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda
Martinez as a Director.
|
16,706,162,423
|
62.87%
|
16,368,263,154
|
97.98
|
337,899,269
|
2.02
|
38,407,095
|
11.
|
To re-elect David Nish as a
Director.
|
16,705,649,951
|
62.86%
|
16,370,206,824
|
97.99
|
335,443,127
|
2.01
|
38,915,711
|
12.
|
To re-elect Christine Ramon as a
Director.
|
16,705,064,816
|
62.86%
|
16,658,458,299
|
99.72
|
46,606,517
|
0.28
|
39,504,749
|
13.
|
To re-elect Simon Segars as a
Director.
|
16,705,081,534
|
62.86%
|
16,664,376,500
|
99.76
|
40,705,034
|
0.24
|
39,485,498
|
14.
|
To declare a final dividend of 4.50
eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March
2024.
|
16,722,935,063
|
62.93%
|
16,661,281,850
|
99.63
|
61,653,213
|
0.37
|
21,633,726
|
15.
|
To approve the Annual Report on
Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for
the year ended 31 March 2024 (the 'Annual
Report on Remuneration').
|
16,714,624,808
|
62.90%
|
16,115,961,645
|
96.42
|
598,663,163
|
3.58
|
29,944,036
|
16.
|
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.
|
16,720,885,028
|
62.92%
|
16,631,494,409
|
99.47
|
89,390,619
|
0.53
|
23,683,426
|
17.
|
To authorise the Audit and Risk
Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
|
16,718,142,105
|
62.91%
|
16,651,952,014
|
99.60
|
66,190,091
|
0.40
|
26,426,740
|
18.
|
To authorise the Directors to allot
shares
|
16,712,739,525
|
62.89%
|
15,973,228,427
|
95.58
|
739,511,098
|
4.42
|
31,828,938
|
19.*
|
To authorise the Directors to
dis-apply pre-emption rights.
|
16,651,228,068
|
62.66%
|
16,501,571,911
|
99.10
|
149,656,157
|
0.90
|
93,340,776
|
20.*
|
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.
|
16,678,104,078
|
62.76%
|
16,483,239,834
|
98.83
|
194,864,244
|
1.17
|
66,464,766
|
21.*
|
To authorise the Company to purchase
its own shares.
|
16,711,390,412
|
62.88%
|
16,252,383,251
|
97.25
|
459,007,161
|
2.75
|
33,178,442
|
22.
|
To authorise political donations and
expenditure.
|
16,634,845,809
|
62.60%
|
16,422,542,327
|
98.72
|
212,303,482
|
1.28
|
109,719,070
|
23.*
|
To authorise the Company to call
general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days'
notice.
|
16,705,602,196
|
62.86%
|
16,025,255,821
|
95.93
|
680,346,375
|
4.07
|
38,964,701
|
* Special resolution
The number of Ordinary Shares in
issue on 26 July 2024 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was
26,574,652,729. 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.
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