TIDMVOD

RNS Number : 0580W

Vodafone Group Plc

27 July 2018

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Friday 27 July 2018 at 11.00 am.

The results of polls on all 25 resolutions were as follows:

 
             Resolution             Total        Percentage        For          For        Against      Against      Votes 
                                     votes           of                        (% of                     (% of     withheld 
                                    validly       relevant                     shares                    shares 
                                     cast          shares                      voted)                    voted) 
                                                  in issue 
                                                    (%) 
       To receive the 
        Company's accounts, 
        the strategic 
        report and reports 
        of the Directors 
        and the auditor 
        for the year 
        ended 31 March 
  1.    2018                    17,353,644,991       64.96%   17,337,724,151    99.91      15,920,840      0.09    73,173,987 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To elect Michel 
        Demaré 
  2.    as a Director.          17,389,377,830       65.09%   17,320,365,572    99.60      69,012,258      0.40    37,422,252 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To elect Margherita 
        Della Valle 
  3.    as a Director.          17,352,273,633       64.95%   17,308,376,303    99.75      43,897,330      0.25    37,286,510 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Gerard Kleisterlee 
  4.    as a Director.          17,390,140,816       65.09%   17,105,583,590    98.36     284,557,226      1.64    36,664,829 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Vittorio Colao 
  5.    as a Director.          17,388,455,815       65.09%   17,303,654,875    99.51      84,800,940      0.49    38,340,775 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Nick Read as 
  6.    a Director.             17,389,660,439       65.09%   17,076,792,034    98.20     312,868,405      1.80    37,144,113 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Crispin 
  7.    Davis as a Director.    17,389,213,179       65.09%   17,315,093,924    99.57      74,119,255      0.43    37,586,558 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Dame Clara Furse 
  8.    as a Director.          17,389,936,556       65.09%   17,318,073,118    99.59      71,863,438      0.41    36,863,029 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Valerie Gooding 
  9.    as a Director.          17,341,908,976       64.91%   17,070,248,952    98.43     271,660,024      1.57    84,900,751 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Renee James 
 10.    as a Director.          17,389,968,641       65.09%   17,068,330,277    98.15     321,638,364      1.85    36,832,305 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Samuel Jonah 
 11.    as a Director.          17,341,523,228       64.91%   16,968,478,131    97.85     373,045,097      2.15    85,272,280 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Maria Amparo 
        Moraleda Martinez 
 12.    as a Director.          17,352,166,897       64.95%   17,230,380,048    99.30     121,786,849      0.70    74,640,891 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        David Nish as 
 13.    a Director.             17,389,100,887       65.09%   17,245,608,159    99.17     143,492,728      0.83    37,699,091 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To declare a 
        final dividend 
        of 10.23 eurocents 
        per ordinary 
        share for the 
        year ended 31 
 14.    March 2018.             17,396,546,120       65.12%   17,350,275,385    99.73      46,270,735      0.27    30,283,617 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To approve the 
        Annual Report 
        on Remuneration 
        contained in 
        the Remuneration 
        Report of the 
        Board for the 
        year ended 31 
 15.    March 2018.             16,963,071,513       63.50%   16,474,188,042    97.12     488,883,471      2.88   463,720,332 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To reappoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as the Company's 
       auditor until 
       the end of the 
       next general 
       meeting at which 
       accounts are 
       laid before 
 16.   the Company.             17,407,151,339       65.16%   16,097,234,237    92.47   1,309,917,102      7.53    19,636,720 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Audit and 
        Risk Committee 
        to determine 
        the remuneration 
 17.    of the auditor.         17,356,220,577       64.97%   16,251,136,271    93.63   1,105,084,306      6.37    70,569,382 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
 18.    to allot shares.        17,351,286,262       64.95%   16,372,083,957    94.36     979,202,305      5.64    75,490,021 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to dis-apply 
        pre-emption 
 19.    rights.                 17,323,561,708       64.85%   17,134,977,164    98.91     188,584,544      1.09    65,975,408 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to dis-apply 
        pre-emption 
        rights up to 
        a further 5% 
        for the purposes 
        of financing 
        an acquisition 
        or other capital 
 20.    investment.             17,327,056,078       64.86%   16,801,249,421    96.97     525,806,657      3.03    99,714,628 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
 21.    its own shares.         17,349,955,597       64.94%   17,116,863,922    98.66     233,091,675      1.34    76,832,511 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        political donations 
 22.    and expenditure.        17,321,308,394       64.84%   16,836,709,406    97.20     484,598,988      2.80    68,241,085 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Directors 
        to call general 
        meetings (other 
        than annual 
        general meetings) 
        on a minimum 
        of 14 clear 
 23.    days' notice.           17,383,636,372       65.07%   16,283,250,327    93.67   1,100,386,045      6.33    43,155,392 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To approve the 
        updated rules 
        of the Vodafone 
        Group 2008 Sharesave 
 24.    Plan.                   17,384,234,801       65.07%   16,733,792,342    96.26     650,442,459      3.74    42,573,676 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To adopt as 
        the new articles 
        of association 
        of the Company, 
        the articles 
        of association 
        produced to 
        the meeting, 
        in substitution 
        for, and to 
        the exclusion 
        of, the Company's 
        existing Articles 
 25.    of Association.         17,372,987,985       65.03%   17,305,253,158    99.61      67,734,827      0.39    53,813,845 
      -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 27 July 2018 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,715,059,855. 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 18, 22 and 24 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25 were passed as Special Resolutions.

A copy of Resolutions 22 to 25, 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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