TIDMVOD

RNS Number : 7888T

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     Percentage        For          For        Against      Against      Votes 
                                 validly          of                        (% of                     (% of      withheld 
                                  cast         relevant                     shares                    shares 
                                                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.    2022.               19,493,946,517     69.68%     19,485,490,846   99.96      8,455,671      0.04     51,088,718 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
        Jean-François 
        van Boxmeer 
   2.   as a Director.       19,306,763,916     69.01%     17,210,770,653   89.14    2,095,993,263    10.86    238,192,481 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Nick Read 
   3.    as a Director.      19,502,708,111     69.71%     19,447,795,495   99.72     54,912,616      0.28     42,224,951 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Margherita 
         Della Valle 
   4.    as a Director.      19,503,016,256     69.71%     19,431,003,165   99.63     72,013,091      0.37     41,924,736 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To elect 
         Stephen 
         A. Carter 
         C.B.E. as 
   5.    a Director.         19,501,246,254     69.71%     19,452,464,590   99.75     48,781,664      0.25     43,710,312 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Sir Crispin 
         Davis as 
   6.    a Director.         19,501,506,610     69.71%     18,894,436,667   96.89     607,069,943     3.11     43,460,905 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
        Michel Demaré 
   7.   as a Director.       19,502,149,516     69.71%     18,917,342,070   97.00     584,807,446     3.00     42,866,619 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To elect 
         Delphine 
         Ernotte 
         Cunci as 
   8.    a Director.         19,502,375,951     69.71%     19,438,367,304   99.67     64,008,647      0.33     42,634,408 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Dame Clara 
         Furse as 
   9.    a Director.         19,501,833,866     69.71%     19,415,658,222   99.56     86,175,644      0.44     43,132,354 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Valerie 
         Gooding 
  10.    as a Director.      19,501,730,858     69.71%     18,914,896,189   96.99     586,834,669     3.01     43,254,507 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To elect 
         Deborah 
         Kerr as 
  11.    a Director.         19,501,087,979     69.71%     19,452,796,768   99.75     48,291,211      0.25     43,891,939 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         Maria Amparo 
         Moraleda 
         Martinez 
  12.    as a Director.      19,501,823,775     69.71%     18,848,895,461   96.65     652,928,314     3.35     43,184,656 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To re-elect 
         David Nish 
  13.    as a Director.      19,501,266,969     69.71%     19,450,797,473   99.74     50,469,496      0.26     43,709,200 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To elect 
         Simon Segars 
  14.    as a Director.      19,498,848,477     69.70%     19,453,708,826   99.77     45,139,651      0.23     46,112,414 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To declare 
         a final 
         dividend 
         of 4.50 
         eurocents 
         per ordinary 
         share for 
         the year 
         ended 31 
  15.    March 2022.         19,509,242,715     69.74%     19,457,795,003   99.74     51,447,712      0.26     35,760,312 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To approve 
        the Annual 
        Report on 
        Remuneration 
        contained 
        in the 
        Remuneration 
        Report of 
        the Board 
        for the 
        year ended 
        31 March 
  16.   2022.                19,496,903,239     69.69%     19,086,924,682   97.90     409,978,557     2.10     47,875,529 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        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 
  17.    Company.            19,507,516,261     69.73%     19,379,132,140   99.34     128,384,121     0.66     37,394,082 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         the Audit 
         and Risk 
         Committee 
         to determine 
         the remuneration 
  18.    of the auditor.     19,504,142,249     69.72%     19,490,192,112   99.93     13,950,137      0.07     40,760,118 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
         to allot 
  19.    shares              19,505,861,334     69.72%     18,474,217,163   94.71    1,031,644,171    5.29     39,092,919 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         the Directors 
         to dis-apply 
         pre-emption 
 20.*    rights.             19,433,291,115     69.47%     19,007,099,920   97.81     426,191,195     2.19     111,673,329 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        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 
 21.*    investment.         19,433,585,400     69.47%     18,739,915,910   96.43     693,669,490     3.57     111,360,006 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to purchase 
         its own 
 22.*    shares.             19,486,245,723     69.65%     19,272,281,803   98.90     213,963,920     1.10     58,753,588 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         political 
         donations 
  23.    and expenditure.    19,262,313,290     68.85%     18,917,554,866   98.21     344,758,424     1.79     282,628,828 
       -------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
        To authorise 
         the Company 
         to call 
         general 
         meetings 
         (other than 
         AGMs) on 
         a minimum 
         of 14 clear 
 24.*    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. 

For more information, please contact:

   Investor Relations                                             Media Relations 
   Investors.vodafone.com                                      Vodafone.com/media/contact 
   ir@vodafone.co.uk                                               GroupMedia@vodafone.com 

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

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RAGBKABKDBKDNOB

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 26, 2022 07:06 ET (11:06 GMT)

Vodafone (LSE:VOD)
Gráfica de Acción Histórica
De Mar 2024 a Abr 2024 Haga Click aquí para más Gráficas Vodafone.
Vodafone (LSE:VOD)
Gráfica de Acción Histórica
De Abr 2023 a Abr 2024 Haga Click aquí para más Gráficas Vodafone.