Result of AGM
Vodafone Group Plc
30 July 2003
30 July 2003
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Queen Elizabeth
II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1 on Wednesday 30
July 2003.
The results of the polls on all resolutions were as follows:
RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
1 To receive the report 38,974,480,739 101,807,925 773,526,618
of the directors and
financial statements
2 To approve the 33,836,773,367 1,519,959,151 4,491,513,725
Remuneration Report
3 To re-appoint Lord 37,951,576,797 946,068,773 952,057,009
MacLaurin of Knebworth
DL as a director
4 To re-appoint Kenneth 38,699,486,519 946,309,742 204,298,187
Hydon as a director
5 To re-appoint Thomas 38,649,801,328 994,807,789 205,087,552
Geitner as a director
6 To re-appoint Professor 38,733,760,659 908,933,607 205,562,502
Sir Alec Broers as a
director
7 To re-appoint Jurgen 38,693,331,876 947,282,502 207,419,270
Schrempp as a
director
8 To elect Dr John 38,585,732,462 904,425,253 357,858,447
Buchanan
9 To approve a final 39,629,407,349 29,922,501 189,218,330
dividend of 0.8983p per
ordinary share
10 To re-appoint Deloitte 36,693,397,684 2,193,481,013 961,795,871
& Touche as auditors
11 To authorise the Audit 37,999,128,879 831,816,265 1,017,963,359
Committee to determine
the auditors'
remuneration
12 To authorise donations 36,564,209,985 1,143,181,709 2,141,394,330
under the Political
Parties, Elections and
Referendums Act 2000
13 To renew authority to 38,102,154,695 1,500,528,133 244,661,907
allot shares under
Article 16.2 of the
Company's Articles of
Association
14 To renew authority to 38,252,790,960 1,445,761,934 143,668,806
disapply pre-emption
rights under Article
16.3 of the Company's
Articles of
Association
15 To authorise the 39,550,792,943 78,696,597 214,059,146
Company's purchase of
its own shares (section
166, Companies Act
1985)
Accordingly resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 14 and 15 were passed as special resolutions.
SR Scott
Company Secretary
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