Result of AGM - Amendment

RNS Number : 0314Q
Vodafone Group Plc
27 July 2010
 



The following is an amendment of an announcement released earlier today under RNS number:  0259Q.  The commas in the votes withheld column for resolutions 10 and 13 were in the wrong place and have been changed for clarity.  The numbers themselves remain unchanged.

 

27 July 2010

RESULT OF 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 Tuesday 27 July 2010.

The results of polls on all 24 resolutions were as follows:

 


Resolution

Total votes
validly cast

Percentage of
relevant shares
in issue
(%)

For

Against

Votes
withheld

1.

Receive the Companies accounts and  reports of the directors and the auditor

36,464,016,265

69.14

36,309,102,184

154,914,081

98,052,123

2.

Re-elect Sir John Bond as a director

36,505,298,394

69.21

34,118,699,550

2,386,598,844

56,791,196

3.

Re-elect John Buchanan as a director

36,505,292,735

69.21

34,341,247,890

2,164,044,845

56,766,720

4.

Re-elect Vittorio Colao as a director

36,505,148,750

69.21

36,192,626,003

312,522,747

56,865,050

5.

Re-elect Michel Combes as a director

36,504,833,476

69.21

36,119,049,658

385,783,818

57,182,362

6.

Re-elect Andy Halford as a director

36,505,056,953

69.21

36,107,494,431

397,562,522

56,960,924

7.

Re-elect Stephen Pusey as a director

36,505,255,751

69.21

36,120,654,287

384,601,464

56,733,420

8.

Re-elect Alan Jebson as a director

36,505,122,299

69.21

36,241,980,514

263,141,785

56,894,023

9.

Re-elect Samuel  Jonah as a director

36,505,205,215

69.21

36,219,804,786

285,400,429

56,813,125

10.

Re-elect Nick Land as a director

36,141,132,773

68.52

35,054,911,298

1,086,221,475

415,469,934

11.

Re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as a director

36,500,442,563

69.20

35,407,102,176

1,093,340,387

56,159,346

12.

Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as a director

36,505,021,467

69.21

36,225,973,980

279,047,487

56,941,548

13.

Re-elect Anthony Watson as a director

36,147,286,167

68.54

35,762,501,731

384,784,436

414,729,898

14.

Re-elect Philip Yea as a director

36,501,468,421

69.21

36,194,634,619

306,833,802

60,549,228

15.

Approve the final dividend of 5.65 pence per share

36,502,681,383

69.21

36,373,859,360

128,822,023

59,420,250

16.

Approve the Remuneration Report

36,180,637,330

68.60

34,739,599,342

1,441,037,988

380,323,800

17.

Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor

36,438,385,680

69.09

36,256,584,964

181,800,716

123,669,513

18.

Authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration

36,504,604,086

69.21

36,358,874,519

145,729,567

57,474,913

19.

Authority to allot shares

36,074,016,787

68.40

32,716,428,184

3,357,588,603

488,075,532

20.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

36,388,204,355

68.99

34,047,954,721

2,340,249,634

173,816,479

21.

Approval of market purchases of ordinary shares

36,480,864,056

69.17

36,224,397,776

256,466,280

80,245,291

22.

Adopt new Articles of Association

36,147,223,928

68.53

35,756,481,480

390,742,448

413,862,951

23.

Authorise the calling of a General Meeting other than an AGM on 14 days' notice

36,374,023,618

68.96

33,564,839,270

2,809,184,348

180,257,792

24.

Approval of amendments to the Vodafone Share Incentive Plan

36,472,839,412

69.15

35,949,271,233

523,568,179

70,720,690

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 23 July 2010 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 52,742,800,556. 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 19 and resolution 24 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 23 were passed as special resolutions.

A copy of resolutions 22, 23 and 24 passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKLA document viewing facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

 

 

 

For further information:

Vodafone Group

Investor Relations

Media Relations

Tel:  +44 (0) 1635 664447

Tel:  +44 (0) 1635 664444

 


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