Result of AGM
Vodafone Group Plc
24 July 2007
24 July 2007
BOARD STATEMENT AND 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 24
July 2007.
The Board has issued the following statement :
'The Board notes today's strong vote against the resolutions proposed by
Efficient Capital Structures. The Company's strategy regarding Verizon Wireless
and the Group's capital structure are important issues which the Board will
continue to review on a regular basis, in order to deliver sustained growth in
value for shareholders'
The results of polls on all 28 resolutions were as follows:
Resolution For Against Votes Withheld
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1. Receive directors' report 35,683,410,077 45,939,225 33,511,130
and financial statements
2. Re-elect Sir John Bond as a 35,454,409,238 157,872,074 296,147,520
director
3. Re-elect Arun Sarin as a 35,204,295,387 406,138,102 298,011,103
director
4. Re-elect Dr Michael Boskin 27,065,526,485 8,522,527,296 315,264,802
as a director
5. Re-elect John Buchanan as a 35,466,493,998 144,883,506 297,009,028
director
6. Re-elect Andy Halford as a 35,554,128,903 57,172,928 297,119,973
director
7. Re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as 35,327,710,815 283,929,296 296,757,038
a director
8. Re-elect Professor Jurgen 35,081,499,538 529,472,943 297,300,120
Schrempp as a director
9. Re-elect Luc Vandevelde as a 35,212,017,031 398,593,261 297,624,537
director
10. Re-elect Anthony Watson as 35,218,831,285 391,954,740 297,425,593
a director
11. Re-elect Philip Yea as a 35,218,015,442 392,776,330 297,443,773
director
12. Elect Vittorio Colao as a 35,551,552,061 58,770,373 297,892,636
director
13. Elect Alan Jebson as a 35,572,791,115 37,661,055 297,783,682
director
14. Elect Nick Land as a 35,469,216,819 139,108,648 299,866,116
director
15. Elect Simon Murray as a 35,483,220,767 128,117,984 297,349,129
director
16. Approve the final dividend 35,784,681,709 57,053,887 21,985,154
of 4.41pence per share
17. Approve the Remuneration 31,589,624,513 1,671,595,432 2,647,213,048
Report
18. Re-appoint Deloitte & 34,897,704,217 468,460,747 393,237,660
Touche LLP as auditors
19. Authorise the Audit 35,457,682,450 387,163,890 18,918,260
Committee to determine the
auditors' remuneration
20. Authority to allot shares 34,031,006,502 1,704,555,151 27,596,680
21. Disapplication of 34,102,078,123 1,730,540,818 31,037,513
pre-emption rights
22. Approval of market 35,455,200,686 58,307,188 294,742,030
purchases of ordinary shares
23. To authorize the Company to 35,665,005,791 67,365,424 30,782,963
send or supply documents or
information to shareholders in
electronic form or by means of
a website
24. To adopt new Articles of 35,403,327,822 314,282,181 45,547,089
Association
25. To amend Article 114.1 of 1,665,442,699 34,021,159,845 222,576,610
the Company's Articles of
Association
26. To separate out the 1,658,464,189 33,457,095,396 793,684,413
Company's 45% interest in
Verizon Wireless from its other
assets by tracking shares or
spin-off
27. To issue Company bonds 1,140,930,194 34,019,262,940 749,022,292
directly to shareholders,
increasing the Group's
indebtedness
28. To amend the Company's 2,141,610,389 33,508,924,818 213,534,167
Articles of Association to
limit the Company's ability to
make acquisitions without
approval by special resolution
Resolutions 1 to 20 proposed by the directors were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 21 to 24 proposed by the directors were passed as
special resolutions.
Resolutions 26 and 27 requisitioned by a group of shareholders were not passed
as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 25 and 28 requisitioned by a group of
shareholders were not passed as special resolutions.
Stephen Scott
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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