Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3968I

Vodafone Group Plc

24 July 2012

 



24 July 2012

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescot Street, London E1 8GP on Tuesday 24 July 2012.

The results of polls on all 22 resolutions were as follows:

	Resolution	Total votes validly cast	Percentage of Relevant shares in issue (%)	For	Against	Votes withheld
1.	To receive the Company's accounts and reports of the directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2012	34,380,641,209	69.83%	34,333,448,024	47,193,185	74,483,836
2.	To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a director	34,392,476,457	69.86%	34,092,284,235	300,192,222	64,228,325
3.	To re-elect Vittorio Colao as a director	34,394,274,995	69.86%	34,343,552,418	50,722,577	62,537,408
4.	To re-elect Andy Halford as a director	34,394,022,192	69.86%	34,269,909,936	124,112,256	62,411,557
5.	To re-elect Stephen Pusey as a director	34,393,427,113	69.86%	34,256,842,392	136,584,721	62,652,434
6.	To re-elect Renee James as a director	34,393,400,973	69.86%	34,270,855,092	122,545,881	63,289,972
7.	To elect Alan Jebson as a director	34,392,883,695	69.86%	34,337,712,032	55,171,663	63,711,455
8.	To re-elect Samuel Jonah as a director	34,392,468,582	69.86%	34,302,643,063	89,825,519	63,869,563
9.	To re-elect Nick Land as a director	34,392,445,121	69.86%	34,339,094,014	53,351,107	63,876,119
10.	To re-elect Anne Lauvergeon as a director	34,393,517,733	69.86%	34,347,176,788	46,340,945	63,183,545
11.	To re-elect Luc Vandevelde as a director	34,389,804,398	69.85%	34,147,056,888	242,747,510	66,442,774
12.	To re-elect Anthony Watson as a director	34,392,403,785	69.86%	34,296,448,955	95,954,830	63,962,883
13.	To re-elect Philip Yea as a director	34,389,267,546	69.85%	34,214,231,645	175,035,901	66,266,858
14.	To approve a final dividend of 6.47p per ordinary share	34,404,095,414	69.88%	34,391,449,274	12,646,140	53,234,312
15.	To approve the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2012	34,241,413,948	69.55%	33,021,459,248	1,219,954,700	214,955,363
16.	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor	34,347,695,643	69.77%	34,171,339,519	176,356,124	109,231,848
17.	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	34,396,683,277	69.87%	34,342,335,693	54,347,584	60,090,899
18.	To authorise the directors to allot shares	33,923,420,245	68.91%	31,620,687,343	2,302,732,902	532,273,250
19.	To authorise the directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights	34,280,219,198	69.63%	33,660,419,666	619,799,532	175,033,672
20.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	34,389,696,723	69.85%	34,270,792,446	118,904,277	66,519,445
21.	To authorise political donations and expenditure	34,294,607,257	69.66%	33,316,832,835	977,774,422	161,555,554
22.	To authorise the calling of a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting on not less that 14 clear days' notice	34,358,979,563	69.79%	30,679,931,148	3,679,048,415	96,540,560

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 20 July 2012 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 49,231,385,810.  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 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19,20 and 22 were passed as special resolutions.

A copy of Resolution 21 and 22, passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting, have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

 

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