Result of AGM

Vodafone Group Plc
30 July 2024
 

 

30 July 2024

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, 30 July 2024 at 10.00 am.

 

Resolutions 1 to 18 (inclusive) and 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 19 to 21 (inclusive) and 23 were passed as Special Resolutions.

 

The results of the poll on all 23 resolutions were as follows:

 

 

Resolution

Total votes validly cast

Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)

For

For (% of shares voted)

Against

Against (% of shares voted)

Votes withheld

1.

To receive the Company's accounts, the strategic report and reports of the Directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

16,708,518,405

62.87%

16,685,668,165

99.86

22,850,240

0.14

36,049,372

2.

To re-elect Jean-François van Boxmeer as a Director.

16,711,488,860

62.89%

16,393,349,101

98.10

318,139,759

1.90

33,079,259

3.

To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.

16,712,512,078

62.89%

16,661,482,636

99.69

51,029,442

0.31

32,056,004

4.

To elect Luka Mucic as a Director.

16,709,127,638

62.88%

16,648,924,108

99.64

60,203,530

0.36

35,440,266

5.

To re-elect Stephen A. Carter CBE as a Director.

16,705,759,539

62.86%

16,366,336,593

97.97

339,422,946

2.03

38,808,580

6.

To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.

16,705,365,194

62.86%

16,216,465,452

97.07

488,899,742

2.93

39,202,935

7.

To elect Hatem Dowidar as a Director.

16,705,256,639

62.86%

15,462,440,827

92.56

1,242,815,812

7.44

39,309,121

8.

To re-elect Delphine Ernotte Cunci as a Director.

16,705,532,366

62.86%

16,513,070,826

98.85

192,461,540

1.15

39,037,199

9.

To re-elect Deborah Kerr as a Director.

16,706,188,517

62.87%

16,664,826,660

99.75

41,361,857

0.25

38,377,727

10.

To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.

16,706,162,423

62.87%

16,368,263,154

97.98

337,899,269

2.02

38,407,095

11.

To re-elect David Nish as a Director.

16,705,649,951

62.86%

16,370,206,824

97.99

335,443,127

2.01

38,915,711

12.

To re-elect Christine Ramon as a Director.

16,705,064,816

62.86%

16,658,458,299

99.72

46,606,517

0.28

39,504,749

13.

To re-elect Simon Segars as a Director.

16,705,081,534

62.86%

16,664,376,500

99.76

40,705,034

0.24

39,485,498

14.

To declare a final dividend of 4.50 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2024.

16,722,935,063

62.93%

16,661,281,850

99.63

61,653,213

0.37

21,633,726

15.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2024 (the 'Annual

Report on Remuneration').

 

16,714,624,808

62.90%

16,115,961,645

96.42

598,663,163

3.58

29,944,036

16.

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 Company.

16,720,885,028

62.92%

16,631,494,409

99.47

89,390,619

0.53

23,683,426

17.

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

16,718,142,105

62.91%

16,651,952,014

99.60

66,190,091

0.40

26,426,740

18.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

16,712,739,525

62.89%

15,973,228,427

95.58

739,511,098

4.42

31,828,938

19.*

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.

16,651,228,068

62.66%

16,501,571,911

99.10

149,656,157

0.90

93,340,776

20.*

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 investment.

16,678,104,078

62.76%

16,483,239,834

98.83

194,864,244

1.17

66,464,766

21.*

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

16,711,390,412

62.88%

16,252,383,251

97.25

459,007,161

2.75

33,178,442

22.

To authorise political donations and expenditure.

16,634,845,809

62.60%

16,422,542,327

98.72

212,303,482

1.28

109,719,070

23.*

To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.

16,705,602,196

62.86%

16,025,255,821

95.93

680,346,375

4.07

38,964,701

 

* Special resolution

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 26 July 2024 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,574,652,729.  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.

 

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