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Result of AGM

28 Jul 2017 15:45

RNS Number : 4809M
Vodafone Group Plc
28 July 2017
 

28 July 2017

 

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Friday 28 July 2017 at 11.00 am.

 

The results of polls 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 2017

18,084,844,182

67.82%

18,073,405,193

99.94

11,438,989

0.06

59,549,553

2.

To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a Director

17,966,206,191

67.37%

17,757,742,665

98.84

208,463,526

1.16

178,114,446

3.

To re-elect Vittorio Colao as a Director

18,110,551,259

67.91%

18,077,926,299

99.82

32,624,960

0.18

33,677,673

4.

To re-elect Nick Read as a Director

18,110,527,433

67.91%

17,683,154,600

97.64

427,372,833

2.36

33,771,087

5.

To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director

18,110,012,011

67.91%

18,070,376,514

99.78

39,635,497

0.22

34,329,622

6.

To re-elect Dr Mathias Döpfner as a Director

18,109,846,999

67.91%

17,048,108,088

94.14

1,061,738,911

5.86

34,431,559

7.

To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director

18,110,679,542

67.91%

18,080,426,432

99.83

30,253,110

0.17

33,649,026

8.

To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director

18,110,666,881

67.91%

17,972,658,200

99.24

138,008,681

0.76

33,650,448

9.

 

To re-elect Renée James as a Director

18,110,252,117

67.91%

18,067,476,586

99.76

42,775,531

0.24

34,022,928

10.

To re-elect Samuel Jonah as a Director

18,109,626,542

67.91%

18,055,651,780

99.70

53,974,762

0.30

34,663,577

11.

To elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association

18,108,884,313

67.91%

16,318,331,374

90.11

1,790,552,939

9.89

35,432,072

12.

To re-elect David Nish as a Director

18,109,093,904

67.91%

18,002,906,234

99.41

106,187,670

0.59

35,214,958

13.

To declare a final dividend of 10.03 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2017

18,115,175,840

67.93%

18,068,937,788

99.74

46,238,052

0.26

29,266,445

14.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2017

18,088,949,855

67.83%

17,581,245,488

97.19

507,704,367

2.81

55,312,703

15.

To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2017

17,786,548,952

66.70%

17,324,339,658

97.40

462,209,294

2.60

357,720,232

16.

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company

17,419,661,319

65.32%

15,337,361,660

88.05

2,082,299,659

11.95

724,715,169

17.

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor

18,111,414,880

67.92%

17,614,117,704

97.25

497,297,176

2.75

32,951,111

18.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

18,076,700,202

67.78%

16,101,397,032

89.07

1,975,303,170

10.93

67,645,223

19.

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

18,080,592,621

67.80%

17,957,716,020

99.32

122,876,601

0.68

63,696,501

20.

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5% for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment

18,082,584,763

67.81%

16,562,618,082

91.59

1,519,966,681

8.41

61,728,898

21.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

18,119,680,862

67.95%

17,870,466,220

98.62

249,214,642

1.38

24,593,143

22.

To authorise political donations and expenditure

17,993,066,607

67.47%

17,581,848,750

97.71

411,217,857

2.29

151,261,840

23.

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

18,022,384,543

67.58%

16,894,164,607

93.74

1,128,219,936

6.26

122,042,190

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 26 July 2017 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,667,760,581. 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 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 19, 20, 21 and 23 were passed as Special Resolutions.

 

A copy of Resolutions 22 and 23, 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: morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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