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Vodafone Group Plc
27 July 2021
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at The
Pavilion, Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
2FN on Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 10.00 am.
The results of polls on all 23 resolutions were as follows:
Resolution Total votes Percentage For For (% Against Against Votes
validly cast of of (% of withheld
relevant shares shares
shares voted) voted)
in issue
(%)
To receive
the Company's
accounts,
the strategic
report and
reports
of the Directors
and the
auditor
for the
year ended
31 March
1. 2021. 17,132,724,181 61.60 17,125,806,638 99.96 6,917,543 0.04 23,915,195
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To elect
Olaf Swantee
2. as a Director. 17,130,076,272 61.59 17,095,470,221 99.80 34,606,051 0.20 26,435,255
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To re-elect
Jean-François
van Boxmeer
3. as a Director. 17,131,196,388 61.59 16,235,434,377 94.77 895,762,011 5.23 25,534,309
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To re-elect
Nick Read
4. as a Director. 17,131,339,238 61.59 17,088,602,622 99.75 42,736,616 0.25 25,271,692
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To re-elect
Margherita
Della Valle
5. as a Director. 17,131,587,069 61.59 17,084,011,783 99.72 47,575,286 0.28 24,992,962
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To re-elect
Sir Crispin
Davis as
6. a Director. 17,130,152,964 61.59 17,009,929,952 99.30 120,223,012 0.70 26,432,593
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To re-elect
Michel Demaré
7. as a Director. 17,129,962,222 61.59 17,061,166,726 99.60 68,795,496 0.40 26,647,135
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To re-elect
Dame Clara
Furse as
8. a Director. 17,130,989,026 61.59 17,094,737,047 99.79 36,251,979 0.21 25,620,151
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To re-elect
Valerie
Gooding
9 as a Director. 17,130,841,063 61.59 16,872,817,032 98.49 258,024,031 1.51 25,768,550
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To re-elect
Maria Amparo
Moraleda
Martinez
10. as a Director. 17,131,017,933 61.59 16,466,110,256 96.12 664,907,677 3.88 25,591,305
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11. To re-elect RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN
Sanjiv Ahuja
as a Director.
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To re-elect
David Nish
12. as a Director. 17,125,461,561 61.57 17,056,275,299 99.60 69,186,262 0.40 31,110,498
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To declare
a final
dividend
of 4.50
eurocents
per ordinary
share for
the year
ended 31
13. March 2021. 17,146,267,777 61.64 17,016,928,924 99.25 129,338,853 0.75 10,335,481
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To approve
the Annual
Report on
Remuneration
contained
in the
Remuneration
Report of
the Board
for the
year ended
31 March
14. 2021. 17,131,306,675 61.59 16,729,088,541 97.65 402,218,134 2.35 25,262,861
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To reappoint
Ernst &
Young LLP
as the Company's
auditor
until the
end of the
next general
meeting
at which
accounts
are laid
before the
15. Company. 17,142,233,659 61.63 16,713,626,165 97.50 428,607,494 2.50 14,379,508
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To authorise
the Audit
and Risk
Committee
to determine
the remuneration
16. of the auditor. 17,140,202,508 61.62 16,873,583,470 98.44 266,619,038 1.56 16,372,690
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To authorise
the Directors
to allot
17. shares 17,134,515,551 61.60 16,058,241,382 93.72 1,076,274,169 6.28 22,070,445
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To authorise
the Directors
to dis-apply
pre-emption
18. rights. 17,109,183,719 61.51 16,767,989,818 98.01 341,193,901 1.99 47,381,780
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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
19. investment. 17,120,134,729 61.55 16,370,746,771 95.62 749,387,958 4.38 36,451,703
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To authorise
the Company
to purchase
its own
20. shares. 17,135,194,625 61.61 16,843,308,960 98.30 291,885,665 1.70 21,372,240
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To approve
the adoption
of new articles
21. of association. 17,113,903,563 61.53 17,080,074,901 99.80 33,828,662 0.20 42,680,690
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To authorise
political
donations
22. and expenditure. 17,119,587,463 61.55 16,817,937,876 98.24 301,649,587 1.76 33,749,912
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To authorise
the Company
to call
general
meetings
(other than
AGMs) on
a minimum
of 14 clear
23. days' notice. 17,125,163,856 61.57 16,158,288,221 94.35 966,875,635 5.65 30,879,790
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The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 23 July 2021
(excluding shares held in Treasury) was 27,814,578,745.
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 17 (inclusive) and 22 were passed as Ordinary
Resolutions. Resolutions 18 to 21 (inclusive) and 23 were passed as
Special Resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 21
to 23 (inclusive), 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 .
Other matters
Following conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, the below
changes to the composition of the Board and its Committees were
effective:
- Olaf Swantee was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and
became a member of the Audit and Risk Committee;
- Sanjiv Ahuja retired as a Non-Executive Director and member of
the Audit and Risk Committee; and
- Renee James retired as a Non-Executive Director and member of
the Nominations and Governance and Remuneration Committees.
Fo r further information:
Vodafone Group
Media Relations Investor Relations
www.vodafone.com/media/contact ir@vodafone.co.uk
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