6-K 1 a4289y.htm RESULT OF AGM a4289y
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
 
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Dated July 30, 2024
 
Commission File Number: 001-10086
 
VODAFONE GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
 
VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN, ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F ✓ Form 40-F _
 
 
 
This Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated 30 July 2024 entitled ‘Result of AGM’.
 
 
  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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For more information, please contact:
 
Investor Relations                                             Media Relations
 
Investors.vodafone.com                                    Vodafone.com/media/contact
ir@vodafone.co.uk                                            GroupMedia@vodafone.com
 
Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No. 1833679
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
 
 
 
VODAFONE GROUP
 
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date: July 30, 2024
By: /s/ M D B
 
Name: Maaike de Bie
 
Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary