6-K 1 tm2123389d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

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 27, 2021

 

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 x   Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes ¨  No x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____.

 

 

 

 

This Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement dated 27 July 2021 entitled ‘RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING’.

 

 

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 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 2021.   17,132,724,181    61.60    17,125,806,638    99.96    6,917,543    0.04    23,915,195 
2.  To elect Olaf Swantee as a Director.   17,130,076,272    61.59    17,095,470,221    99.80    34,606,051    0.20    26,435,255 
3.  To re-elect Jean-François van Boxmeer as a Director.   17,131,196,388    61.59    16,235,434,377    94.77    895,762,011    5.23    25,534,309 
4.  To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.   17,131,339,238    61.59    17,088,602,622    99.75    42,736,616    0.25    25,271,692 
5.  To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.   17,131,587,069    61.59    17,084,011,783    99.72    47,575,286    0.28    24,992,962 
6.  To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.   17,130,152,964    61.59    17,009,929,952    99.30    120,223,012    0.70    26,432,593 
7.  To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.   17,129,962,222    61.59    17,061,166,726    99.60    68,795,496    0.40    26,647,135 
8.  To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.   17,130,989,026    61.59    17,094,737,047    99.79    36,251,979    0.21    25,620,151 
9  To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.   17,130,841,063    61.59    16,872,817,032    98.49    258,024,031    1.51    25,768,550 
10.  To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.   17,131,017,933    61.59    16,466,110,256    96.12    664,907,677    3.88    25,591,305 
11.  To re-elect Sanjiv Ahuja as a Director.   RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN 
12.  To re-elect David Nish as a Director.   17,125,461,561    61.57    17,056,275,299    99.60    69,186,262    0.40    31,110,498 
13.  To declare a final dividend of 4.50 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2021.   17,146,267,777    61.64    17,016,928,924    99.25    129,338,853    0.75    10,335,481 
14.  To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2021.
   17,131,306,675    61.59    16,729,088,541    97.65    402,218,134    2.35    25,262,861 
15.  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 Company.   17,142,233,659    61.63    16,713,626,165    97.50    428,607,494    2.50    14,379,508 
16.  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.   17,140,202,508    61.62    16,873,583,470    98.44    266,619,038    1.56    16,372,690 
17.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares   17,134,515,551    61.60    16,058,241,382    93.72    1,076,274,169    6.28    22,070,445 
18.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.   17,109,183,719    61.51    16,767,989,818    98.01    341,193,901    1.99    47,381,780 
19.  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.   17,120,134,729    61.55    16,370,746,771    95.62    749,387,958    4.38    36,451,703 
20.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.   17,135,194,625    61.61    16,843,308,960    98.30    291,885,665    1.70    21,372,240 
21.  To approve the adoption of new articles of association.   17,113,903,563    61.53    17,080,074,901    99.80    33,828,662    0.20    42,680,690 
22.  To authorise political donations and expenditure.   17,119,587,463    61.55    16,817,937,876    98.24    301,649,587    1.76    33,749,912 
23.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on a minimum of 14 clear days’ notice.   17,125,163,856    61.57    16,158,288,221    94.35    966,875,635    5.65    30,879,790 

 

 

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.

 

For further information:

 

Vodafone Group  
   
Media Relations Investor Relations
www.vodafone.com/media/contact ir@vodafone.co.uk

 

 

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)

 

Dated: July 27, 2021 By: /s/ R E S MARTIN
    Name: Rosemary E S Martin
    Title: Group General Counsel and Company Secretary