Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)
July 27 2021 - 9:04AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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.
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.
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.
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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
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