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Airtel Africa PLC
15 July 2021
15 July 2021
RESULT OF AGM
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Airtel Africa plc
(the "Company")
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held on
Thursday 15 July 2021 at First Floor, 53/54 Grosvenor Street,
London, W1K 3HU, United Kingdom, all the resolutions set out in the
Notice of AGM were passed by the requisite majority. Each of the
resolutions put to the AGM was voted on by way of a poll. The
results of the poll for each resolution were as follows:
Resolution* For (no. For Against (no. Against Votes Withheld Total issued
of shares) (%) of shares) (%) (No. of share capital
shares) instructed
(%)
*denotes a special
resolution
1. To receive the
accounts and the
reports of the directors
and the auditor for
the year ended 31
March 2021 2,855,437,620 100.00 71,899 0.00 603,792 75.98%
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2. To approve the
directors' remuneration
report 2,834,415,311 99.24 21,635,262 0.76 62,738 76.00%
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3. To declare a final
dividend for the
year ended 31 March
2021 of US$0.025
for each ordinary
share 2,856,111,811 100.00 1,200 0.00 300 76.00%
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4. To re-elect Sunil
Bharti Mittal as
a director 2,835,406,479 99.28 20,694,586 0.72 12,246 76.00%
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5. To re-elect Raghunath
Mandava as a director 2,853,822,746 99.92 2,278,144 0.08 12,421 76.00%
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6. To re-elect Andrew
Green CBE as a director 749,149,848 99.75 1,842,402 0.25 2,105,121,061 19.98%
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7. To re-elect Awuneba
Ajumogobia as a director 749,551,146 99.81 1,440,429 0.19 2,105,121,736 19.98%
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8. To re-elect Douglas
Baillie as a director 749,173,848 99.76 1,818,402 0.24 2,105,121,061 19.98%
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9. To re-elect John
Danilovich as a director 749,619,801 99.82 1,371,975 0.18 2,105,121,535 19.98%
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10. To re-elect Annika
Poutiainen as a director 749,600,771 99.81 1,390,980 0.19 2,105,121,560 19.98%
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11. To re-elect Ravi
Rajagopal as a director 749,155,543 99.76 1,836,707 0.24 2,105,121,061 19.98%
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12. To elect Kelly
Bayer Rosmarin as
a director 2,854,398,585 99.94 1,702,180 0.06 12,546 76.00%
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13. To re-elect Akhil
Gupta as a director 2,853,804,741 99.92 2,296,324 0.08 12,246 76.00%
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14. To re-elect Shravin
Bharti Mittal as
a director 2,853,803,541 99.92 2,297,349 0.08 12,421 76.00%
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15. To elect Jaideep
Paul as a director 2,853,629,568 99.91 2,471,498 0.09 12,245 76.00%
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16. To reappoint
Deloitte LLP as auditor
of the Company 2,855,989,288 100.00 74,142 0.00 49,881 76.00%
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17. To authorise
the audit committee
of the Board to determine
the remuneration
of the auditor 2,855,937,653 99.99 159,358 0.01 16,300 76.00%
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18. To authorise
the Company to make
political donations
and incur political
expenditure 2,720,958,819 99.98 420,053 0.02 134,734,439 72.41%
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19. To authorise
the directors to
allot ordinary shares 2,853,742,181 99.92 2,352,011 0.08 19,119 76.00%
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20. To disapply statutory
pre-emption rights* 2,855,563,585 99.98 533,952 0.02 15,774 76.00%
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21. To authorise
the directors to
hold general meetings
on not less than
14 clear days' notice* 2,847,194,942 99.69 8,909,395 0.31 8,974 76.00%
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Notes:
1. Resolutions 6 to 11 concern the re-election of the
independent non-executive directors of the Company. In accordance
with the UK Listing Rules, the result of the votes of independent
shareholders (that is, excluding controlling shareholders) is as
set out above, save that the percentage of issued share capital
instructed is 45.43%.
2. As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued ordinary
shares of the Company was 3,758,151,504 shares, which was the total
number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or
against all resolutions.
3. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or
"Against" any resolution nor in the calculation of the proportion
of "Total issued share capital instructed" for any resolution.
4. A copy of resolutions 18 and 21 passed at the AGM will
shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
5. The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be
found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on
the Investor area of Company's website at airtel.africa.
Enquiries
Airtel Africa plc
Simon O'Hara +44 20 7493 9315
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