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RNS Number : 3396U

Vodafone Group Plc

28 July 2015

28 July 2015

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU on Tuesday 28 July 2015 at 11.00 am.

The results of polls on all 21 resolutions were as follows:

 
             Resolution             Total        Percentage        For          For        Against      Against      Votes 
                                     votes           of                          (%                      (% of      withheld 
                                    validly       relevant                       of                      shares 
                                     cast          shares                      shares                    voted) 
                                                  in issue                     voted) 
                                                    (%) 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To receive 
        the Company's 
        accounts, 
        the strategic 
        report and 
        reports of 
        the directors 
        and the auditor 
        for the year 
        ended 31 March 
  1.    2015                    18,053,412,771   68.01        18,045,588,116   99.96    7,824,655       0.04      65,903,601 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Gerard Kleisterlee 
  2.    as a director           18,065,334,836   68.05        17,891,382,798   99.04    173,952,038     0.96      53,927,329 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Vittorio Colao 
  3.    as a director           18,069,517,384   68.07        18,053,798,992   99.91    15,718,392      0.09      49,751,478 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Nick Read 
  4.    as a director           18,069,397,138   68.07        17,899,346,914   99.06    170,050,224     0.94      49,857,373 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Crispin 
        Davis as a 
  5.    director                18,069,455,272   68.07        17,954,747,451   99.37    114,707,821     0.63      49,785,400 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To elect Dr 
        Mathias Döpfner 
        as a director 
        in accordance 
        with the Company's 
        Articles of 
  6.    Association.            18,068,986,019   68.06        17,992,681,636   99.58    76,304,383      0.42      50,244,679 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Dame Clara 
        Furse as a 
  7.    director.               18,069,679,216   68.07        18,041,804,180   99.85    27,875,036      0.15      49,570,868 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Valerie Gooding 
  8.    as a director           18,069,719,821   68.07        18,035,505,617   99.81    34,214,204      0.19      49,557,680 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Renee James 
  9.    as a director           18,069,681,337   68.07        18,049,479,995   99.89    20,201,342      0.11      49,603,464 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Samuel Jonah 
 10.    as a director           18,069,427,074   68.07        18,017,021,945   99.71    52,405,129      0.29      49,842,781 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Nick Land 
 11.    as a director           18,067,623,927   68.06        18,014,373,462   99.71    53,250,465      0.29      51,625,261 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To re-elect 
        Philip Yea 
 12.    as a director           18,021,983,891   67.89        17,631,067,580   97.83    390,916,311     2.17      97,163,449 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To declare 
        a final dividend 
        of 7.62 pence 
        per ordinary 
        share for 
        the year ended 
 13.    31 March 2015.          18,072,957,301   68.08        18,067,572,703   99.97    5,384,598       0.03      46,268,980 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To approve 
        the Remuneration 
        Report of 
        the Board 
        for the year 
        ended 31 March 
 14.    2015.                   17,565,725,621   66.17        17,072,436,151   97.19    493,289,470     2.81      553,520,692 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To reappoint 
       PricewaterhouseCoopers 
       LLP as auditor 
       to the Company 
       until the 
       end of the 
       next general 
       meeting at 
       which accounts 
       are laid before 
 15.   the Company.             17,909,762,916   67.46        17,866,169,080   99.76    43,593,836      0.24      209,468,719 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Audit 
        and Risk Committee 
        to determine 
        the remuneration 
 16.    of the auditor.         18,070,168,023   68.07        18,040,213,622   99.83    29,954,401      0.17      49,055,834 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the directors 
 17.    to allot shares         18,027,093,597   67.91        16,636,168,168   92.28    1,390,925,429   7.72      116,709,126 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the directors 
        to dis-apply 
        pre-emption 
 18.    rights                  17,715,916,288   66.73        16,581,550,978   93.60    1,134,365,310   6.40      403,317,160 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to purchase 
 19.    its own shares          18,041,266,298   67.96        17,995,701,374   99.75    45,564,924      0.25      77,948,761 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        political 
        donations 
 20.    and expenditure         17,984,235,347   67.74        17,127,710,892   95.24    856,524,455     4.76      135,038,271 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
       To authorise 
        the Company 
        to call general 
        meetings (other 
        than annual 
        general meetings) 
        on a minimum 
        of 14 clear 
 21.    days' notice            18,064,999,641   68.05        16,142,065,109   89.36    1,922,934,532   10.64     54,303,650 
----  -----------------------  ---------------  -----------  ---------------  -------  --------------  --------  ------------ 
 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 24 July 2015 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,546,996,574. 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 and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 18, 19 and 21 were passed as special resolutions.

A copy of Resolutions 20 and 21, 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: morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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