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 August 1, 2016

 

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 o

 

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): o

 

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): o

 

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 o

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 news release dated 29 July 2016 entitled ‘RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING’

 

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 Friday 29 July 2016 at 11.00 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 2016

18,476,306,074

69.43%

18,466,010,129

99.94

10,295,945

0.06

216,387,187

2.

To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a Director

18,578,527,697

69.82%

18,343,014,105

98.73

235,513,592

1.27

114,117,975

3.

To re-elect Vittorio Colao as a Director

18,671,823,172

70.17%

18,652,861,279

99.90

18,961,893

0.10

20,830,218

4.

To re-elect Nick Read as a Director

18,671,939,503

70.17%

18,364,406,210

98.35

307,533,293

1.65

20,705,723

5.

To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director

18,647,950,446

70.08%

18,623,994,985

99.87

23,955,461

0.13

44,672,626

6.

To re-elect Dr Mathias Döpfner as a Director

18,483,052,006

69.46%

15,870,012,186

85.86

2,613,039,820

14.14

209,584,746

7.

To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director

18,644,320,768

70.07%

18,627,380,300

99.91

16,940,468

0.09

48,320,813

8.

To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director

18,643,330,114

70.06%

18,594,699,881

99.74

48,630,233

0.26

49,301,961

9.

To re-elect Renee James as a Director

18,504,804,447

69.54%

18,228,467,770

98.51

276,336,677

1.49

187,829,740

10.

To re-elect Samuel Jonah as a Director

18,504,277,834

69.54%

18,418,181,503

99.53

86,096,331

0.47

188,361,065

11.

To re-elect Nick Land as a Director

18,345,060,285

68.94%

18,265,752,390

99.57

79,307,895

0.43

347,575,084

12.

To elect David Nish as a Director in accordance with the Company’s articles of association

18,642,391,031

70.06%

18,602,197,123

99.78

40,193,908

0.22

50,212,328

13.

To re-elect Philip Yea as a Director

18,459,112,752

69.37%

18,035,233,242

97.70

423,879,510

2.30

233,485,622

14.

To declare a final dividend of 7.77 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2016

18,677,396,541

70.19%

18,598,156,229

99.58

79,240,312

0.42

15,297,596

15.

To approve the Remuneration Report of the Board (other than the part relating to the directors’ Remuneration Policy, which was approved at the 2014 AGM) for the year ended

18,200,360,431

68.40%

17,640,195,555

96.92

560,164,876

3.08

492,289,893

 


 

 

31 March 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company

18,495,717,669

69.51%

18,453,618,140

99.77

42,099,529

0.23

196,982,881

17.

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor

18,673,980,382

70.18%

18,656,250,760

99.91

17,729,622

0.09

18,711,088

18.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

18,636,287,569

70.04%

17,165,493,729

92.11

1,470,793,840

7.89

56,362,192

19.

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights

18,626,412,294

70.00%

18,425,173,232

98.92

201,239,062

1.08

66,292,694

20.

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5% for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment

18,627,701,155

70.00%

17,170,675,004

92.18

1,457,026,151

7.82

64,988,737

21.

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

18,553,057,818

69.72%

18,313,124,798

98.71

239,933,020

1.29

136,150,842

22.

To authorise political donations and expenditure

18,515,341,431

69.58%

18,064,453,976

97.56

450,887,455

2.44

176,467,815

23.

To authorise the Directors to call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on a minimum of 14 clear days’ notice

18,520,506,594

69.60%

16,297,075,872

87.99

2,223,430,722

12.01

171,297,550

 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 27 July 2016 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,609,731,647.   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 18 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 19, 20, 21 and 23 were passed as special resolutions.

 

A copy of Resolutions 22 and 23, 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

 


 

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: August 1, 2016

By:

/s/ R E S MARTIN

 

Name:

Rosemary E S Martin

 

Title:

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary