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Airtel Africa PLC
28 June 2022
 

 

28 June 2022

RESULT OF AGM

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Airtel Africa plc

(the "Company")

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Tuesday 28th June 2022 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*

 

 

 

*denotes a special resolution

For (no. of shares)

For (%)

Against (no. of shares)

Against

(%)

Votes Withheld (No. of shares)

Total issued share capital instructed (%)

1.     To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2022

3,418,631,062

100.00%

27,775

0.00%

52,993,803

90.97%

2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report

3,381,623,020

99.08%

31,297,216

0.92%

58,732,404

90.81%

3.     To approve the directors' remuneration policy

3,241,503,962

94.98%

171,412,682

5.02%

58,735,995

90.81%

4.     To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2022 of US$0.03 for each ordinary share

3,419,257,110

100.00%

19,113

0.00%

52,376,417

90.98%

5.     To re-elect Sunil Bharti Mittal as a director

3,348,113,735

98.10%

64,811,819

1.90%

58,727,086

90.81%

6.     To elect Olusegun Ogunsanya as a director

3,416,846,724

99.93%

2,415,074

0.07%

52,390,842

90.98%

7.     To re-elect Jaideep Paul as a director

3,412,556,062

99.80%

6,705,386

0.20%

52,391,192

90.98%

8.     To re-elect Andrew Green as a director

3,399,855,874

99.43%

19,416,734

0.57%

52,380,032

90.98%

9.     To re-elect Awuneba Ajumogobia as a director

3,415,335,643

99.89%

3,916,775

0.11%

52,400,222

90.98%

10.   To re-elect Douglas Baillie as a director

3,404,515,845

99.57%

14,736,242

0.43%

52,400,553

90.98%

11.   To re-elect John Danilovich as a director

3,415,587,962

99.89%

3,663,775

0.11%

52,400,903

90.98%

12.   To elect Tsega Gebreyes as a director

3,417,646,360

99.95%

1,605,815

0.05%

52,400,465

90.98%

13.   To re-elect Annika Poutiainen as a director

3,415,826,481

99.90%

3,426,044

0.10%

52,400,115

90.98%

14.   To re-elect Ravi Rajagopal as a director

3,408,890,747

99.70%

10,361,778

0.30%

52,400,115

90.98%

15.   To re-elect Kelly Bayer Rosmarin as a director

3,414,757,724

99.87%

4,494,363

0.13%

52,400,553

90.98%

16.   To re-elect Akhil Gupta as a director

3,414,757,812

99.87%

4,494,606

0.13%

52,400,222

90.98%

17.   To re-elect Shravin Bharti Mittal as a director

3,414,584,255

99.86%

4,675,193

0.14%

52,393,192

90.98%

18.   To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company

3,418,902,834

99.99%

371,675

0.01%

52,378,131

90.98%

19.   To authorise the audit and risk committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor

3,418,900,732

99.99%

361,476

0.01%

52,390,432

90.98%

20.   To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure

3,280,423,475

99.88%

4,104,881

0.12%

187,124,284

87.40%

21.   To authorise the directors to allot ordinary shares

3,416,180,710

99.91%

3,089,066

0.09%

52,382,864

90.98%

22.   To disapply statutory pre-emption rights*

3,417,978,315

99.96%

1,282,893

0.04%

52,391,432

90.98%

23.   To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares*

3,416,373,479

99.92%

2,800,828

0.08%

52,478,333

90.98%

24.   To authorise the directors to hold general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice*

3,402,225,804

99.50%

17,045,159

0.50%

52,381,677

90.98%

 

Notes:

1.     Resolutions 8 to 14 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  79.50%

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 20 and 24 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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