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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 28(th) 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* For (no. For Against Against Votes Withheld Total
of shares) (%) (no. of shares) (%) (No. of issued
shares) share
capital
*denotes a special instructed
resolution (%)
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%
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2. To approve the
directors' remuneration
report 3,381,623,020 99.08% 31,297,216 0.92% 58,732,404 90.81%
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3. To approve the
directors' remuneration
policy 3,241,503,962 94.98% 171,412,682 5.02% 58,735,995 90.81%
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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%
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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%
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6. To elect Olusegun
Ogunsanya as a director 3,416,846,724 99.93% 2,415,074 0.07% 52,390,842 90.98%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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12. To elect Tsega
Gebreyes as a director 3,417,646,360 99.95% 1,605,815 0.05% 52,400,465 90.98%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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22. To disapply statutory
pre-emption rights* 3,417,978,315 99.96% 1,282,893 0.04% 52,391,432 90.98%
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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%
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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%
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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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