249 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2024
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2024/25 financial calendar key dates Ex-dividend date for final dividend for ordinary shareholders 6 June 2024 Ex-dividend date for final dividend for ADR holders 7 June 2024 Record date for final dividend 7 June 2024 AGM 30 July 2024 Final dividend payment 2 August 2024 Useful contacts The Registrar Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA Telephone: +44 (0) 371 384 2532 See help.shareview.co.uk for more information about this service ADS holders EQ Shareowner Services P.O. Box 64504 St. Paul, MN 55164-0504 United States of America Telephone: +1 800 990 1135 (toll free), or for calls from outside the United States: +1 651 453 2128 See shareowneronline.com for more information about this service Shareholder information Managing your shares via Shareview Our share registrar, Equiniti, operates a portfolio service, Shareview, for investors in ordinary shares. This provides our shareholders with online access to information about their investments, as well as a facility to help manage their holdings online, such as being able to: – update your details online including your address and dividend payment instructions; – buy and sell shares easily; – receive certain shareholder communications electronically; – send your general meeting voting instructions in advance of shareholder meetings; – view information about and join the Vodafone Group Plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan (‘DRIP’); and – access your online statements. Equiniti also offers an internet and telephone share dealing service to existing shareholders. See shareview.co.uk for more information about this service. Shareholders with any queries regarding their holding should contact Equiniti on the contact details above. Shareholders may also find the Investors section of our corporate website useful for general queries and information about the Company. See vodafone.com/investor for further details AGM Our fourtieth AGM will be held at The Pavilion, Vodafone House, Newbury RG14 2FN on Tuesday, 30 July 2024 at 10.00 am. Shareholder communications We are taking steps to reduce our impact on our planet. The use of electronic communications, rather than printed paper documents, means information about the Company can be accessed through emails or the Company’s website, thus supporting our efforts to reduce our impact on the environment.
A growing number of our shareholders have opted to receive communications from us electronically. Shareholders who have done so will be sent an email alert containing a link to the relevant documents. We encourage all our shareholders to sign up for this service. You can register for this service at shareview.co.uk or by contacting Equiniti on the telephone number provided on the left of this page. See vodafone.com/investor for further information about this service ShareGift We support ShareGift, the charity share donation scheme (registered charity number 1052686). Through ShareGift, shareholders who have only a very small number of shares, which might be considered uneconomic to sell, are able to donate them to charity. Donated shares are aggregated and sold by ShareGift, with the proceeds being passed on to a wide range of UK charities. See sharegift.org or call +44 (0)20 7930 3737 for further details Warning to shareholders (‘boiler room’ scams) Over recent years, we have become aware of investors who have received unsolicited calls or correspondence, in some cases purporting to have been issued by us, concerning investment matters. These callers typically make claims of highly profitable investment opportunities that turn out to be worthless or simply do not exist. These approaches are usually made by unauthorised companies and individuals and are commonly known as ‘boiler room’ scams. Investors are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice or offers to buy shares. If it sounds too good to be true, it often is. See the FCA website at fca.org.uk/scamsmart for more detailed information about this or similar activities Dividends Read more on the dividend amount per share on pages 31 and 168. Euro dividends Dividends are declared in euros to align with the functional currency of the Company, and paid in euros and pounds sterling according to where the shareholder is resident. Cash dividends to ADS holders are paid by the ADS depositary bank in US dollars. The foreign exchange rates at which dividends declared in euros are converted into pounds sterling and US dollars are calculated based on the average exchange rate of the five business days during the week prior to the payment of the dividend. Payment of dividends by direct credit We pay cash dividends directly to shareholders’ bank or building society accounts. This ensures secure delivery and means dividend payments are credited to shareholders’ designated accounts on the same day payment is made. For ordinary shareholders, a dividend confirmation covering both the interim and final dividends paid during the financial year is sent to shareholders at the time of the interim dividend in February. Dividend reinvestment plan We offer a dividend reinvestment plan which allows holders of ordinary shares who choose to participate to use their cash dividends to acquire additional shares in the Company. These are purchased on their behalf by the plan administrator, Equiniti, through a low-cost dealing arrangement. For ADS holders, J.P. Morgan, through its transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services, maintains the Global Invest Direct Program, which is a direct purchase and sale plan for depositary receipts with a dividend reinvestment facility. See vodafone.com/dividends for further information about dividend payments
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