Covid-19 – annual general meeting – Monday 19 July 2021
Vodacom Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1993/005461/06)
Share code VOD ISIN ZAE000132577
ADR code VDMCY ISIN US9258D2009
(“Vodacom” or “the company”)
Covid-19 – annual general meeting – Monday 19 July 2021
Shareholders are referred to the twenty-sixth annual general meeting to be held on Monday 19
July 2021 by way of an electronic platform, to consider, and if deemed fit, to pass with or without
modification, the resolutions as set in the notice of annual general meeting which was posted to
shareholders on Friday 11 June 2021 and which notice is available on the company’s website
www.vodacom.com.
The record date for shareholders to be registered in the books of the company for purposes of
the annual general meeting is Friday 9 July 2021. The last day to trade to qualify for this annual
general meeting will be Tuesday 6 July 2021.
Vodacom reiterates that the health and wellbeing of our staff and shareholders are paramount.
As a consequence of the ongoing impact of Covid-19, the board has determined that the AGM
will be held by way of an electronic platform. This electronic platform will enable shareholders to
attend, speak and vote at the AGM.
Logistical arrangements for shareholders electing to participate in the annual general
meeting by way of the electronic platform:
1. Vodacom has retained the services The Meeting Specialist Proprietary Limited (“TMS”) to
host the twenty-sixth annual general meeting on an interactive electronic platform to
facilitate remote participation and voting by shareholders.
2. Shareholders who wish to participate electronically in and/ or vote at the twenty-sixth
annual general meeting are required to contact TMS on proxy@tmsmeetings.co.za or
alternatively contact their office on +27 11 520 7950/1/2 as soon as possible, but for
administrative purposes no later than 10:00 Friday 16 July 2021.
Shareholders are strongly encouraged to submit votes by form of proxy before the
meeting. If shareholders wish to participate in the twenty-sixth annual general meeting,
they should instruct their CSDP or broker to issue them with the necessary letter of
representation to participate in the twenty-sixth annual general meeting, in the manner
stipulated in your custody agreement. These instructions must be provided to the CSDP
or broker by the cut-off time and date advised by the CSDP or broker, to accommodate
such requests.
3. TMS will assist shareholders with the requirements for electronic participation in, and/or
voting at, the twenty-sixth annual general meeting. TMS is further obliged to validate (in
correspondence with Vodacom and, in particular, the transfer secretary, Computershare
Investor Services and your CSDP) each such shareholder's entitlement to participate in
and/or vote at the twenty-sixth annual general meeting, before providing it with the
necessary means to access the twenty-sixth annual general meeting and/or the
associated voting platform. Once validated, details around the electronic facility will be
shared with the shareholder concerned. Such electronic facility will permit shareholders to
not only participate at the annual general meeting but to also vote, the process of how
would also be explained to shareholders once validated.
Shareholders will be liable for their own network charges in relation to electronic
participation in and/or voting at the twenty-sixth annual general meeting. Any such
charges will not be for the account of the JSE, Vodacom and/or TMS. None of the JSE,
Vodacom or TMS can be held accountable in the case of loss of network connectivity or
other network failure due to insufficient airtime, internet connectivity, internet bandwidth
and/or power outages which prevents any such Shareholder from participating in and/or
voting at the twenty-sixth annual general meeting.
Voting by proxy
Notwithstanding the above, shareholders are reminded that they are still able to vote
normally through proxy submission, despite deciding to participate either electronically or
not at all in the twenty-sixth annual general meeting. Shareholders are strongly
encouraged to submit votes by form of proxy in advance of the twenty-sixth annual general
meeting.
Please forward all relevant information to the below mentioned:
The Meeting Specialist Proprietary Limited
JSE Building
One Exchange Square
2 Gwen Lane
Sandown
South Africa
2196
Attention: Michael Wenner, Farhana Adam or Izzy van Schoor
Midrand
5 July 2021
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited
Date: 05-07-2021 08:00:00
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