Welcome to the shareholders and other stakeholders that are following this call along the live stream on our website. As the chair of the Supervisory Board, I will chair this meeting, and I appoint Jasper Spanbroek, Secretary of the company, as the secretary of this meeting. Behind the table are furthermore, on behalf of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Noteboom, Vice Chair, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, the CEO and chair of the Board of Directors, Mr. Farwerck. Furthermore, present in this room are Mrs. Leemrijse, a civil notary in Amsterdam, who will write the minutes, and on behalf of the Central Works Council, and present on behalf of the board, Mrs. Bakker-Vorst, chair, and Mr. Boers, vice chair. The intended member of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Shuter, whose appointment is on the agenda today, is also present at this meeting.
Once more, welcome to everybody. The meeting was convened in time and according, in accordance with the required formalities, by putting the convocation and the agenda on the website of KPN on the twentieth of August, 2024. Now, a few practical announcements. Shareholders in the room have the opportunity to take the floor during the meeting. If you want to do that, please raise your hand so I can give you the floor. In order to help minute-taking, I ask you to mention your name and your place, the place where you live, and to be brief. With regard to the minutes, this meeting will be recorded, and one message about the language during this meeting, it's Dutch. Questions can be asked both in Dutch and in English.
Mr. Shuter, whose appointment is on the agenda today, will give an introduction in English, and you can use the headsets option one with regard to translation into Dutch if you need translation.
Headsets, headphones with an English translation are available on request. The webcast also will be translated to English.
I hope you will have a very informative meeting, and let's move on to the second item on the agenda, which is an opportunity to make recommendations for the appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board of KPN. As announced by the company, we intend to fill in the vacancy that arose following the step down of Mr. Plater in February, 2024, and has nominated Mr. Shuter to be appointed in the Supervisory Board at this EGM. This position must be filled according to the profile of the Supervisory Board. In particular, the Supervisory Board wants a diverse composition with regard to age, gender, experience, and expertise. Furthermore, candidates should have knowledge of or experience with managing a large organization, national and/or international business matters, financial matters, and/or relations between a company and society, and next, have affinity with telecommunications and ICT industries.
We intend to propose Mr. Shuter to be appointed, but first, according to the articles of association, I would now like to give the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting an opportunity to use the right to make recommendations for the appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board. Does anybody in this room wish to make a recommendation for a candidate? No. I establish that the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting has not made recommendations for a candidate. So moving on to the third item on the agenda, the proposal to appoint Mr. Rob Shuter as a member of the Supervisory Board of KPN. The Supervisory Board proposes Mr. Rob Shuter to be appointed to the Supervisory Board of KPN by this Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting. I will clarify this proposal to you and refer you to further information available in the agenda.
Mr. Shuter, as we believe, will be a valuable addition to the Supervisory Board and complies with the requirements of the profile of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Shuter is a seasoned executive who has spent his career in telecommunications and also in the financial services industries. He was CEO Enterprise at British Telecom between 2021 and 2023. He was a Group CEO of the MTN Group, South Africa, from 2017- 2020. He was a CEO of Vodafone Europe Cluster, 2015- 2016, and CEO of Vodafone Netherlands from 2012 - 2016, and Group CFO of Vodacom Group, also in South Africa, between 2009 and 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Shuter spent several years in executive roles in the financial services industry.
Currently, Mr. Shuter serves, Mr. Shuter is considered independent within the meaning of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code. The proposal to appoint Mr. Shuter is supported by the board and also by the Central Works Council. The position of the Central Supervisory Board with regard to this proposal can be found on the website of the company in the details of this meeting. For this reason, we propose to the General Meeting of Shareholders to appoint Mr. Shuter in accordance with his nomination for a period of three and a half years, ending at the closure of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2028. Mr. Shuter is in the room, and I would now like to invite him to briefly introduce himself and to address the shareholders.
Chairman, as you see on the screen behind you, I started my career in the accounting profession. I qualified with Deloitte. I spent about fifteen years in financial services, and the last fifteen years I've been operating in the telecommunications industry.... across both South Africa, here in the Netherlands for five years, and more recently at British Telecom, and I look very much forward to making my contribution to the success of KPN in the future. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Rob.
So we will now move on to the questions about this item on the agenda. Does anybody have a question about the proposed appointment? If not, then we can now cast votes about this. The vote is the proposal to appoint Mr. Rob Shuter as a member of the Supervisory Board. And before we move on to the vote, the secretary would like to inform you about the number of shareholders present and the number of votes. That is represented as such, and he will also explain how the vote will take place. Jasper.
Ladies and gentlemen, at the meeting, we have no shareholders present in person and one proxy holder. In total, the holders of three billion, fifty-two million, six hundred and sixty-six thousand shares are present at the meeting or represented, and that is 78.5%, rounded off, of the voting capital.
All of these votes have been sent by proxy to the notary by means of the e-voting system. In view of the low number of people present, we will not use voting devices today, but we will vote orally, and the exact result will be stated on the website. Do you have any questions about this procedure? If not, we will now ask you to cast your votes. The proposal to appoint Mr. Rob Shuter as a member of the Supervisory Board of KPN. Briefly before the meeting, the notary has listed the voting instructions that she has received.
These are two billion, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, four hundred and thirty-four thousand, one hundred and thirty votes in favor of the proposal, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand, six hundred and forty abstaining votes, and one hundred and fifteen million, nine hundred and sixty-five thousand, one hundred and thirty-three votes against the proposal. So I now establish that the proposal has been adopted. The exact voting result, as stated, will be available on our website.
So thank you, Jasper. I now establish that Mr. Shuter has been appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board. Congratulations, Rob.
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Let's move on to the final item on the agenda, which is closing this Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting. I thank you for your attendance. In the foyer, when you leave the room, take the stairs on the right, you will have an opportunity to consult each other. I close the meeting of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting.