Heya can any one help me with this AGM question?

Question

hi I am studying business in college and i need to hold a mock Annual general meeting i have chosen vodafone as my company but i am stuck for questions as i have never attended a meeting?
Thanks
xxx

Answer 1

Usually its
- apologies
- minutes of last AGM (unless this is the first one)
- Anything arising from that AGM
- members stepping down/re-election needed
- current status of company/accounts - audited or not
- what is planned for company
- aob
- date of next agm

From that you can ask any question which is pertinent to the company. So for argument sake if you don't have faith in the Accountants you can ask whether they could be changed.

Answer 2

Silversilver3 has listed some questions that you would have every right to ask - though many would be deflected by the reply that it is commercially sensitive or not policy to discuss operational issues such as prices paid to farmers. Chairman and their PRs are very skilled at deflecting awkward (eg politically motivated) questions, though there was a sort of revolt at the most recent M&S agm (google for the press reports).

If you want to do a mock agm that it is contructive, I suggest you pick on a few key numbers in the accounts or general strategy. Eg, Does the board expect to continue growing the far east market?; are competitors experiencing similar pressures on margins in North America, and if not, what strategies does the board propose to address this? Health and safety and equal ops are also fair game as they are not seen as political, and having a searching question or two on director's pensions or share options are always favourites. Good luck!

Answer 3

An AGM is held once a year in a company to discuss the year's accounts, what has happened to the company in the last year, to change any directors of the company etc. You will get a copy of the accountsa so you could ask questions about that or read other reports you will be given and ask questions on how the company is being run. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

You should have chosen Tesco then you could have asked about local sourcing of food, the recent Competition Commission investigations, international expansion, moving into new technologies, are they going to start selling electricity and gas next, what is going to be next year's clothing success, are they killing thi high street, why don't they ay farmers more for the milk, what succession plans do they have in place for the chief exec etc etc etc etc

Good luck with Vodafone!

Answer 5

hey xxx you can ask qns like what is your name, how old are you and other similar things