BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on British vote to leave the European Union (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

Vodafone, one of Britain's biggest companies, will consider moving its group headquarters depending on the outcome of the U.K.'s negotiations to leave the European Union.

The company said in a statement Wednesday that EU membership had been an important factor in its growth, and that free movement of people, goods and capital were integral to any pan-European business. It was unclear, though, how "many of these positive attributes" would be in place once the process of an EU exit is completed.

The company, which has 13,500 employees in the U.K. says "it is therefore not yet possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the long-term location for the headquarters of the group."

Vodafone says "a large majority" of its 462 million customers live outside of the U.K.

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11:15 a.m.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose countrymen and women voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union, traveled to Brussels to confer with EU leaders. She was received Wednesday morning by Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament.

"We regularly meet with regional leaders," said John Schranz, Schulz's spokesman. "Of course, the times are extraordinarily."

On Tuesday, European Parliament members loudly applauded a Scottish member who begged them not to let the pro-EU population of Scotland down.

Sturgeon was expected to meet later Wednesday with the leader of the EU executive, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

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11:05 a.m.

Nominations are opening in the contest to replace Prime Minister David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party.

The first official contender is Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb. Business Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed that he and Crabb are running for leader and deputy as part of what has been dubbed a blue-collar ticket.

Crabb and Javid both come from working-class backgrounds that contrast with upper-crust front-runner Boris Johnson.

Former London Mayor Johnson and Home Secretary Theresa May are also expected to run.

Cameron announced his resignation after voters decided last week that Britain should leave the European Union.

After nominations close Thursday, Conservative lawmakers will whittle the nominees down to two. They will be put to a vote of all party members, with the result expected in early September.

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9:30 a.m.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite says Europe must wake up and start listening to its citizens on issues like immigration and economic growth following the U.K.'s unprecedented vote to leave the European Union.

Grybauskaite said Wednesday as she arrived for a summit with EU counterparts minus Britain that "we all need to wake up and smell the coffee."

She told reporters in Brussels that "Britain knows what to do after what they did. Today is about us, what we are going to do about our unity and about preparations for the transitional period, for British withdrawal."

She underlined that "we need to listen to people."

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9:20 a.m.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says Europeans are disenchanted with the EU project as the bloc's leaders meet to pick up the pieces after the U.K. vote to leave.

"There is a perception of technocracy," Michel told reporters Wednesday as EU leaders gathered without Britain to chart the way forward as 27 member states after the U.K. formally leaves.

He said "we have to show that Europe brings a real added value that can be felt by our fellow citizens."

His counterpart from neighboring Luxembourg said it was important to show unity at the meeting.

Bettel said that "with a disunited United Kingdom we need a united Europe more than ever."

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8:00 a.m.

EU leaders are meeting without Britain for the first time to rethink their union and keep it from disintegrating after Britain's unprecedented vote to leave.

Divisions between the EU founders and newer countries in the east threaten to complicate any bold new plans at Wednesday's meeting.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says: "It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other EU countries."

Other EU countries are now facing calls, especially from the far right, for referendums on quitting the bloc. The 27 remaining EU members are also divided over how to deal with migration, which was a major issue in Britain's vote last week.

British Prime Minister David Cameron left Brussels Tuesday night without any clear divorce plan.