Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9047W

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

26 November 2010

 



Hargreaves Lansdown plc - Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 26th November 2010, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.

For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:

Resolution Number	For		Against		Withheld *	Total Vote *
	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	%	No. of Votes	No. of Cards
1. Receive and Consider the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts	395,741,309	99.610%	1,547,526	0.390%	0	397,288,835
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration	310,365,317	80.882%	73,358,764	19.118%	13,564,754	397,288,835
3. Re-Appointment of Auditors	395,327,770	99.588%	1,637,238	0.412%	323,827	397,288,835
4. Election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer	395,221,595	99.562%	1,738,413	0.438%	328,827	397,288,835
5. Re-election of Peter Hargreaves - Executive Director	395,549,073	99.563%	1,736,513	0.437%	3,249	397,288,835
6. Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director	392,319,958	98.832%	4,636,801	1.168%	332,076	397,288,835
7. Re-election of Stephen Lansdown - Non Executive Director	392,499,701	98.795%	4,789,134	1.205%	0	397,288,835
8. Authority to Purchase Own Shares **	397,285,833	99.999%	2,277	0.001%	725	397,288,835
9. Authority to Allot Shares	397,276,718	99.998%	7,392	0.002%	4,725	397,288,835
10. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights **	396,944,926	99.996%	15,205	0.004%	328,704	397,288,835
10. Approval of the Company Share Option Scheme	321,342,070	81.592%	72,498,175	18.408%	3,448,590	397,288,835
11. Adoption of New Articles of Association **	396,952,841	99.999%	2,777	0.001%	333,217	397,288,835

* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3(1), two copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting (`AGM') held on 26 November 2010 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority.

A copy of this document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Judy Matthews, Company Secretary: 0117 988 9880

 

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