Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2599V

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

24 October 2014

 



Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 24th October 2014, 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 the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts	380,569,701	98.85	4,438,327	1.15	45,116	385,008,028
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy)	356,526,901	93.02	26,772,800	6.98	1,753,443	383,299,701
3. Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy	379,027,684	98.4	5,941,081	1.54	84,379	384,968,765
4. Re-appointment of Auditors	384,963,293	99.99	47,167	0.01	42,684	385,010,460
5. Auditors Remuneration	384,950,763	99.99	52,050	0.01	50,331	385,002,813
6. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive Chairman	371,404,732	96.56	13,218,934	3.44	429,478	384,623,666
7. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer	384,597,002	99.89	414,033	0.11	42,109	385,011,035
8. Re-election of Tracey Taylor - Chief Finance Officer	384,380,837	99.84	630,198	0.16	42,109	385,011,035
9. Re-election of Peter Hargreaves - Executive Director	384,424,681	99.85	584,431	0.15	43,832	385,009,312
10. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director ***	229,791,857	98.89	2,579,500	1.11	42,109	232,371,357
11. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non-Executive Director ***	232,054,029	99.86	317,328	0.14	42,109	232,371,357
12. Re-Election of Dharmash Mistry - Non-Executive Director ***	230,359,238	99.13	2,012,119	0.87	42,109	232,371,357
13. Election of Shirley Garrod - Non-Executive Director ***	230,662,208	99.26	1,709,149	0.74	42,109	232,371,357
14. Authority to Purchase Own Shares **	382,724,699	99.41	2,287,909	0.59	40,536	385,012,608
15. Authority to Allot Shares	384,268,617	99.81	738,114	0.19	46,413	385,006,731
16. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights **	384,851,573	99.96	149,077	0.04	52,494	385,000,650
17. Ratification of payments to non-executive directors and change to Articles of Association**	225,279,190	98.27	3,969,628	1.73	120,776	229,248,818
18. Amendment to the Company's Save As You Earn share scheme	384,950,965	99.99	46,302	0.01	55,877	384,997,267
19. To approve short notice for general meetings**	375,762,819	97.60	9,244,478	2.40	45,847	385,007,297

* 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.

*** As required under the Listing Rules, a dual vote was carried out and the figures shown are net of the votes of the controlling shareholder.

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 24^th October 2014 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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