Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4142D

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

26 October 2015

 



Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 23rd October 2015, 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	384,463,921	98.67	5,167,552	1.33	2,610,377	389,631,473
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy)	382,185,292	97.69	9,050,213	2.31	1,006,345	391,235,505
3. Re-appointment of Auditors	390,168,757	99.50	1,959,679	0.50	113,414	392,128,436
4. Auditors Remuneration	392,108,875	100.00	10,297	0.00	122,678	392,119,172
5. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive Chairman ***	231,819,710	97.55	5,821,270	2.45	1,961,192	237,640,980
6. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer	391,288,629	99.78	846,617	0.22	106,604	392,135,246
7. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director ***	236,006,477	98.54	3,489,591	1.46	106,104	239,496,068
8. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non-Executive Director ***	238,797,869	99.71	697,699	0.29	106,604	239,495,568
9. Re-election of Shirley Garrod - Non-Executive Director ***	238,662,265	99.65	826,303	0.35	113,604	239,488,568
10. Authority to Purchase Own Shares	392,130,613	100.00	4,550	0.00	106,687	392,135,163
11. Authority to Allot Shares	390,928,742	99.69	1,203,098	0.31	110,010	392,131,840
12. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-emption Rights	391,871,201	99.93	260,044	0.07	110,605	392,131,245
13. To approve short notice for general meetings	380,746,774	97.10	11,388,489	2.90	106,587	392,135,263

* 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 23rd October 2015 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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