Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1343P

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

14 November 2016

 

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 21st October 2016, 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	385,540,434	98.74	4,935,259	1.26	574,143	390,475,693
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy)	348,570,289	89.98	38,808,578	10.02	3,670,969	387,378,867
3. Re-appointment of Auditors	391,023,748	100.00	17,970	0.00	8,118	391,041,718
4. Auditors Remuneration	391,026,015	100.00	15,718	0.00	8,103	391,041,733
5. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive Chairman ***	223,199,838	97.99	4,587,456	2.01	10,657,394	227,787,294
6. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer	390,150,419	99.77	891,409	0.23	8,008	391,041,828
7. Re-election of Christopher Hill - Chief Financial Officer	389,912,263	99.72	1,110,065	0.28	27,508	391,022,328
8. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director ***	236,596,225	99.24	1,821,023	0.76	27,440	238,417,248
9. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non-Executive Director ***	237,175,853	99.48	1,241,327	0.52	27,508	238,417,180
10. Re-election of Shirley Garrod - Non-Executive Director ***	237,067,601	99.43	1,349,579	0.57	27,508	238,417,180
11. Election of Jayne Styles - Non-Executive Director ***	237,633,944	99.67	783,236	0.33	27,508	238,417,180
12. Authority to Purchase Own Shares	388,228,651	99.28	2,816,836	0.72	4,349	391,045,487
13. Authority to Allot Shares	389,958,791	99.72	1,086,877	0.28	4,168	391,045,668
14. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-emption Rights	390,426,673	99.85	574,410	0.15	48,753	391,001,083
15. To approve short notice for general meetings	378,369,998	96.76	12,679,838	3.24	0	391,049,836

* 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 21st October 2016 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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