Result of AGM
HSBC Holdings plc
Annual General Meeting 24 May 2013
At the Annual General Meeting of HSBC Holdings plc held on 24 May 2013, all resolutions were passed on a poll.
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
|
Resolution |
Total Votes For (%) |
Total Votes Against (%) |
Votes Total (% of Issued Share Capital) |
Votes Withheld*
|
|
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2012 |
9,582,599,011 (98.62) |
134,219,149 (1.38) |
9,716,818,160 (52.17) |
15,724,907
|
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2012 |
8,304,766,707 (89.00) |
1,026,750,082 (11.00) |
9,331,516,789 (50.10) |
399,765,100 |
|
3. (a) To re-elect S A Catz a Director |
9,705,465,619 (99.87) |
12,747,527 (0.13) |
9,718,213,146 (52.18) |
15,960,825 |
|
(b) To re-elect L M L Cha a Director |
9,572,286,348 (99.48) |
49,577,260 (0.52) |
9,621,863,608 (51.66) |
111,431,942 |
|
(c) To re-elect M K T Cheung a Director |
9,685,695,545 (99.66) |
32,573,965 (0.34) |
9,718,269,510 (52.18) |
15,908,254 |
|
(d) To elect J B Comey a Director |
9,705,606,332 (99.87) |
12,578,071 (0.13) |
9,718,184,403 (52.18) |
15,972,535 |
|
(e) To re-elect J D Coombe a Director |
9,480,244,194 (97.55) |
237,837,940 (2.45) |
9,718,082,134 (52.17) |
15,955,253 |
|
(f) To re-elect J Faber a Director |
9,696,534,776 (99.78) |
21,625,814 (0.22) |
9,718,160,590 (52.17) |
15,973,448 |
|
(g) To re-elect R A Fairhead a Director |
9,663,011,443 (99.46) |
52,731,976 (0.54) |
9,715,743,419 (52.16) |
18,424,393 |
|
(h) To elect R Fassbind a Director |
9,704,174,178 (99.86) |
13,994,077 (0.14) |
9,718,168,255 (52.17) |
15,963,055 |
|
(i) To re-elect D J Flint a Director |
9,501,654,886 (97.92) |
201,964,145 (2.08) |
9,703,619,031 (52.10) |
30,545,606 |
|
(j) To re-elect S T Gulliver a Director |
9,688,105,732 (99.70) |
29,297,560 (0.30) |
9,717,403,292 (52.17) |
16,759,939 |
|
(k) To re-elect J W J Hughes-Hallett a Director |
9,671,525,325 (99.55) |
43,259,963 (0.45) |
9,714,785,288 (52.16) |
19,360,574 |
|
(l) To re-elect W S H Laidlaw a Director |
9,631,950,561 (99.64) |
34,439,677 (0.36) |
9,666,390,238 (51.90) |
67,764,178 |
|
(m) To re-elect J P Lipsky a Director |
9,695,295,317 (99.76) |
22,865,509 (0.24) |
9,718,160,826 (52.17) |
15,882,750 |
|
(n) To re-elect J R Lomax a Director |
9,675,152,284 (99.56) |
43,120,545 (0.44) |
9,718,272,829 (52.18) |
15,880,430 |
|
(o) To re-elect I J Mackay a Director |
9,681,451,307 (99.62) |
36,645,895 (0.38) |
9,718,097,202 (52.17) |
15,979,019 |
|
(p) To re-elect Sir Simon Robertson a Director |
9,561,469,393 (99.37) |
60,350,649 (0.63) |
9,621,820,042 (51.66) |
111,440,980 |
|
4. To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be determined by the Group Audit Committee |
9,441,326,833 (97.86) |
206,449,570 (2.14) |
9,647,776,403 (51.80) |
86,358,827 |
|
5. To authorise the Directors to allot shares |
9,456,469,654 (97.32) |
260,668,567 (2.68) |
9,717,138,221 (52.17) |
17,007,896 |
|
6. To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution) |
9,524,207,114 (98.03) |
191,306,185 (1.97) |
9,715,513,299 (52.16) |
18,654,074 |
|
7. To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares |
9,538,869,292 (99.15) |
81,838,761 (0.85) |
9,620,708,053 (51.65) |
111,077,756 |
|
8. To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution) |
8,610,798,049 (88.61) |
1,106,498,079 (11.39) |
9,717,296,128 (52.17) |
16,736,806 |
* A "Vote Withheld" is not a 'vote' in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' the resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each eligible to be voted at the Annual General Meeting was 18,626,108,057. The scrutineers of the poll were Electoral Reform Services Limited and Computershare Investor Services PLC.
Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, via the National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
The current Directors of HSBC Holdings plc are S A Catz†, L M L Cha†, M K T Cheung†, J B Comey†, J D Coombe†, J Faber†, R A Fairhead†, R Fassbind†, D J Flint, S T Gulliver, J W J Hughes-Hallett†, W S H Laidlaw†, J P Lipsky†, J R Lomax†, I J Mackay and Sir Simon Robertson†.
† Independent non-executive Director
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