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1 December 2009
Hargreaves Lansdown plc - Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 27th November 2009, 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 | 400,357,369 | 99.260% | 2,985,847 | 0.740% | 225,369 | 403,568,585 |
| 2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration | 380,569,966 | 95.443% | 18,171,530 | 4.557% | 4,827,089 | 403,568,585 |
| 3. Re-Appointment of Auditors | 401,166,574 | 99.438% | 2,266,011 | 0.562% | 136,000 | 403,568,585 |
| 4. Election of Tracey Taylor - Group Finance Director | 400,617,775 | 99.302% | 2,814,810 | 0.698% | 136,000 | 403,568,585 |
| 5. Re-election of Jonathan Bloomer FCA - Senior Non Executive Director | 399,293,123 | 99.326% | 2,708,610 | 0.674% | 1,566,852 | 403,568,585 |
| 6. Re-election of Michael Evans - Non Executive Director | 399,483,500 | 99.021% | 3,949,085 | 0.979% | 136,000 | 403,568,585 |
| 7. Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** | 402,190,867 | 99.935% | 260,281 | 0.065% | 1,117,437 | 403,568,585 |
| 8. Authority to Allot Shares | 402,189,027 | 99.935% | 262,121 | 0.065% | 1,117,437 | 403,568,585 |
| 9. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights ** | 403,426,978 | 99.999% | 5,607 | 0.001% | 136,000 | 403,568,585 |
| 10. Approval of the Save as You Earn Share Option | 403,404,155 | 99.994% | 24,080 | 0.006% | 140,350 | 403,568,585 |
| 11. Approval of Library Information Services Share Option Scheme | 389,820,185 | 96.933% | 12,332,932 | 3.067% | 1,415,468 | 403,568,585 |
| 12. Approval of the Executive Joint Share Ownership Plan | 333,913,303 | 88.171% | 44,799,588 | 11.829% | 24,855,694 | 403,568,585 |
| 13. Adoption of New Articles of Association ** | 402,007,494 | 99.954% | 184,590 | 0.046% | 1,376,501 | 403,568,585 |
* 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 27 November 2009 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:
Simon Power, Company Secretary: 0117 988 9880