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Hargreaves Lansdown plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 25th October 2013, 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 | 389,108,959 | 98.79% | 4,759,973 | 1.21% | 282,589 | 393,868,932 |
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration | 365,276,341 | 92.80% | 28,347,226 | 7.20% | 527,954 | 393,623,567 |
3. Appointment of Auditors | 394,126,020 | 100% | 16,242 | 0.00% | 9,259 | 394,142,262 |
4. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive Chairman | 387,994,882 | 98.44% | 6,145,096 | 1.56% | 11,543 | 394,139,978 |
5. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer | 392,321,366 | 99.54% | 1,827,769 | 0.46% | 2,386 | 394,149,135 |
6. Re-election of Tracey Taylor - Group Finance Director | 392,321,097 | 99.54% | 1,827,769 | 0.46% | 2,655 | 394,148,866 |
7. Re-election of Peter Hargreaves - Executive Director | 392,321,166 | 99.54% | 1,827,969 | 0.46% | 2,386 | 394,149,135 |
8. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director | 387,696,003 | 98.52% | 5,814,154 | 1.48% | 641,364 | 393,510,157 |
9. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non-Executive Director | 393,337,995 | 99.96% | 172,162 | 0.04% | 641,364 | 393,510,157 |
10. Re-Election of Dharmash Mistry - Non-Executive Director | 388,452,306 | 98.56% | 5,687,672 | 1.44% | 11,543 | 394,139,978 |
11. Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** | 391,937,842 | 99.44% | 2,206,407 | 0.56% | 7,272 | 394,144,249 |
12. Authority to Allot Shares | 394,001,104 | 99.97% | 128,668 | 0.03% | 21,750 | 394,129,772 |
13. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights ** | 394,071,624 | 99.99% | 54,899 | 0.01% | 24,998 | 394,126,523 |
* 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 23 November 2012 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