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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 11th October 2018, all of the resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed by shareholders.
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 Votes | |
1. Receive the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts | 339,024,623 |
99.86 | 464,077 | 0.14 | 108,130 | 339,488,700 |
2. Approve the final dividend | 339,584,038 | 100.00 | 228 | 0.00 | 12,565 | 339,584,266 |
3. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy) | 334,521,613 | 98.58 | 4,811,399 | 1.42 | 263,818 | 339,333,012 |
4. Re-appointment of Auditors | 339,355,465 | 99.93 | 225,600 | 0.07 | 15,766 | 339,581,065 |
5. Auditors Remuneration | 339,341,413 | 99.93 | 238,563 | 0.07 | 16,855 | 339,579,976 |
6. Election of Deanna Oppenheimer - Non Executive Chair | 336,591,408 | 99.71 | 967,986 | 0.29 | 2,037,436 | 337,559,394 |
7. Re-election of Christopher Hill - Executive Chair | 338,784,691 | 99.77 | 797,445 | 0.23 | 14,695 | 339,582,136 |
8. Re-election of Philip Johnson - Executive Chair | 338,417,048 | 99.66 | 1,165,338 | 0.34 | 14,445 | 339,582,386 |
9. Re-election of Shirley Garrood - Non-Executive Director | 336,672,208 | 99.74 | 888,012 | 0.26 | 2,036,611 | 337,560,220 |
10. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non - Executive Director | 336,671,216 | 99.74 | 888,304 | 0.26 | 2,037,311 | 337,559,520 |
11. Re-Election of Jayne Style - Non-Executive Director | 338,693,094 | 99.74 | 889,292 | 0.26 | 14,445 | 339,582,386 |
12. Re-election of Fiona Clutterbuck - Non-Executive Director | 336,481,870 | 99.68 | 1,078,350 | 0.32 | 2,036,611 | 337,560,220 |
13. Re-election of Roger Perkin - Non-Executive Director | 338,692,194 | 99.74 | 889,492 | 0.26 | 15,145 | 339,581,686 |
14 Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** | 338,053,689 | 99.55 | 1,515,355 | 0.45 | 27,786 | 339,569,044 |
15. Authority to Allot Shares | 338,817,918 | 99.78 | 762,834 | 0.22 | 16,079 | 339,580,752 |
16. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-emption Rights ** | 339,472,342 | 99.97 | 107,234 | 0.03 | 17,255 | 339,579,576 |
17. To approve short notice for general meetings ** | 316,265,277 | 93.13 | 23,316,505 | 6.87 | 15,049 | 339,581,782 |
18. Political donations and expenditure | 338,893,564 | 99.87 | 448,421 | 0.13 | 254,846 | 339,341,985 |
Independent Resolutions ***
6. Election of Deanna Oppenheimer - Non Executive Chair | 183,951,730 | 99.48 | 967,986 | 0.52 | 2,037,436 | 184,919,716 |
9. Re-election of Shirley Garrood - Non-Executive Director | 184,032,530 | 99.52 | 888,012 | 0.48 | 2,036,611 | 184,920,542 |
10. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non - Executive Director | 184,031,538 | 99.52 | 888,304 | 0.48 | 2,037,311 | 184,919,842 |
11. Re-Election of Jayne Style - Non-Executive Director | 186,053,416 | 99.52 | 889,292 | 0.48 | 14,445 | 186,942,708 |
12. Re-election of Fiona Clutterbuck - Non-Executive Director | 183,842,192 | 99.42 | 1,078,350 | 0.58 | 2,036,611 | 184,920,542 |
13. Re-election of Roger Perkin - Non-Executive Director | 186,052,516 | 99.52 | 889,492 | 0.48 | 15,145 | 186,942,008 |
Results of the poll can also be viewed on the Company's website: www.hl.co.uk/investor-relations/investor-information/agm.
* 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 11th October 2018 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries: Paula Watts, Company Secretary: 0117 980 9930
LEI: 2138008ZCE93ZDSESG90
Company Number: 02122142