Last checked at 24 Oct 2014 13:34
Hargreaves Lansdown plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 24th October 2014, 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 | 380,569,701
| 98.85 | 4,438,327 | 1.15 | 45,116 | 385,008,028 |
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy) | 356,526,901
| 93.02 | 26,772,800 | 6.98 | 1,753,443 | 383,299,701 |
3. Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy | 379,027,684
| 98.4 | 5,941,081 | 1.54 | 84,379 | 384,968,765 |
4. Re-appointment of Auditors | 384,963,293
| 99.99 | 47,167 | 0.01 | 42,684 | 385,010,460 |
5. Auditors Remuneration | 384,950,763
| 99.99 | 52,050 | 0.01 | 50,331 | 385,002,813 |
6. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive Chairman | 371,404,732
| 96.56 | 13,218,934
| 3.44 | 429,478 | 384,623,666 |
7. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive Officer | 384,597,002
| 99.89 | 414,033 | 0.11 | 42,109 | 385,011,035 |
8. Re-election of Tracey Taylor - Chief Finance Officer | 384,380,837
| 99.84 | 630,198
| 0.16 | 42,109 | 385,011,035 |
9. Re-election of Peter Hargreaves - Executive Director | 384,424,681
| 99.85 | 584,431 | 0.15 | 43,832 | 385,009,312 |
10. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive Director *** | 229,791,857
| 98.89 | 2,579,500 | 1.11 | 42,109 | 232,371,357
|
11. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - Non-Executive Director *** | 232,054,029
| 99.86 | 317,328 | 0.14 | 42,109 | 232,371,357
|
12. Re-Election of Dharmash Mistry - Non-Executive Director *** | 230,359,238
| 99.13 | 2,012,119 | 0.87 | 42,109 | 232,371,357
|
13. Election of Shirley Garrod - Non-Executive Director *** | 230,662,208
| 99.26 | 1,709,149 | 0.74 | 42,109 | 232,371,357
|
14. Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** | 382,724,699
| 99.41 | 2,287,909 | 0.59 | 40,536 | 385,012,608
|
15. Authority to Allot Shares | 384,268,617
| 99.81 | 738,114 | 0.19 | 46,413 | 385,006,731 |
16. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights ** | 384,851,573
| 99.96 | 149,077 | 0.04 | 52,494 | 385,000,650
|
17. Ratification of payments to non-executive directors and change to Articles of Association** | 225,279,190
| 98.27 | 3,969,628 | 1.73 | 120,776 | 229,248,818
|
18. Amendment to the Company's Save As You Earn share scheme | 384,950,965
| 99.99 | 46,302 | 0.01 | 55,877 | 384,997,267
|
19. To approve short notice for general meetings** | 375,762,819
| 97.60 | 9,244,478
| 2.40 | 45,847 | 385,007,297
|
* 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 24th October 2014 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