Last checked at 9 Oct 2020 07:00
Hargreaves Lansdown plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 08th October 2020, all of the resolutions proposed at the Meeting were duly passed by shareholders.
For information, full details of the 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 | 401,433,835 | 99.91 | 346,755
| 0.09 | 1,391,240 | 403,187,041 |
2. Approve the final dividend | 403,099,915 | 99.98 | 66,611 | 0.02 | 5,304 | 403,187,041 |
3. Approve Directors' Report on Remuneration | 396,497,002 | 98.34 | 6,657,541 | 1.65 | 16,287 | 403,187,041 |
4. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 386,802,133 | 96.30 | 14,850,824 | 3.70 | 1,516,450 | 403,187,041 |
5. Re-appointment of Auditors | 401,821,057 | 99.98 | 53,544 | 0.01 | 1,297,229 | 403,187,041 |
6. Auditors' Remuneration | 403,087,145 | 99.98 | 71,650 | 0.02 | 13,035 | 403,187,041 |
7. Re-election of Deanna Oppenheimer - Non-Executive Chair | 401,013,075 | 99.78 | 860,370 | 0.21 | 1,298,385 | 403,187,041 |
8. Re-election of Christopher Hill- Executive Director | 403,104,314 | 99.98 | 52,114 | 0.01 | 15,402 | 403,187,041 |
9. Re-election of Philip Johnson - Executive Director | 403,012,699 | 99.96 | 142,694 | 0.04 | 15,437 | 403,187,041 |
10. Re-election of Shirley Garrood - Non-Executive Director | 400,246,518 | 99.27 | 2,917,375 | 0.72 | 7,937 | 403,187,041 |
11. Re-election of Dan Olley - Non-Executive Director | 402,849,435 | 99.98 | 52,043 | 0.01 | 270,352 | 403,187,041 |
12. Re-Election of Roger Perkin- Non-Executive Director | 402,482,369 | 99.89 | 423,109 | 0.11 | 265,352 | 403,187,041 |
13. Election of John Troiano - Non-Executive Director | 403,101,632 | 99.98 | 52,381 | 0.01 | 16,817 | 403,187,041 |
14. Election of Andrea Blance- Non-Executive Director | 402,854,277 | 99.98 | 58,321 | 0.01 | 259,232 | 403,187,041 |
15. Election of Moni Mannings - Non-Executive Director | 402,510,524 | 99.90 | 401,547 | 0.10 | 258,759 | 403,187,041 |
16. Authority to Purchase Own Shares ** | 401,444,052 | 99.57 | 1,699,665 | 0.42 | 28,113 | 403,187,041 |
17. Authority to Allot Shares | 402,139,256 | 99.75 | 1,009,671 | 0.25 | 22,553 | 403,187,041 |
18. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-emption Rights ** | 402,948,636 | 99.95 | 201,057 | 0.05 | 22,012 | 403,187,041 |
19. Approve short notice for general meetings ** | 390,538,548 | 96.87 | 12,623,835 | 3.13 | 9,097 | 403,187,041 |
20. Approve new Articles of Association ** | 403,147,216 | 99.99 | 5,902 | 0.00 | 18,212 | 403,187,041 |
21. Approve amendments to the Hargreaves Lansdown plc Sustained Performance Plan 2017 | 399,048,376 | 98.98 | 4,102,326 | 1.02 | 21,128 | 403,187,041 |
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.
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 08th October 2020 have been submitted to the Financial Conduct 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: Alison Zobel, Company Secretary: 0117 906 7824
LEI: 2138008ZCE93ZDSESG90
Company Number: 02122142