26 May 2006 16:17
HSBC Holdings PLC26 May 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING At the Annual General Meeting of HSBC Holdings plc held on 26 May 2006, allresolutions were passed on a poll. The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution: Resolution Total Votes For* Total Votes Against Votes (%) (%) Withheld 1. To receive the Report and Accounts for 2005 4,480,852,415 21,235,648 107,249,007 (99.53) (0.47) 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 4,428,404,417 154,287,152 70,543,5572005 (96.63) (3.37) 3. (a) To re-elect The Baroness Dunn a Director 4,612,655,769 36,639,677 2,104,416 (99.21) (0.79) (b) To re-elect M F Geoghegan a Director 4,636,745,575 12,088,015 2,185,789 (99.74) (0.26) (c) To re-elect S K Green a Director 4,536,123,455 96,828,783 18,179,417 (97.91) (2.09) (d) To re-elect Sir Mark Moody-Stuart a 4,626,583,848 22,231,763 2,202,512 Director (99.52) (0.48) (e) To re-elect S M Robertson a Director 4,635,200,010 11,818,080 2,264,832 (99.75) (0.25) (f) To re-elect H Sohmen a Director 4,625,766,106 22,794,084 2,617,684 (99.51) (0.49) (g) To re-elect Sir Brian Williamson a Director 4,637,388,477 11,612,586 2,204,044 (99.75) (0.25) 4. To reappoint the Auditor at remuneration to be 4,581,736,221 25,270,259 46,246,917determined by the Group Audit Committee (99.45) (0.55) 5. To authorise the Directors to allot shares 4,588,458,934 60,705,949 6,033,860 (98.69) (1.31) 6. To disapply pre-emption rights (Special 4,593,975,127 54,420,754 6,831,574Resolution) (98.83) (1.17) 7. To authorise the Company to purchase its own 4,620,218,288 15,470,061 9,882,035Ordinary Shares (99.67) (0.33) 8. To increase the fees payable to each 4,601,744,353 29,609,584 13,995,048non-executive Director to £65,000 p.a. (99.36) (0.64) * Includes discretionary votes Copies of the special business resolutions passed at the Annual General Meetinghave been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be availablefor inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at theaddress shown below: UK Listing Authority, Document Viewing Facility: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon E14 5HS Telephone no. (0)20 7676 1000 Nicola Black Assistant Secretary 020 7991 2652 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange