24 Nov 2008 14:02
Hargreaves Lansdown plc - Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 21st November 2008, 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 | ||
| 1. Receive and Consider the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts. | 367,924,743 | 99.51% | 1,794,076 | 0.49% | 0 | 369,718,819 |
| 2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration. | 365,863,800 | 98.96% | 3,489,430 | 0.94% | 365,589 | 369,718,819 |
| 3. Re-Appointment of Auditors. | 367,924,158 | 99.51% | 1,794,661 | 0.49% | 0 | 369,718,819 |
| 4. Election of Jonathan Davis, Non-executive Director. | 369,666,205 | 99.98% | 42,952 | 0.011% | 9,662 | 369,718,819 |
| 5. **Authority to Purchase Own Shares. | 369,707,907 | 99.99% | 10,912 | 0.003% | 0 | 369,718,819 |
| 6. Authority to Allot Shares. | 369,697,844 | 99.99% | 11,974 | 0.003% | 9,001 | 369,718,819 |
| 7. **Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights. | 369,688,794 | 99.99% | 20,247 | 0.005% | 9,778 | 369,718,819 |
* 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.
Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:
Tracey Taylor, Director: 0117 988 9880
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.)