Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4099D

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

01 December 2009

 



1 December 2009

Hargreaves Lansdown plc - Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 27th November 2009, 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 and Consider the Report of Directors and Audited Accounts	400,357,369	99.260%	2,985,847	0.740%	225,369	403,568,585
2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration	380,569,966	95.443%	18,171,530	4.557%	4,827,089	403,568,585
3. Re-Appointment of Auditors	401,166,574	99.438%	2,266,011	0.562%	136,000	403,568,585
4. Election of Tracey Taylor - Group Finance Director	400,617,775	99.302%	2,814,810	0.698%	136,000	403,568,585
5. Re-election of Jonathan Bloomer FCA - Senior Non Executive Director	399,293,123	99.326%	2,708,610	0.674%	1,566,852	403,568,585
6. Re-election of Michael Evans - Non Executive Director	399,483,500	99.021%	3,949,085	0.979%	136,000	403,568,585
7. Authority to Purchase Own Shares **	402,190,867	99.935%	260,281	0.065%	1,117,437	403,568,585
8. Authority to Allot Shares	402,189,027	99.935%	262,121	0.065%	1,117,437	403,568,585
9. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory Pre-Emption Rights **	403,426,978	99.999%	5,607	0.001%	136,000	403,568,585
10. Approval of the Save as You Earn Share Option	403,404,155	99.994%	24,080	0.006%	140,350	403,568,585
11. Approval of Library Information Services Share Option Scheme	389,820,185	96.933%	12,332,932	3.067%	1,415,468	403,568,585
12. Approval of the Executive Joint Share Ownership Plan	333,913,303	88.171%	44,799,588	11.829%	24,855,694	403,568,585
13. Adoption of New Articles of Association **	402,007,494	99.954%	184,590	0.046%	1,376,501	403,568,585

* 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 27 November 2009 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at 

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Simon Power, Company Secretary: 0117 988 9880

 

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