Hargreaves Lansdown PLC Result of AGM (1343P)

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RNS Number : 1343P

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

14 November 2016

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 October 2016, 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 * 
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                                                 No. of Votes    %     No. of Votes    %    No. of Votes  No. of Cards 
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1. Receive the Report of Directors and Audited 
                    Accounts                     385,540,434   98.74    4,935,259    1.26     574,143     390,475,693 
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 2. Approve Director's Report on Remuneration 
   (excluding Directors Remuneration Policy)     348,570,289   89.98    38,808,578   10.02   3,670,969    387,378,867 
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         3. Re-appointment of Auditors           391,023,748   100.00     17,970     0.00      8,118      391,041,718 
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           4. Auditors Remuneration              391,026,015   100.00     15,718     0.00      8,103      391,041,733 
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 5. Re-election of Mike Evans - Non-Executive 
                  Chairman ***                   223,199,838   97.99    4,587,456    2.01   10,657,394    227,787,294 
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6. Re-election of Ian Gorham - Chief Executive 
                    Officer                      390,150,419   99.77     891,409     0.23      8,008      391,041,828 
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  7. Re-election of Christopher Hill - Chief 
               Financial Officer                 389,912,263   99.72    1,110,065    0.28      27,508     391,022,328 
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8. Re-Election of Chris Barling - Non Executive 
                  Director ***                   236,596,225   99.24   1,821,023     0.76      27,440     238,417,248 
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     9. Re-Election of Stephen Robertson - 
           Non-Executive Director ***            237,175,853   99.48    1,241,327    0.52      27,508     238,417,180 
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      10. Re-election of Shirley Garrod - 
           Non-Executive Director ***            237,067,601   99.43   1,349,579     0.57      27,508     238,417,180 
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 11. Election of Jayne Styles - Non-Executive 
                  Director ***                   237,633,944   99.67     783,236     0.33      27,508     238,417,180 
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     12. Authority to Purchase Own Shares        388,228,651   99.28    2,816,836    0.72      4,349      391,045,487 
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         13. Authority to Allot Shares           389,958,791   99.72    1,086,877    0.28      4,168      391,045,668 
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     14. Authority to Dis-apply Statutory 
               Pre-emption Rights                390,426,673   99.85     574,410     0.15      48,753     391,001,083 
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    15. To approve short notice for general 
                    meetings                     378,369,998   96.76    12,679,838   3.24        0        391,049,836 
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* 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 21st October 2016 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

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