Hargreaves Lansdown PLC Result of AGM (5712B)

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RNS Number : 5712B

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

09 October 2020

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

The Board is pleased to announce that at the AGM of the Company held on 08(th) 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 08(th) 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

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