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HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
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Strategic Report Financial Review Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
2015 Annual General Meeting
All resolutions considered at the 2015 Annual General Meeting held at 11.00am on 24 April 2015 at the Queen Elizabeth II
Conference Centre, London SW1P 3EE were passed on a poll as follows:
Votes
Resolution
For1 % Against %Total %2 Withheld3
1 To receive the
A
nnual Report
and Accounts 2014
9,340,160,307 98.80 113,682,546 1.20 9,453,842,853 49.04 41,294,402
2 To approve the Directors’
Remuneration Report
6,720,428,674 76.29 2,088,530,798 23.71 8,808,959,472 45.70 677,821,869
3 To elect or re-elect the
following as Directors:
(a) Phillip Ameen 9,459,023,817 99.90 9,012,480 0.10 9,468,036,297 49.12 32,680,294
(b) Heidi Miller 9,443,905,977 99.75 23,496,531 0.25 9,467,402,508 49.11 32,543,484
(c) Kathleen Casey 9,458,891,803 99.91 8,547,866 0.09 9,467,439,669 49.11 32,438,260
(d) Safra Catz 9,455,583,709 99.88 11,671,079 0.12 9,467,254,788 49.11 32,567,538
(e) Laura Cha 9,303,056,308 99.10 84,065,631 0.90 9,387,121,939 48.70 111,291,419
(f) Lord Evans of Weardale 9,455,524,737 99.87 11,874,993 0.13 9,467,399,730 49.11 32,622,299
(g) Joachim Faber 9,452,953,492 99.85 14,364,873 0.15 9,467,318,365 49.11 32,561,965
(h) Rona Fairhead 9,144,120,186 96.59 322,607,648 3.41 9,466,727,834 49.11 33,199,339
(i) Douglas Flint 9,067,875,368 95.90 387,864,445 4.10 9,455,739,813 49.05 36,832,078
(j) Stuart Gulliver 9,438,909,453 99.69 29,360,384 0.31 9,468,269,837 49.12 31,483,615
(k) Sam Laidlaw 8,317,803,050 87.86 1,149,583,204 12.14 9,467,386,254 49.11 32,573,081
(l) John Lipsky 8,335,050,210 88.04 1,132,173,688 11.96 9,467,223,898 49.11 32,614,861
(m) Rachel Lomax 9,458,328,102 99.90 9,132,745 0.10 9,467,460,847 49.11 32,443,782
(n) Iain Mackay 9,436,045,734 99.67 31,438,641 0.33 9,467,484,375 49.11 32,469,588
(o) Marc Moses 9,442,355,344 99.73 25,127,084 0.27 9,467,482,428 49.11 32,464,337
(p) Sir Simon Robertson 8,191,676,916 87.13 1,209,918,157 12.87 9,401,595,073 48.77 97,700,820
(q) Jonathan Symonds 9,451,337,959 99.83 16,111,584 0.17 9,467,449,543 49.11 32,484,172
4 To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditor to the
Company
9,443,723,129 99.73 25,734,330 0.27 9,469,457,459 49.12 30,213,375
5 To authorise the Group Audit
Committee to determine
the auditor’s remuneration
9,454,699,721 99.85 14,212,868 0.15 9,468,912,589 49.12 30,815,356
6 To authorise the Directors to
allot shares
8,747,667,960 92.46 713,487,303 7.54 9,461,155,263 49.08 38,420,820
7 To disapply pre-emption
rights
8,729,514,669 92.32 726,423,494 7.68 9,455,938,163 49.05 43,771,078
8 To authorise the Directors to
allot repurchased shares
9,154,217,028 96.74 308,482,870 3.26 9,462,699,898 49.09 34,698,581
9 To authorise the Company to
purchase its own ordinary
shares 9,348,078,869 99.49 47,795,315 0.51 9,395,874,184 48.74 102,258,468
10 To authorise the Directors to
allot equity securities in
relation to Contingent
Convertible Securities
9,149,392,011 96.80 302,391,205 3.20 9,451,783,216 49.03 45,584,992
11 To disapply pre-emption
rights in relation to the
issue of Contingent
Convertible Securities
8,570,088,097 90.69 879,490,094 9.31 9,449,578,191 49.02 45,737,225
12 To extend the final date on
which options may be
granted under UK
Sharesave
9,373,459,127 99.02 92,544,476 0.98 9,466,003,603 49.11 33,019,920
13 To approve general meetings
other than annual general
meetings being called on a
minimum of 14 clear days’
notice
8,386,696,695 88.59 1,080,639,157 11.41 9,467,335,852 49.11 31,742,417
1 Includes discretionary votes.
2 Percentage of Issued Share Capital voted.
3 A ‘vote withheld’ is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes ‘For’ and ‘Against’ the resolution.