Blueprint
 
FORM 6-K
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
For the month of April 2018
 
HSBC Holdings plc
 
42nd Floor, 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, England
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F).
 
Form 20-F X Form 40-F  
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
 
Yes  No X
 
(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-   ).
 
 
 
 HSBC Holdings plc
 
Poll results of 2018 Annual General Meeting
 
20 April 2018
 
 
 
1.         Poll Results
HSBC Holdings plc (the Company) announces that at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM were passed on a poll.
 
Resolutions 1 to 7, 10, 12 and 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions.
 
 
 
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
 
 
VOTESFOR
% OF VOTES CAST
VOTESAGAINST
% OF VOTES CAST
VOTESTOTAL
% of ISC VOTED*
 
VOTESWITHHELD
1. To receive the Annual Report & Accounts 2017
 
10,226,596,956
 
98.64
 
141,043,343
 
1.36
 
10,367,640,299
 
51.60
 
38,163,205
 
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
 
10,062,767,783
 
97.00
 
311,311,586
 
3.00
 
10,374,079,369
 
51.63
 
31,562,311
 
3. (a) To elect Mark Tucker as a Director
 
10,330,092,481
 
99.50
 
52,008,792
 
0.50
 
10,382,101,273
 
51.67
 
23,639,008
 
3. (b) To elect John Flint as a Director
 
10,377,973,227
 
99.96
 
4,285,743
 
0.04
 
10,382,258,970
 
51.67
 
23,466,948
 
3. (c) To re-elect Kathleen Casey as a Director
 
10,366,280,527
 
99.85
 
15,539,533
 
0.15
 
10,381,820,060
 
51.67
 
23,816,963
 
3. (d) To re-elect Laura Cha as a Director
 
10,170,810,041
 
97.97
 
210,745,135
 
2.03
 
10,381,555,176
 
51.67
 
24,163,714
 
3. (e) To re-elect Henri de Castries as a Director
 
10,255,700,573
 
98.79
 
125,604,226
 
1.21
 
10,381,304,799
 
51.67
 
24,430,473
 
3. (f) To re-elect Lord Evans of Weardale as a Director
 
10,227,891,258
 
98.52
 
153,474,916
 
1.48
 
10,381,366,174
 
51.67
 
24,302,847
 
3. (g) To re-elect Irene Lee as a Director
 
9,994,152,442
 
97.61
 
244,846,461
 
2.39
 
10,238,998,903
 
50.96
 
165,504,938
 
3. (h) To re-elect Iain Mackay as a Director
 
10,347,812,273
 
99.67
 
34,439,107
 
0.33
 
10,382,251,380
 
51.67
 
23,443,487
 
3. (i) To re-elect Heidi Miller as a Director
 
10,327,414,585
 
99.47
 
54,540,073
 
0.53
 
10,381,954,658
 
51.67
 
23,731,677
 
3. (j) To re-elect Marc Moses as a Director
 
10,368,726,536
 
99.87
 
13,433,578
 
0.13
 
10,382,160,114
 
51.67
 
23,521,078
 
3. (k) To re-elect David Nish as a Director
 
10,156,962,368
 
97.84
 
224,305,040
 
2.16
 
10,381,267,408
 
51.67
 
24,231,475
 
3. (l) To re-elect Jonathan Symonds as a Director
 
10,232,902,376
 
98.56
 
149,108,809
 
1.44
 
10,382,011,185
 
51.67
 
23,671,420
 
3. (m) To re-elect Jackson Tai as a Director
 
10,171,729,012
 
97.98
 
209,624,209
 
2.02
 
10,381,353,221
 
51.67
 
24,162,140
 
3. (n) To re-elect Pauline van der Meer Mohr as a Director
 
10,301,813,639
 
99.23
 
80,040,323
 
0.77
 
10,381,853,962
 
51.67
 
23,827,340
 
4. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor of the Company
 
10,244,427,173
 
99.83
 
17,329,134
 
0.17
 
10,261,756,307
 
51.07
 
142,703,478
 
5. To authorise the Group Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor
 
10,373,741,533
 
99.91
 
9,077,320
 
0.09
 
10,382,818,853
 
51.67
 
22,884,528
 
6. To authorise the Company to make political donations
 
10,025,815,337
 
97.85
 
219,927,236
 
2.15
 
10,245,742,573
 
50.99
 
158,678,380
 
7. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
 
9,671,579,876
 
93.16
 
709,766,729
 
6.84
 
10,381,346,605
 
51.67
 
24,375,684
 
8. To disapply pre-emption rights
 
10,286,661,787
 
99.20
 
82,743,533
 
0.80
 
10,369,405,320
 
51.61
 
36,275,845
 
9. To further disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions
 
9,943,168,737
 
95.91
 
424,457,409
 
4.09
 
10,367,626,146
 
51.60
 
38,049,043
 
10. To authorise the Directors to allot any repurchased shares
 
9,889,119,279
 
95.26
 
492,077,720
 
4.74
 
10,381,196,999
 
51.67
 
24,546,551
 
11. To authorise the   Company to purchase its own ordinary shares
 
10,224,548,018
 
98.49
 
156,278,090
 
1.51
 
10,380,826,108
 
51.66
 
24,944,508
 
12. To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities in relation to Contingent Convertible Securities
 
10,032,476,475
 
96.69
 
343,011,973
 
3.31
 
10,375,488,448
 
51.64
 
30,127,528
 
13. To disapply pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of Contingent Convertible Securities
 
9,932,066,757
 
95.70
 
446,533,903
 
4.30
 
10,378,600,660
 
51.65
 
31,012,129
 
14. To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative
 
9,791,598,321
 
94.32
 
589,873,959
 
5.68
 
10,381,472,280
 
51.67
 
24,195,211
 
15. To approve amendments to the Articles of Association
 
10,375,248,543
 
99.95
 
5,077,421
 
0.05
 
10,380,325,964
 
51.66
 
25,379,669
 
16. To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) being called on 14 clear days' notice
 
9,582,513,873
 
92.31
 
798,465,839
 
7.69
 
10,380,979,712
 
51.67
 
24,755,956
 
*based on total issued share capital (ISC) (excluding 325,273,407 ordinary shares held in treasury) as at 12.01am (London time) on Thursday 19 April 2018.
 
 
 
2.        Board changes
 
Phillip Ameen, Joachim Faber and John Lipsky retired from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM. For the purposes of section 430(2B) of the Companies Act 2006, they will each receive their pro-rata entitlement to non-executive director fees for the month of April 2018 and are not entitled to any payments for loss of office.
 
 
3.        Other
 
-    Computershare Investor Services PLC, the Company's Share Registrar, acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.
 
-    Copies of the special resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism which is located at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
 
-    As at 12.01am (London time) on Thursday 19 April 2018, the total number of issued ordinary shares of US$0.50 each entitling the holders to attend and vote on all the resolutions at the AGM was 20,092,674,216 which excludes 325,273,407 ordinary shares held in treasury.
     A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is therefore not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
 
-    In accordance with Rule 13.40 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules there were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour of any of the resolutions. No shareholder was required under the Hong Kong Listing Rules to abstain from voting.
 
As at the time of this announcement, the following are Directors of the Company:
Mark Tucker*, John Flint, Kathleen Casey, Laura Cha, Henri de Castries,
Lord Evans of Weardale, Irene Lee, Iain Mackay, Heidi Miller, Marc Moses, David Nish, Jonathan Symonds, Jackson Tai and Pauline van der Meer Mohr.
 
 
* Non-executive Group Chairman
Independent non-executive Director
 
For and on behalf of
HSBC Holdings plc
 
Ben J S Mathews
Group Company Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
HSBC Holdings plc
 
 
 
By:
 
Name: Ben J S Mathews
 
Title : Group Company Secretary
 
 
 
Date: 20 April 2018