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 May, 2007
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
Annual General Meeting 25 May 2007
At the Annual General Meeting of HSBC Holdings plc held on 25 May 2007, all
resolutions were passed on a poll.
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
Resolution Total Votes For* Total Votes Against Votes Withheld+
(%) (%)
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for 3,864,479,235 8,919,383 9,697,178
2006 (99.77) (0.23)
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration 3,689,326,342 97,555,034 96,172,523
Report for 2006 (97.42) (2.58)
3. (a) To re-elect The Lord Butler a 3,821,854,383 54,773,594 6,390,274
Director (98.59) (1.41)
(b) To re-elect The Baroness Dunn a 3,811,429,682 65,186,829 6,411,316
Director (98.32) (1.68)
(c) To re-elect R A Fairhead a 3,868,782,235 9,708,695 4,535,972
Director (99.75) (0.25)
(d) To re-elect W K L Fung a 3,816,457,837 59,990,498 6,580,256
Director (98.45) (1.55)
(e) To re-elect Sir Brian Moffat a 3,816,081,722 60,292,153 6,650,750
Director (98.44) (1.56)
(f) To re-elect G Morgan a Director 3,834,697,821 42,204,988 6,079,276
(98.91) (1.09)
4. To reappoint the Auditor at 3,839,835,491 10,313,830 32,872,395
remuneration to be determined by the Group
Audit Committee (99.73) (0.27)
5. To authorise the Directors to allot 3,849,690,002 26,121,717 7,134,352
shares (99.33) (0.67)
6. To disapply pre-emption rights 3,846,012,397 26,934,800 10,064,563
(Special Resolution) (99.30) (0.70)
7. To authorise the Company to purchase 3,870,162,901 10,921,090 1,871,381
its own Ordinary Shares (99.72) (0.28)
8. To authorise the Directors to offer a 3,870,471,683 6,786,564 5,753,519
scrip dividend alternative (99.82) (0.18)
9. To authorise the Company to make 3,753,329,722 88,666,544 41,001,817
political donations and incur political (97.69) (2.31)
expenditure
10. To authorise HSBC Bank plc to make 3,752,489,533 89,386,605 41,095,387
political donations and incur political
expenditure (97.67) (2.33)
11. To authorise electronic communications 3,872,910,676 5,680,069 4,378,887
with shareholders in accordance with the
Companies Act 2006 (99.85) (0.15)
12. To alter the Articles of Association 3,868,543,551 7,036,072 7,398,915
(Special Resolution) (99.82) (0.18)
* Includes discretionary votes
+ A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution
The total number of ordinary shares of US$0.50 each eligible to be voted at the
Annual General Meeting was 11,710,790,084. The scrutineers of the poll were
Electoral Reform Services Limited and Computershare Investor Services PLC.
At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, R K F Ch'ien, S Hintze and H
Sohmen retired as Directors. There are no matters relating to the retirements
of R K F Ch'ien, S Hintze and H Sohmen that need to be brought to the attention
of the shareholders of the Company. At the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting, Lord Butler, W K L Fung and Sir Brian Moffat have each served on the
Board for more than nine years and, in that respect only, do not meet the usual
criteria for independence set out in the UK Combined Code on corporate
governance.
As announced on 2 January 2007, from the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting Lord Butler ceased to be a member of the Nomination Committee, W K L
Fung ceased to be a member of the Remuneration Committee and Sir Brian Moffat
ceased to be Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, a member and Chairman of
the Group Audit Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Also as announced on 2 January 2007, the following appointments became effective
from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting:
Simon Robertson, an independent non-executive Director since January 2006,
became Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination
Committee;
Sir Brian Williamson, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, became
chairman of the Nomination Committee;
James Hughes-Hallett, an independent non-executive Director since 2005, became a
member of the Nomination Committee;
Gwyn Morgan, an independent non-executive Director since October 2006, became a
member of the Remuneration Committee;
Rona Fairhead, an independent non-executive Director since 2004, became chairman
of the Group Audit Committee; and
Stewart Newton, an independent non-executive Director since 2002, became a
member of the Group Audit Committee.
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: P A Stafford
Title: Assistant Group Secretary
Date: 25 May 2007