HSBC Holdings Plc
Ticker: HSBA
Meeting date: 05/05/2023
Meeting type: Annual
| Proposal | Mgt rec | Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management proposals | |||
| 1 | Proposal Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 2 | Proposal Approve Remuneration Report | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3a | Proposal Elect Geraldine Buckingham as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3b | Proposal Elect Georges Elhedery as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3c | Proposal Elect Kalpana Morparia as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3d | Proposal Re-elect Rachel Duan as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3e | Proposal Re-elect Dame Carolyn Fairbairn as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3f | Proposal Re-elect James Forese as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3g | Proposal Re-elect Steven Guggenheimer as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3h | Proposal Re-elect Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3i | Proposal Re-elect Eileen Murray as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3j | Proposal Re-elect David Nish as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3k | Proposal Re-elect Noel Quinn as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 3l | Proposal Re-elect Mark Tucker as Director | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 4 | Proposal Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 5 | Proposal Authorise the Group Audit Committee to Fix Remuneration of Auditors | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 6 | Proposal Authorise UK Political Donations and Expenditure | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 7 | Proposal Authorise Issue of Equity | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 8 | Proposal Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 9 | Proposal Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights in Connection with an Acquisition or Other Capital Investment | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 10 | Proposal Authorise Directors to Allot Any Repurchased Shares | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 11 | Proposal Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 12 | Proposal Approve Share Repurchase Contract | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 13 | Proposal Authorise Issue of Equity in Relation to Contingent Convertible Securities | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 14 | Proposal Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights in Relation to Contingent Convertible Securities | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| 15 | Proposal Authorise the Company to Call General Meeting with Two Weeks' Notice | Mgt rec For | Vote For |
| Shareholder proposals | |||
| 16 | Proposal Revisit the | Mgt rec Against | Vote Against |
| 17 | Proposal Devise, Implement and Report Quarterly on a Plan and Strategy Aiming at Increasing Its Value by Structural Reforms Including But Not Limited to Spinning Off, Strategic Reorganisation and Restructuring Its Asia Businesses | Mgt rec Against | Vote Against |
| 18 | Proposal Devise and Implement a Long-Term and Stable Dividend Policy | Mgt rec Against | Vote Against |
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