The 157th Annual General Meeting of the Society took place on Monday 5 December 2011. The AGM allowed members to vote and discuss various topics about the Society's financial year.

The official turnout was ratified by scrutinisers Howsons Electoral Services and saw an excellent turnout of 23.5%.

David Webster, Chief Executive of The Hanley commented

"Once again I am delighted to see such a good turnout of members at our 2011 AGM. Member engagement is extremely important to The Hanley and to be in the top 3 of Building Society turnouts in 2011 is a positive sign that The Hanley is doing extremely well in these challenging economic times."

All resolutions were carried including a special resolution which will allow the Society to use electronic communication in the future to members who wish to receive information from the Society in this manner. The special resolution will also allow the Society to take part in the Dormant accounts scheme.

For each vote cast by a member the Society pledged a donation to the Douglas Macmillan Hospice. The overall total raised was £700 which was presented to Zoe Hollingsworth of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice at the end of the AGM.

The voting results were as follows:

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts
               
                4659       FOR
                56           AGAINST

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors
               
                4537       FOR
                165         AGAINST

To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report
               
                4352       FOR
                300         AGAINST

For the re-election of Edward Victor Jenner
               
                4467       FOR
                205         AGAINST

For the re-election of the Right Honourable the Lord Stafford
               
                4439       FOR
                250         AGAINST

For the re-election of John Horace Wood
               
                4485       FOR
                195         AGAINST

Special Resolution to approve new rules
               
                4441       FOR
                152         AGAINST