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MEDIA CHINESE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
世界華文媒體有限公司
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Malaysia Company No. 995098-A)
(Hong Kong Stock Code: 685)
(Malaysia Stock Code: 5090)
POLL RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 14 AUGUST 2019
Media Chinese International Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held on 14 August 2019 as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To receive the Audited Financial | 875,511,027 | 3,364 |
Statements for the financial year ended 31 | (99.9996%) | (0.0004%) | |
March 2019 together with the Directors' | |||
and Independent Auditor's Reports thereon | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
2. | To approve the payment of Directors' fees | 853,593,081 | 11,728 |
and benefits for the financial year ended 31 | (99.9986%) | (0.0014%) | |
March 2019 in the amount of US$251,000 | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
3. | To approve the payment of Directors' fees | 853,588,081 | 16,728 |
and benefits payable from 1 April 2019 | (99.9980%) | (0.0020%) | |
until the next AGM in the amount of | |||
US$283,000 | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
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Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||||
For | Against | ||||
4. | To re-elect Mr LEONG Chew Meng as a | 870,661,027 | 5,142,564 | ||
Director of the Company | (99.4128%) | (0.5872%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
5. | To re-elect Mr YU Hon To, David as a | 862,557,427 | 13,326,164 | ||
Director of the Company | (98.4785%) | (1.5215%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
6. | To re-elect Mr KHOO Kar Khoon as a | 875,843,227 | 40,364 | ||
Director of the Company | (99.9954%) | (0.0046%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
7. | To | re-appoint | Messrs | 875,880,227 | 3,364 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the | (99.9996%) | (0.0004%) | |||
Company for the ensuing year and to | |||||
authorise the Directors to fix its | |||||
remuneration | |||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
8. | To retain Mr YU Hon To, David as an | 871,012,027 | 4,871,564 | ||
Independent Non-executive Director of the | (99.4438%) | (0.5562%) | |||
Company | |||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
9. | To approve the Company and/or its | 35,435,596 | 3,364 | ||
subsidiaries to enter into recurrent related | (99.9905%) | (0.0095%) | |||
party transactions of a revenue or trading | |||||
nature | |||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
10. | To give a general mandate to the Directors | 875,880,227 | 3,364 | ||
for share buy-back | (99.9996%) | (0.0004%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||||
11. | To give a general mandate to the Directors | 862,192,863 | 13,690,728 | ||
to issue new shares | (98.4369%) | (1.5631%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
12. | To extend the general mandate to be given | 861,591,863 | 14,291,728 |
to the Directors to issue new shares | (98.3683%) | (1.6317%) | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||
duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
Special Resolution | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
13. | To approve the proposed amendments to | 866,431,427 | 9,452,164 |
the Bye-Laws of the Company | (98.9208%) | (1.0792%) | |
As more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was | |||
duly passed as a special resolution. |
The total number of shares entitling the shareholders of the Company to attend and vote for or against Resolutions Nos. 1, 5 to 8 and 10 to 13 above at the AGM was 1,687,236,241 shares, which was the total number of issued and fully paid-up shares of the Company at the date of the AGM.
For good corporate governance, Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King and Ms Tiong Choon in an aggregate of 22,798,782 shares, representing approximately 1.3513% of the issued share capital of the Company (as at the date of the AGM) had abstained from voting on Resolutions 2 and 3 at the AGM. Therefore, the total number of shareholders entitling the shareholders to attend and vote for or against Resolution No. 2 and 3 were 1,664,437,459 shares respectively, representing approximately 98.6487% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM.
In relation to Resolution 4, Mr Leong Chew Meng with 80,000 shares of the Company had abstained from voting on such resolution at the AGM. The total number of shares entitling the shareholders to attend and vote for or against Resolution No. 4 was 1,687,156,241 shares, representing approximately 99.9953% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM.
In respect of Resolution No. 9, Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King, Mr Tiong Kiew Chiong and Ms Tiong Choon together with their associates/persons connected (which together were interested in an aggregate of 1,129,913,893 shares, representing approximately 66.9683% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM) were required to abstain, and had abstained, from voting on such resolution at the AGM. As a result, the total number of shares entitling the shareholders to attend and vote for or against Resolution No. 9 was 557,322,348 shares, representing approximately 33.0317% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the AGM.
Save as disclosed above, there were no shares entitling the shareholders of the Company to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and there were no shares requiring the shareholders of the Company to abstain from voting at the AGM under the Listing Rules.
Coopers Professional Scrutineers Sdn Bhd was appointed as independent scrutineers for the purpose of the poll taken at the AGM.
Shareholders may refer to the circular dated 12 July 2019 (the "Circular") for details of the above resolutions proposed at the AGM. The Circular may be viewed and downloaded from the Company's website at www.mediachinesegroup.com or the designated website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk.
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By order of the Board
Media Chinese International Limited
TIONG Kiew Chiong
Director
14 August 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises, Ms Tiong Choon, Mr Tiong Kiew Chiong and Mr Leong Chew Meng, being executive directors; Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King, being non-executive director; and Mr Yu Hon To, David, Datuk Chong Kee Yuon and Mr Khoo Kar Khoon being independent non-executive directors.
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