Tencent : Poll Results for the 2019 Annual General Meeting
May 15, 2019 at 10:53 am EDT
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POLL RESULTS FOR THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the annual general meeting of Tencent Holdings Limited (the "Company") held on 15 May 2019 (the "AGM"), a poll was demanded by the chairman of the AGM for voting on all proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 1 April 2019.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on all resolutions at the AGM was 9,520,560,778 shares. There were no restrictions on any shareholders to cast votes on any of the following resolutions at the AGM.
All resolutions were approved by shareholders and details of the poll results are as follows:
Resolutions
Number of Votes (%)
For
Against
1
To receive and consider the audited
7,410,367,168
3,405,041
Financial Statements, the Directors'
(99.954%)
(0.046%)
Report
and
the
Independent
Auditor's Report for the year ended
31 December 2018.
2
To declare a final dividend.
7,417,320,544
24,272
(99.9997%)
(0.0003%)
3
(a)
To re-elect Mr Jacobus Petrus
7,128,601,113
288,741,303
(Koos) Bekker as Director.
(96.107%)
(3.893%)
(b)
To re-elect Mr Ian Charles
7,079,469,968
337,872,448
Stone as Director.
(95.445%)
(4.555%)
(c)
To authorise the Board of
7,314,106,611
29,641,859
Directors to fix the Directors'
(99.596%)
(0.404%)
remuneration.
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Resolutions
Number of Votes (%)
For
Against
4
To re-appoint Auditor and authorise
7,374,340,199
40,748,332
the Board of Directors to fix their
(99.450%)
(0.550%)
remuneration.
5
To grant a general mandate to the
4,907,493,317
2,302,303,057
Directors to issue new shares
(68.067%)
(31.933%)
(Ordinary Resolution 5 as set out in
the notice of the AGM).
6
To grant a general mandate to the
7,405,043,388
10,251,611
Directors
to
repurchase shares
(99.862%)
(0.138%)
(Ordinary Resolution 6 as set out in
the notice of the AGM).
7
To extend the general mandate to
4,932,184,780
2,280,928,031
issue new shares by adding the
(68.378%)
(31.622%)
number
of
shares repurchased
(Ordinary Resolution 7 as set out in
the notice of the AGM).
All resolutions set out above were passed as Ordinary Resolutions.
The Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
Shareholders may refer to the notice of the AGM and the circular dated 1 April 2019 issued to shareholders for details of the above resolutions.
By Order of the Board
Ma Huateng
Chairman
Hong Kong, 15 May 2019
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:
Executive Directors:
Ma Huateng and Lau Chi Ping Martin;
Non-Executive Directors:
Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker and Charles St Leger Searle; and
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Li Dong Sheng, Iain Ferguson Bruce, Ian Charles Stone and Yang Siu Shun.
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Tencent Holdings Limited specializes in Internet services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- development of mobile applications (54.8%): development of online gaming platforms, instant messaging system (QQ), gaming software, photo downloading software, online payment systems, etc.;
- development of electronic payment solutions and services (26.5%);
- online advertising services (17.1%);
- other (1.6%).
China accounts for 93% of net sales.