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POLL RESULTS OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The extraordinary general meeting (the "EGM") of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (the "Company") was held on Friday, 20 December 2019. Details with respect to the resolutions and voting of the EGM are as follows:
Terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the circular of the Company dated 4 November 2019 unless otherwise defined.
I. Important Notice
- There were no veto bills during the EGM.
- There were no changes to any resolutions approved at any previous general meetings.
II. Information Regarding the EGM
- Time of EGM: 2:30 pm Friday, 20 December 2019
- Convener: The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board")
- Venue: Conference room, No. 8, Boxing Yi Road, Economic and Technological Development District, Beijing, PRC
- Mode of meeting: A combination of on-site meeting and online voting
- Chairman: Mr. Wu Gang, the Chairman of the Board
The EGM was convened and conducted in accordance with the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), the Articles of Association of the Company (the "Articles of Association"), and other relevant rules and regulations.
- Meeting Attendance
As at the date of the EGM, the total number of shares in issue was 4,225,067,647, being the total number of shares entitling the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") to attend and vote for or against or abstain from voting on the proposed resolutions. There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions proposed to the Shareholders at the EGM 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"). Save as disclosed in this announcement, no other Shareholder of the Company was required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting at the EGM. A total of 89 Shareholders (including the Shareholders present at the on-sitemeeting in person, by proxy or vote online), holding a total of 2,256,990,780 shares, accounting for 53.4190% of the total number of shares, voted at the EGM. A total of 13 Shareholders attended the EGM (including the Shareholders present at the on-sitemeeting in person or by proxy), holding a total of 1,494,662,159 shares, representing 66.2237% of the Company's total number of shares carrying voting rights who participated in the EGM. Of the Shareholders attending the EGM (including the Shareholders present at the on-sitemeeting in person or by proxy), holders of A Shares held a total of 1,122,601,799 A Shares, representing 49.7389% of the Company's total number of shares carrying voting rights who participated in the EGM; and holders of H Shares held a total of 372,060,360 H Shares, representing 16.4848% of the Company's total number of shares carrying voting rights who participated in the EGM. A total of 76 holders of A Shares, holding a total of 762,328,621 A Shares, representing 33.7763% of the Company's total number of shares carrying voting rights who participated in the EGM, voted online.
According to the relevant provisions of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Implementation Rules of Online Voting at Shareholders' Meeting of Listed Companies ("Implementation Rules of Voting") and the Articles, the Company has provided online voting platform for holders of A Shares to vote online.
Four directors, three supervisors and two senior managements of the Company attended the EGM. Witness lawyers and a scrutineer also attended and witnessed the meeting.
IV. Considerations and Poll Results
The poll results of the resolutions considered at the EGM are set out as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
No. | Resolutions | |||||||
No. of Votes | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | |||
(%) | Votes | (%) | Votes | (%) | ||||
Special Resolution | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | 2256611828 | 99.9832% | 206352 | 0.0091% | 172600 | 0.0076% | ||
1 | proposed amendments to the | |||||||
Articles of Association of the | ||||||||
Company. | ||||||||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | 1811818511 | 99.9910% | 163352 | 0.0090% | 0 | 0.0000% | ||
continuing connected transactions | ||||||||
(A Shares) with China Three | ||||||||
Gorges (Group) Co, Ltd. and the |
2 Company according to the requirements under the Rules Governing Listing of Stocks on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the annual cap for the year of 2020.
The poll results of the resolutions of minority shareholders considered at the EGM are set out as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
No. | Resolutions | |||||||
No. of Votes | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | |||
(%) | Votes | (%) | Votes | (%) | ||||
Special Resolution | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
1 | proposed amendments to the | 584314688 | 99.9352% | 206352 | 0.0353% | 172600 | 0.0295% | |
Articles of Association of the | ||||||||
Company. | ||||||||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
continuing connected transactions | ||||||||
(A Shares) with China Three | ||||||||
Gorges (Group) Co, Ltd. and the | ||||||||
2 | Company according to the | 584530288 | 99.9721% | 163352 | 0.0279% | 0 | 0.0000% | |
requirements under the Rules | ||||||||
Governing Listing of Stocks on | ||||||||
the Shenzhen Stock Exchange | ||||||||
and the annual cap for the year of | ||||||||
2020. |
The poll results of the resolutions of A Shareholders considered at the EGM are set out as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
No. | Resolutions | |||||||
No. of Votes | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | |||
(%) | Votes | (%) | Votes | (%) | ||||
Special Resolution | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
1 | proposed amendments to the | 1884767068 | 99.9913% | 163352 | 0.0087% | 0 | 0.0000% | |
Articles of Association of the | ||||||||
Company. | ||||||||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
continuing connected transactions | ||||||||
(A Shares) with China Three | ||||||||
Gorges (Group) Co, Ltd. and the | ||||||||
2 | Company according to the | 1439758151 | 99.9887% | 163352 | 0.0113% | 0 | 0.0000% | |
requirements under the Rules | ||||||||
Governing Listing of Stocks on | ||||||||
the Shenzhen Stock Exchange | ||||||||
and the annual cap for the year of | ||||||||
2020. |
The poll results of the resolutions of H Shareholders considered at the EGM are set out as
follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
No. | Resolutions | |||||||
No. of Votes | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | No. of | Percentage | |||
(%) | Votes | (%) | Votes | (%) | ||||
Special Resolution | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
1 | proposed amendments to the | 371,844,760 | 99.9421% | 43000 | 0.0116% | 172600 | 0.0464% | |
Articles of Association of the | ||||||||
Company. | ||||||||
Ordinary Resolutions | ||||||||
To consider and approve the | ||||||||
continuing connected transactions | ||||||||
(A Shares) with China Three | ||||||||
Gorges (Group) Co, Ltd. and the | ||||||||
2 | Company according to the | 372,060,360 | 100.0000% | 0 | 0.0000% | 0 | 0.0000% | |
requirements under the Rules | ||||||||
Governing Listing of Stocks on | ||||||||
the Shenzhen Stock Exchange | ||||||||
and the annual cap for the year of | ||||||||
2020. |
Notes:
- For Ordinary Resolution No. 2, China Three Gorges New Energy (Group) Co., Ltd, holding a total of 445,008,917 A Shares (representing approximately 10.53% of the total number of issued Shares), are required to abstain from voting at the EGM.
- According to the Implementation Rules of Voting, minority shareholders refer to shareholders other than those individually or collectively holding more than 5% of the Company's Shares.
As more than two-thirds of votes cast were voted in favour of the special resolution proposed to the EGM and more than half of votes cast were voted in favour of the ordinary resolution proposed at the EGM, all the resolutions proposed at the EGM were approved.
V. The Vote Taking and Witness Lawyer
In accordance with the Listing Rules, the Company's H share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited ("Computershare"), was appointed as the scrutineer for vote taking at the EGM. The voting and vote-taking processes were jointly witnessed by two witness lawyers, two shareholder representatives and one supervisor representative.
Mr. Wang Heng and Mr. Song Qinyi from Beijing Jingtian Gongcheng Law Firm attended and witnessed the EGM, and issued a legal opinion confirming that matters relating to the convening and holding procedures, qualifications of the attendees and the voting procedures of the EGM were in compliance with the Company Law of the PRC, the Securities Law, the Rules for General Meetings of Listed Companies and other relevant
rules and regulations as well as the Articles, and that all the ordinary resolutions approved at the EGM were legal and valid.
The text of the legal opinion can be found on the website of CNINFO (www.cninfo.com.cn), the website designated by the Company for its information disclosure.
By order of the Board
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
Ma Jinru
Company Secretary
Beijing, 20 December 2019
As of the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Wu Gang (Chairman), Mr. Cao Zhigang, and Mr. Wang Haibo; the non-executive directors are Ms. Gu Hongmei, Mr. Gao Jianjun and Mr. Lu Hailin; and the independent non-executive directors are Dr. Tin Yau Kelvin Wong, Mr. Wei Wei and Ms. Yang Jianping.
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