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SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 315)
VOTE RESULTS AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 1 NOVEMBER 2019
Reference is made to the circular (the "Circular") and the notice of annual general meeting (the "Notice") of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited (the "Company") both dated 30 September 2019. Unless the context otherwise required, terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular and the Notice.
At the annual general meeting ("AGM") of the Company held on 1 November 2019, all the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice have been voted by way of poll.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued shares in the Company was 1,120,849,030 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM. There is no restriction on any shareholders casting votes on any of the resolutions at the AGM.
The Company's share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer at the AGM for the purpose of vote-taking. The number of shares represented by votes for and against the respective resolutions at the AGM was as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | No. of votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To adopt the audited financial statements, the | 957,999,889 | 0 |
report of the Directors and the independent | (100.000000%) | (0.000000%) | |
auditor's report for the year ended 30 June 2019. | |||
2. | To approve the payment of final dividend. | 958,267,834 | 0 |
(100.000000%) | (0.000000%) |
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Ordinary Resolutions | No. of votes (%) | |||
For | Against | |||
3. | (i) (a) | To re-elect Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, | 939,994,341 | 18,261,787 |
Raymond as Director. | (98.094269%) | (1.905731%) | ||
(b) | To re-elect Mr. Chau Kam-kun, Stephen | 955,840,111 | 2,406,007 | |
as Director. | (99.748916%) | (0.251084%) | ||
(c) | To re-elect Mr. Siu Hon-wah, Thomas as | 951,349,716 | 6,896,402 | |
Director. | (99.280310%) | (0.719690%) | ||
(d) | To re-elect Dr. Li Ka-cheung, Eric as | 935,099,060 | 23,147,058 | |
Director. | (97.584435%) | (2.415565%) | ||
(e) | To re-elect Mrs. Ip Yeung See-ming, | 957,492,282 | 753,836 | |
Christine as Director. | (99.921332%) | (0.078668%) | ||
(ii) To authorise the board of Directors to fix the | 952,723,027 | 1,587 | ||
fees of Directors. | (99.999833%) | (0.000167%) | ||
4. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as | 953,731,182 | 4,516,642 | |
auditor of the Company and to authorise the | (99.528656%) | (0.471344%) | ||
board of Directors to fix their remuneration. | ||||
5. | To give a general mandate to the board of | 831,437,422 | 126,283,696 | |
Directors to issue and dispose of additional | (86.814147%) | (13.185853%) | ||
shares in the Company not exceeding 10% of the | ||||
issued shares. | ||||
6. | To give a general mandate to the board of | 954,971,750 | 2,751,074 | |
Directors to repurchase shares of the Company | (99.712748%) | (0.287252%) | ||
not exceeding 10% of the issued shares. | ||||
7. | To extend the general mandate granted to the | 829,110,275 | 129,135,843 | |
board of Directors to issue shares in the capital of | (86.523729%) | (13.476271%) | ||
the Company by the number of shares | ||||
repurchased. |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, all the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions.
By order of the Board
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited
Mak Yau-hing, Alvin
Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 1 November 2019
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As at the date of this announcement, the Executive Directors of the Company are Ms. Anna YIP (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. CHAN Kai-lung, Patrick and Mr. CHAU Kam-kun, Stephen; Non-Executive Directors are Mr. KWOK Ping-luen, Raymond (Chairman), Mr. CHEUNG Wing-yui (Deputy Chairman), Mr. FUNG Yuk-lun, Allen (Deputy Chairman), Mr. David Norman PRINCE, Mr. SIU Hon-wah, Thomas and Mr. John Anthony MILLER; Independent Non-Executive Directors are Dr. LI Ka-cheung, Eric, JP, Mr. NG Leung-sing, JP, Mr. GAN Fock-kin, Eric, Mrs. IP YEUNG See-ming, Christine and Mr. LAM Kwok-fung, Kenny.
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