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BRILLIANCE CHINA AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED (華晨中國汽車控股有限公 司)*(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1114) RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 3RD JUNE, 2016The Board is pleased to announce that all the ordinary resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the Shareholders attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting by way of poll.
Reference is made to the circular issued by the Company dated 27th April, 2016 (the "Circular") in relation to, among other things, (i) notice of the Annual General Meeting; (ii) re-election of Directors; and (iii) general mandates to repurchase Shares and to issue new Shares. Unless the context requires otherwise, terms used herein shall have the same meanings as in the Circular.
POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThe Board is pleased to announce that all the ordinary resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the Shareholders attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting by way of poll.
Details of the poll results in respect of the ordinary resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting are as follows:
Ordinary resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting | FOR votes (%) | AGAINST votes (%) | Total number of votes | |
1. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of Directors and auditors of the Company for the year ended 31st December, 2015. | 4,156,171,723 (100.0000%) | 2 (0.0000%) | 4,156,171,725 |
* For identification purposes only
Ordinary resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting | FOR votes (%) | AGAINST votes (%) | Total number of votes | ||
2. | (A) | To re-elect Mr. Wang Shiping as executive | 4,136,333,811 | 20,111,914 | 4,156,445,725 |
Director. | (99.5161%) | (0.4839%) | |||
(B) | To re-elect Mr. Lei Xiaoyang as non- | 3,962,196,462 | 194,249,263 | 4,156,445,725 | |
executive Director. | (95.3266%) | (4.6734%) | |||
(C) | To authorise the Board to fix the | 4,113,996,331 | 427,592 | 4,114,423,923 | |
remuneration of the Directors. | (99.9896%) | (0.0104%) | |||
3. | To re-appoint Grant Thornton Hong Kong Limited | 4,155,388,947 | 1,056,778 | 4,156,445,725 | |
as auditors and to authorise the Board to fix their | (99.9746%) | (0.0254%) | |||
remuneration. | |||||
4. | (A) | To grant a general and unconditional | 2,523,142,042 | 1,632,511,683 | 4,155,653,725 |
mandate to the Directors to allot, issue | (60.7159%) | (39.2841%) | |||
and otherwise deal with new Shares not | |||||
exceeding 20 percent of the number of | |||||
Shares of the Company in issue as at the | |||||
date of passing of this resolution. | |||||
(B) | To grant a general and unconditional | 4,121,263,852 | 35,181,873 | 4,156,445,725 | |
mandate to the Directors to repurchase | (99.1536%) | (0.8464%) | |||
Shares not exceeding 10 percent of the | |||||
number of Shares of the Company in issue as | |||||
at the date of passing of this resolution. | |||||
(C) | To extend the mandate granted under | 2,552,958,466 | 1,602,997,259 | 4,155,955,725 | |
resolution No. 4(A) by including the | (61.4289%) | (38.5711%) | |||
number of Shares repurchased by the | |||||
Company pursuant to resolution No. 4(B). |
Accordingly, all the ordinary resolutions put forward at the Annual General Meeting were duly passed by the Shareholders attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting by way of poll.
The Company's branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the Annual General Meeting.
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the number of issued Shares of the Company was 5,037,469,388 Shares, which was also the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting. None of the Shareholders were required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting in favour of any of the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting or to abstain from voting. There were no restrictions on any Shareholders to cast votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the Annual General Meeting. No Shareholders have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting.
By Order of the Board
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Wu Xiao An (also known as Ng Siu On)Chairman
Hong Kong, 3rd June, 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises three executive Directors, Mr. Wu Xiao An (also known as Mr. Ng Siu On) (Chairman), Mr. Qi Yumin (Chief Executive Officer) and Mr. Wang Shiping; one non-executive Director, Mr. Lei Xiaoyang; and three independent non-executive Directors, Mr. Xu Bingjin, Mr. Song Jian and Mr. Jiang Bo.
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