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China Hongqiao Group Limited
中 國 宏 橋 集 團 有 限 公 司
(Incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1378)
ANNOUNCEMENT
POLL RESULTS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 6 MAY 2021
Reference is made to the circular of China Hongqiao Group Limited (the "Company") dated 7 April 2021 (the "Circular"). Terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular, unless the context requires otherwise.
RESULTS OF THE AGM
The board (the "Board") of directors (the "Directors") of the Company is pleased to announce that at the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held on 6 May 2021, all the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 7 April 2021 (the "Resolutions") were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll. The poll results in respect of the Resolutions are as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial | 6,813,524,853 | 8,357,650 |
statements of the Company and the reports of the Directors and | 99.88% | 0.12% | |
the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December | |||
2020; | |||
2. | (i) To re-elect Mr. Zhang Bo as an executive Director; | 6,612,913,936 | 208,968,567 |
96.94% | 3.06% | ||
(ii) To re-elect Ms. Zheng Shuliang as an executive Director; | 6,801,011,073 | 20,871,430 | |
99.69% | 0.31% | ||
(iii) To re-elect Ms. Zhang Ruilian as an executive Director; | 6,799,354,977 | 22,527,526 | |
99.67% | 0.33% | ||
(iv) To re-elect Mr. Yang Congsen as a non-executive Director; | 6,805,771,186 | 16,111,317 | |
99.76% | 0.24% | ||
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Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | |||
For | Against | |||
(v) | To re-elect Mr. Zhang Jinglei as a non-executive Director; | 6,790,381,452 | 31,501,051 | |
99.54% | 0.46% | |||
(vi) | To re-elect Mr. Li Zimin (Mr. Zhang Hao as his alternate) | 6,797,028,220 | 24,854,283 | |
as a non-executive Director; | 99.64% | 0.36% | ||
(vii) | To re-elect Ms. Sun Dongdong as a non-executive | 6,807,758,186 | 14,124,317 | |
Director; | 99.79% | 0.21% | ||
(viii) To re-elect Mr. Wen Xianjun as an independent non- | 6,821,864,002 | 18,501 | ||
executive Director; | 99.9997% | 0.0003% | ||
(ix) | To re-elect Mr. Xing Jian, who has served the Company | 6,698,622,853 | 123,259,650 | |
for more than nine years, as an independent non-executive | 98.19% | 1.81% | ||
Director; | ||||
(x) | To re-elect Mr. Han Benwen, who has served the Company | 6,723,796,010 | 98,086,493 | |
for more than nine years, as an independent non-executive | 98.56% | 1.44% | ||
Director; | ||||
(xi) | To re-elect Mr. Dong Xinyi as an independent non- | 6,818,725,002 | 3,157,501 | |
executive Director; | 99.95% | 0.05% | ||
(xii) | To authorize the Board to fix the respective Directors' | 6,821,882,503 | 0 | |
remuneration; | 100% | 0% | ||
3. | To re-appoint SHINEWING (HK) CPA Limited as auditors | 6,806,233,535 | 15,648,968 | |
of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix their | 99.77% | 0.23% | ||
remuneration; | ||||
4. | To declare a final dividend of HK$50 cents per Share for the | 6,821,882,503 | 0 | |
year ended 31 December 2020 to the Shareholders; | 100% | 0% | ||
5. | To give a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase the | 6,818,980,503 | 2,902,000 | |
Shares not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of | 99.96% | 0.04% | ||
the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing | ||||
of this resolution; | ||||
6. | To give a general mandate to the Directors to issue, allot | 6,280,658,024 | 541,224,479 | |
and deal with the Shares not exceeding 20% of the aggregate | 92.07% | 7.93% | ||
nominal amount of the issued share capital of the Company as at | ||||
the date of passing of this resolution; and | ||||
7. | To extend the general mandate granted to the Directors to issue, | 6,301,536,311 | 520,346,192 | |
allot and deal with the new Shares representing the total number | 92.37% | 7.63% | ||
of the Shares repurchased. | ||||
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As at the date of the AGM, the Company had 9,121,352,349 Shares in issue. The total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote for or against the Resolutions at the AGM were 9,121,352,349 Shares. There were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of any of the Resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of Listing Rules. No Shareholders were required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM. None of the Shareholders has stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the Resolutions, all the Resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions at the AGM.
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, was appointed as the scrutineer at the AGM for the purpose of vote-taking.
For the biographic details of the retiring Directors that were re-elected at the AGM, please refer to the Circular.
By order of the Board
China Hongqiao Group Limited
Zhang Bo
Chairman
Shandong, the People's Republic of China
6 May 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises eleven Directors, namely Mr. Zhang Bo, Ms. Zheng Shuliang and Ms. Zhang Ruilian as executive Directors, Mr. Yang Congsen, Mr. Zhang Jinglei, Mr. Li Zimin (Mr. Zhang Hao as his alternate) and Ms. Sun Dongdong as non-executive Directors, and Mr. Wen Xianjun, Mr. Xing Jian, Mr. Han Benwen and Mr. Dong Xinyi as independent non-executive Directors.
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