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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 2020
HELD ON 21 JUNE 2021
POLL RESULTS
Reference is made to the circular of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") dated 6 May 2021 (the "Circular"), containing details of the resolutions tabled before the annual general meeting for the year 2020 of the Bank (the "AGM") for shareholders' approval.
- Convening and Attendance of the AGM
The Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") announces that the AGM was held at the Head Office of the Bank, 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC on 21 June 2021 at 2:50 p.m.
The total number of shares entitling holders thereof to attend and vote on the resolutions proposed at the AGM was 356,406,257,089 shares. No shareholders of the Bank were entitled to attend but were required to abstain from voting in favour of the proposed resolutions pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and no shareholders were required to abstain from voting at the AGM pursuant to the Listing Rules. 191 holders of shares and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 302,603,841,338 shares with voting rights, representing 84.9042% of the total number of shares with voting rights of 356,406,257,089, were present at the AGM.
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Number of shareholders and authorized proxies attending the | 191 | |
AGM | ||
Including: | number of A share holders | 177 |
number of H share holders | 14 | |
Total number of shares with voting rights held by shareholders | 302,603,841,338 | |
attending the AGM | ||
Including: | total number of shares held by A share holders | 252,230,209,767 |
total number of shares held by H share holders | 50,373,631,571 | |
Percentage of total shares with voting rights held by shareholders | 84.9042 | |
attending the AGM (%) | ||
Including: | percentage of total shares held by A share holders (%) | 70.7704 |
percentage of total shares held by H share holders (%) | 14.1338 | |
Notes:
- Shareholders attending the AGM include those attending the AGM on-site and by way of online voting.
- According to the Articles of Association of the Bank and the circumstances of the AGM, the resolutions of the AGM are not required to be considered and approved by the holders of preference shares of the Bank.
The voting of the AGM was conducted by means of on-site voting and online voting in compliance with laws and regulations such as the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (the "Company Law"), the Rules for the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Implementation Rules for Network Voting in the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies and the relevant provisions of the Articles of Association of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Articles of Association"). The AGM was convened by the Board and chaired by Mr. Liao Lin, Vice Chairman of the Board and President of the Bank.
11 of the 11 directors of the Bank attended the AGM. 5 of the 5 supervisors of the Bank attended the AGM. Board Secretary of the Bank, Mr. Guan Xueqing, attended the meeting. Senior management members Mr. Wang Jingwu, Mr. Zhang Wenwu, Mr. Xu Shouben and Mr. Zhang Weiwu were in attendance at the meeting.
In compliance with the requirements of the Listing Rules, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Bank's H share registrar, acted as scrutineer for the vote-taking of the AGM.
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II. Voting Results of the AGM
At the AGM, all of the proposals set out in the notice of AGM dated 6 May 2021 were resolved by polling. The proposals were voted upon by a combination of on-site and online polling. Poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed to the AGM were as follows:
1. Proposal on the 2020 Work Report of the Board of Directors of ICBC Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,220,745,266 | 99.9962 | 7,890,301 | 0.0031 | 1,574,200 | 0.0007 | |
H Shares | 49,746,371,374 | 98.7548 | 395,804,840 | 0.7857 | 231,455,357 | 0.4595 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 301,967,116,640 | 99.7896 | 403,695,141 | 0.1334 | 233,029,557 | 0.0770 | |
2. Proposal on the 2020 Work Report of the Board of Supervisors of ICBC Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,228,147,867 | 99.9992 | 487,800 | 0.0002 | 1,574,100 | 0.0006 | |
H Shares | 50,139,360,713 | 99.5349 | 2,815,501 | 0.0056 | 231,455,357 | 0.4595 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,367,508,580 | 99.9219 | 3,303,301 | 0.0011 | 233,029,457 | 0.0770 | |
3. Proposal on the 2020 Audited Accounts Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,228,175,967 | 99.9992 | 489,700 | 0.0002 | 1,544,100 | 0.0006 | |
H Shares | 50,139,360,713 | 99.5349 | 2,815,501 | 0.0056 | 231,455,357 | 0.4595 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,367,536,680 | 99.9219 | 3,305,201 | 0.0011 | 232,999,457 | 0.0770 | |
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4. Proposal on the 2020 Profit Distribution Plan Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,219,697,331 | 99.9958 | 10,510,436 | 0.0042 | 2,000 | 0.0000 | |
H Shares | 50,206,624,383 | 99.6685 | 137,521,309 | 0.2730 | 29,485,879 | 0.0585 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,426,321,714 | 99.9413 | 148,031,745 | 0.0489 | 29,487,879 | 0.0098 | |
5. Proposal on the Fixed Asset Investment Budget for 2021 Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,229,712,067 | 99.9998 | 490,000 | 0.0002 | 7,700 | 0.0000 | |
H Shares | 50,344,039,191 | 99.9413 | 105,501 | 0.0002 | 29,486,879 | 0.0585 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,573,751,258 | 99.9901 | 595,501 | 0.0002 | 29,494,579 | 0.0097 | |
6. Proposal on the Engagement of the External Auditors for 2021 Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,229,682,667 | 99.9998 | 491,600 | 0.0002 | 35,500 | 0.0000 | |
H Shares | 50,319,239,191 | 99.8920 | 5,905,501 | 0.0117 | 48,486,879 | 0.0963 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,548,921,858 | 99.9819 | 6,397,101 | 0.0021 | 48,522,379 | 0.0160 | |
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7. Proposal on the Application for Authorization Limit for Special Donations for Poverty Alleviation
Voting result: approved Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,229,669,567 | 99.9998 | 494,500 | 0.0002 | 45,700 | 0.0000 | |
H Shares | 50,341,820,191 | 99.9368 | 2,324,501 | 0.0046 | 29,486,879 | 0.0586 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,571,489,758 | 99.9893 | 2,819,001 | 0.0009 | 29,532,579 | 0.0098 | |
8. Proposal on the Election of Ms. Chen Yifang as Non-executive Director of ICBC Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,112,931,943 | 99.9535 | 51,737,221 | 0.0205 | 65,540,603 | 0.0260 | |
H Shares | 49,267,135,672 | 97.8034 | 1,066,009,020 | 2.1162 | 40,486,879 | 0.0804 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 301,380,067,615 | 99.5956 | 1,117,746,241 | 0.3694 | 106,027,482 | 0.0350 | |
9. Proposal on Issuing Eligible Tier 2 Capital Instruments Voting result: approved
Details of votes:
For | Against | Abstain | |||||
Type of shareholders | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,229,692,367 | 99.9998 | 500,900 | 0.0002 | 16,500 | 0.0000 | |
H Shares | 50,325,039,190 | 99.9035 | 19,105,501 | 0.0379 | 29,486,880 | 0.0586 | |
Ordinary shares in total | 302,554,731,557 | 99.9838 | 19,606,401 | 0.0065 | 29,503,380 | 0.0097 | |
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