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BELLE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1880)POLL RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 26 MAY 2011Reference is made to the circular (the “Circular”) and the notice (the “Notice”) of the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of Belle International Holdings Limited (the “Company”) both dated 21 April 2011. Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular unless defined otherwise herein.
Poll results of the AGM held on 26 May 2011The board of directors (the “Board”) is pleased to announce that at the AGM held today, the ordinary resolutions as set out in the Notice were duly passed by the Shareholders by way of poll. The poll results are as follows:-
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of votes cast and percentage of total number of votes cast | Total number of votes cast | ||
Ordinary Resolutions | For | Against | Total number of votes cast | |
1. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements and reports of the directors and auditor of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2010. | 6,738,199,691 (99.979094%) | 1,409,000 (0.020906%) | 6,739,608,691 |
2. | To declare a final dividend of RMB6.0 cents (equivalent to HK7.19 cents) per share and a special dividend of RMB10.0 cents (equivalent to HK11.99 cents) per share for the year ended 31 December 2010. | 6,739,607,691 (99.999985%) | 1,000 (0.000015%) | 6,739,608,691 |
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Number of votes castand percentage of totalnumber of votes cast Total numberOrdinary ResolutionsFor Againstof votes cast3. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as | 6,737,624,691 | 1,984,000 | 6,739,608,691 |
the Company’s auditor and to authorize | (99.970562%) | (0.029438%) | ||
the board of directors of the Company to | ||||
fix the auditor ’s remuneration. | ||||
4. | (a)(i) To re-elect Ms. Hu Xiaoling as a | 6,656,106,124 | 71,776,117 | 6,727,882,241 |
non-executive director of the Company. | (98.933154%) | (1.066846%) | ||
(a)(ii) To re-elect Mr. Chan Yu Ling, | 6,737,499,691 | 2,009,000 | 6,739,508,691 | |
Abraham as an independent | (99.970191%) | (0.029809%) | ||
non-executive director of the Company. | ||||
(a)(iii) To re-elect Dr. Xue Qiuzhi as an | 6,737,499,691 | 2,009,000 | 6,739,508,691 | |
independent non-executive director of the | (99.970191%) | (0.029809%) | ||
Company. | ||||
(b) To appoint Mr. Sheng Fang as an | 6,669,237,574 | 70,271,117 | 6,739,508,691 | |
executive director of the Company. | (98.957326%) | (1.042674%) | ||
(c) To authorise the board of directors of | 6,724,598,691 | 963,000 | 6,725,561,691 | |
the Company to fix the remuneration of | (99.985681%) | (0.014319%) | ||
the directors. | ||||
5. | To grant a general mandate to the | 5,499,243,644 | 1,240,365,047 | 6,739,608,691 |
directors of the Company to allot, issue | (81.595889%) | (18.404111%) | ||
and deal with new shares not exceeding | ||||
10% of the issued share capital of the | ||||
Company as at the date of passing this | ||||
resolution. | ||||
6. | To grant a general mandate to the | 6,702,355,691 | 37,253,000 | 6,739,608,691 |
directors of the Company to repurchase | (99.447253%) | (0.552747%) | ||
shares not exceeding 10% of the issued | ||||
share capital of the Company as at the | ||||
date of passing this resolution. | ||||
7. | To extend the general mandate granted to | 5,473,223,016 | 1,254,514,675 | 6,727,737,691 |
the directors of the Company to allot, | (81.353098%) | (18.646902%) | ||
issue and deal with additional shares in | ||||
the share capital of the Company by an | ||||
amount not exceeding the amount of the | ||||
shares repurchased by the Company. |
— 2 — As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of all the ordinary resolutions, the above resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions. Details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice. 1. As at the date of the AGM, the Company has a total of 8,434,233,000 Shares. All the Shareholders holding the 8,434,233,000 Shares were entitled to attend and vote for or against the ordinary resolutions. 2. There were no Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote only against the resolutions at the AGM. 3. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company, was appointed as scrutineer for the purpose of the poll taken at the AGM. 4. In relation to resolution No. 2 above, the translation of Renminbi (“RMB”) into Hong Kong Dollars (“HK$”) for the purpose of dividend payment in HK$ is made at the rate of HK$1.00 = RMB0.83413, which is the official exchange rate of RMB against HK$ as quoted on 26 May 2011 by the People’s Bank of China. The dividends will be paid on or about 14 June 2011 to shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on 26 May 2011. Hong Kong, 26 May 2011 By order of the Board
Belle International Holdings LimitedSheng BaijiaoExecutive Director
Our directors are Mr Tang Yiu, Mr Sheng Baijiao, Mr Tang King Loy and Mr Sheng Fang as executive Directors, Mr Gao Yu and Ms Hu Xiaoling as non-executive Directors, and Mr Ho Kwok Wah, George, Mr Chan Yu Ling, Abraham and Dr Xue Qiuzhi as independent non-executive Directors.
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