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CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP
中 國 恒 大 集 團
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 3333)
POLL RESULTS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 15 JUNE 2017
The board of directors (the ''Board'') of China Evergrande Group (the ''Company'') is pleased to announce that at the annual general meeting (the ''AGM'') of the Company held on 15 June 2017, all the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 2 May 2017 were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company by way of poll. The poll results in respect of all the resolutions proposed at the AGM are as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | No. of Votes (%) | Total number of votes | ||
For | Against | |||
1. | To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company (the ''Directors'') and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016. | 10,227,562,200 (99.999980%) | 2,001 (0.000020%) | 10,227,564,201 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
2. | To re-elect Ms. He Miaoling, a retiring director, as an executive Director. | 9,970,501,099 (97.486348%) | 257,085,992 (2.513652%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
3. | To re-elect Mr. Huang Xiangui, a retiring director, as an executive Director. | 10,211,688,806 (99.844555%) | 15,898,285 (0.155445%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
Ordinary Resolutions | No. of Votes (%) | Total number of votes | ||
For | Against | |||
4. | To re-elect Mr. Pan Darong, a retiring director, as an executive Director. | 10,211,688,807 (99.844555%) | 15,898,284 (0.155445%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
5. | To re-elect Mr. Shi Junping, a retiring director, as an executive Director. | 10,211,688,807 (99.844555%) | 15,898,284 (0.155445%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
6. | To re-elect Mr. He Qi, a retiring director, as an independent non-executive Director. | 10,073,201,158 (98.490495%) | 154,385,933 (1.509505%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
7. | To re-elect Ms. Xie Hongxi, a retiring director, as an independent non-executive Director. | 10,074,409,771 (98.502312%) | 153,177,319 (1.497688%) | 10,227,587,090 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
8. | To authorise the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors. | 10,226,990,091 (99.994163%) | 597,000 (0.005837%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
9. | To approve the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration. | 10,227,582,090 (99.999951%) | 5,001 (0.000049%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
10. | To approve the granting of a general mandate to the Directors to allot and issue new Shares not exceeding 20% of the existing issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing this resolution. | 9,993,217,763 (97.708459%) | 234,369,328 (2.291541%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
Ordinary Resolutions | No. of Votes (%) | Total number of votes | ||
For | Against | |||
11. | To approve the granting of a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase Shares not exceeding 10% of the existing issued share capital of the Company at the date of passing this resolution. | 10,227,580,091 (99.999932%) | 7,000 (0.000068%) | 10,227,587,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
12. | To include the amount of the Shares repurchased by the Company under Resolution 11 to the mandate granted to the Directors under resolution 10. | 10,000,796,052 (97.782651%) | 226,781,039 (2.217349%) | 10,227,577,091 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
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.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of shares in issue was 13,093,319,000 shares. The total number of share entitling shareholders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM is 13,093,319,000 shares. No shareholder was entitled to attend and vote only against the resolutions at the AGM.
By order of the Board
China Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan
Chairman
Hong Kong, 15 June 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Hui Ka Yan, Mr. Xia Haijun, Ms. He Miaoling, Mr. Pan Darong, Mr. Huang Xiangui and Mr. Shi Junping, and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Chau Shing Yim, David, Mr. He Qi and Ms. Xie Hongxi.
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