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中国电信股份有限公司
(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
The Board of the Company is pleased to announce that all proposed resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by way of poll at the EGM of the Company held on 27 November 2015.
Reference is made to the circular (the 'Circular') and the notice of the extraordinary general meeting of China Telecom Corporation Limited (the 'Company') dated 9 October 2015. Unless otherwise defined in this announcement, terms used herein shall have the same meanings as ascribed to them in the Circular and the notice of the extraordinary general meeting.
The board of directors of the Company (the 'Board') is pleased to announce that the proposed ordinary resolutions were duly passed by the Shareholders by way of poll at the extraordinary general meeting (the 'EGM') of the Company held on 27 November 2015 at No. 31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC.
As of the date of the EGM, the total number of issued shares of the Company was 80,932,368,321. As explained in the Circular, China Telecommunications Corporation, the controlling shareholder of the Company, holding an aggregate of 57,377,053,317 shares (representing approximately 70.89% of the total number of issued shares of the Company), was required to abstain from voting on the ordinary resolutions in respect of the Revised 2015 Annual Cap and the renewal of the Continuing Connected Transactions at the EGM. There were no restrictions on any other Shareholders casting votes on the proposed resolutions at the EGM. Accordingly, the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the ordinary resolutions at the EGM was 23,555,315,004, representing approximately 29.11% of the total number of issued shares of the Company. The EGM was held in compliance with the requirements of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China and the provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company. China Telecommunications Corporation had abstained from voting on all proposed ordinary resolutions at the EGM.
The poll results in respect of the proposed resolutions at the EGM were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | No. of votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | Ordinary resolution numbered 1 of the Notice of EGM dated 9 October 2015 (to approve the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Engineering Framework Agreement and the Renewed Annual Caps) | 17,153,163,825 (99.9967%) | 562,400 (0.0033%) |
As more than 1/2 of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
2. | Ordinary resolution numbered 2 of the Notice of EGM dated 9 October 2015 (to approve the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Ancillary Telecommunications Services Framework Agreement and the Renewed Annual Caps) | 17,153,060,705 (99.9961%) | 665,520 (0.0039%) |
As more than 1/2 of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
3. | Ordinary resolution numbered 3 of the Notice of EGM dated 9 October 2015 (to approve the Revised Annual Cap for the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Engineering Framework Agreement for the year ending 31 December 2015) | 17,153,072,425 (99.9962%) | 653,800 (0.0038%) |
As more than 1/2 of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, registrar of the Company's H Shares, acted as scrutineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.
By Order of the Board
China Telecom Corporation Limited Chu Ka YeeCompany Secretary
Beijing, PRC, 27 November 2015
As of the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company consists of Mr. Chang Xiaobing as the chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Yang Jie as the president and chief operating officer, Mr. Zhang Jiping, Mr. Yang Xiaowei, Mr. Sun Kangmin and Mr. Ke Ruiwen as the executive vice presidents, Mr. Zhu Wei as the non-executive director, and Mr. Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius, Madam Cha May Lung, Laura, Mr. Xu Erming and Madam Wang Hsuehming as the independent non-executive directors.
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