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ESPRIT HOLDINGS LIMITED(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
STOCK CODE: 00330 POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 23 NOVEMBER 2017The Directors of Esprit Holdings Limited (the "Company") are pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 November 2017, all resolutions put to vote by the shareholders were duly passed.
Set out below are the poll results in respect of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company:
Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | |||
For | Against | |||
1. | To receive the audited consolidated financial statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor of the Group for the year ended 30 June 2017 | 1,280,684,059 99.9997% | 4,050 0.0003% | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
2.(a) | (i) | To re-elect Mr Thomas Tang Wing Yung as Director | 1,279,622,137 99.9153% | 1,084,472 0.0847% |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(ii) | To re-elect Mr Jürgen Alfred Rudolf Friedrich as Director | 1,268,742,731 99.0661% | 11,960,778 0.9339% | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(iii) | To re-elect Dr José María Castellano Ríos as Director | 1,280,649,108 99.9955% | 57,501 0.0045% | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
2.(b) | To authorize the Board to fix the Directors' fees | 1,280,176,181 99.9922% | 99,851 0.0078% | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
3. | To re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditor and authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration | 1,278,998,108 99.8668% | 1,706,401 0.1332% | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | ||||
Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
4. | To grant a general mandate to the Directors to purchase shares not exceeding 10 per cent. of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the resolution | 1,280,643,959 99.9950% | 63,650 0.0050% |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
5. | Subject to restriction on discount and restriction on refreshment as stated in the circular to the shareholders of the Company dated 25 October 2017, to grant a general mandate to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with additional shares not exceeding 5 per cent. of the total number of shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the resolution | 1,199,323,861 95.5251% | 56,182,650 4.4749% |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution. | |||
Notes:
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the circular to the shareholders of the Company dated 25 October 2017 .
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting, the total number of issued shares in the Company was 1,912 ,077,162 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting. (i) None of these 1,912 ,077,162 shares were shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour on any of the resolutions at the Annual General Meeting as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the " Listing Rules"); nor (ii) shares of holders that were required to attend and abstain from voting under the Listing Rules.
Tricor Secretaries Limited, the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, was appointed as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the Annual General Meeting.
By Order of the Board Florence Ng Wai Yin Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 23 November 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises (i ) Mr Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (Group Chief Executive Officer) and Mr Thomas Tang Wing Yung (Group Chief Financial Officer) as Executive Directors; (ii) Mr Jürgen Alfred Rudolf Friedrich as Non-executive Director; and (iii) Dr Raymond Or Ching Fai (Chairman), Mr Paul Cheng Ming Fun (Deputy Chairman), Dr José María Castellano Ríos, Mr Alexander Reid Hamilton, Mr Carmelo Lee Ka Sze and Mr Norbert Adolf Platt as Independent Non-executive Directors.
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