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(Stock Code: 191) POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAll the Proposed Resolutions were passed by way of poll at the AGM held on Friday, 16 December 2016.
The board of directors ( "Directors" and "Board", respectively) of Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited ("Company") is pleased to announce that all the proposed resolutions ("Proposed Resolutions") as set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") dated 17 November 2016 ("Notice") were duly passed as ordinary resolutions by way of poll at the AGM held on Friday, 16 December 2016 at 12:00 noon and the poll results of the Proposed Resolutions are set out as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions for Ordinary Businesses | Number of votes cast (Approximate percentage of total number of votes cast) | Total number of votes cast | |||
For | Against | ||||
1. | To consider and adopt the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2016 and the reports of the directors and the independent auditors thereon. | 1,001,826,688 (99.59%) | 4,094,809 (0.41%) | 1,005,921,497 | |
2. | To declare a final dividend of HK$0.0121 per Share with a scrip dividend option. | 1,005,921,497 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1,005,921,497 | |
3. | (A) | To re-elect the following Directors: | |||
(i) Dr. Lam Kin Ngok, Peter as an executive Director. | 949,634,416 (94.40%) | 56,287,081 (5.60%) | 1,005,921,497 | ||
(ii) Madam U Po Chu as an executive Director. | 949,634,416 (94.40%) | 56,287,081 (5.60%) | 1,005,921,497 | ||
(iii) Mr. Chow Bing Chiu as an independent non-executive Director. | 1,001,743,107 (99.58%) | 4,178,390 (0.42%) | 1,005,921,497 | ||
(B) | To authorise the Board to fix the Directors' remuneration. | 998,683,932 (99.51%) | 4,950,609 (0.49%) | 1,003,634,541 | |
4. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young, Certified Public Accountants, as the independent auditors of the Company for the year ending 31 July 2017 and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration. | 1,001,328,726 (99.54%) | 4,592,449 (0.46%) | 1,005,921,175 | |
Ordinary Resolutions for Special Businesses | Number of votes cast (Approximate percentage of total number of votes cast) | Total number of votes cast | |||
For | Against | ||||
5. | (A) | To grant a general mandate to the Directors to buy back the Company's Shares not exceeding 10% of the total number of Shares of the Company in issue. | 1,001,826,688 (99.59%) | 4,094,809 (0.41%) | 1,005,921,497 |
(B) | To grant a general mandate to the Directors to issue, allot and deal with additional Shares not exceeding 20% of the total number of Shares of the Company in issue. | 949,260,393 (94.37%) | 56,661,104 (5.63%) | 1,005,921,497 | |
(C) | To extend the general mandate granted to the Directors to issue Shares of the Company by adding the number of Shares bought back. | 949,269,545 (94.37%) | 56,646,952 (5.63%) | 1,005,916,497 | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the Proposed Resolutions, all the Proposed Resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.
Notes:
The full text of each of the Proposed Resolutions No. 5(A), 5(B) and 5(C) was set out in the Notice.
As at the date of the AGM, there were a total of 1,902,304,589 issued ordinary shares ("Shares") in the Company, which entitled the holders thereof ("Shareholders") to attend and vote for or against all the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM.
No Shareholder was required under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited to abstain from voting on any of the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM and no Shareholder entitled to attend the AGM may vote only against the Proposed Resolutions thereat.
Tricor Tengis Limited, the share registrar of the Company, was appointed the scrutineers for the purpose of vote-taking in respect of the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM.
By Order of the Board
Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited Tse Pik HaCompany Secretary
Hong Kong, 16 December 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises six executive directors, namely Dr. Lam Kin Ming (Chairman), Dr. Lam Kin Ngok, Peter (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Chew Fook Aun (Deputy Chairman), Madam U Po Chu, Mr. Lam Hau Yin, Lester (also alternate to Madam U Po Chu) and Mr. Lam Kin Hong, Matthew; and three independent non-executive directors, namely Messrs. Chow Bing Chiu, Lam Bing Kwan and Leung Shu Yin, William.
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