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(Stock code: 387) VOTING RESULTS AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 27 MAY 2016Reference is made to the circular (the "Circular") of Leeport (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") and the notice (the "Notice") of an annual general meeting issued to the shareholders of the Company on 25 April 2016. Unless the context otherwise required, terms defined in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular and the Notice.
At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 27 May 2016 (the "AGM"), all proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice were taken by poll.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued shares in the Company was 223,686,062, which was the total number of shares entitling the shareholders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM.
There were no shares entitling the holder to attend and abstain from voting in favour at the AGM 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"). No shareholder of the Company was required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the resolutions at the AGM. None of the shareholders has stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the resolutions at the AGM.
The Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer at the AGM for the purpose of vote-taking. The poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM are as follows:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | Number of votes cast and approximate percentage of total number of votes cast | Total number of votes cast | ||
FOR | AGAINST | |||
1. | To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and of the auditors for the year ended 31st December 2015. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
2. | To declare a final dividend of HK1.5 cents per share for the year ended 31st December 2015. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
3a. | (i) To re-elect Chan Ching Huen, Stanley as executive director. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
(ii) To re-elect Wong Man Shun, Michael as executive director. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 | |
(iii) To re-elect Pike, Mark Terence as independent non-executive director. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 | |
3b. | To authorize the board of directors to fix directors' remuneration until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
4. | To re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's Auditors and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
5. | To give a general mandate to the directors to allot, issue and deal with additional shares not exceeding 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital as at the date of this resolution. | 157,771,709 (99.91%) | 148,000 (0.09%) | 157,919,709 |
6. | To give a general mandate to the directors to purchase shares not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the issued share capital as at the date of this resolution. | 157,919,709 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 157,919,709 |
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | Number of votes cast and approximate percentage of total number of votes cast | Total number of votes cast | ||
FOR | AGAINST | |||
7. | To extend the general mandate granted to the directors to issue shares in the capital of the Company by adding an amount representing the aggregate nominal amount of the share capital of the Company repurchased pursuant to the foregoing resolution no. 6. | 157,771,709 (99.91%) | 148,000 (0.09%) | 157,919,709 |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the resolutions, all the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company.
On behalf of the Board Lee Sou Leung, Joseph Chairman
Hong Kong, 27 May 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. LEE Sou Leung, Joseph, Mr. CHAN Ching Huen, Stanley, Mr. WONG Man Shun, Michael and Mr. CHU Weiman and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. PIKE, Mark Terence, Dr. LEE Tai Chiu and Mr. ZAVATTI Samuel.
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