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SANDS CHINA LTD.金沙中國有限公司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1928) POLL RESULTS OF THE 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGThe board of directors (the "Board") of Sands China Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held on May 26, 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings as those defined in the notice of AGM (the "AGM Notice") and the circular of the Company dated March 31, 2017 (the "Circular").
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group and the reports of the directors and auditor for the year ended December 31, 2016. | 7,314,639,897 (99.993515%) | 474,400 (0.006485%) |
2. | To declare a final dividend of HK$1.00 per share for the year ended December 31, 2016. | 7,315,061,656 (99.999280%) | 52,641 (0.000720%) |
3. | (a) To re-elect Mr. Sheldon Gary Adelson as executive director. | 7,036,925,854 (96.272727%) | 272,440,043 (3.727273%) |
(b) To re-elect Ms. Chiang Yun as independent non- executive director. | 7,305,153,725 (99.896272%) | 7,585,372 (0.103728%) | |
(c) To re-elect Mr. Victor Patrick Hoog Antink as independent non-executive director. | 7,304,173,315 (99.850439%) | 10,940,582 (0.149561%) | |
(d) To re-elect Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung as independent non-executive director. | 7,307,753,715 (99.899384%) | 7,360,182 (0.100616%) | |
(e) To authorize the board of directors to fix the respective directors' remuneration. | 7,304,766,291 (99.878889%) | 8,857,576 (0.121111%) | |
4. | To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as auditor and to authorize the board of directors to fix their remuneration. | 7,315,017,097 (99.998677%) | 96,800 (0.001323%) |
5. | To give a general mandate to the directors to repurchase shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.* | 7,314,535,707 (99.998193%) | 132,200 (0.001807%) |
6. | To give a general mandate to the directors to issue additional shares of the Company not exceeding 20% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution.* | 5,972,620,783 (81.647680%) | 1,342,493,114 (18.352320%) |
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
7. | To extend the general mandate granted to the directors to issue additional shares of the Company by the aggregate nominal amount of the shares repurchased by the Company.* | 6,025,829,641 (82.376330%) | 1,289,171,703 (17.623670%) |
* The full text of the resolution is set out in the AGM Notice
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued Shares was 8,072,613,966 Shares, which was the number of Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on all resolutions at the AGM.
The number of Shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the above resolutions at the AGM pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules was nil. The number of Shares of holders that are required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting was nil.
None of the Shareholders have 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 share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
By order of the Board
SANDS CHINA LTD. Dylan James WilliamsCompany Secretary
Macao, May 26, 2017
As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are:
Executive Directors: Sheldon Gary Adelson Wong Ying Wai
Non-Executive Directors: Robert Glen Goldstein Charles Daniel Forman
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Chiang Yun
Victor Patrick Hoog Antink Steven Zygmunt Strasser Kenneth Patrick Chung
In case of any inconsistency between the English version and the Chinese version of this announcement, the English version shall prevail.
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