ZIJIN MINING GROUP COMPANY LIMITED The Board is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed to be approved at the 2016 Annual General Meeting were duly approved by the shareholders attending the 2016 Annual General Meeting.
References are made to the notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting dated 5 May 2017, the announcement in relation to postponement of the 2016 Annual General Meeting dated 31 May 2017, the announcement in relation to cancellation of a resolution and addition of a proposal for the 2016 Annual General Meeting dated 8 June 2017 and the revised notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting dated 14 June 2017 of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.* (the "Company"). At the 2016 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of the Company held at the conference room at 21/F., Zijin Headquarters, No. 1 Zijin Road, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, the People's Republic of China (the "PRC") on 30 June 2017 at 9 a.m., the following resolutions voted by poll in accordance with the Company's articles of association (the "Articles of Association") were duly approved by the shareholders attending the AGM, and the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") is pleased to announce the poll results of the resolutions as follows:
Special resolutions | No. of valid votes For (% of total valid votes cast) | No. of valid votes Against (% of total valid votes cast) | No. of valid votes Abstain (% of total valid votes cast) | Total valid votes | |
1. | The proposal of a general mandate for the Company to issue debt financing instruments was approved; | 7,401,378,084 (98.385395%) | 66,237,096 (0.880480%) | 55,227,071 (0.734125%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
2. | The proposal of the Company to provide guarantee to its overseas wholly-owned subsidiaries for the loans was approved; | 7,401,378,084 (98.385395%) | 66,237,096 (0.880480%) | 55,227,071 (0.734125%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
3. | The proposal of the provision of guarantee to Jilin Zijin Copper Company Limited was approved; | 7,401,378,084 (98.385395%) | 66,237,096 (0.880480%) | 55,227,071 (0.734125%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
Ordinary resolutions | |||||
4. | Report of the Board of Directors of the Company for 2016 was approved; | 7,465,749,080 (99.241069%) | 217,300 (0.002889%) | 56,875,871 (0.756042%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
5. | Report of the Independent Directors of the Company for 2016 was approved; | 7,465,748,280 (99.241059%) | 205,300 (0.002729%) | 56,888,671 (0.756212%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
6. | Report of Supervisory Committee of the Company for 2016 was approved; | 7,465,748,280 (99.241059%) | 205,300 (0.002729%) | 56,888,671 (0.756212%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
7. | The Company's financial report for the year ended 31 December 2016 was approved; | 7,465,723,880 (99.240734%) | 657,300 (0.008738%) | 56,461,071 (0.750528%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
8. | The Company's 2016 annual report and its summary report were approved; | 7,465,723,880 (99.240734%) | 205,300 (0.002729%) | 56,913,071 (0.756537%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
9. | The profit distribution plan of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016 was approved. The Board of Directors of the Company proposed the revised profit distribution plan for the year ended 31 December 2016 in replacement of the original 2016 profit distribution plan to be: according to the additional shareholder's proposal, on the basis of 23,031,218,891 shares after the Company's non-public issuance of A Shares, to pay the qualified shareholders of the Company the final cash dividend of RMB0.6 per 10 shares (tax included). The total distribution of cash dividend amounts to | 7,467,341,080 (99.263472%) | 657,300 (0.008737%) | 54,749,871 (0.727791%) | 7,522,748,251 (100%) |
RMB1,381,873,133.46. The remaining balance of undistributed profit will be reserved for further distribution in future financial years; | |||||
10. | The calculation and distribution proposal for the remuneration of the Executive Directors and Chairman of Supervisory Committee of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016 was approved; and | 7,461,057,000 (99.178698%) | 3,911,100 (0.051990%) | 57,874,151 (0.769312%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
11. | The reappointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as the Company's auditor for the year ended 31 December 2017, and to authorise the chairman of the Board of Directors, president and financial controller to determine the remuneration was approved. | 7,461,302,000 (99.181955%) | 3,887,300 (0.051673%) | 57,652,951 (0.766372%) | 7,522,842,251 (100%) |
The above resolutions no. 1 to 3 were passed as special resolutions and resolutions no. 4 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued shares of the Company is 23,031,218,891, comprising 17,294,278,891 domestic shares (A Shares) and 5,736,940,000 H Shares listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. After deducting the 1,490,475,241 domestic shares (A Shares) issued under the non-public issuance of A Shares of the Company on 7 June 2017, the total number of issued shares of the Company is 21,540,743,650, comprising 15,803,803,650 domestic shares (A Shares) and 5,736,940,000 H Shares listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on the resolutions at the AGM is also 21,540,743,650. The total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the resolutions at the AGM only is nil. No shareholders are required to abstain from voting at the AGM. The total number of shares held by the shareholders or their proxy(ies) who have attended the AGM and are entitled to vote is 7,522,842,251 shares, representing approximately 32.663674% of the total number of issued shares as at the date of this announcement.
The AGM was duly convened and conducted in compliance with the requirements of the relevant laws and
regulations of the PRC and the Articles of Association, and the poll results are lawful and valid.
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the registrar of H Shares of the Company, has acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
Closure of register of members and expected timetable of the 2016 final dividendFor the details of closure of register of members of H Shares of the Company and expected timetable of 2016 final dividend, please refer to the Company's revised notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting dated 14 June 2017. Dates or deadlines specified in that revised notice for events in the timetable for (or otherwise in relation to) the 2016 final dividend distribution are indicative only and may be varied with reference to the practical circumstances. Any consequential changes to the expected timetable will be published by way of public announcement.
Payment of final dividendBank of China (Hong Kong) Trustees Limited has been appointed as the Company's receiving agent in Hong Kong (the "Receiving Agent") and the Company will pay to the Receiving Agent the final dividend declared for payment to the H Shareholders of the Company. Such final dividend shall be calculated on the average price of the medium prices of the conversion of RMB into HK$ announced by The People's Bank of China a week preceding Friday, 30 June 2017, and it is RMB0.873684 to HK$1. Accordingly, the amount of 2016 final dividend payable for each 10 shares of H share is HK$0.686747 (tax included). The final dividend will be paid by the Receiving Agent and mailed by Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited to the H Shareholders of the Company who are entitled to receive the same by ordinary post at their own risk on Friday, 4 August 2017.
For the details of withholding and payment of personal income tax and enterprise income tax for non-resident enterprise shareholders in respect of 2016 final dividend, please refer to the Company's announcements dated 14 June 2017. Investors should notice that the Company has no obligation and will not be responsible for confirming the identities of any shareholders. The Company will withhold for payment the enterprise income tax and the personal income tax, strictly in accordance with the relevant tax law and relevant rules and regulations, based on the information contained in the register of members of H Shares of the Company on the record date. The Company will owe no liability whatsoever in respect of and will not entertain any claims arising from any delay in, or inaccurate determination of, the status of the shareholders or any disputes over the mechanism of withholding.
Investors and shareholders are advised by the board of directors to exercise caution when dealing in the shares of the Company.Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd. published this content on 30 June 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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