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ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLL RESULTS OF 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND DIVIDEND PAYMENT
Reference is made to the notice of 2020 AGM (the "AGM Notice") and the circular (the "Circular") of Beijing North Star Company Limited (the "Company") dated 14 April 2021. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.
The Board is pleased to announce that the 2020 AGM was held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, 13 May 2021 at Meeting Room One at 12th Floor, Tower A, Hui Xin Building, No. 8 Bei Chen Dong Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing, the PRC.
The 2020 AGM was validly convened in compliance with the relevant requirements of the Company Law of the PRC, the Articles of Association and other relevant regulations. The 2020 AGM was convened by the Board. Mr. LI Wei-Dong, the chairman of the Board, acted as chairman of the 2020 AGM.
For the purpose of determining the Shareholders who are entitled to attend the 2020 AGM, the register of members of the Company was closed from 7 May 2021 to 13 May 2021 (both dates inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares was registered. At the date of the 2020 AGM, the total number of issued Shares was 3,367,020,000 Shares, among which 2,660,000,000 Shares were A Shares, representing approximately 79% of the total issued Shares on that day, and 707,020,000 Shares were H Shares, representing approximately 21% of the total issued Shares on that day.
There was no Shareholder entitled to attend the 2020 AGM who was required to abstain from voting in favour of the proposed resolution pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules or abstain from voting at the 2020 AGM as required under the Listing Rules.
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Hong Kong Registrars Limited was the scrutineer for the vote-taking of poll at the 2020 AGM.
The process of the 2020 AGM was witnessed by LI Yi-Fan ( 李 一 凡) and LI Zhuo- Ying ( 李 卓 穎), the lawyers of Beijing Da Cheng Law Offices, who presented a legal opinion concluding that the procedures for convening and holding the 2020 AGM, the eligibility of the person attending the 2020 AGM, the matters considered, the method of voting and the voting procedures were in compliance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations and the Articles of Association.
POLL RESULTS OF THE 2020 AGM
As at the date of the 2020 AGM, the total number of Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for, against or abstain from the special resolutions and ordinary resolutions at the 2020 AGM was 3,367,020,000 Shares. 9 Shareholders and their proxies (including network and non-network mode) attended the 2020 AGM, holding 1,240,428,040 Shares, representing 36.840530% of the total issued Share capital of the Company, among which 1,191,139,365 Shares were A Shares, representing 35.376664% of the total issued Shares of the Company, and 49,288,675 Shares were H Shares, representing 1.463866% of the total issued Shares of the Company.
The followings are the poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the 2020 AGM:
Number of Shares voted and percentage | |||||
(%) of the total number of Shares carrying | |||||
Special Resolutions | voting rights held by Shareholders present | ||||
at the 2020 AGM | |||||
For | Against | Abstain | |||
1. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,225,027,305 | 15,400,735 | 0 | |
on authorisation in relation to provision | (98.758434%) | (1.241566%) | (0.000000%) | ||
of guarantee" of the Company | |||||
2. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,194,667,768 | 45,760,272 | 0 | |
on grant of general mandate for issuance | (96.310929%) | (3.689071%) | (0.000000%) | ||
of Shares" of the Company | |||||
3. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,239,160,140 | 1,267,900 | 0 | |
on grant of general mandate for issuance | (99.897785%) | (0.102215%) | (0.000000%) | ||
of debt financing instruments" of the | |||||
Company | |||||
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Number of Shares voted and percentage | |||||
(%) of the total number of Shares carrying | |||||
Special Resolutions | voting rights held by Shareholders present | ||||
at the 2020 AGM | |||||
For | Against | Abstain | |||
4. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,239,160,140 | 1,267,800 | 100 | |
on the Company's registration and | (99.897785%) | (0.102207%) | (0.000008%) | ||
issuance of Perpetual Medium Term | |||||
Notes in an amount of not more than | |||||
RMB3 billion" of the Company | |||||
5. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,239,160,140 | 1,267,800 | 100 | |
on the Company's registration and | (99.897785%) | (0.102207%) | (0.000008%) | ||
issuance of Medium Term Notes in an | |||||
amount of not more than RMB3 billion" | |||||
of the Company | |||||
Ordinary Resolutions | |||||
6. | To consider and approve the financial | 1,239,701,640 | 60,300 | 666,100 | |
report of the Company for the year of | (99.941440%) | (0.004861%) | (0.053699%) | ||
2020 prepared in accordance with the | |||||
PRC accounting standards and Hong | |||||
Kong generally accepted accounting | |||||
principles respectively | |||||
7. | To consider and approve the report of | 1,239,701,640 | 60,300 | 666,100 | |
the Board of the Company for the year | (99.941440%) | (0.004861%) | (0.053699%) | ||
of 2020 prepared in accordance with the | |||||
relevant regulations and requirements of | |||||
the PRC and Hong Kong for disclosure in | |||||
annual report respectively | |||||
8. | To consider and approve the report of the | 1,239,704,740 | 57,300 | 666,000 | |
Supervisory Committee of the Company | (99.941689%) | (0.004620%) | (0.053691%) | ||
for the year of 2020 | |||||
9. | To consider and approve the scheme of | 1,240,370,640 | 57,300 | 100 | |
profit distribution and capital reserve | (99.995373%) | (0.004619%) | (0.000008%) | ||
fund conversion of the Company for the | |||||
year of 2020 | |||||
10. | To consider and approve the "dividend | 1,240,370,640 | 57,300 | 100 | |
distribution plan for Shareholders (2021- | (99.995373%) | (0.004619%) | (0.000008%) | ||
2023)" of the Company | |||||
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Number of Shares voted and percentage | |||||
(%) of the total number of Shares carrying | |||||
Ordinary Resolutions | voting rights held by Shareholders present | ||||
at the 2020 AGM | |||||
For | Against | Abstain | |||
11. To consider and approve "The resolution regarding the election of Directors (excluding independent non-executive Directors)" of the Company (This resolution is effected by cumulative voting system)
(a) To consider and approve the election | 1,226,402,915 |
of Mr. LI Wei-Dong as an executive | (98.869332%) |
Director of the Company for the next | |
session of the Board | |
(b) To consider and approve the election | 1,226,977,016 |
of Ms . LI Yun as an executive | (98.915614%) |
Director of the Company for the next | |
session of the Board | |
(c) To consider and approve the election | 1,226,976,917 |
of Mr. CHEN De-Qi as an executive | (98.915606%) |
Director of the Company for the next | |
session of the Board | |
(d) To consider and approve the election | 1,226,977,018 |
of Ms . ZHANG Wen - Lei as an | (98.915614%) |
executive Director of the Company | |
for the next session of the Board | |
(e) To consider and approve the election | 1,226,941,919 |
of Mr. GUO Chuan as an executive | (98.912785%) |
Director of the Company for the next | |
session of the Board |
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Number of Shares voted and percentage | |||||
(%) of the total number of Shares carrying | |||||
Ordinary Resolutions | voting rights held by Shareholders present | ||||
at the 2020 AGM | |||||
For | Against | Abstain | |||
12. | To consider and approve "The resolution | ||||
on the election of independent non- | |||||
executive Directors" of the Company | |||||
(This resolution is effected by cumulative | |||||
voting system) | |||||
(a) To consider and approve the election | 1,235,844,831 | ||||
of Dr. CHOW Wing-Kin, Anthony | (99.630514%) | ||||
as a new independent non-executive | |||||
Director of the Company for the next | |||||
session of the Board | |||||
(b) To consider and approve the election | 1,239,491,837 | ||||
o f M r . G A N P e i - Z h o n g a s a n | (99.924526%) | ||||
independent non-executive Director | |||||
of the Company for the next session | |||||
of the Board | |||||
(c) To consider and approve the election | 1,240,320,838 | ||||
of Mr. CHEN De-Qiu as a new | (99.991358%) | ||||
independent non-executive Director | |||||
of the Company for the next session | |||||
of the Board | |||||
13. | To consider and approve "The resolution | 1,240,367,640 | 60,300 | 100 | |
on remuneration of the Directors" of the | (99.995131%) | (0.004861%) | (0.000008%) | ||
Company | |||||
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