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Stock Codes: 737 (HKD counter) and 80737 (RMB counter) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 21 OCTOBER 2014 POLL RESULTS
At the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited (the "Company") held on 21 October 2014, all the resolutions (the "Resolutions") proposed at the AGM were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll, as required by The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Company's Hong Kong share registrar (the "Hong Kong Share Registrar"), acted as the scrutineer for the voting-taking at the AGM. The poll results of the Resolutions were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
Ordinary Resolutions | For | Against | |
1. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated Financial Statements and the Report of the Directors and Independent Auditor's Report for the year ended 30 June 2014. | 2,438,880,080 (99.999836%) | 4,000 (0.000164%) |
2. | To approve the recommended final dividend of RMB8.1 cents per share. | 2,438,994,372 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
3. | (a) (i) To re-elect Mr. Cheng Hui JIA as Director. | 2,316,310,261 (94.971286%) | 122,648,259 (5.028714%) |
3. | (ii) To re-elect Mr. Yuk Keung IP as Director. | 2,416,724,768 (99.087620%) | 22,252,752 (0.912380%) |
3. | (iii) To re-elect Mr. Brian David Man Bun LI JP as Director. | 2,215,423,431 (90.834077%) | 223,554,881 (9.165923%) |
3. | (b) To fix the Directors' fees, details of which were set out in note 6 to the Notice of AGM | 2,438,867,555 (99.997714%) | 55,765 (0.002286%) |
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4. | To re-appoint Messrs. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditor and authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. | 2,435,026,872 (99.837330%) | 3,967,500 (0.162670%) | |
5. | (a) | To give a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(A) of the Notice of AGM). | 2,438,924,545 (99.999779%) | 5,395 (0.000221%) |
(b) | To give a general mandate to the Directors to issue shares (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(B) of the Notice of AGM). | 2,180,216,179 (89.389995%) | 258,777,341 (10.610005%) | |
(c) | To extend the general mandate to issue shares to cover the shares repurchased by the Company (Ordinary Resolution No. 5(C) of the Notice of AGM). | 2,218,089,979 (90.942840%) | 220,903,541 (9.057160%) | |
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. |
As at the date of the AGM, the Company had a total number of 3,081,690,283 shares in issue, which was the total number of shares entitling holders to attend and vote for or against the Resolutions at the AGM. There was no Shareholder (i) who was entitled to attend the AGM but was required to abstain from voting in favour of any of the Resolutions at the AGM or (ii) who was required to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.
In the Company's circular dated 18 September 2014, no parties have stated their intention to
vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Resolutions at the AGM.
As the proposed final dividend of RMB8.1 cents (equivalent to HK10.1806 cents at the exchange rate of RMB1: HK$1.25687) per share has been approved by the Shareholders at the AGM, the Company would like to remind Shareholders that the register of members of the Company, as announced on 26 August 2014, will be closed for one day on Monday, 27 October
2014, to ascertain Shareholders' entitlement to the final dividend.
The Shareholders will be given the option of electing to receive the final dividend in either RMB or Hong Kong Dollars or a combination of RMB and Hong Kong Dollars. To make the dividend election, Shareholders should complete the dividend election form (if applicable) and return it to the Hong Kong Share Registrar, not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 13 November
2014. It is expected that the final dividend will be paid on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 to
Shareholders who are registered at the close of business on Monday, 27 October 2014.
By Order of the Board
Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 21 October 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises five Executive Directors namely, Sir Gordon Ying Sheung WU (Chairman), Mr. Eddie Ping Chang HO (Vice Chairman), Mr. Thomas Jefferson WU (Managing Director), Mr. Alan Chi Hung CHAN (Deputy Managing Director) and Mr. Cheng Hui JIA and three Independent Non-Executive Directors namely, Professor Chung Kwong POON, Mr. Yuk Keung IP and Mr. Brian David Man Bun LI.
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