Bank of East Asia : Annual General Meeting held on 6th May, 2021 - Poll Results

454,786,381

(20.36%)

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The Bank of East Asia, Limited

東亞銀行有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability in 1918) (Stock Code: 23)

ANNOUNCEMENT

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 6TH MAY, 2021 - POLL RESULTS

At the Annual General Meeting of The Bank of East Asia, Limited (the "Bank") held on 6th May, 2021 (the "2021 AGM"), a poll was demanded by the Chairman for voting on the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of 2021 AGM dated 29th March, 2021. All the resolutions were voted on by poll and were approved by shareholders of the Bank. The poll results in respect of the resolutions were as follows:

	Resolutions	No. of Votes (%)
	For	Against
Ordinary Resolutions
1.	To receive the Audited Financial Statements for the	2,231,427,497	2,572,552
	year ended 31st December, 2020 together with the	(99.88%)	(0.12%)
	Report of the Directors and the Independent
	Auditor's Report thereon.
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
2.	To re-appoint KPMG as Auditor of the Bank and	2,222,496,443	11,523,191
	authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's	(99.48%)	(0.52%)
	remuneration.
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
3a.	To re-elect Mr. Adrian David LI Man-kiu as a Director.	1,776,995,374	457,028,460
		(79.54%)	(20.46%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.

3b. To re-elect Mr. Brian David LI Man-bun as a Director. 1,779,237,453 (79.64%)

As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was carried.

3c.	To re-elect Dr. David MONG Tak-yeung as a	2,231,117,184	2,906,650
	Director.	(99.87%)	(0.13%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
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3d.	To re-elect Dr. Francisco Javier SERRADO TREPAT	1,776,523,168	457,496,140
	as a Director.	(79.52%)	(20.48%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
4.	To approve the adoption of the Staff Share Option	1,632,132,976	166,175,610
	Scheme 2021.	(90.76%)	(9.24%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
5.	To grant a general mandate to the Directors to allot,	1,635,513,341	643,566,634
	issue and deal with additional shares of the Bank.	(71.76%)	(28.24%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
6.	To grant a general mandate to the Directors to buy	2,232,748,027	1,271,281
	back the Bank's own shares.	(99.94%)	(0.06%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.
7.	To extend the general mandate granted to the	1,631,398,399	647,570,176
	Directors pursuant to item 5.	(71.58%)	(28.42%)
	As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the resolution was
	carried.

Notes:

1. The number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on the resolutions at the 2021 AGM: 2,918,988,684 shares
2. The number of shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour 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"): Nil
3. The number of shares of holders that are required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting: Nil
4. No parties have stated their intention in the circular containing the Notice of 2021 AGM to vote against or abstain from voting on the relevant resolutions at the 2021 AGM.
5. The poll results were subject to scrutiny by KPMG, Certified Public Accountants, whose work was limited to certain procedures requested by the Bank to agree the poll results summary prepared by the Bank to poll forms collected and provided by the Bank to KPMG. The work performed by KPMG in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement made in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.

For and on behalf of

The Bank of East Asia, Limited

Alson LAW Chun-tak

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 6th May, 2021

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As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of the Bank comprises Dr. the Hon. Sir David LI Kwok-po# (Executive Chairman), Professor Arthur LI Kwok-cheung* (Deputy Chairman), Dr. Allan WONG Chi-yun** (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Aubrey LI Kwok -sing*, Mr. Winston LO Yau-lai*, Mr. Stephen Charles LI Kwok-sze*, Mr. Adrian David LI Man-kiu# (Co-Chief Executive), Mr. Brian David LI Man-bun# (Co-Chief Executive), Dr. Daryl NG Win-kong*, Mr. Masayuki OKU*, Dr. the Hon. Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai**, Mr. Meocre LI Kwok-wing**, Dr. the Hon. Henry TANG Ying-yen**, Dr. Delman LEE**, Mr. William Junior Guilherme DOO**, Dr. David MONG Tak-yeung** and Dr. Francisco Javier

SERRADO TREPAT*.

• Executive Director

• Non-executiveDirector
• Independent Non-executive Director

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