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Reference is made to the circular (the "Circular") of Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") dated 18 November 2015. Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular.
POLL RESULTSAt the Annual General Meeting held on 17 December 2015, the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting dated 18 November 2015 were taken by poll.
The Board announces that the poll results in respect of the proposed resolutions are as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of votes (%)* | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of directors and the auditors of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2012. | 717,599,584 (62.33%) | 433,632,623 (37.67%) |
2. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of directors and the auditors of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2013. | 717,599,584 (62.33%) | 433,632,623 (37.67%) |
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of votes (%)* | ||
For | Against | ||
3. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of directors and the auditors of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2014. | 717,599,584 (62.34%) | 433,542,623 (37.66%) |
4. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the reports of directors and the auditors of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2015. | 1,150,161,647 (99.91%) | 1,070,560 (0.09%) |
5.(A) | To re-elect Mr. Kwok Ho as an executive director | 717,660,855 | 433,573,563 |
of the Company. | (62.34%) | (37.66%) | |
5.(B) | To re-elect Mr. Fung Chi Kin as an independent | 717,660,855 | 433,573,563 |
non-executive director of the Company. | (62.34%) | (37.66%) | |
5.(C) | To re-elect Mr. Tam Ching Ho as an independent | 717,660,855 | 433,573,563 |
non-executive director of the Company. | (62.34%) | (37.66%) | |
5.(D) | To re-elect Mr. Chan Yik Pun as an independent | 1,150,163,858 | 1,070,560 |
non-executive director of the Company. | (99.91%) | (0.09%) | |
6. | To re-appoint Elite Partners CPA Limited as the | 1,151,234,418 | 0 |
auditors of the Company and to authorise the | |||
board of directors of the Company to fix their | (100.00%) | (0.00%) | |
remuneration. | |||
7. | To grant a general mandate to the directors of the | 1,150,163,858 | 1,070,560 |
Company to buy-back shares of the Company. | (99.91%) | (0.09%) | |
8. | To approve the New Share Option Scheme and the matters more particularly set out in the notice of the Annual General Meeting. | 701,186,426 (60.91%) | 450,045,781 (39.09%) |
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of votes (%)* | |
For | Against | |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, all the above resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions. | ||
* All percentages were rounded to 2 decimal places.
As at the date of the Annual General Meeting:
there were 3,291,302,491 Shares in issue, which were the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting; and
there was no restriction on the Shareholders to cast votes on the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
No party has stated his/her/its intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on any resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
Tricor Abacus Limited, the share registrar and transfer office of the Company, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the Annual General Meeting.
By Order of the Board Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Limited Kwok Ho ChairmanHong Kong, 17 December 2015
As of the date hereof, the board of directors of the Company comprises:
Executive directors : Mr. Kwok Ho, Dr. Li Yan, Ms. Huang Xie Ying and
Mr. Kuang Qiao Non-executive director : Mr. Ip Chi Ming
Independent non-executive directors
: Mr. Fung Chi Kin, Mr. Tam Ching Ho, Professor Lin Shun Quan and Mr. Chan Yik Pun