8th Nov 2011 08:30
For immediate release | 8 November 2011 |
Asian Citrus Holdings Limited
("Asian Citrus" or "the Company")
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 8 NOVEMBER 2011
POLL RESULTS
At the Annual General Meeting of Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (the "Company") held on 8 November 2011 (the "AGM"), a poll was demanded by the Chairman of the AGM for voting on all proposed resolutions. The Company is pleased to announce the results of the poll as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1 | To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company ("Directors") and of the auditors for the year ended 30 June 2011
| 899,261,467 (99.23%) | 6,935,037 (0.77%) |
2 | To declare a final dividend of RMB0.10 and a special dividend of RMB0.03 per ordinary share for the year ended 30 June 2011
| 906,196,504 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
3a | To re-elect Mr. Tong Wang Chow as executive Director of the Company
| 826,243,087 (91.18%) | 79,953,417 (8.82%) |
3b | To re-elect Mr. Sung Chi Keung, as executive Director of the Company
| 899,831,504 (99.30%) | 6,365,000 (0.70%) |
3c | To re-elect Hon Peregrine Moncreiffe as non-executive Director of the Company
| 898,718,467 (99.17%) | 7,478,037 (0.83%) |
3d | To re-elect Mr. Tong Hung Wai, Tommy as executive Director of the Company
| 899,831,504 (99.30%) | 6,365,000 (0.70%) |
4 | To re-appoint Baker Tilly Hong Kong Limited as auditors of the Company, to hold office from the conclusion of the Meeting to the next annual general meeting, during which accounts will be laid before the Company, and to authorise the directors to fix their remuneration
| 903,690,910 (99.72%) | 2,505,594 (0.28%) |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, all the resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions.
| |||
Special Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
5 | To grant an unconditional mandate to the Directors to allot new ordinary shares of the Company
| 759,261,449 (83.79%) | 146,935,055 (16.21%) |
6 | To extend the ordinary shares issue mandate granted to the Directors
| 765,405,446 (84.46%) | 140,791,058 (15.54%) |
7 | To grant an unconditional mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares of the Company
| 905,985,511 (99.98%) | 210,993 (0.02%) |
As more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, all the resolutions were duly passed as special resolutions.
| |||
Notes:
1. The total number of shares of the Company entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the AGM was 1,213,156,963 shares.
2. No shareholders of the Company were subject to any restrictions in exercising their votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM.
3. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, was appointed to act as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
For further enquires:
Asian Citrus | |
Eric Sung, Finance Director | +852 2559 0323 |
Seymour Pierce Limited | |
Nandita Sahgal, Jonathan Wright (NOMAD) | 020 7101 8000 |
Leti McManus, Richard Redmayne, (Broking)
| |
Weber Shandwick Financial | 020 7067 0700 |
Nick Oborne, Stephanie Badjonat, John Moriarty |
Related Shares:
ACHL.L