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8 November 2017
Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited
("MPO" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held at 2.30 p.m. on 8 November 2017, each of the Resolutions tabled were duly passed without amendment.
The details of each resolution are as follows:
Resolution | Votes For / Discretionary | % of Vote | Against | % of Vote | Withheld | % of Vote |
Ordinary business | ||||||
1. To receive and adopt the audited accounts, the Directors' Report, and the Auditor's Report for the year ended 30 June 2017.
| 57,482,091 | 100% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2017.
| 57,477,839 | 99.99% | 4,252 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% |
3. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP, who have indicated their willingness to act, as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
| 57,401,879 | 99.92% | 43,200 | 0.07% | 37,012 | 0.01% |
4. To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of Ernst & Young LLP.
| 57,460,245 | 99.96% | 21,846 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% |
5. To re-appoint Christopher Russell, who retires as a Director of the Company, in accordance with Article 20.3 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Articles").
| 57,427,485 | 99.91% | 54,606 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% |
6. To re-appoint Wilfred Woo, who retires as a Director of the Company, in accordance with Article 20.3 of the Articles.
| 57,482,091 | 100% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
7. To re-appoint Alan Clifton, who retires as a Director of the Company, in accordance with the AIC Code.
| 57,161,329 | 99.44% | 44,406 | 0.08% | 276,356 | 0.48% |
8. To re-appoint Thomas Ashworth, who retires as a Director of the Company, in accordance with the AIC Code and UKLA Listing Rules 15.2.12A(1) and 15.2.13A.
| 56,438,246 | 98.18% | 1,043,845 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
Special business | ||||||
9. That the Company in accordance with Section 315 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (as amended) (the "Law") be approved to make market purchases (as defined in Section 316 of the Law) of its own ordinary shares either for retention as treasury shares or for cancellation, provided that:
(i) the maximum number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is the lower of 11,457,301 ordinary shares and 14.99 per cent of the ordinary shares in issue immediately following the passing of this resolution;
(ii) the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is £0.01;
(iii) the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of: (a) 105 percent of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five Business Days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is purchased; and (b) either the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid at the time of purchase;
(iv) subject to paragraph (v) below, such authority shall expire at the next annual general meeting of the Company unless such authority is varied, revoked or renewed prior to such date by a special resolution of the Company in general meeting;
(v) notwithstanding paragraph (iv), the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under such authority prior to its expiry which will or may be executed wholly or partly after its expiration and the Company may make a purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract. | 57,477,839 | 99.99% | 4,252 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% |
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions (other than those comprising the ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting) have been sent to the National Storage Mechanism.
About Macau Property Opportunities Fund
Macau Property Opportunities Fund Limited is a closed-end investment company registered in Guernsey and is the only quoted property fund dedicated to investing in Macau, the world's largest gaming market and the only city in China where gaming is legalised.
Premium listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is also a constituent stock of the FTSE All-Share and FTSE SmallCap indices.
Launched in 2006, the Company targets strategic property investment and development opportunities in Macau. Its current portfolio comprises a mix of prime residential and retail property assets.
The Company is managed by Sniper Capital Limited, an Asia-based property investment manager with an established track record in fund management and investment advisory.
Stock Code
London Stock Exchange: MPO
LEI
213800NOAO11OWIMLR72
For further information
Investor Relations
Sniper Capital Limited
Doris Boo
Tel: +65 6222 1440
www.snipercapital.com
Corporate Broker
Liberum Capital
Richard Bootle / Jonathan Wilkes-Green / Henry Freeman
Tel: +44 20 3100 2232
Company Secretary & Administrator
Heritage International Fund Managers
Kevin Smith
Tel: +44 14 8171 6000
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