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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1231) POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 19 MAY 2016The board of directors (the "Board") of Newton Resources Ltd (the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the annual general meeting held on Thursday, 19 May 2016 (the "AGM"), all proposed ordinary and special resolutions as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 18 April 2016 (the "Notice") as well as the circular of the Company dated 18 April 2016 (the "Circular") were duly passed by the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") by way of poll pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").
The poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM are set out as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of shares actually voted (approximate %) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and independent auditors for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 801,919,441 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
2. | To re-elect Mr. Cheng Chi Ming, Brian as a non-executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
3. | To re-elect Mr. Tsui King Fai as an independent non-executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
4. | To re-elect Mr. Li Changfa, as an executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
5. | To re-elect Mr. Wu Wai Leung, Danny as a non-executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
6. | To re-elect Mr. Shin Yick, Fabian as an independent non-executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
7. | To re-elect Mr. Hui Hon Chung as a non-executive director of the Company. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
8. | To authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix the directors' remuneration. | 801,919,441 (98.39%) | 13,120,500 (1.61%) |
9. | To re-appoint Messrs. Ernst & Young as the auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration. | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
10. | (1) To give a general mandate to the directors of the Company to repurchase shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution.# | 801,922,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
(2) To give a general mandate to the directors of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company not exceeding 20% of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of passing this resolution.# | 801,919,923 (98.39%) | 13,120,018 (1.61%) | |
(3) To extend the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company pursuant to ordinary resolution item 10(2).# | 801,919,923 (98.39%) | 13,120,018 (1.61%) |
Special Resolution | Number of shares actually voted (approximate %) | ||
For | Against | ||
11. | To consider and approve the amendments to the memorandum and articles of association and to adopt the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company.# | 801,919,941 (98.39%) | 13,120,000 (1.61%) |
# Full text of the resolution is set out in the Notice.
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the resolutions numbered 1 to 10(3), all such resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions of the Company. As a majority of not less than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution numbered 11, such resolution was duly passed as a special resolution of the Company.
As at the date of the AGM, a total of 4,000,000,000 shares of the Company (the "Shares") were in issue, representing the total number of shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote on the proposed resolutions at the AGM. There were no restrictions on any Shareholders to cast votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM. There were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the proposed resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules, and no Shareholder was required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting in respect of the proposed resolutions at the AGM. None of the Shareholders have stated their intention in the Circular to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM.
The Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Tricor Investor Services Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the poll at the AGM.
By Order of the Board Newton Resources Ltd Cheng Kar Shun
Chairman and Non-executive Director
Hong Kong, 19 May 2016
As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Li Changfa and Mr. Luk Yue Kan; the non-executive Directors are Dr. Cheng Kar Shun, Mr. Hui Hon Chung, Mr. Cheng Chi Ming, Brian and Mr. Wu Wai Leung, Danny; and the independent non- executive Directors are Mr. Tsui King Fai, Mr. Lee Kwan Hung and Mr. Shin Yick, Fabian.
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