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POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 29 JUNE 2022
The board of directors (the "Board") of Esprit Holdings Limited (the "Company") announces that all the proposed resolutions as set out in the notice of annual general meeting of the Company dated 28 April 2022 were put to vote by the shareholders of the Company and were passed by way of poll at the annual general meeting of the Company held on 29 June 2022 (the "2022 AGM").
Below are the poll results in respect to the resolutions proposed at the 2022 AGM of the Company:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | |||
For | Against | |||
1. | To receive the audited consolidated financial statements and the | 1,509,761,840 | 1,030 | |
Reports of the Directors and Independent Auditor of the Company | (99.99%) | (0.01%) | ||
and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2021 | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an | ||||
ordinary resolution. | ||||
2. | (a) | To re-elect Mr. LO Kin Ching Joseph as a director of the | 1,509,761,840 | 1,030 |
Company (the "Director") | (99.99%) | (0.01%) | ||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(b) | To elect Mr. PAK William Eui Won as a Director | 1,489,169,129 | 20,593,741 | |
(98.64%) | (1.36%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(c) | To elect Mr. SCHLANGMANN Wolfgang Paul Josef as a | 1,509,761,840 | 1,030 | |
Director | (99.99%) | (0.01%) | ||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(d) | To elect Mr. WRIGHT Bradley Stephen as a Director | 1,509,154,340 | 608,530 | |
(99.96%) | (0.04%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
(e) | To elect Mr. HA Kee Choy Eugene as a Director | 1,509,154,340 | 608,530 | |
(99.96%) | (0.04%) | |||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
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Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | |||
For | Against | |||
2. | (f) | To authorize the board of Directors to fix the respective | 1,509,154,339 | 608,531 |
Directors' fees | (99.96%) | (0.04%) | ||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as | ||||
an ordinary resolution. | ||||
3. | To re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor of the | 1,509,761,840 | 1,030 | |
Company and authorize the board of Directors to fix their | (99.99%) | (0.01%) | ||
remuneration | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an | ||||
ordinary resolution. | ||||
4. | To grant a general mandate to the Directors to purchase shares not | 1,509,761,840 | 1,030 | |
exceeding 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in | (99.99%) | (0.01%) | ||
issue as at the date of passing of the resolution | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an | ||||
ordinary resolution. | ||||
5. | To grant a general mandate to the Directors to allot, issue and deal | 1,366,047,520 | 143,715,350 | |
with additional shares not exceeding 20% of the total number of | (90.48%) | (9.52%) | ||
shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of the | ||||
resolution | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an | ||||
ordinary resolution. | ||||
6. | To grant a specific mandate for issuance and allotment of shares | 1,294,372,419 | 215,390,451 | |
pursuant to the Share Award Scheme not exceeding the refreshment | (85.73%) | (14.27%) | ||
of annual limit of 3% of the total number of shares of the Company | ||||
in issue as at the date of passing of the resolution | ||||
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as an | ||||
ordinary resolution. | ||||
Special Resolution | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
7. | To approve and adopt the New Bye-laws of the Company | 1,496,867,445 | 12,895,425 |
(99.15%) | (0.85%) | ||
As more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the resolution was duly passed as a | |||
special resolution. | |||
Notes:
- Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the circular to the shareholders of the Company dated 28 April 2022.
- As at the date of the 2022 AGM, the total number of issued shares in the Company was 2,830,817,343 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against the resolutions at the 2022 AGM. (i) None of these 2,830,817,343 shares were shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour on any of the resolutions at the 2022 AGM 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"); nor (ii) shares of holders that were required to abstain from voting under the Listing Rules.
- All directors of the Company attended the 2022 AGM either in person or by electronic means.
- Tricor Secretaries Limited, the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, was appointed as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the 2022 AGM.
By order of the Board
Esprit Holdings Limited
CHIU Christin Su Yi
Chairperson
Hong Kong, 29 June 2022
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Dates stated in this announcement refer to Hong Kong time unless otherwise specified.
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following directors:
Executive Directors: | Independent Non-executive Directors: |
Ms. CHIU Christin Su Yi | Mr. CHUNG Kwok Pan |
Mr. PAK William Eui Won | Mr. GILES William Nicholas |
Mr. SCHLANGMANN Wolfgang Paul Josef | Mr. HA Kee Choy Eugene |
Mr. WRIGHT Bradley Stephen | Ms. LIU Hang-so |
Mr. LO Kin Ching Joseph |
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