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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
（Stock Code: 0270）
The Board is pleased to announce that the Resolution was duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll at the EGM held on 29 September 2015.
References are made to the announcement of Guangdong Investment Limited (the 'Company') dated 14 August 2015 and the circular of the Company dated 7 September 2015 (the 'Circular') in relation to the discloseable and connected transactions of the Company. Unless otherwise stated, terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular.
The board of Directors (the 'Board') of the Company is pleased to announce that, at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the 'EGM') held on 29 September 2015, the ordinary resolution (the 'Resolution') to approve the Acquisitions, the Sale and Purchase Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder (as set out in the notice of the EGM contained in the Circular) was duly passed by the Independent Shareholders of the Company by way of poll.
As at the date of the EGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 6,255,048,341
Shares.
As set out in the Circular, GDH Limited and any of its directors who were entitled to vote at the EGM, with a material interest in the Acquisitions, and the associates of each of them (who in aggregate held 3,425,824,727 Shares, representing approximately 54.77% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of the EGM) abstained from voting on the Resolution. Thus, the total number of Shares entitling the Independent Shareholders to attend and vote for or against the Resolution at the EGM was 2,829,223,614 Shares, representing approximately 45.23% of the total number of issued shares of the Company as at the date of the EGM.
To the best knowledge of the Directors, save as disclosed herein, there were no other Shareholders that were required under the Listing Rules to abstain from voting at the EGM. There were no Shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the Resolution at the EGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Listing Rules. There were no Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote only against the Resolution at the EGM.
The Company's share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, was appointed as the scrutineer at the EGM for the purpose of vote-taking. Set out below are the poll results in respect of the Resolution put to the vote at the EGM.
ORDINARY RESOLUTION (Note) | Number of Votes (Approximate %) | |
FOR | AGAINST | |
To approve the Acquisitions, the Sale and Purchase Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereunder. | 1,683,189,726 (99.39%) | 10,329,800 (0.61%) |
Note: The full text of the Resolution is set out in the notice of the EGM contained in the Circular.
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the Resolution, the Resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
By Order of the Board
HO LAM Lai Ping, TheresaCompany Secretary
Hong Kong, 29 September 2015
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises three Executive Directors, namely, Mr. HUANG Xiaofeng, Mr. WEN Yinheng and Mr. TSANG Hon Nam; six Non-Executive Directors, namely, Mr. HUANG Zhenhai, Mr. WU Jianguo, Mr. ZHANG Hui, Ms. ZHAO Chunxiao, Mr. LAN Runing and Mr. LI Wai Keung; and five Independent Non-Executive Directors, namely, Dr. CHAN Cho Chak, John, Dr. the Honourable LI Kwok Po, David, Mr. FUNG, Daniel R., Dr. CHENG Mo Chi, Moses and Mr. WU Ting Yuk, Anthony.
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