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To: Business/Property Editors | Date: 16 May 2019 |
For immediate release |
Annual General Meeting 2019 - Poll Results
At the Annual General Meeting of Hysan Development Company Limited (the "Company") held on 16 May 2019 (the "AGM"), a poll was demanded by the Chairman for voting on all the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM dated 29 March 2019.
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions is 1,046,524,891. There was no restriction on shareholders to cast votes on the proposed resolutions at the AGM.
All resolutions were approved by shareholders and the poll results were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
For | Against | ||
1. | To receive and consider the Statement of Accounts for the | 856,357,101 | 2,166 |
year ended 31 December 2018 and the Reports of the | |||
(99.9997%) | (0.0003%) | ||
Directors and Auditor thereon. | |||
2. | i) To re-elect Mr. Churchouse Frederick Peter as Director. | 850,853,926 | 5,847,176 |
(99.3175%) | (0.6825%) | ||
ii) To re-elect Mr. Jebsen Hans Michael as Director. | 711,035,341 | 145,665,761 | |
(82.9969%) | (17.0031%) | ||
iii)To re-elect Mr. Lee Anthony Hsien Pin as Director. | 611,652,087 | 244,940,515 | |
(71.4052%) | (28.5948%) | ||
iv) To re-elect Mr. Lee Chien as Director. | 702,894,065 | 151,515,037 | |
(82.2667%) | (17.7333%) | ||
v) To re-elect Ms. Wong Ching Ying Belinda as Director. | 615,411,747 | 239,004,855 | |
(72.0271%) | (27.9729%) | ||
3. | To approve revision of annual fees payable to Non-Executive | 853,849,904 | 538,198 |
Directors. # | (99.9370%) | (0.0630%) | |
4. | To re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Auditor of the | 833,179,582 | 23,520,520 |
Company at a fee to be agreed by the Directors. | (97.2545%) | (2.7455%) | |
5. | To give Directors a general mandate to allot, issue and deal | ||
with additional shares in the Company not exceeding 10% of | 849,867,669 | 6,833,433 | |
the number of its issued shares and the discount for any | (99.2024%) | (0.7976%) | |
shares to be issued shall not exceed 10%. # | |||
6. | To give Directors a general mandate to repurchase shares in | 855,610,132 | 510,201 |
the Company not exceeding 10% of the number of its issued | |||
(99.9404%) | (0.0596%) | ||
shares. # |
As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of each of the above resolutions, all the above resolutions were duly passed as ordinary resolutions.
# Please refer to the Notice of AGM for the full text of the resolutions.
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the auditor of the Company, acted as the scrutineer and compared the poll results summary prepared by the Company's Registrar, Tricor Standard Limited, to the poll forms collected and provided by Tricor Standard Limited. The work performed by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in this respect did not constitute an assurance engagement in accordance with Hong Kong Standards on Auditing, Hong Kong Standards on Review Engagements or Hong Kong Standards on Assurance Engagements issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants nor did it include provision of any assurance or advice on matters of legal interpretation or entitlement to vote.
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors comprises: Lee Irene Yun-Lien (Chairman), Churchouse Frederick Peter**, Fan Yan Hok Philip**, Lau Lawrence Juen-Yee**, Poon Chung Yin Joseph**, Wong Ching Ying Belinda**, Jebsen Hans Michael* (Yang Chi Hsin Trevor as his alternate), Lee Anthony Hsien Pin* (Lee Irene Yun-Lien as his alternate), Lee Chien* and Lee Tze Hau Michael*.
*Non-ExecutiveDirectors
**Independent Non-Executive Directors
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About Hysan
Hysan Development Company Limited is a leading property investment, management and development company in Hong Kong with an investment property portfolio of over 4 million square feet of high quality office, retail and residential space. With roots in the district since the 1920s, Hysan is one of the largest commercial landlords in Causeway Bay.
For enquiries, please contact:
Mark Tung
General Manager, Corporate Communications
Hysan Development Company Limited
Tel: (852) 2895 5777
E-mail: mark.tung@hysan.com.hk
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