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FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF 2021
HELD ON 29 JULY 2021
POLL RESULTS
Reference is made | to | the | circular of Industrial and | Commercial Bank of China Limited |
(the "Bank") dated | 9 | July | 2021, containing details of | the resolutions tabled before the First |
Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 of the Bank (the "EGM") for shareholders' approval.
- Convening and Attendance of the EGM
The board of directors of the Bank (the "Board") announces that the EGM was held at the head office of the Bank, 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC on 29 July 2021 at 2:50 p.m.
The total number of shares entitling holders thereof to attend and vote on the resolutions proposed at the EGM was 356,406,257,089 shares. No shareholders of the Bank were entitled to attend but were required to abstain from voting in favour of the proposed resolutions pursuant to Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules") and no shareholders were required to abstain from voting at the EGM pursuant to the Listing Rules. 205 holders of shares and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 312,516,530,158 shares with voting rights, representing 87.6855% of the total number of shares with voting rights of 356,406,257,089, were present at the EGM.
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Number of shareholders and authorized proxies attending the EGM | 205 |
including: number of A share holders | 193 |
number of H share holders | 12 |
Total number of shares with voting rights held by shareholders | |
attending the EGM | 312,516,530,158 |
including: total number of shares held by A share holders | 252,961,306,128 |
total number of shares held by H share holders | 59,555,224,030 |
Percentage of total shares with voting rights held by shareholders | |
attending the EGM (%) | 87.6855 |
including: percentage of total shares held by A share holders (%) | 70.9756 |
percentage of total shares held by H share holders (%) | 16.7099 |
Notes:
- Shareholders attending the EGM include those attending the EGM on-site and by way of online voting.
- According to the Articles of Association and the circumstances of the EGM, the resolutions of the EGM are not required to be considered and approved by the holders of preference shares of the Bank.
The voting of the EGM was conducted by means of on-site voting and online voting in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (the "Company Law"), the Rules for the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Implementation Rules for Network Voting in the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies and laws and regulations and relevant provisions of the Articles of Association of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Articles of Association"). The EGM was convened by the Board of Directors of the Bank and chaired by Mr. Liao Lin, Vice Chairman of the Board and President of the Bank.
11 of the 11 directors of the Bank attended the EGM. 5 of the 5 supervisors of the Bank attended the EGM. Board Secretary of the Bank, Mr. Guan Xueqing, attended the meeting. Candidate for Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank, Mr. Huang Liangbo, Candidate for Executive Director of the Bank, Mr. Wang Jingwu, and senior management members were in attendance at the meeting.
In compliance with the requirements of the Listing Rules, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Bank's H share registrar, acted as scrutineer for the vote-taking of the EGM.
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II. Voting Results of the EGM
At the EGM, all of the proposals set out in the Notice of the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 dated 9 July 2021 were resolved by polling. The proposals were voted upon by a combination of on-site and online polling. Poll results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the EGM were as follows:
1. Proposal on the Election of Mr. Huang Liangbo as Shareholder Supervisor of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Voting result: approved Details of votes:
Type of | For | Against | Abstain | |||
shareholders | ||||||
No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,887,734,490 | 99.9709 | 7,924,835 | 0.0031 | 65,646,803 | 0.0260 |
H Shares | 59,451,996,845 | 99.8267 | 39,961,963 | 0.0671 | 63,265,222 | 0.1062 |
Ordinary shares | 312,339,731,335 | 99.9434 | 47,886,798 | 0.0153 | 128,912,025 | 0.0413 |
in total | ||||||
2. Proposal on the Election of Mr. Wang Jingwu as Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Voting result: approved Details of votes:
Type of | For | Against | Abstain | |||
shareholders | ||||||
No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | No. of votes | Percentage (%) | |
A Shares | 252,815,867,669 | 99.9425 | 79,781,656 | 0.0315 | 65,656,803 | 0.0260 |
H Shares | 58,293,857,619 | 97.8820 | 1,211,973,189 | 2.0350 | 49,393,222 | 0.0830 |
Ordinary shares | 311,109,725,288 | 99.5498 | 1,291,754,845 | 0.4133 | 115,050,025 | 0.0369 |
in total | ||||||
The proposals above, which were approved by ordinary resolution, were approved by more than half of the votes held by the shareholders present at the meeting in person or by proxy.
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The meeting elected Mr. Huang Liangbo as Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank. According to the relevant requirements and the resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the Bank, Mr. Huang Liangbo's term of office as Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank commences upon the consideration and approval at the general meeting of shareholders, and his term of office as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Bank takes effect concurrently. Please refer to the Bank's Announcement on the Appointment of Chairman of the Board of Supervisors dated 29 July 2021 for the biography of Mr. Huang Liangbo.
The meeting elected Mr. Wang Jingwu as Executive Director of the Bank, his qualification as Executive Director is subject to the approval of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (the "CBIRC"), and his term of office as Executive Director of the Bank will take effect on the date when the approval of the CBIRC is obtained. Please refer to the circular of the Bank dated 9 July 2021 for the biography of Mr. Wang Jingwu.
In accordance with the relevant regulatory requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the votes of small and medium-sized A share investors1 were calculated separately and the poll result in respect of the resolution at the EGM was as follows:
No. of | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
Name of resolution | ||||||||||||
No. of votes | Percentage | No. of votes | Percentage | No. of votes | Percentage | |||||||
resolution | ||||||||||||
(%)* | (%)* | (%)* | ||||||||||
2 | Proposal | on | the | Election of | 5,781,562,854 | 97.5462 | 79,781,656 | 1.3461 | 65,656,803 | 1.1077 | ||
Mr. Wang Jingwu as Executive | ||||||||||||
Director | of | Industrial | and | |||||||||
Commercial | Bank | of | China | |||||||||
Limited | ||||||||||||
- Percentage of total shares with voting rights held by small and medium-sized A share investors attending the EGM.
- Lawyers' Certification
Ms. Su Zheng and Mr. Cong Qunji of King & Wood Mallesons witnessed the convening and procedures of the EGM conformed to laws and regulations such as the Company Law, the Rules for the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Implementation Rules for Network Voting in the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies; the qualifications of attendees and the convener, the voting process and other related matters of the EGM conformed to laws and regulations such as the Company Law, the Rules for the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed
1 Individually or collectively holding A shares less than 5% (excluding 5%) of the shares of the Bank.
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Companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Implementation Rules for Network Voting in the General Assemblies of Shareholders of Listed Companies and provisions of the Articles of Association. The voting results of the general meeting of shareholders were lawful and valid.
The Board of Directors of
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Beijing, PRC
29 July 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors comprises Mr. CHEN Siqing and Mr. LIAO Lin as executive directors, Mr. LU Yongzhen, Mr. ZHENG Fuqing, Mr. FENG Weidong and Ms. CAO Liqun as non-executive directors, Mr. Anthony Francis NEOH, Mr. YANG Siu Shun, Mr. SHEN Si, Mr. Nout WELLINK and Mr. Fred Zuliu HU as independent non-executive directors.
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