SING TAO NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED 
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SING TAO NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED星島新聞集團有限公司*
(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1105) POLL RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 7 MAY 2014
At the annual general meeting ("AGM") of Sing Tao News Corporation Limited ("Company")
held on 7 May 2014, all proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice of AGM dated 25 March
2014 were voted on by poll.
The poll results are set out as follows:
Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
Resolutions | For | Against | |
1. | To receive, consider and approve the audited financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 554,460,584 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
2. | To declare a final dividend of HK4 cents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 554,460,584 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
3A. | To re-elect Mr. Ho Kent Ching Tak as director | 548,631,384 (98.95%) | 5,829,200 (1.05%) |
3B. | To re-elect Mr. King Richard Yun Zing as director | 554,146,584 (99.94%) | 314,000 (0.06%) |
3C. | To re-elect Ms. Judy Leissner as director | 554,460,584 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
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Resolutions | Number of Votes (%) | ||
Resolutions | For | Against | |
3D. | To re-elect Mr. Lo Wing Hung as director | 548,631,384 (98.95%) | 5,829,200 (1.05%) |
3E. | To re-elect Mr. Siu Sai Wo as director | 554,397,384 (99.99%) | 63,200 (0.01%) |
3F. | To authorise the board of directors to fix the directors' fee | 554,397,384 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
4. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors of the Company and to authorise the board of directors to fix their remuneration | 554,460,584 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
5A. | To grant a general mandate to the directors to issue shares | 523,894,584 (94.49%) | 30,566,000 (5.51%) |
5B. | To grant a general mandate to the directors to repurchase shares | 554,397,384 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
5C. | To extend the share issue mandate granted to the directors | 548,631,384 (98.95%) | 5,829,200 (1.05%) |
Note: The full text of Resolutions 5A, 5B and 5C is set out in the Notice of AGM.
All the above resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions.
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 837,730,497 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all resolutions at the AGM. There were no restrictions on any shareholders of the Company casting votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM.
The Company's Hong Kong branch share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, acted as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
By Order of the Board
Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 7 May 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises: (1) executive directors: Mr. HO Tsu Kwok, Charles (Chairman), Mr. SIU Sai Wo (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. HO Kent Ching Tak, Mr. JIA Hongping, Mr. LAU Chung Man, Louis, Mr. LO Wing Hung and Mrs. SY WONG Chor Fong; and (2) independent non-executive directors: Ms. HO Chiu King, Pansy Catilina, Mr. KING Richard Yun Zing, Mr. LEE Cho Jat and Ms. Judy LEISSNER.
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