Results of AGM
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ZHEJIANG EXPRESSWAY CO., LTD.
(A joint stock limited company incorporated in
the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock code: 0576)
Announcement on Resolutions Passed at the AGM
Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. (the "Company") held its
2013 annual general meeting (the "AGM") at 3:00 p.m. on
Monday, May 5, 2014 at 12/F, Block A, Dragon Century
Plaza, 1 Hangda Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the
People's Republic of China (the "PRC").
Shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") who
attended the AGM by proxy represented a total of
3,670,623,832 shares of the Company entitled to attend
the AGM, or 84.52% of the total issued share capital
of the Company as at the date of the AGM. Chairman
of the Company, Mr. ZHAN Xiaozhang, chaired the AGM.
Votings at the AGM took place by way of poll, with
all the proposed ordinary resolutions duly passed,
details of which are as follows:
1. Resolved to approve the report of the directors
of the Company for the year 2013, with
3,670,623,832 shares voted in the affirmative
(representing 100% of the total shares held by
the Shareholders present at the AGM) and no
shares voted in the negative;
2. Resolved to approve the report of the
supervisory committee of the Company for the
year 2013, with 3,670,623,832 shares voted in
the affirmative (representing 100% of the total
shares held by the Shareholders present at the
AGM) and no shares voted in the negative;
3. Resolved to approve the audited financial
statements of the Company for the year 2013,
with 3,670,623,832 shares voted in the
affirmative (representing 100% of the total
shares held by the Shareholders present at the
AGM) and no shares voted in the negative;
4. Resolved to approve the payment of a final
dividend of Rmb25 cents per share in respect
of the year ended December 31, 2013, with
3,670,623,832 shares voted in the affirmative
(representing 100% of the total shares held
by the Shareholders present at the AGM) and no
shares voted in the negative;
5. Resolved to approve the final accounts of the
Company for the year 2013 and the financial
budget of the Company for the year 2014, with
3,668,969,832 shares voted in the affirmative
(representing 99.95% of the total shares held
by the Shareholders present at the AGM) and
1,654,000 shares voted in the negative
(representing 0.05% of the total shares held by
the Shareholders present at the AGM);
6. Resolved to approve the re-appointment of
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public
Accountants Hong Kong as the Hong Kong auditors
of the Company, and authorize the board of
directors of the Company (the "Board") to fix
their remuneration, with 3,667,125,799 shares
voted in the affirmative (representing 99.90%
of the total shares held by the Shareholders
present at the AGM) and 743,933 shares voted
in the negative (representing 0.02% of the
total shares held by the Shareholders present
at the AGM); and
7. Resolved to approve the re-appointment of Pan
China Certified Public Accountants as the PRC
auditors of the Company, and authorize the
Board to fix their remuneration, with
3,667,125,799 shares voted in the affirmative
(representing 99.90% of the total shares held
by the Shareholders present at the AGM) and
743,933 shares voted in the negative
(representing 0.02% of the total shares held
by the Shareholders present at the AGM).
As at the date of the AGM, the total number of issued
shares of the Company entitling the holders to attend
and vote at the AGM in respect of the ordinary
resolutions was 4,343,114,500. There was no share
entitling any holder to attend and vote only against
the resolution at the AGM. Ms. Min Min Li of Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants was
appointed and acted as scrutineer for the vote taking
during the AGM. No person was required to abstain from
voting at the AGM in relation to the above.
Further information on the payment of final dividend
The payment of a final dividend of Rmb25 cents per
share in respect of the year ended December 31, 2013
was approved by more than half of votes cast by the
Shareholders at the AGM.
For determining the entitlement to the proposed final
dividend, the register of members holding H shares of
the Company (the "H Shares") will be closed from
May 10, 2014 to May 14, 2014 (both days inclusive),
during which period no transfer of H Shares will be
effected. In order for holders of H Shares to qualify
for the proposed final dividend, all transfers of H
Shares accompanied by the transfer instruments and
relevant share certificates must be lodged with the
Company's share registrars in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Registrars Limited at Rooms 1712-1716, 17/F Hopewell
Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on May 9,
2014. Shareholders whose names appear in the register
of members of the Company on May 14, 2014 (the "Record
Date") are entitled to the said final dividend.
Pursuant to the Company's articles of association,
dividends of H Shares shall be paid in Hong Kong
dollars according to the average closing price of Hong
Kong dollars to Renminbi declared by the People's
Bank of China in the five trading days immediately
preceding the date of the declaration of dividends.
The applicable exchange rate for the purpose of the
payment of the final dividend is therefore HK$1.00 to
Rmb0.80824.
According to the Law on Corporate Income Tax of the
People's Republic of China and the relevant
implementing rules (the "CIT Law") which came into
effect on January 1, 2008, the Company is obliged to
withhold for payment the corporate profit tax, which
is in the rate of 10%, from the payment of dividends
to non-resident enterprises (as defined under the CIT
Law, including HKSCC (Nominees) Limited, other
nominees, trustees or other groups and organizations)
who are H Share holders of the Company. Dividends paid
to natural persons who are H Share holders are not
subject to individual income tax for the time being.
The final dividend of HK$30.931 cents per share
(before tax) is expected to be paid to the H Share
holders of the Company on June 9, 2014.
Investors should read this announcement carefully.
The Company will withhold for payment the corporate
profit tax strictly in accordance with the relevant
laws or requirements of the relevant governmental
departments and strictly based on what has been
registered on the H Share register of members on the
Record Date. The Company will owe no liability
whatsoever in respect of and will not entertain any
claims arising from any delay in, or inaccurate
determination of, the status of the Shareholders, or
any disputes over the mechanism of withholding.
By order of the Board
Tony Zheng
Company Secretary
Hangzhou, the PRC, May 5, 2014
As at the date of this announcement, the executive
directors of the Company are: Mr. ZHAN Xiaozhang,
Ms. LUO Jianhu and Mr. DING Huikang;
the non-executive directors of the Company are:
Mr. LI Zongsheng, Mr. WANG Weili and Mr. WANG Dongjie;
and the independent non-executive directors of the
Company are: Mr. ZHANG Junsheng, Mr. ZHOU Jun and
Mr. PEI Ker-Wei.