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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 939)
VOTING RESULTS OF
THE FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF 2021
The board of directors (the "Board") of China Construction Bank Corporation (the "Bank") announces that the first extraordinary general meeting of 2021 (the "Meeting") was held on 26 March 2021 at No. 25, Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
The Meeting was convened by the Board and was chaired and presided over by Mr. Tian Guoli, chairman of the Board. All directors, all supervisors and some of the senior management of the Bank attended the Meeting in person. The convening and procedures of the Meeting and the voting method were in compliance with the requirements of laws and regulations, including the Company Law of the People's Republic of China and the Articles of Association of China Construction Bank Corporation (the "Articles of Association").
Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as those defined in the circular for the Meeting dated 8 February 2021.
ATTENDANCE OF THE MEETING
The total number of issued ordinary shares of the Bank as at the date of the Meeting was 250,010,977,486 shares, comprising 9,593,657,606 A shares and 240,417,319,880 H shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on the resolutions proposed at the Meeting respectively. There were no restrictions on any shareholders casting votes on any of the proposed resolutions at the Meeting. In addition, when the Bank published the circular for the Meeting dated 8 February 2021, none of the shareholders has stated the intention to vote against the relevant resolutions or to abstain from voting.
A total of 205 shareholders of the Bank and authorized proxies were present at the Meeting. Shareholders of the Bank and authorized proxies who were present at the Meeting hold an aggregate of 198,939,294,950 shares, representing 79.572224% of the total voting shares of the Bank.
Total number of shareholders and authorized proxies present at the Meeting | 205 |
Including:number of A-Share Holders | 194 |
number of H-Share Holders | 11 |
Total number of shares with voting rights (shares) | 198,939,294,950 |
Including:total number of shares held by A-Share Holders | 840,087,172 |
total number of shares held by H-Share Holders | 198,099,207,778 |
Percentage of total shares of the Bank with voting rights (%) | 79.572224 |
Including:percentage of total shares held by A-Share Holders (%) | 0.336020 |
percentage of total shares held by H-Share Holders (%) | 79.236204 |
Voting at the Meeting was conducted by poll. Mr. Zhi Li and Ms. Han Shu, being shareholders'
representatives and Mr. Wu Jianhang, being a supervisor of the Bank, were appointed to count the votes at the Meeting. Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the Bank's H share registrar, was
appointed as the scrutineer for the voting at the Meeting.
VOTING RESULTS OF THE MEETING
The voting results in respect of the resolutions proposed at the Meeting were as follows:
1. Election of Mr. Wang Jiang as Executive Director of the Bank
Voting Result: Approved
Voting Details:
Type of shareholder | For | Against | Abstain | |||
Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | |
A Shares | 837,883,382 | 99.737671 | 2,182,990 | 0.259853 | 20,800 | 0.002476 |
H Shares | 196,776,484,682 | 99.332293 | 1,215,806,483 | 0.613736 | 106,916,613 | 0.053971 |
Total Ordinary Shares: | 197,614,368,064 | 99.334004 | 1,217,989,473 | 0.612242 | 106,937,413 | 0.053754 |
2. Confirming the Donations of Anti-Pandemic Materials Made in 2020
Voting Result: Approved
Voting Details:
Type of shareholder
For
Against
Abstain
Number of voting
Shares
Percentage of voting Shares (%)
Number of voting
Shares
Percentage of voting Shares (%)
Number of voting
Shares
Percentage of voting Shares (%)
A Shares
839,888,072
99.976300
198,300
0.023605
800
0.000095
H Shares
197,505,884,005
99.700492
514,911,160
0.259926
78,412,613
0.039582
Total Ordinary Shares:
198,345,772,077
99.701656
515,109,460
0.258928
78,413,413
0.039416
3. Additional Limit on Poverty Alleviation Donations
Voting Result: Approved
Voting Details:
Type of shareholder | For | Against | Abstain | |||
Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | Number of voting Shares | Percentage of voting Shares (%) | |
A Shares | 839,888,072 | 99.976300 | 198,300 | 0.023605 | 800 | 0.000095 |
H Shares | 197,473,650,005 | 99.684220 | 514,919,160 | 0.259930 | 110,638,613 | 0.055850 |
Total Ordinary Shares: | 198,313,538,077 | 99.685453 | 515,117,460 | 0.258932 | 110,639,413 | 0.055615 |
The abovementioned resolutions 1-3 are ordinary resolutions, which were all duly passed by obtaining more than 50% of the votes in favour of each resolution from shareholders and authorized proxies present at the Meeting. There were no resolutions at the Meeting that require shareholders to abstain from voting.
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR
Mr. Wang Jiang will serve as executive director of the Bank as resolved on the date of the Meeting, whose term of office will be three years and will end on the date of the annual general meeting for the year when such term of office expires. After the appointment of Mr. Wang Jiang as executive director of the Bank is considered and approved by the shareholders' general meeting of the Bank, it shall be filed with China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
For the biographical details of the aforesaid director, please refer to the circular for the Meeting dated 8 February 2021 published on the HKEXnews website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited atwww.hkexnews.hk.
LAWYER'S CERTIFICATION
Commerce & Finance Law Offices witnessed the Meeting and issued a legal opinion stating that the convening and procedures of the Meeting, the voting process, the qualifications of attendees and conveners were in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations as well as the Articles of Association. The voting results of the Meeting were lawful and valid.
The Board of Directors of China Construction Bank Corporation
26 March 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Bank are Mr. Tian Guoli, Mr. Wang Jiang and Mr. Lyu Jiajin; the non-executive directors of the Bank are Mr. Xu Jiandong, Mr. Zhang Qi, Mr. Tian Bo, Mr. Xia Yang, Ms. Shao Min and Ms. Liu Fang; and the independent non-executive directors of the Bank are Ms. Anita Fung Yuen Mei, Sir Malcolm Christopher McCarthy, Mr. Carl Walter, Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung, Mr. Graeme Wheeler and Mr. Michel Madelain.
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