The Board of Directors of George Kent (Malaysia)Berhad is pleased to announce that all the nine (9) Ordinary Resolutions as set out in the Notice of Seventieth Annual General Meeting ("70th AGM") of the Company dated 27 August 2021 was duly passed by the shareholders of the Company by way of poll via remote participation and voting at the 70th AGM of the Company.
The result of the poll was validated bySymphony Merchant Sdn Bhd, the Independent Scrutineers appointed by the Company.
Details of the said resultof the poll is set out below.
This announcement is dated 27 September 2021.
Voting Results |
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1. Ordinary Resolution 1 |
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Description |
Re-election of Tan Sri Dato' Tan Kay Hock as a Director |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 59 | 9 |
No. of Shares | 278,974,585 | 401,350 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.8563 | 0.1437 |
Result | Accepted | |
2. Ordinary Resolution 2 |
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Description |
Re-election of Mr Ooi Chin Khoon as a Director |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 59 | 9 |
No. of Shares | 278,974,585 | 401,350 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.8563 | 0.1437 |
Result | Accepted | |
3. Ordinary Resolution 3 |
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Description |
Approval of payment of additional Directors' fees and benefits to Non-Executive Directors for the financial period ended 31 March 2021 |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 45 | 23 |
No. of Shares | 279,230,229 | 145,906 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9478 | 0.0522 |
Result | Accepted | |
4. Ordinary Resolution 4 |
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Description |
Approval of payment of Directors fees' and benefits to Non-Executive Directors for the financial year ending 31 March 2022 |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 47 | 21 |
No. of Shares | 279,234,554 | 141,581 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9493 | 0.0507 |
Result | Accepted | |
5. Ordinary Resolution 5 |
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Description |
Appointment of Grant Thornton Malaysia PLT (AF 0737) as External Auditors of the Company in place of the retiring External Auditors, Deloitte PLT and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 60 | 9 |
No. of Shares | 279,180,184 | 195,951 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9299 | 0.0701 |
Result | Accepted | |
6. Ordinary Resolution 6 |
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Description |
Retention of Independent Non-Executive Director - Mr Ong Seng Pheow |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 57 | 11 |
No. of Shares | 278,600,585 | 775,350 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.7225 | 0.2775 |
Result | Accepted | |
7. Ordinary Resolution 7 |
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Description |
Retention of Independent Non-Executive Director - Dato' Paduka (Dr.) Ir. Hj. Keizrul Bin Abdullah |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 57 | 11 |
No. of Shares | 278,820,485 | 555,450 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.8012 | 0.1988 |
Result | Accepted | |
8. Ordinary Resolution 8 |
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Description |
Approval of the Proposed Renewal of Share Buy-Back Authority |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 61 | 7 |
No. of Shares | 279,367,357 | 8,778 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9969 | 0.0031 |
Result | Accepted | |
9. Ordinary Resolution 9 |
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Description |
Authorisation for Directors to allot shares |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 55 | 11 |
No. of Shares | 279,301,583 | 69,352 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9752 | 0.0248 |
Result | Accepted | |