The Board of Directors of Eastern & Oriental Berhad wishes to announce that all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of the Ninety-SeventhAnnual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company dated 31 July 2024were duly passed by way of a poll at the AGM of the Company held on Thursday, 29 August 2024.
The Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 March 2024together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon were received and duly tabled at the Ninety-SeventhAGM under Agenda 1.
The results of the poll were duly verified by Messrs. Coopers Professional Scrutineers Sdn Bhd, the Independent Scrutineer appointed by the Company.
Please refer to the table below for the poll results.
Voting Results |
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1. Ordinary Resolution 1 |
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Description |
To approve the payment of Directors fees and meeting allowance of RM264,000 in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2024. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 212 | 27 |
No. of Shares | 1,406,288,358 | 53,316 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9962 | 0.0038 |
Result | Accepted | |
2. Ordinary Resolution 2 |
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Description |
To approve the payment of Directors benefits (excluding Directors fees) to the Non-Executive Directors up to an amount of RM50,000 from Ninety-Seventh Annual General Meeting until the next annual general meeting of the Company. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 207 | 32 |
No. of Shares | 1,406,288,218 | 53,456 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9962 | 0.0038 |
Result | Accepted | |
3. Ordinary Resolution 3 |
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Description |
To re-elect Dato' Tee Eng Seng as Director of the Company, who retires by rotation in accordance with Clause 109 of the Company's Constitution. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 219 | 21 |
No. of Shares | 1,406,327,413 | 15,261 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9989 | 0.0011 |
Result | Accepted | |
4. Ordinary Resolution 4 |
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Description |
To re-elect Ms Tee Bee Kim as Director of the Company, who retires by rotation in accordance with Clause 109 of the Company's Constitution. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 210 | 27 |
No. of Shares | 1,367,198,478 | 15,481,218 |
% of Voted Shares | 98.8803 | 1.1197 |
Result | Accepted | |
5. Ordinary Resolution 5 |
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Description |
To re-appoint Messrs Ernst & Young PLT as Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 225 | 15 |
No. of Shares | 1,406,315,774 | 26,900 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9981 | 0.0019 |
Result | Accepted | |
6. Ordinary Resolution 6 |
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Description |
To authorise the issue of shares pursuant to Sections 75 and 76 of the Companies Act 2016. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 209 | 31 |
No. of Shares | 1,398,346,621 | 7,996,053 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.4314 | 0.5686 |
Result | Accepted | |
7. Ordinary Resolution 7 |
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Description |
To approve the Proposed Renewal of the Shareholders' Mandate for Recurrent Related Party Transactions. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 215 | 18 |
No. of Shares | 344,121,401 | 25,924 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.9925 | 0.0075 |
Result | Accepted | |
8. Ordinary Resolution 8 |
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Description |
To approve the Proposed Renewal of Shareholders' Mandate for Share Buy-Back. |
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Shareholder’s Action | For Voting | |
Voted | For | Against |
No. of Shareholders | 213 | 26 |
No. of Shares | 1,395,827,784 | 10,513,890 |
% of Voted Shares | 99.2524 | 0.7476 |
Result | Accepted | |