Sands China Limited announced the voting results of various resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held on May 17, 2024. THE MEETING ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING AUDITING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023, REPORTS OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS, AND RE-ELECTING DR. WANG YING-WEI AND MR. CHENG JUN NOO AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. In addition, Mr. Steven Zygmunt Strasser and Mr. Victor Patrick Hoog Antink were re-elected as independent non-executive directors. Shareholders also authorize the Board of Directors to determine the remuneration of directors, to renew the acting auditor of Delicent Accountants, and to authorize the Board to repurchase shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the total number of shares issued. IN...Show More

Sands China Limited announced the voting results of various resolutions at the Annual General Meeting held on May 17, 2024. THE MEETING ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING AUDITING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023, REPORTS OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS, AND RE-ELECTING DR. WANG YING-WEI AND MR. CHENG JUN NOO AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. In addition, Mr. Steven Zygmunt Strasser and Mr. Victor Patrick Hoog Antink were re-elected as independent non-executive directors. Shareholders also authorize the Board of Directors to determine the remuneration of directors, to renew the acting auditor of Delicent Accountants, and to authorize the Board to repurchase shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the total number of shares issued. IN ADDITION, THE DIRECTORS ARE GRANTED GENERAL AUTHORITY TO DISTRIBUTE, ISSUE AND PROCESS ADDITIONAL SHARES NOT EXCEEDING 20% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED AND TO EXTEND THIS GENERAL AUTHORIZATION TO INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES REPURCHASED. Finally, the Annual General Meeting also approved the 2024 Equity Award Scheme. All resolutions received more than 90% approval, demonstrating the high level of shareholder support for the company's management. On the date of the meeting, the total number of issued shares entitled to vote was 8,093,379,566 shares. The voting work of the General Meeting is conducted by the Central Securities Registry of Hong Kong Limited, and all other directors, except for the three directors, participated in the meeting either in person or electronically.