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Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd

21 November 2014

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ASIAN CITRUS HOLDINGS LIMITED

*

(incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)

(Stock Code: HKSE: 73; AIM: ACHL)

POLL RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 21 NOVEMBER 2014

The board of directors (the "Board") of Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (the "Company") announces that a poll was demanded by the chairman of the annual general meeting of the Company held in Hong Kong on 21 November 2014 at 10:30 a.m. (the "AGM") for voting on all of the proposed resolutions (the "Proposed Resolutions") as set out in the notice of the AGM dated 17 October 2014 (the "AGM Notice") to the holders of the Company's ordinary shares (the "Shares" and the "Shareholders", respectively) and the depository interest holders of the Company.

As at the date of the AGM, there were 1,249,637,884 issued Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM. There were no Shares entitling the holders to attend and abstain from voting in favour of the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM as set out in Rule 13.40 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Listing Rules").

There were no Shares requiring the holder to abstain from voting on the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM under the Listing Rules. No Shareholders have stated in the Company's circular dated 17 October 2014 their intention to vote against or to abstain from voting on any of the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM.

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the branch share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, was appointed as the scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.

The poll results in respect of all the Proposed Resolutions at the AGM are set out as follows:

* For identification purpose only

 
                                                     Number of Votes 
                                                      (Approximate %) 
                                                           Note 
----                                          ----------------------------- 
            Ordinary Resolutions                    For          Against 
--------------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To receive and consider the 
        audited consolidated financial 
        statements and reports of 
        the directors and independent 
        auditor of the Company and 
        its subsidiaries for the year 
 1.     ended 30 June 2014.                     658,226,206     2,240,000 
                                                (99.660846%)    (0.339154%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Mr. Ng Ong Nee 
        as an executive director of 
 2a.    the Company ("ED").                     646,514,163     13,952,043 
                                                (97.887546%)    (2.112454%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Mr. Tong Hung 
 2b.    Wai, Tommy as an ED.                    642,010,991     18,455,215 
                                                (97.205729%)    (2.794271%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Dr. Lui Ming Wah 
        as an independent non-executive 
 2c.    director of the Company ("INED").       655,257,135     5,209,071 
                                                (99.211304%)    (0.788696%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Mr. Chung Koon 
 2d.    Yan as an INED.                         658,595,098     1,871,108 
                                                (99.716699%)    (0.283301%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-elect Mr. Ho Wai Leung 
 2e.    as an INED.                             658,595,098     1,871,108 
                                                (99.716699%)    (0.283301%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To re-appoint Baker Tilly 
        Hong Kong Limited as the independent 
        auditor of the Company, to 
        hold office from the conclusion 
        of the Meeting to the next 
        annual general meeting, during 
        which accounts will be laid 
        before the Company, and to 
        authorise the directors to 
 3.     fix its remuneration.                   660,463,206       3,000 
                                                (99.999546%)    (0.000454%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
       To grant an authority to the 
        directors to implement the 
 4.     scrip dividend scheme.                  644,141,599     13,332,547 
                                                (97.972156%)    (2.027844%) 
----  --------------------------------------  --------------  ------------- 
 
   As more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour 
   of each of the above Proposed Resolutions, all 
   of them were duly passed as ordinary resolutions. 
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                                           Number of Votes 
                                            (approximate%) 
                                                 Note 
                                   ------------------------------ 
       Special Resolutions               For           Against 
---------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
      To grant an unconditional 
      mandate to the directors to 
      allot new ordinary shares 
 5    of the Company.                459,283,164     201,183,042 
                                     (69.539238%)    (30.460762%) 
    -----------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
      To extend the issue mandate 
 6    granted to the directors.      457,692,356     202,773,850 
                                     (69.298376%)    (30.701624%) 
    -----------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
      To grant an unconditional 
      mandate to the directors to 
 7    repurchase Shares.             658,573,098       25,000 
                                     (99.996204%)    (0.003796%) 
    -----------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
   The full text of the proposed special resolutions 
   are set out in the AGM Notice. 
 
   As less than 75% of the votes were cast in favour 
   of each of the Proposed Resolutions 5 and 6, such 
   resolutions in relation to the grant of an unconditional 
   mandate to the directors to allot new ordinary 
   shares of the Company and to extend the issue 
   mandate granted to the directors did not carry. 
 
   The Proposed Resolution 7 was duly passed as special 
   resolution as more than 75% of the votes were 
   cast in favour of such resolution. 
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Note: The number of votes and approximate percentage of voting Shares are based on the total number of the issued Shares held by the Shareholders who voted at the AGM in person or by proxy.

By order of the Board

Asian Citrus Holdings Limited

Ng Hoi Yue

Non-executive Chairman

Hong Kong, 21 November 2014

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises four Executive Directors, namely Mr. Ng Ong Nee (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Tong Hung Wai, Tommy (Vice Chairman), Mr. Cheung Wai Sun and Mr. Pang Yi; and five Independent Non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Ng Hoi Yue (Non-executive Chairman), Dr. Lui Ming Wah, SBS JP, Mr. Yang Zhen Han, Mr. Chung Koon Yan and Mr. Ho WaiLeung.

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