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Hutchison China Meditech Limited

28 April 2021

Results of Annual General Meeting

Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Florham Park, NJ: Wednesday, April 28, 2021: Hutchison China MediTech Limited ("HUTCHMED" or the "Company") (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM) today announces that all ordinary resolutions and special resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on April 28, 2021 were duly passed. The poll results of the resolutions were as follows:

 
                                                                      Number of Votes (%)* 
 
   Resolutions                                                   For         Against      Withheld(#) 
        To consider and adopt the audited 
         financial statements and the reports 
         of the directors and independent 
         auditor for the year ended December 
 1       31, 2020.                                          630,497,481   57,834,970      1,916,690 
                                                             (91.5978%)    (8.4022%) 
 
 2(A)   To re-elect Mr Simon To as a director.              582,822,673   78,632,253     28,794,215 
                                                             (88.1122%)    (11.8878%) 
 
        To re-elect Mr Christian Hogg as 
 2(B)    a director.                                        687,962,021    2,278,095        9,025 
                                                             (99.6700%)    (0.3300%) 
 
        To re-elect Mr Johnny Cheng as a 
 2(C)    director.                                          686,432,366    3,805,770       11,005 
                                                             (99.4486%)    (0.5514%) 
 
 2(D)   To re-elect Dr Weiguo Su as a director.             687,380,226    2,859,890        9,025 
                                                             (99.5857%)    (0.4143%) 
 
 2(E)   To re-elect Dr Dan Eldar as a director.             650,371,921   39,867,120       10,100 
                                                             (94.2242%)    (5.7758%) 
 
 2(F)   To re-elect Ms Edith Shih as a director.            650,086,941   39,934,200       228,000 
                                                             (94.2126%)    (5.7874%) 
 
 2(G)   To re-elect Mr Paul Carter as a director.           605,583,736   84,654,830       10,575 
                                                             (87.7354%)    (12.2646%) 
 
        To re-elect Dr Karen Ferrante as 
 2(H)    a director.                                        621,140,866   69,096,195       12,080 
                                                             (89.9895%)    (10.0105%) 
 
 2(I)   To re-elect Mr Graeme Jack as a director.           605,033,971   85,199,140       16,030 
                                                             (87.6565%)    (12.3435%) 
 
        To re-elect Professor Tony Mok as 
 2(J)    a director.                                        649,699,566   40,540,520        9,055 
                                                             (94.1266%)    (5.8734%) 
 
        To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers 
         as the auditor of the Company and 
         authorize the board of directors 
 3       to fix the auditor's remuneration.                 689,797,116     436,820        15,205 
                                                             (99.9367%)    (0.0633%) 
 
                                  To grant a general 
                                   mandate to the 
                                   directors of the 
        Ordinary Resolution        Company to issue 
 4       No. 4(A)             :    additional shares.       687,700,756    2,537,355       11,030 
                                                             (99.6324%)    (0.3676%) 
 
                                  To disapply pre-emption 
        Special Resolution         rights (general 
         No. 4(B)             :    power).                  685,992,219    4,237,012       19,910 
                                                             (99.3861%)    (0.6139%) 
 
                                  To disapply pre-emption 
                                   rights (in connection 
        Special Resolution         with an equity 
         No. 4(C)             :    raise).                  574,881,172   115,343,064      24,905 
                                                             (83.2890%)    (16.7110%) 
 
                                  To grant a general 
                                   mandate to the 
                                   directors of the 
        Ordinary Resolution        Company to repurchase 
         No. 4(D)             :    shares of the Company.   689,852,331     370,175        26,635 
                                                             (99.9464%)    (0.0536%) 
 
                                  To change the English 
                                   name of the Company 
                                   to "HUTCHMED (China) 
                                   Limited" and the 
                                   Chinese name of 
                                   the Company to 
 5      Special Resolution    :    " ".                     690,238,916      2,195          8,030 
                                                             (99.9997%)    (0.0003%) 
 

* Percentages rounded to 4 decimal places

(#) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution.

The change of name will be effective once the Register of Companies has issued a certificate of incorporation on change of name.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of HUTCHMED was 744,515,660, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote on the ordinary resolutions and special resolutions proposed at the AGM.

About HUTCHMED

HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery and global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. A dedicated organization of over 1,200 personnel has advanced ten cancer drug candidates from in-house discovery into clinical studies around the world, with its first two oncology drugs now approved and launched. For more information, please visit: www.hutch-med.com or follow us on LinkedIn .

CONTACTS

 
Investor Enquiries 
  Mark Lee, Senior Vice President                            +852 2121 8200 
  Annie Cheng, Vice President                                +1 (973) 567 3786 
 
Media Enquiries 
  Americas - Brad Miles, Solebury Trout                      +1 (917) 570 7340 (Mobile) 
                                                              bmiles@troutgroup.com 
  Europe - Ben Atwell / Alex Shaw, FTI Consulting            +44 20 3727 1030 / +44 7771 913 902 (Mobile) / +44 7779 
                                                             545 055 (Mobile) 
                                                             HUTCHMED@fticonsulting.com 
  Asia - Joseph Chi Lo / Zhou Yi, Brunswick                  +852 9850 5033 (Mobile) / +852 97 83 6894 (Mobile) 
                                                              HUTCHMED@brunswickgroup.com 
 
Nominated Advisor 
  Freddy Crossley / Atholl Tweedie, Panmure Gordon (UK) 
   Limited                                                   +44 (20) 7886 2500 
 

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