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Hong Kong: Hutchison Whampoa shareholders in favor merger plan

By  |  April 20, 2015

Shareholders of Hutchison Whampoa on Monday voted in favour of the mega reorganisation proposed for the company and its parent CK Hutchison Holdings, bringing chairman Li Ka-shing’s restructuring plan for his business empire near to completion.

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    Hutchison said more than 99 per cent of votes from shareholders at a general meeting had been in favor of the merger plan.

    “The two stocks escaped the market correction,” he said. “They could come under downward pressure … there’s not much excitement to further drive up the shares.”

     

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