ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

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Jun 18, 2024, 06:44 ET

SHANGHAI, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and HKEX: 2057), a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China ("ZTO" or the "Company"), today announced that each of the following proposed resolutions submitted for shareholder approval has been adopted at its annual general meeting of shareholders held in Hong Kong today:

as an ordinary resolution, to receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the directors and auditor of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023;
as an ordinary resolution, to re-elect Mr. Xudong CHEN as non-executive Director, subject to his earlier resignation or removal;
as an ordinary resolution, to re-elect Mr. Qin Charles HUANG as independent non-executive Director, subject to his earlier resignation or removal;
as an ordinary resolution, to re-elect Mr. Herman YU as independent non-executive Director, subject to his earlier resignation or removal;
as an ordinary resolution, to re-elect Mr. Tsun-Ming (Daniel) KAO as independent non-executive Director, subject to his earlier resignation or removal;
as an ordinary resolution, to authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the Directors;
as an ordinary resolution, to re-appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorize the Board to fix its remuneration for the year ending December 31, 2024;
as an ordinary resolution, to grant a general mandate to the directors to issue, allot, and deal with additional Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company not exceeding 20% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution;
as an ordinary resolution, to grant a general mandate to the directors to repurchase Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company not exceeding 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company as at the date of passing of this resolution; and
as an ordinary resolution, to extend the general mandate granted to the directors to issue, allot and deal with additional Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company by the aggregate number of the Class A Ordinary Shares repurchased by the Company.

About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and SEHK: 2057) ("ZTO" or the "Company") is a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China. ZTO provides express delivery service as well as other value-added logistics services through its extensive and reliable nationwide network coverage in China.

ZTO operates a highly scalable network partner model, which the Company believes is best suited to support the significant growth of e-commerce in China. The Company leverages its network partners to provide pickup and last-mile delivery services, while controlling the mission-critical line-haul transportation and sorting network within the express delivery service value chain.

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ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

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