UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2012

Commission File Number 1-14966


CNOOC Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
   
65th Floor
Bank of China Tower
One Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)

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Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
     
CNOOC Limited
 
         
         
 
By:
 
/s/ Hua Zhong
 
 
Name:
 
Hua Zhong
 
 
Title:
 
Joint Company Secretary
 
Dated: May 25, 2012
 
 
 

 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1
Announcement dated May 25, 2012, entitled “Poll Results of Annual General Meeting Held on 25 May 2012”.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.



(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock Code: 00883)

POLL RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 25 MAY 2012
 
The AGM was held at Conrad Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on 25 May 2012 at 4:00 p.m., at which all the ordinary resolutions (as proposed) were duly passed by the Shareholders by way of poll.

Reference is made to the Notice of the 2011 Annual General Meeting dated 12 April 2012 and the explanatory statement of CNOOC Limited (the “Company”) dated 12 April 2012 in respect of the general mandates to issue securities and repurchase shares and re-election of directors (collectively the “Notices and Explanatory Statement”). Unless otherwise specified in this announcement, terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Notices and Explanatory Statement.

POLL RESULTS AT THE AGM

The annual general meeting of the Company (the “AGM”) was held at Conrad Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on 25 May 2012 at 4:00 p.m.. The Board is pleased to announce that all the ordinary resolutions (as proposed) were duly passed by the Shareholders by way of poll at the AGM.

As at the date of the AGM, the total number of Shares in issue was 44,646,305,984. There is no Shareholder that is materially interested in any of the proposed resolutions at the AGM, and therefore none of the Shareholder is required to abstain from voting in respect of the relevant resolutions. Accordingly, the total number of Shares entitling the Shareholders to attend and vote in respect of the relevant resolutions at the AGM was 44,646,305,984. There were no Shares in respect of which their holders were entitled to attend and abstain from voting in favor of, or were required to abstain from voting on any of the relevant resolutions at the AGM, under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

 
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The vote-taking at the AGM was scrutinized by representatives from Hong Kong Registrars Limited. The results of the poll at the AGM were as follows:
 
Ordinary Resolutions
Number of votes (%)
For
Against
A1.
To receive and consider the audited Statement of Accounts together with the Report of the Directors and the Independent Auditors’ Report thereon for the year ended 31 December 2011.
38,248,432,439
(99.998076%)
736,100
(0.001924%)
A2.
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2011.
38,253,206,432
(99.920779%)
30,328,738
(0.079221%)
A3.
To re-elect Mr. Wu Guangqi as executive director of the Company.
37,318,115,809
(97.646772%)
899,343,861
(2.353228%)
A4.
To re-elect Mr. Wu Zhenfang as non-executive director of the Company.
38,034,325,866
(99.365036%)
243,047,504
(0.634964%)
A5.
To re-elect Mr. Tse Hua Yin, Aloysius as independent non-executive director of the Company.
38,161,732,314
(99.716462%)
108,510,656
(0.283538%)
A6.
To authorise the Board of Directors to fix the remuneration of each of the Directors.
37,655,567,180
(98.470549%)
584,868,658
(1.529451%)
A7.
To re-appoint the Company’s independent auditors and to authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
38,276,272,567
(99.974714%)
9,680,903
(0.025286%)
B1.
To grant a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares in the capital of the Company not exceeding 10% of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.
38,246,121,183
(99.915939%)
32,177,138
(0.084061%)
B2.
To grant a general mandate to the Directors to issue, allot and deal with additional shares in the capital of the Company not exceeding 20% of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.
30,655,766,322
(80.170975%)
7,582,219,748
(19.829025%)
B3.
To extend the general mandate granted to the Directors to issue, allot and deal with shares in the capital of the Company by the aggregate number of shares repurchased, which shall not exceed 10% of the share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing of this resolution.
31,228,308,146
(81.584504%)
7,048,946,157
(18.415496%)
 
 
 
By Order of the Board
 CNOOC Limited
 Zhong Hua
 Joint Company Secretary
Hong Kong, 25 May 2012

 
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As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises the following:

Executive Directors
Li Fanrong
Wu Guangqi
 
 
Non-executive Directors
Wang Yilin (Chairman)
Yang Hua (Vice Chairman)
Zhou Shouwei
Wu Zhenfang
Independent Non-executive Directors
Chiu Sung Hong
Lawrence J. Lau
Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius
Wang Tao
 
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