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Sino-Global
Announces Results of 2011
Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders
BEIJING,
Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (Nasdaq:
SINO) ("Sino-Global" or the "Company"), a leading, non-state-owned provider of
shipping agency services operating primarily in China, today announced that it
has obtained shareholder approval for all the matters submitted for approval at
its 2011 annual general meeting held on January 12, 2011. A total of 2,753,724
shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Company's 2011 annual
general meeting, representing a quorum of approximately 94.83% of the Company's
outstanding shares. During the meeting, all proposed resolutions were duly
passed including:
1.
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Dennis
O. Laing was elected as the Class I member of the board of directors, to
serve a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or
until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Laing received
approximately 99.88% of the votes cast at the meeting.
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2.
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Friedman
LLP was appointed as the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. Approximately
98.28% of the votes cast at the meeting were cast for this item and
approximately 1.71% were cast against this
item.
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For more
information on Sino-Global's 2011 annual general meeting, please visit the
investor relations section of the Company's website at
http://www.sino-global.com.
About
Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.
Registered
in the United States in 2001 and operating primarily in mainland China,
Sino-Global is a leading, non-state-owned provider of high-quality shipping
agency services. With local branches in most of the main Chinese ports and
contractual arrangements in all those where it does not have branch offices,
Sino-Global is able to offer efficient, high-quality shipping agency services to
shipping companies entering Chinese ports. With a subsidiary in Perth,
Australia, where it has a contractual relationship with a local shipping agency,
Sino-Global provides complete shipping agent services to companies involved in
trades between Chinese and Australian ports. Sino-Global also operates a
subsidiary in Hong Kong, China, to provide comprehensive shipping agent services
to vessels going to and from one of the world's busiest ports.
Sino-Global
provides ship owners, operators and charters with comprehensive yet customized
shipping agency services including intelligence, planning, real-time analysis
and on-the-ground implementation and logistics support. Sino-Global has achieved
both ISO9001 and UKAS certifications.
Forward
Looking Statements
No
statement made in this press release should be interpreted as an offer to
purchase any security. Such an offer can only be made in accordance with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws. Any
statements contained in this release that relate to future plans, events or
performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
as identified in Sino-Global's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Actual results, events or performance may differ materially. Readers
are cautioned not to place undo reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as the date hereof. Sino-Global undertakes no obligation to
publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking
statements that may be made to reflect the events or circumstances after the
date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
For
investor and media inquiries, please contact:
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Ms.
Apple Liang
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Sino-Global,
Beijing
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Tel:
+86-10-6439-1888
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