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 November 2010

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/ Jiang Yongzhi
 
                                                                     Name:
 
Jiang Yongzhi
 
                                                                       Title:
 
Joint Company Secretary
 
Dated: November 24, 2010
     

 
 

 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1 Announcement dated November 24, 2010, entitled “Poll Results of Extraordinary General Meeting Held on 24 November 2010”.
 

 
                   
 
 
                                

 
 

 
 
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 document, 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 document.

 
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock Code: 883)

POLL RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
HELD ON 24 NOVEMBER 2010

The EGM was held at Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on 24 November 2010 at 3:00 p.m., at which the ordinary resolutions in respect of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions were duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll.

Reference is made to the circular of CNOOC Limited (the “Company”) dated 3 November 2010 in respect of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions (the “Circular”). Unless otherwise specified in this announcement, terms used herein shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular.

POLL RESULTS AT THE EGM

The extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) was held at Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on 24 November 2010 at 3:00 p.m., at which the ordinary resolutions in respect of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions were duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll.

As explained in the Circular, OOGC, CNOOC (BVI) and their respective associates were required to, and did, abstain from voting in relation to the ordinary resolutions in respect of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions. There were no Shares in respect of which their holders were entitled to attend and vote only against any of the resolutions at the EGM.

As at the date of the EGM, the total number of Shares in issue were 44,669,199,984, and the total number of Shares entitling the Independent Shareholders to attend and vote in respect of the ordinary resolutions approving the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions (excluding the number of Shares held by OOGC,
 
 
 
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CNOOC (BVI) and their respective associates who are required to abstain from voting in relation to the relevant resolutions) at the EGM were 15,896,472,711, representing approximately 35.59 % of the total number of Shares in issue.

The vote-taking at the EGM was scrutinized by representatives from Hong Kong Registrars Limited. The results of the poll at the EGM were as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions
Number of votes (%)
For
Against
1. To approve the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions
 
9,632,634,450 (99.887087%)
10,888,800 (0.112913%)
2. To approve the Proposed Caps for each category of the Non-exempt Continuing Connected Transactions
 
9,632,562,150 (99.887117%)
10,885,800 (0.112883%)



 
By Order of the Board
CNOOC Limited
Jiang Yongzhi
Joint Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 24 November 2010

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

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