Shutting Down VirtualBox VM Machine

Hi,
When I tried closing the VM machine by clicking "close" button of the virtual machine (at the top right of the window), VirtualBox asks me whether I want to Save or Power Off the VM.
I chose the option to "Send the Shutdown Signal", which I believe will send a ACPI shutdown to the virtual machine. Why is it that the virtual machine is still running after waiting for 15 minutes? Am I missing something?
Please advise.
Thanks,
Marlon

Take the Power Off option, or just Save the current state of the VM.

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