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AIA Group Limited — Share Issue/Capital Change 2021
Mar 24, 2021
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer by any person to acquire, purchase or subscribe for securities. This announcement is not, and is not intended to be, an offer of securities of the Company for sale in the United States. The securities of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act. There is not, and is not intended to be, any public offering of the securities of the Company in the United States.
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.
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GRANT OF SHARE OPTIONS
This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.06A of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
The board of directors (the “Board”) of AIA Group Limited (the “Company”) announces that, on 24 March 2021, the Company granted 1,849,222 options (the “Options”) to certain employees, directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Grantees”) under the share option scheme of the Company adopted on 29 May 2020. The Options will entitle the Grantees to receive at the Board’s discretion either a total of 1,849,222 new ordinary shares of the Company (the “Shares”) or an equivalent value in cash which is equal to the difference between the subscription price and the market value of the Shares on or about the date on which the Options are exercised as the Board may determine. A summary of the grant is set out below:
Date of grant : 24 March 2021
Subscription price on exercise of the Options : HK$97.33 per Share granted
Number of the Options granted
: 1,849,222
Closing price of the Shares on the date of grant : HK$92.75 per Share
Validity period of the Options : 24 March 2021 to 23 March 2031. The Options are exercisable commencing on 24 March 2024.
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Among the Options granted above, 464,526 Options were granted to Mr. Lee Yuan Siong, Executive Director of the Company.
By Order of the Board Lee Yuan Siong Executive Director Group Chief Executive and President
Hong Kong, 24 March 2021
As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises:
Independent Non-executive Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director: Mr. Edmund Sze-Wing TSE
Executive Director, Group Chief Executive and President: Mr. LEE Yuan Siong
Independent Non-executive Directors:
Mr. Jack Chak-Kwong SO, Mr. Chung-Kong CHOW, Mr. John Barrie HARRISON, Mr. George Yong-Boon YEO, Professor Lawrence Juen-Yee LAU, Ms. Swee-Lian TEO, Dr. Narongchai AKRASANEE and Mr. Cesar Velasquez PURISIMA
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