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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024
Feb 21, 2024
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any doubts as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited , you should at once hand this circular together with the accompanying proxy form for the extraordinary general meeting to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, licensed securities dealer or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, 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 circular.
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE GENERAL MEETING RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZATION IN RELATION TO THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES ENTERING INTO CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST DOMESTIC SHARES CLASS MEETING AND
NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING
Independent Financial Adviser to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders
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The EGM, the Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the H Shares Class Meeting of the Company are to be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 8 March 2024. A letter from the Board is set out on pages 4 to 33 of this circular. Notices convening the EGM, the Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the H Shares Class Meeting are set out on pages 153 to 159 of this circular.
A letter from the Independent Board Committee containing its recommendations to the Independent Shareholders is set out on pages 34 to 35 of this circular. A letter from Merdeka containing its advice to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders is set out on pages 36 to 58 of this circular.
If you intend to appoint a proxy to attend the EGM, the Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the H Shares Class Meeting, you are required to complete and return the proxy form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible. For H Shareholders, the proxy form should be returned to the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong in hand or by post not less than 24 hours before the time stipulated for convening the EGM and the Class Meetings or any adjourned meeting thereof. Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the EGM and the Class Meetings or any adjourned meeting thereof if you so wish.
22 February 2024
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
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| DEFINITIONS | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| **LETTER FROM ** | THE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| **LETTER FROM ** | THE INDEPENDENT BOARD COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34 |
| **LETTER FROM ** | MERDEKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
| APPENDIX I | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF BEIJING URBAN | ||
| CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | ||
| GROUP CO., LIMITED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 | |
| APPENDIX II | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL | ||
| MEETING OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | ||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED . | 63 | |
| APPENDIX III | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF | ||
| DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | ||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED . | 66 | |
| APPENDIX IV | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF BEIJING URBAN | ||
| CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | ||
| GROUP CO., LIMITED (DRAFT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 | |
| APPENDIX V | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL | ||
| MEETING OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | ||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED | ||
| APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC | ||
| OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES . . . . . . . . . . | 90 | |
| APPENDIX VI | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | |
| RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF | ||
| DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | ||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED | ||
| APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC | ||
| OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
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| APPENDIX VII | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | ||
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| WORKING RULES FOR THE INDEPENDENT | |||
| DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | |||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED | |||
| APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC | |||
| OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES . . . . . . . | . . . | 105 | |
| APPENDIX VIII | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | ||
| MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON CONNECTED | |||
| TRANSACTIONS OF BEIJING URBAN | |||
| CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | |||
| GROUP CO., LIMITED APPLICABLE UPON THE | |||
| INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF | |||
| A SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . | 138 | |
| APPENDIX IX | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | ||
| MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING | |||
| FUND TRANSFERS WITH RELATED PARTIES OF | |||
| BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & | |||
| DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED | |||
| APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC | |||
| OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES . . . . . . . | . . . | 146 | |
| APPENDIX X | COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE | ||
| MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE PROVISION | |||
| OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXTERNAL | |||
| PARTIES OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION | |||
| DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED | |||
| APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC | |||
| OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES . . . . . . . | . . . | 147 | |
| APPENDIX XI | GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
. . . | 148 |
| **NOTICE OF THE ** | 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING | . . . | 153 |
| **NOTICE OF THE ** | 2024 FIRST DOMESTIC SHARES CLASS MEETING . . | . . . | 156 |
| **NOTICE OF THE ** | 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING. . . . . . . . . . . | . . . | 158 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, the following expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
- “Articles of Association”
the articles of association of the Company as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
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“associate(s)”
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shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Hong Kong Listing Rules
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“Beijing Investment” or “Beijing Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., a substantial Investment Company” shareholder of the Company
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“Board” or “Board of Directors” the board of directors of the Company
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“Class Meetings”
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Domestic Shares Class Meeting and H Shares Class Meeting
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“Company”
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公 司), a joint stock company with limited liability incorporated in the PRC, the H Shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1599)
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“Company Law”
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the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China
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“connected person(s)”
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shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Hong Kong Listing Rules
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“Director(s)”
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the director(s) of the Company
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“Domestic Share(s)”
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ordinary share(s) in the share capital of the Company with a nominal value of RMB1.00 each, which are subscribed for and paid up in Renminbi and which are currently not listed or traded on any stock exchange
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“Domestic Shareholder(s)”
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holder(s) of Domestic Shares
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“Domestic Shares Class Meeting”
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the class meeting of Domestic Shareholders to be convened and held
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“EGM”
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the 2024 First Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be convened on Friday, 8 March 2024 to consider and, if thought fit, approve the resolutions set out in the Notice of the EGM dated 22 February 2024
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DEFINITIONS
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“Existing Integrated Services the Integrated Services Framework Agreement entered Framework Agreement” into by the Company and Beijing Investment Company on 10 March 2021, effective from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023
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“Group” the Company and its subsidiaries
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“H Share(s)” ordinary share(s) in the share capital of the Company, with a nominal value of RMB1.00 each, which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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“H Shareholder(s)” holder(s) of H Shares
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“H Shares Class Meeting” the class meeting of H Shareholders to be convened and held
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“Hong Kong” Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC
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“Hong Kong Listing Rules” The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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“Hong Kong Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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“Independent Board Committee”
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the independent board committee comprising all the independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Wang Guofeng, Mr. Qin Guisheng, Mr. Ma Xufei and Mr. Xia Peng, which was established to advise the Independent Shareholders in relation to the terms of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the proposed annual caps for revenue of the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026
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“Independent Financial Adviser” or “Merdeka”
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Merdeka Corporate Finance Limited, a licensed corporation to carry out Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activity under the SFO, has been appointed as the independent financial adviser to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in respect of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder
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“Independent Shareholders”
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Shareholders other than those required by the Hong Kong Listing Rules to abstain from voting on the resolution to be proposed at the EGM in relation to the entering into of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the proposed annual caps for the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder
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DEFINITIONS
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“Integrated Services Framework the integrated services framework agreement entered into Agreement” by the Company with Beijing Investment Company, effective from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026
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“Latest Practicable Date” 21 February 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information contained herein
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“Management Measures on the Management Measures on Connected Transactions of Connected Transactions” Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time
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“MTR Construction” Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corporation (北京市軌道交通建設管理有限公司)
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“percentage ratio(s)” percentage ratio(s) as defined in Rule 14A.06(30) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules
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“PRC” or “China” the People’s Republic of China which, for the purpose of this circular only, shall exclude Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan
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“RMB”
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Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
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“Rules of Procedure for the the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors of Board of Directors” Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time
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“Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting”
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the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time
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“Share(s)” H Share(s) and Domestic Share(s) of the Company
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“Shareholder(s)”
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holders of the Shares of the Company
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“subsidiary(ies)”
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shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Hong Kong Listing Rules
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“substantial shareholder(s)”
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shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Hong Kong Listing Rules
“%”
- per cent
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
Members of the Board: Executive Directors: Wang Hanjun Li Guoqing
Non-executive Directors: Pei Hongwei (Chairman) Shi Huaxin Peng Dongdong Li Fei Wang Tao Tang Qimeng
Registered office:
5 Fuchengmen North Street Xicheng District Beijing PRC
Principal place of business in Hong Kong:
40th Floor, Dah Sing Financial Centre No. 248 Queen’s Road East Wanchai Hong Kong
Independent non-executive Directors: Wang Guofeng Qin Guisheng Ma Xufei Xia Peng
22 February 2024
To the Shareholders:
Dear Sir or Madam,
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE GENERAL MEETING RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZATION IN RELATION TO THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES ENTERING INTO CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST DOMESTIC SHARES CLASS MEETING AND
NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING
I. INTRODUCTION
On behalf of the Board, I invite you to attend the EGM and the Class Meetings to be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 8 March 2024.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
The purpose of this circular is to send you notices of the EGM and the Class Meetings and provide you with all information reasonably required to enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM and the Class Meetings.
II. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 9 January 2024 in relation to proposed amendments to the Articles of Association. For the purpose of further improving the corporate governance, it is proposed to make amendments to the Articles of Association of the Company being in effect in accordance with the Company Law and other regulations. For the comparison chart of the amendments to the Articles of Association, please refer to Appendix I.
III. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING
For the purpose of further improving the corporate governance structure, the position of vice chairman of the Board is proposed to be created by the Company. In addition, given the invalidation of certain regulatory documents, it is proposed to make amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting of the Company being in effect in accordance with the Company Law and other regulations. For the comparison chart of the amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting, please refer to Appendix II.
IV. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For the purpose of further improving the corporate governance structure, the position of vice chairman of the Board is proposed to be created by the Company. In addition, given the invalidation of certain regulatory documents, it is proposed to make amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors of the Company being in effect in accordance with the Company Law and other regulations. For the comparison chart of the amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors, please refer to Appendix III.
V. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE GENERAL MEETING RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES OF THE COMPANY
The Company considered and approved the resolution on application for the initial public offering and listing of A Shares (the “ Issuance ”) at the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting held on 21 April 2023.
The key contents of the plan on the Issuance considered and approved are as follows:
1. Class and nominal value of shares to be issued
The shares to be issued under the Issuance are RMB ordinary shares (A Shares) and the nominal value of each share to be issued is RMB1.00.
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2. Number of shares to be issued
The number of new shares proposed to be issued by the Company to the public will be no less than 10% and no more than 20% of the total share capital after the Issuance, being not less than 149,852,223 shares and not more than 337,167,500 shares (both inclusive). The number of shares actually issued will be determined by the Board and its authorized persons as authorized by the shareholders’ general meeting, the H Shares Class Meeting and the Domestic Shares Class Meeting in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, the approval of the securities regulatory authorities and the market conditions with the sponsor or the lead underwriter through consultation according to the capital demand of the Company, the specific conditions of the securities market at the time of issuance, etc. The final number of shares to be issued will not be less than 149,852,223 shares and not more than 337,167,500 shares (both inclusive). The Company has appointed CITIC Securities Company Limited as the lead underwriter of the Issuance, and CITIC Securities Company Limited is an independent third party of the Company.
The Issuance involves new shares without share offering by original Shareholders.
3. Target subscribers
Target subscribers of the Issuance are qualified book building participants and natural persons, legal persons and other institutional investors that have maintained A Shares accounts with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (except those prohibited by the laws, administrative regulations, other applicable regulatory instruments of the PRC and other regulatory requirements to which the Company is subject). If the CSRC or the Shanghai Stock Exchange has other provisions, such provisions shall prevail.
If any of the above subscribers is a connected person of the Company, the Company will take all reasonable measures to comply with the relevant requirements under the listing rules of the stock exchange of the place where the Shares of the Company are listed.
4. Issuance method
The Issuance is a public offering of A Shares and will be conducted by way of a combination of targeted placement to strategic investors, placement to offline investors who have registered with the Securities Association of China through offline book building to offline investors and issuance to public investors online at a fixed price, or other issuance methods recognized by the CSRC and the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
5. Pricing method
The Company and the lead underwriter shall organize book building for issuance of shares and determine the issuance price according to the book building results, or by other methods then recognized by the CSRC or the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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The Issuance will adopt a combination of placement to qualified investors through offline book building and online issuance to public investors who hold non-restricted A shares and non-restricted depositary receipts with certain market value in the Shanghai stock market at a fixed price. The Company and the sponsor (lead underwriter) will directly determine the issuance price through offline preliminary book building, while no cumulative tender book building will be conducted offline.
6. Place of share Listing
The proposed place of Listing for the public offering is the Main Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
7. Underwriting method
The underwriting method of the Issuance is standby underwriting.
8. Use of proceeds
Based on the Company’s needs for business development, the proceeds raised from the issuance (after deducting the issuance fees) will be used in the production capacity improvement project, smart design service ability upgrading project and research and development project of digital inspection and intelligent assembly system for the rail transit.
9. Principles for apportionment of issuance-related expenses
The fees related to the Issuance, including underwriting and sponsorship fees, audit and capital verification fees, valuation fees, legal fees, information disclosure fees used in the Issuance, issuance handling fees, etc., shall be borne by the Company.
10. Time of issuance and Listing
The Company shall, at its discretion, select the time of issuance of new shares within the effective period of the decision on the registration from the date on which the Company has obtained the decision on the registration of the public offering of shares from the CSRC; the time of Listing of the Company’s Shares shall be determined through negotiation between the Board of the Company and the lead underwriter upon obtaining the consent on the listing from the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
11. Validity period of resolution
The plan on the Issuance shall be valid within 12 months from the date of the resolution being considered and approved at the shareholders’ general meeting, H Shares Class Meeting and Domestic Shares Class Meeting of the Company.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Upon consideration and approval of the plan on the Issuance at the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, the Company has been actively promoting the Issuance. The application materials including the Prospectus for Initial Public Offering (Draft Application) have been submitted to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the acceptance notice issued by the Shanghai Stock Exchange in respect of the application materials submitted by the Company for the Issuance was received on 29 December 2023. The Issuance is subject to the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities. The Issuance at present is pending clearance for listing on the Main Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and required to obtain the CSRC’s approval of the registration in relation to the public offering. The Company will continue to actively promote the Issuance.
Pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Measures on Registration and Administration of the Initial Public Offering, the Company is required to convene a general meeting for resolution of the Issuance, which shall include, at least, the validity period of the resolutions and the authorization to the Board for specific matters regarding the Issuance. In view of the validity period of the resolutions in respect of the Issuance, which were considered and approved at the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting is about to expire, in order to ensure the continuity and effectiveness of the work related to the Issuance, the Company applied for the extension of the validity period of the resolution on the Issuance plan for 12 months from the expiry date of the original validity period (i.e. 20 April 2024). The extension of the validity period of the resolution on the Issuance will have no adverse impact on the business operations and financial position of the Company. The Issuance will facilitate the expansion of financing channels for the Company and further enhance the market influence of the Company. The Board believes that the Issuance is conducive to the future development of the Company and is in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. Therefore, the Board has considered and approved the relevant resolution, which also has been submitted to the EGM and the Class Meetings for consideration and approval. Except for the extension of the validity period of the resolution on the Issuance plan, other contents of the Issuance plan remain unchanged. For details, please refer to the circular of general meeting of the Company dated 30 March 2023.
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VI. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE AUTHORIZATION BY THE GENERAL MEETING ON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES OF THE COMPANY
The 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting of the Company held on 21 April 2023 has considered and approved the resolution on the authorization granted to the Board and its authorized persons to handle the relevant matters regarding the Issuance at their absolute discretion. According to the resolution, the Company considered and approved the authorization granted to the Board (and agreed with the Board to authorize the chairman of the Company and its authorized persons) to handle all the matters regarding the Issuance at their absolute discretion within the scope of relevant laws and regulations, including: signing or modifying documents relating to the Issuance, making corresponding adjustments on the specific plan for the Issuance in accordance with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, handling equity registration and settlement after completion of the Issuance, deciding on the specific plan for the use of proceeds within the framework determined by resolution of the general meeting, handling the issuance procedures for the Issuance with relevant government departments and other matters. Among which, the resolution on the authorization granted to the Board by the general meeting to handle the relevant matters regarding the Issuance shall be valid within 12 months from the date of the resolution being considered and approved at the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting.
The validity period of the resolution on the authorization granted to the Board by the general meeting to handle the relevant matters regarding the Issuance, which was considered and approved at the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, is due to expire. Therefore, in order to ensure the continuity and effectiveness of the work related to the Issuance, the Company applied for the extension of the validity period of the resolution on the authorization granted to the Board by the general meeting to handle the relevant matters regarding the Issuance for 12 months from the expiry date of the original validity period (i.e. 20 April 2024). Except for the extension of the validity period of the resolution on the authorization granted to the Board by the general meeting to handle the relevant matters regarding the Issuance, other contents of the authorization plan for the Issuance remain unchanged. For details, please refer to the circular of general meeting of the Company dated 30 March 2023.
VII. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (DRAFT) APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
On 21 April 2023, the Company convened the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, at which the Articles of Association (Draft) applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares was considered and approved.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Given the issuance of the Guidelines for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (2023 Revision) (effective from 15 December 2023), the Measures for the Administration of Independent Directors of Listed Companies (effective from 4 September 2023) by China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange (effective from 4 September 2023) by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Company proposes to amend the Articles of Association (Draft) in accordance with the aforesaid rules and other relevant provisions. For the comparison chart of amendments to the Articles of Association of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (Draft), please refer to Appendix IV.
After being considered and approved at the general meeting of the Company, the Articles of Association (Draft) shall take effect and be implemented from the date of the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
VIII. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
On 21 April 2023, the Company convened the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, at which the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares was considered and approved.
Given the issuance of the Guidelines for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (2023 Revision) (effective from 15 December 2023), the Measures for the Administration of Independent Directors of Listed Companies (effective from 4 September 2023) by China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange (effective from 4 September 2023) by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Company proposes to amend the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares in accordance with the aforesaid rules and other relevant provisions. For the comparison chart of amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares, please refer to Appendix V.
After being considered and approved at the general meeting of the Company, the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting shall take effect and be implemented from the date of the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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IX. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
On 21 April 2023, the Company convened the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, at which the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares was considered and approved.
Given the issuance of the Guidelines for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (2023 Revision) (effective from 15 December 2023), the Measures for the Administration of Independent Directors of Listed Companies (effective from 4 September 2023) by China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange (effective from 4 September 2023) by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Company proposes to amend the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares in accordance with the aforesaid rules and other relevant provisions. For the comparison chart of the amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares, please refer to Appendix VI.
After being considered and approved at the general meeting of the Company, the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors shall take effect and be implemented from the date of the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
X. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE APPLICABLE WORKING RULES FOR THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED AND OTHER RULES UPON INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
On 21 April 2023, the Company convened the 2023 Second Extraordinary General Meeting, the 2023 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting and the 2023 First H Shares Class Meeting, at which the rules, including the Working Rules for the Independent Directors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, the Management Measures on Connected Transactions of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, the Management Systems for Regulating Fund Transfers with Related Parties of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited and the Management Systems for the Provision of Financial Assistance to External Parties of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “ Rules ”) applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares, were considered and approved.
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Given the issuance of the Guidelines for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (2023 Revision) (effective from 15 December 2023), the Measures for the Administration of Independent Directors of Listed Companies (effective from 4 September 2023) by China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange (effective from 4 September 2023) by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Company proposes to amend the Rules applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares in accordance with the aforesaid rules and other relevant provisions. For the comparison charts of the amendments to the Rules applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares, please refer to Appendix VII to Appendix X.
After being considered and approved at the general meeting of the Company, the Rules shall take effect and be implemented from the date of the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
XI. ENTERING INTO CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS
1. Entering into the Integrated Services Framework Agreement
On 10 March 2021, the Company entered into the Existing Integrated Services Framework Agreement with Beijing Investment Company, with effective from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. The Company has also set the annual caps for the continuing connected transactions under such agreements for the three financial years ending 31 December 2023. As the aforementioned Existing Integrated Services Framework Agreement will expire on 31 December 2023, the Company renewed the Integrated Services Framework Agreement with Beijing Investment on 19 December 2023 for a term of three years from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. The Company has also set the annual caps for the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder for each year from 2024 to 2026.
The principal terms of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement are set out as follows:
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Parties to the agreement: The Company Beijing Investment Company
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Term of the agreement: From 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026 Scope of service: (1) The Group will provide Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates with construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services; and
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(2) Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates will provide the Group with construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services.
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Among these services, in terms of construction survey, design and consultancy services, the Group and Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates provide survey, design and consultancy services for urban rail transit construction as well as industrial and civil construction and municipal engineering to each other based on different professional businesses in their respective fields, respectively. For the purpose of illustration, there is no overlap in segments between construction survey, design and consultancy services provided by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates and construction survey, design and consultancy services provided by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group. Services provided by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates include but are not limited to the survey, measurement and monitoring of Beijing Subway, bridge and tunnel structure testing and assessment of Beijing Subway and construction drawing design document procedures and technical review of Beijing Subway, etc., while services provided by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group include the construction of intelligent park for the security control center of Beijing Subway, etc. In terms of construction contracting services, the Group mainly provides traditional construction business under general construction contracting and other related businesses, including Beijing Subway Capacity Expansion and Improvement Engineering Project and City Terminal Comprehensive Transportation Hub Integrated Engineering Project, etc., to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, while Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates mainly provide professional sub-contracting services, including supply of raw materials for construction and procurement of spare parts, etc., to the Group.
Transaction principles:
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(1) Both parties are entitled to choose the counterparties of the transaction.
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(2) Both parties shall carry out the transaction in accordance with the applicable general market practice (if any) and on normal commercial terms.
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Pricing principles:
Pursuant to the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, the terms of the agreement for the Group to provide construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates shall not be more favorable to the terms of the agreement for the Group to provide similar services to independent third parties, and the price for services provided by one party to the other party shall be determined at the following principles:
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(1) Where there is government-prescribed price, the government-prescribed price shall prevail (the government-prescribed price refers to the price determined for a certain type of service or services according to the laws, regulations, decisions or orders formulated by the Chinese central government, provincial governments or other regulatory authorities. For further illustration purposes, there is no government-prescribed price for construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services);
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(2) Where there is no government-prescribed price, but there is government-guided price, then the price would be determined upon considering market factors with reference to the government-guided price (the government-guided price refers to the price determined for a certain type of service or services according to the laws, regulations, decisions and orders formulated by the Chinese central government, provincial governments or other regulatory authorities, which within a certain range, can be adjusted through negotiations between both parties to the transaction (factors taken into consideration when determining prices by both parties including but not limited to material cost, scale and technological difficulties of projects). For further illustration purposes, there is no governmentguided price for construction survey, design and consultancy services. In terms of construction contracting services, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the “Beijing Construction Project Pricing Basis-Urban Rail Transit Project Budget Quota”, while the commissions of housing and urban-rural development of local governments would also publish the project cost information, which would provide basis of calculation (including but not limited to how to calculate project cost in a comprehensive manner based on factors such as labor cost, material cost, scale of projects, etc.) for the construction projects as the reference for the bidding price); or
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- (3) Where there is neither government-prescribed price nor government-guided price, then the price would be determined through tender process or other available market price.
The “market price” shall be determined in the following order: (1) the price charged by independent third parties who offer the same type of services under normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business at or near the area where such services are provided, in such case, reference shall be made to the prices quoted by at least two independent third parties who provide the same or similar type of services under same conditions; (2) or if inapplicable, the price charged by independent third party(ies) then who offer the same type of services under normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business in the PRC, in such case, reference shall be made to the prices quoted by at least two independent third parties who provide the same or similar type of services under same conditions.
Payment arrangement:
The service fee shall be paid by one party of the agreement to the other party upon completion of relevant services provided within the settlement period (usually 30 days) as agreed under the specific service contract entered into in accordance with the Integrated Services Framework Agreement. If the payment of the consideration is otherwise agreed in the specific service contract, the specific contract shall prevail.
Implementation of agreements:
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(1) Both parties may enter into specific service contracts in accordance with the Integrated Services Framework Agreement (including the annual plan established under the framework agreement). The terms of such specific service contracts shall not exceed the validity period of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, and all specific service contracts shall not violate the provisions of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement.
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(2) The principles and conditions stipulated in the Integrated Services Framework Agreement shall apply to the specific service contracts which have been entered into when the Integrated Services Framework Agreement was valid. Both parties may, as agreed, determine the new annual specific execution plan in the specific service contracts, or make any adjustments to the terms of renewal and other matters of the contracts according to the actual situation and needs from time to time.
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2. The proposed annual caps for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026
2.1 Historical annual caps and historical transaction amounts for the three years ended 31 December 2023
The table below sets out the historical annual caps of the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, and the historical annual caps of the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or its associates to the Group for the three years ended 31 December 2023:
| Historical annual caps for | Historical annual caps for | Historical annual caps for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **three ** | financial years ended | |||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| (RMB hundred | (RMB hundred | _(RMB _ | hundred | |
| million) | million) | million) | ||
| Revenue generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing construction | ||||
| survey, design and consultancy | ||||
| services to Beijing Investment, | ||||
| its subsidiaries and/or associates | 17 | 18.7 | 20.57 | |
| Revenue generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing construction | ||||
| contracting services to Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | ||||
| and/or associates | 21.5 | 23.65 | 26.015 | |
| Expenditure incurred by Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | ||||
| and/or associates for the | ||||
| provision of construction survey, | ||||
| design and consultancy services | ||||
| to the Group | 0.085 | 0.094 | 0.10 | |
| Expenditure incurred by Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | ||||
| and/or associates for the | ||||
| provision of construction | ||||
| contracting services to the Group | 0.62 | 0.682 | 0.75 |
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The table below sets out the historical transaction amounts and utilization rates of historical annual caps of the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, and the historical transaction amounts of the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group for the two financial years ended 31 December 2022 and the six months ended 30 June 2023:
| Approximate historical | Approximate historical | Approximate historical | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **transaction amounts ** | for the | |||
| **six ** | months | |||
| year ended | year ended | ended | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 30 June | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| (RMB hundred | (RMB hundred | _(RMB _ | hundred | |
| million) | million) | million) | ||
| Revenue generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing construction | ||||
| survey, design and consultancy | ||||
| services to Beijing Investment, | ||||
| its subsidiaries and/or associates | 4.64 | 4.47 | 2.19 | |
| Utilization rate (%) | 27.29% | 23.90% | 10.65% | |
| Revenue generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing construction | ||||
| contracting services to Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | ||||
| and/or associates | 19.69 | 19.47 | 6.90 | |
| Utilization rate (%) | 91.58% | 82.33% | 26.52% | |
| Expenditure incurred by Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries and/ | ||||
| or associates for the provision of | ||||
| construction survey, design and | ||||
| consultancy services to the | ||||
| Group | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | |
| Utilization rate (%) | 0 | 0 | 10% | |
| Expenditure incurred by Beijing | ||||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | ||||
| and/or associates for the | ||||
| provision of construction | ||||
| contracting services to the Group | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Utilization rate (%) | 33.87% | 4.39% | 0 |
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Note: The low utilization rates of annual caps for the two financial years ended 31 December 2022 and six months ended 30 June 2023 under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement are attributed to factors that certain expected projects were not approved by government for implementation as planned and some of the bids submitted were not awarded. The proposed annual caps under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026 are based on projects currently obtained and expected to be obtained through tender and the aggregation of revenue to be generated therefrom, therefore, the low utilization rates of annual caps for previous years have an insignificant impact on the determination of proposed annual caps for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026.
2.2 Proposed annual caps for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026
The Company estimates that the annual caps for the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, and the annual caps for the construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services provided by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026 are as follows:
| **Proposed annual caps ** | **Proposed annual caps ** | for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| **the three ** | **financial years ** | ending | |
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | |
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| (RMB hundred | (RMB hundred | (RMB hundred | |
| million) | million) | million) | |
| Revenue to be generated by the | |||
| Group from providing | |||
| construction survey, design and | |||
| consultancy services to Beijing | |||
| Investment, its subsidiaries | |||
| and/or associates | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Revenue to be generated by the | |||
| Group from providing | |||
| construction contracting services | |||
| to Beijing Investment, its | |||
| subsidiaries and/or associates | 37 | 58 | 61.5 |
| Expenditure to be incurred by | |||
| Beijing Investment, its | |||
| subsidiaries and/or associates for | |||
| the provision of construction | |||
| survey, design and consultancy | |||
| services to the Group | 0.0135 | 0.014 | 0.015 |
| Expenditure to be incurred by | |||
| Beijing Investment, its | |||
| subsidiaries and/or associates for | |||
| the provision of construction | |||
| contracting services to the Group | 0.485 | 0.515 | 0.5665 |
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2.3 Basis of determination of the proposed annual caps
Taking into account the difference in service nature between construction survey, design and consultancy services, which represent survey, design and consultancy services for urban rail transit construction as well as industrial and civil construction and municipal engineering, and construction contracting services which represent general construction contracting and other related businesses, and in order to better coordinate the operations, the Company sets separate annual caps for construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services when determining the proposed annual caps under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement.
2.3.1. Revenue
When estimating the annual caps for the revenue to be generated by the Group from providing construction survey, design and consultancy services to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026, the Company has made reference to the historical transaction figures, including historical transaction amounts and reasons of low utilization rates of some annual caps, and considered, among other things, the following key factors:
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(1). The Group provides Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates with construction survey, design and consultancy services
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(a) Urban rail transit survey and measurement projects: Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates have continuous demand for the survey, measurement and monitoring services for urban rail transit projects such as Beijing Subway Line 17 and Line 12 Engineering Measurement Projects, Beijing Subway Line 14 Third Party Engineering Monitoring Project, etc.; and various projects, including Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase II Engineering Survey Project, Beijing Subway Line 20 Phase I Engineering Survey Project, Beijing Subway Line 11 Phase II Engineering Measurement Project, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
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(b) Urban rail transit design business: Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries are investors and constructors of Beijing Subway, and the Company has obtained numerous project design businesses through tender, such as Beijing Subway Line 1 Branch Line Engineering Design Project, Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station Comprehensive Transportation Hub Engineering Design Project, Beijing Subway Line 11 Western Section (Beijing Winter Olympics Branch Line) Engineering Design Project, etc.; and projects that may be commenced in the construction planning scheme for Beijing Rail Transit, including Line 19, Line 17 and Line R4 and other projects.
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(c) Urban rail transit consultancy business: The Company is currently engaged in a number of rail transit consultancy businesses with Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries, including specialized design and consultancy services for prefabricated construction and indoor Building Information Modeling (“ BIM ”) consultancy services for the Beijing Dongba Project, design and consultancy services for the Beijing Dongba West Depot Primary Structure Reservation and Optimization Project, etc.; and various projects, including consultancy business in Beijing, M101 Engineering BIM Information Consultancy Project, Subway Line 1 Branch Line, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
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(d) Urban rail transit testing business: The Company is currently engaged in a number of rail transit testing businesses with Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries, such as Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station Comprehensive Transportation Hub Physical Testing Project, Beijing Subway Bridge and Tunnel Structure Testing and Assessment Project, Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase I Engineering Main Structure Testing Project; and specialized testing projects for Beijing Subway Line 101, S1 and S6, surrounding road projects of Dongba Transportation Hub, and Jiejia Village Hub superstructure development projects, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
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(e) Urban rail transit construction drawing review business: The Company has obtained numerous construction drawing review businesses with Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries, including construction drawing design document procedures and technical review project of Beijing Subway Line 14, technical consultation of construction drawing review of Beijing Subway Line 17, construction drawing review of Phase I Engineering of Beijing Subway Line 3; and construction drawing review project of Beijing Subway which is expected to be obtained in the future.
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In terms of the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, the table below sets out the projects that the Company has obtained and expects to obtain through tender and breakdown of the revenue to be generated from such projects:
| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Urban rail transit | Beijing Subway Line 22 Engineering | 19.52 | 21.8 | 21.71 |
| survey and | Project | |||
| measurement projects |
Beijing Subway Line 13 Engineering Project |
7.83 | 9.79 | 14.55 |
| Beijing New Airport Expressway | 7.23 | 4.5 | 1.82 | |
| Engineering Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 1 Engineering Project | 5.99 | 2.19 | 1.66 | |
| Beijing Subway Line 19 Engineering | 4 | 12 | 19 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Bridge and Tunnel | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| Structure Monitoring Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 101 Engineering | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| Measurement Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 1 Branch Line | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
| Engineering Measurement Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 11 Phase II | 2 | 11 | 22 | |
| Engineering Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 17 Engineering | 3.39 | 0.22 | 0 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 12 Engineering | 3.33 | 1.51 | 0 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 14 Engineering | 2.44 | 1.89 | 0 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 16 Engineering | 4.87 | 4.66 | 0.66 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Sub-Center Station Comprehensive | 2.87 | 2.54 | 2.05 | |
| Transportation Hub Engineering Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Changping Line | 2.04 | 1 | 1 | |
| Engineering Survey and Measurement | ||||
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 6 Engineering Project | 2.34 | 1.1 | 0.71 | |
| Beijing Subway Line 28 (Original CBD | 3.56 | 2.7 | 2.54 | |
| Line) Engineering Project |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Other projects (including Beijing Subway | 28.79 | 71.8 | 101.34 | |
| Line 10 Project, Beijing Subway Line | ||||
| New Airport Line Project, Beijing | ||||
| Subway Line S6 Engineering Survey and | ||||
| Measurement Project, Beijing Subway | ||||
| Line R4 Phase I Northern Section | ||||
| Engineering Survey Project, Beijing | ||||
| Subway Line 20 Phase I Engineering | ||||
| Survey Project, Beijing Subway Line R6 | ||||
| Phase I Engineering Survey Project, | ||||
| Beijing Sub-Center Dongxiaoying Yard | ||||
| Superstructure Staff Relocation Housing | ||||
| Engineering Project, Beijing Subway Line | ||||
| 11 Western Section (Beijing Winter | ||||
| Olympics Branch Line) Engineering | ||||
| Survey Project, Beijing Chaoyang District | ||||
| Dongba Vehicle Base Comprehensive | ||||
| Utilization Project, Beijing Subway Line | ||||
| 28 Engineering Topographic Seismic | ||||
| Safety Assessment Project, Beijing | ||||
| Subway Line 9 Liuliqiao Station Interval | ||||
| Monitoring Project, Beijing Subway Line | ||||
| 14 Westward Extension Engineering | ||||
| Survey Project, etc.) | ||||
| Subtotal | 111.2 | 167.7 | 213.04 |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Urban rail transit | Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity | 44.71 | 45.87 | 35.51 |
| design business | Expansion and Improvement Engineering | |||
| Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 1 (Branch Line) | 39.99 | 27.12 | 19 | |
| Engineering Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Suburban Railway Northeast Loop | 34.42 | 22.94 | 11.47 | |
| Line (Nankou-Guanghua Lu Section) | ||||
| Engineering Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line M101 Engineering | 19.06 | 18.48 | 19.79 | |
| General Contracting and Worksite Design | ||||
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 3 Engineering General | 11.65 | 8.77 | 5.19 | |
| Contracting and Worksite Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway New Airport Line | 14.47 | 8.68 | 8.68 | |
| (Caoqiao-Lize Financial Business | ||||
| District) Engineering Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Tongzhou District Zhangjiawan | 9.82 | 4.7 | 1.58 | |
| Depot Comprehensive Utilization Land | ||||
| Supply Project | ||||
| Beijing Huoying Comprehensive | 8.2 | 7.21 | 6 | |
| Transportation Hub Integrated | ||||
| Comprehensive Utilization Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 17 Engineering | 8.02 | 6.83 | 5.2 | |
| General Contracting and Worksite Design | ||||
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Dongba West Depot Line 3 Design | 6.44 | 0.46 | 4.16 | |
| Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 22 Engineering | 3.13 | 3.13 | 3.13 | |
| Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 3 Engineering Project | 4.97 | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station | 3 | 3.14 | 0.52 | |
| Comprehensive Transportation Hub | ||||
| Engineering Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 6 Southward | 2.06 | 1.54 | 2.57 | |
| Extension Engineering Design Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 27 Phase II | 4.66 | 1.64 | 0 | |
| (Changping Line Southward Extension) | ||||
| Engineering Design Project |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Other projects (including Beijing Line 19, | 160.61 | 186.17 | 223.78 | |
| Line 17, Line R4 Engineering, Line 3, | ||||
| Line 12, Fangshan Northward Extension | ||||
| Station Municipal Pipe Lines | ||||
| Comprehensive Design, Beijing Regional | ||||
| Comprehensive Development Project, | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase I | ||||
| Engineering, Beijing Wangfujing | ||||
| Underground Utility Tunnel Engineering | ||||
| Design, Beijing Suburban Railway Line | ||||
| S2 “Railway + Land” Planning and | ||||
| Research Project, Beijing Subway Line | ||||
| 11 Phase I Engineering, Beijing Line | ||||
| Fuba Isolating LV Switch Renewal and | ||||
| Reconstruction, Beijing Line Fuba | ||||
| Transformer Replacement Engineering | ||||
| Design, Beijing Subway Line 5, Line 8 | ||||
| Phase I, Line 10 Phase I OTE | ||||
| Reconstruction Engineering, Beijing | ||||
| Subway Line 2 Renewal and Construction | ||||
| Engineering Project, etc.) | ||||
| Subtotal | 375.21 | 348.68 | 348.28 | |
| Urban rail transit | Beijing Dongba Project Prefabricated | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 |
| consultancy | Construction Specialized Design and | |||
| business | Consultancy Project | |||
| Beijing Xingong Project Prefabricated | 2.08 | 0.52 | 0 | |
| Construction Specialized Design and | ||||
| Consultancy Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line M101 Engineering | 0.26 | 2.09 | 3.09 | |
| Consultancy Project | ||||
| Other projects (including Beijing Crossing | 4.5 | 9.04 | 12.3 | |
| Existing Lines Specialized Design and | ||||
| Consultancy, Beijing Suburban Railway | ||||
| Sub-Center Line Westward Extension | ||||
| Passenger Flow Forecasting Consultancy | ||||
| Service, Beijing Passenger Flow | ||||
| Forecasting Model Algorithm Research | ||||
| and Program Development Technical | ||||
| Service Consultation, Beijing Subway | ||||
| Line 28 Engineering Technical | ||||
| Consultancy Project, etc.) | ||||
| Subtotal | 8.12 | 12.93 | 16.67 |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Urban rail transit | Beijing Subway Line 12 Engineering | 0.32 | 5.39 | 1.9 |
| testing business | Testing Project | |||
| Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station | 8.97 | 3.54 | 0 | |
| Comprehensive Transportation Hub | ||||
| Testing Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 17 Engineering | 1.64 | 1.1 | 4.78 | |
| Testing Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 16 Engineering | 0 | 2.35 | 5.35 | |
| Testing Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Bridge and Tunnel | 8.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure Testing and Assessment Project | ||||
| Beijing Sub-Center Dongxiaoying Yard | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Superstructure Staff Relocation Housing | ||||
| Engineering Project Adjacent to Subway | ||||
| Line 6 Pre-and-post Construction Testing | ||||
| Other projects (including Beijing Subway | 5.05 | 39.1 | 42.25 | |
| Line 22 Testing Project, Beijing Subway | ||||
| Line 101, Line S1, S6 Specialized | ||||
| Testing, Beijing Subway Changping Line | ||||
| Southward Extension Engineering Main | ||||
| Structure On-site Testing, Beijing Subway | ||||
| Line 27 Phase II Testing, Line Batong | ||||
| Southward Extension Engineering | ||||
| Crossing Engineering Testing, Beijing | ||||
| New Airport Expressway Underground | ||||
| Comprehensive Utility Tunnel Phase I | ||||
| Physical Testing, Beijing Haidian District | ||||
| Suzhou Street Station Integrated Project, | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity | ||||
| Expansion and Improvement Engineering | ||||
| Project, Beijing Subway Line 8 Phase III | ||||
| Engineering Affecting Existing Subway | ||||
| Line 1 and Line 2 Structure Condition | ||||
| Inspection and Testing, etc.) | ||||
| Subtotal | 26.27 | 51.48 | 54.28 | |
| Urban rail transit | Beijing Subway Line 3 Phase I | 7.68 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| construction | Construction Drawing Review Project | |||
| drawing review business |
Beijing Subway Line 17 Construction Drawing Review Project |
4.8 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Beijing New Airport Phase I Section B | 7.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Construction Drawing Review Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 12 Construction | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Drawing Review Project |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | 31 December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| (RMB million) | ||||
| Other projects (including Beijing Subway | 9.23 | 3 | 5 | |
| Line 14 Construction Drawing Design | ||||
| Document Procedures and Technical | ||||
| Review Project, Beijing Subway Line 19 | ||||
| Phase I Construction Drawing Technical | ||||
| Review Project, Beijing Subway Line 6 | ||||
| Westward Extension Construction | ||||
| Drawing Review Project, Beijing Subway | ||||
| Line Batong Southward Extension | ||||
| Construction Drawing Review Project, | ||||
| Beijing Subway Airport Express Phase II | ||||
| Construction Drawing Design Review | ||||
| Project, Beijing New Airport Line Phase I | ||||
| Section B Construction Drawing Fire- | ||||
| specialized Review Project, etc.) | ||||
| Subtotal | 28.73 | 14.8 | 17.7 | |
| Total | 549.53 | 595.59 | 649.97 |
- (2). The Group provides Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates with construction contracting services
When estimating the annual caps for the revenue to be generated by the Group from providing construction contracting services to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026, the Company has made reference to the historical transaction figures, including historical transaction amounts and reasons of low utilization rate of some of historical annual caps, and considered, among other things, the following key factors:
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(a) Subway engineering projects under construction: projects that the Company has obtained through tender and are in progress, include the Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity Expansion and Improvement Engineering Project, Line 22 (Pinggu Line) Engineering Project, Line 6 Phase II Engineering Project, etc.
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(b) Newly won bid projects: newly won bid projects which the Company currently plans to commence construction in 2024 include Branch Line of Beijing Subway Line 1 Project, Beijing Subway Line S6 (Xincheng Connecting Line) Phase I Project, Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line) Project, etc.
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In terms of the provision of construction contracting services by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates, the table below sets out the projects that the Company has obtained and expects to obtain through tender and breakdown of the revenue to be generated from such projects:
| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of | As of | As of | |||
| 31 December | 31 December | **31 ** | December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| (RMB million) | |||||
| Subway engineering | Beijing Subway Line 22 Engineering | 764.04 | 691.1 | 342.04 | |
| projects under | Project | ||||
| construction | Beijing Lize Airport Terminal | 385.32 | 752.29 | 91.74 | |
| Comprehensive Transportation Hub | |||||
| Integrated Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 13 Engineering | 158.76 | 253.87 | 238.92 | ||
| Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 6 Phase II | 293.58 | 55.05 | 9.17 | ||
| Engineering Project General Contracting | |||||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Shared Supporting Facilities of the | 45.87 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Three Major Buildings under the Urban | |||||
| Green Heart Construction Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 12 Engineering | 31.19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Project | |||||
| Beijing Chongwenmen Subway Station and | 21.17 | 108.55 | 108.55 | ||
| Surrounding Public Space Renovation and | |||||
| Upgrading Construction Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway New Airport Line | 266.06 | 275.23 | 0 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Existing Line Flood Control and | 7.95 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drainage Upgrading and Optimization | |||||
| Phase I Engineering Project | |||||
| Low-lying Square in Front of Beijing | 5.43 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Subway Station Flood Control and | |||||
| Drainage Capacity Improvement and | |||||
| Reconstruction Project | |||||
| Subtotal | 1,979.37 | 2,136.09 | 790.42 | ||
| Expected newly won bid | Beijing Subway Line S6 (Xincheng | 100 | 200 | 758.72 | |
| projects | Connecting Line) Engineering Project | ||||
| Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase II | 120 | 592.84 | 1,418.53 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 101 Four Sections | 366.97 | 1,100.92 | 1,467.89 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 1 Branch Line | 145.87 | 287.61 | 333.49 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Suburban Railway Northeast Loop | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| Line Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 25 Phase III (Lijin | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| line) Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 20 Phase I (Line R4) | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| Engineering Project |
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| Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | Estimated revenue | |||
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| As of | As of | As of | |||
| 31 December | 31 December | **31 ** | December | ||
| Service type | Specific services | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| (RMB million) | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 7 Phase III | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| (Northward Extension) Engineering | |||||
| Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 11 Phase II | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 17 Phase II (Branch | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| Line) Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Yizhuang Line - Line 5 and | 120 | 180 | 180 | ||
| Line 10 Connecting Line Engineering | |||||
| Project | |||||
| Beijing Subway Line 22 (Pinggu Line) | 90 | 150 | 80 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Beijing Existing Line Reconstruction | 20 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Engineering Project | |||||
| Subtotal | 1,682.84 | 3,621.37 | 5,348.63 | ||
| Total | 3,662.21 | 5,757.46 | 6,139.05 |
2.3.2. Expenditure
When estimating the annual caps for the expenditure to be incurred by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates from providing construction survey, design and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services to the Group under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement for the three financial years ending 31 December 2026 of the Group, the Company has made reference to the historical transaction figures as listed above and considered, among other things, the following key factors:
- (1). Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates will provide the Group with construction survey, design and consultancy services
Consultancy projects to be provided by Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries to the Company include Phase I and Phase II of the Engineering Construction Project of the Smart Park of Beijing Subway Safety Control Center; and the Beijing Subway Design Consultancy Project which is expected to be obtained through tender.
- (2). Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates will provide the Group with construction contracting services
Specialized sub-contracting projects to be provided by Beijing Investment and its subsidiaries to the Company include sub-contracting of contract section 25 of Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity Expansion and Improvement Engineering Design Project; the provision of material procurement service includes the construction of contract section 25 of Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity Expansion and Improvement Engineering Design Project; the supply of raw materials for the construction of the project includes contract section 02 of Beijing Subway Line 22 (Pinggu Line); and the projected procurement of spare parts for Kunming Subway Line 4.
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3. Reasons for and Benefits of Entering into the Integrated Services Framework Agreement
Integration of design, survey and consultancy business and construction contracting business allows the Group to provide comprehensive business solutions, covering all major stages within urban rail transit engineering. Taking into account Beijing Investment Company being the investment platform for the rail transit business of the government, MTR Construction (a subsidiary of Beijing Investment Company) being the management platform for the rail transit construction of the government, and the ongoing business cooperation between Beijing Investment Company, MTR Construction and the Group, the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates may expand the income sources of the Group, consolidate and improve the market position and competitiveness of the Group in the urban rail transit industry. The provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group may also provide more professional solutions for the Group, which allows the Group to access to professional services of Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates in segments that they enjoy more advantages, and propels the development of the Group’s whole industry chain business.
The Directors of the Company (including independent non-executive Directors) are of the view that the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the transactions thereunder have been entered into in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and are on normal commercial terms, the proposed annual caps of the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder are based on sum of the project amounts of projects on-going and expected to be obtained through tender, and the terms and conditions therein and the proposed annual caps of the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder are fair and reasonable, and are in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.
4. Internal Control Measures
To ensure the Company’s conformity with the above pricing policy in relation to the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, the Company has adopted and will continue to strengthen a series of internal control policies for its daily operation.
The Company has formulated relevant Management Measures on Connected Transactions, in accordance with supervisory requirements of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in respect of connected transactions and continuing connected transactions and with reference to actual situation of the Company, which implements strict regulation from aspects of identification of connected transactions, procedure of review and approval, report, supervision and management and related information disclosure.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
To ensure the relevant continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement between the Group and Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates being in compliance with the pricing policies thereunder, especially when the relevant service price is determined on the basis of market price, the Group has adopted and will continue to strengthen the following specific measures:
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(a) The Department of Board Secretary is responsible for collecting detailed data in respect of above-mentioned continuing connected transactions on a regular basis, including but not limited to pricing terms, payment arrangements and actual transaction amounts specified in individual service contracts under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement; the Legal and Audit Department and the Financial Department of the Company shall assist in reviewing and controlling the specific terms, conditions and actual transaction amounts of such continuing connected transactions.
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(b) Senior management of the Company and its subsidiaries is responsible for supervising whether the transaction terms, pricing and other terms specified in individual service contracts are in compliance with the principles set out in the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, whether the price conforms with relevant pricing requirements if the service applies price prescribed by the government, government-guided price or price determined through tender process and whether the price conforms with the range of the then market price applicable to same type of services if the service price is based on the market price, as well as evaluating the fairness of the transaction terms and pricing terms, and reporting relevant information to the Board in time.
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(c) The Board is responsible for inspecting and supervising the control on connected transactions of the Company, as well as the execution of control system of connected transactions by the Directors, senior management and connected persons of the Company.
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(d) In addition, the independent non-executive Directors have reviewed and would continue to review the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement to ensure that such agreements are entered into on normal commercial terms, are fair and reasonable, and are carried out pursuant to the terms of such agreements. The auditors of the Company would also conduct an annual review on the pricing terms and annual caps of such continuing connected transactions.
5. Implications of the Hong Kong Listing Rules
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Domestic Shares and H Shares of the Company held by Beijing Investment Company in aggregate accounted for 14.83% of the total issued Shares of the Company. Beijing Investment Company is one of the substantial shareholders of the Company and constitutes a connected person under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
Rules. The Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the transactions contemplated under such agreement between the Group and Beijing Investment Company, its subsidiaries and/or associates constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company pursuant to Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
As the highest applicable percentage ratio of the proposed annual caps for the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement is more than 5%, such continuing connected transactions and such proposed annual caps shall be subject to the reporting, announcement, annual review and Independent Shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
As the highest applicable percentage ratio of the proposed annual caps for the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement is more than 0.1% but less than 5%, such continuing connected transactions and such proposed annual caps shall be subject to the reporting, announcement and annual review requirements but are exempt from Independent Shareholders’ approval requirement under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
As Mr. Peng Dongdong serves as the deputy general manager of the investment and development department headquarters of Beijing Investment Company and Mr. Li Fei serves as the senior investment manager of the investment and development department headquarters of Beijing Investment Company, Mr. Peng Dongdong and Mr. Li Fei are deemed to be materially interested in the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, and therefore, they have abstained from voting on the relevant resolution at the Board meeting. Save as mentioned above, none of the other Directors has material interests in the above agreements and thus is required to abstain from voting on the relevant resolution at the Board meeting.
6. General Information
Information on the Company
The Company is mainly engaged in design, survey and consultancy business for urban rail transit engineering, industrial and civil construction and municipal engineering as well as construction contracting business for urban rail transit.
Information on Beijing Investment Company
Beijing Investment Company, a wholly state-owned company with limited liability, is mainly engaged in businesses investment and financing, pre-planning, capital operation and relevant resources development and management of infrastructure projects including rail transit. The ultimate beneficial owner of Beijing Investment Company is the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
XII. EGM
The EGM and the Class Meetings will be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 8 March 2024, to consider and approve the resolutions set out in the Notice of the EGM dated 22 February 2024. Notices convening the EGM and the Class Meetings is set out on pages 153 to 159 in this circular.
If you intend to appoint a proxy to attend the EGM and/or the Class Meetings, you are required to complete and return the proxy form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible. For H Shareholders, the proxy form should be returned to the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong in hand or by post not less than 24 hours before the time stipulated for convening the EGM or any adjourned meeting thereof. Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the EGM or any adjourned meeting thereof if you so wish.
In order to determine the list of Shareholders who will be entitled to attend and vote at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings, the register of members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 6 March 2024 to Friday, 8 March 2024, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered.
For the identification of Shareholders who are qualified to attend and vote at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong (for H Shareholders), or the registered address of the Company (for Domestic Shareholders), for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 March 2024. Shareholders whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on Friday, 8 March 2024 will be entitled to attend and vote at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings.
XIII. VOTES BY WAY OF POLL
According to the Hong Kong Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, the resolutions set out in the notices of the EGM and the Class Meetings will be voted on by way of poll. The poll results will be posted on the website of the Company at www.bjucd.com and the HKEXnews website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk upon the conclusion of the EGM and the Class Meetings.
In accordance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules, Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates are required to abstain from voting on the resolution in relation to the entering into the continuing connected transactions at the EGM. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Beijing Investment, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary Beijing Investment (Hong Kong) Limited held an aggregate of 199,998,412 Shares in the Company, representing 14.83% of the total issued Shares of the Company. Beijing Investment and Beijing Investment (Hong Kong) Limited will abstain from voting on the resolution in relation to the entering into the continuing connected transactions.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, having made all reasonable enquiries, save for the aforesaid, no other Shareholder has a material interest in the resolutions at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings and is required to abstain from voting on the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the EGM and/or the Class Meetings.
XIV. RECOMMENDATIONS
Your attention is drawn to: (a) the letter from the Independent Board Committee, which sets out its recommendations to the Independent Shareholders in respect of the resolution regarding the entering into the continuing connected transactions, on pages 34 to 35 of this circular; (b) the letter from Merdeka, which sets out its opinions and recommendations to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in respect of the resolution regarding the entering into the continuing connected transactions, on pages 36 to 58 of this circular; and (c) general information set out in the Appendix XI to this circular.
The Board (including independent non-executive Directors) is of the view that all resolutions to be proposed for consideration at the EGM and the Class Meetings are in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board recommends the Shareholders to vote in favour of the above resolutions. The view of the Independent Board Committee in respect of the resolution regarding the entering into the continuing connected transactions is set out in the section headed “Letter from the Independent Board Committee” in this circular.
Yours faithfully, By order of the Board
Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited Pei Hongwei Chairman
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT BOARD COMMITTEE
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
Independent non-executive Directors:
Wang Guofeng Qin Guisheng Ma Xufei Xia Peng
22 February 2024
To the Independent Shareholders:
Dear Sir or Madam,
ENTERING INTO CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS
Reference is made to the circular of the Company dated 22 February 2024 (the “ Circular ”) of which this letter forms part. Terms defined in this letter shall have the same meanings as defined in the Circular unless the context otherwise requires.
We have been appointed as the member of Independent Board Committee to advise Independent Shareholders on the fairness and reasonableness of the resolution in relation to the entering into the continuing connected transactions so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned, whether it is entered into on normal commercial terms, and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
Merdeka has been appointed as the Independent Financial Adviser to advise and recommend the Independent Board Committee and Independent Shareholders on the fairness and reasonableness of the resolution in relation to the entering into the continuing connected transactions. Details of its advice, together with the principal factors taken into consideration in arriving at such, are set out in the letter from Merdeka on pages 36 to 58 of the Circular.
Your attention is also drawn to the letter from the Board set out on pages 4 to 33 of the Circular and the general information set out in the Appendix XI to the Circular.
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT BOARD COMMITTEE
Having taken into account (i) the resolution in relation to entering into the continuing connected transactions; and (ii) the advice and recommendation of Merdeka and the principal factors and reasons considered by it, we consider the continuing connected transactions agreement was entered into on normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group, the terms and conditions thereof and the proposed annual caps for the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder are fair and reasonable and are in the interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole.
Accordingly, we recommend the Independent Shareholders to vote in favor of the ordinary resolution to be proposed at the EGM to approve the resolution in relation to entering into the continuing connected transactions.
Yours faithfully,
On behalf of the Independent Board Committee
Wang Guofeng Qin Guisheng Ma Xufei Xia Peng
Independent Non-executive Directors
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LETTER FROM MERDEKA
The following is the full text of the letter from Merdeka setting out the advice to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in respect of the terms of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, which has been prepared for the purpose of inclusion in the Circular.
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Room 1108-1110, 11/F. Wing On Centre 111 Connaught Road Central Hong Kong
22 February 2024
- To: Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited
Dear Sirs/Madams,
CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS
INTRODUCTION
We refer to our appointment to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in respect of the provision of construction survey, design, and consultancy services (the “ Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services ”) as well as construction contracting services (the “ Construction Contracting Services ”) by the Group to Beijing Investment Company, its subsidiaries and/or its associates (collectively, “ Beijing Investment Company Group ”) under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement (the “ Continuing Connected Transactions ”), and the proposed annual caps in relation to the revenue to be generated from the Continuing Connected Transactions for the three years ending 31 December 2026 (the “ Proposed Annual Caps ”), details of the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps are set out in the letter from the Board (the “ Board Letter ”) contained in the circular of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “ Company ”) to the Shareholders dated 22 February 2024 (the “ Circular ”), of which this letter forms part. Capitalised terms used in this letter shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular unless the context requires otherwise.
On 10 March 2021, the Company entered into the Existing Integrated Services Framework Agreement with Beijing Investment Company, with effective from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. The Company has also set the annual caps for the continuing connected transactions under such agreements for the three financial years ended 31 December 2023. As the Existing Integrated Services Framework Agreement would expire on 31 December 2023, the Company renewed the Integrated Services Framework Agreement with Beijing Investment Company on 19 December 2023 for a term of three years from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. The Company has also set the annual caps for the continuing connected transactions contemplated thereunder for each year of 2024 to 2026.
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LETTER FROM MERDEKA
IMPLICATIONS OF THE HONG KONG LISTING RULES
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Domestic Shares and H Shares of the Company held by Beijing Investment Company in aggregate accounted for 14.83% of the total issued Shares of the Company. Beijing Investment Company is one of the substantial shareholders of the Company and constitutes a connected person under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. The Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder between the Group and Beijing Investment Company, its subsidiaries and/or associates constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company pursuant to Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
As the highest applicable percentage ratio of the proposed annual caps for the provision of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services, the Construction Contracting Services by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement is more than 5%, such continuing connected transactions and such proposed annual caps shall be subject to the reporting, announcement, annual review and Independent Shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
As Mr. Peng Dongdong serves as the deputy general manager of the investment and development department of Beijing Investment Company and Mr. Li Fei serves as the senior investment manager of the investment and development department of Beijing Investment Company, Mr. Peng Dongdong and Mr. Li Fei are deemed to be materially interested in the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, and therefore, they have abstained from voting on the relevant resolution at the Board meeting. Save as mentioned above, none of the other Directors has material interests in the above agreements and thus is required to abstain from voting on the relevant resolution at the Board meeting.
The Independent Board Committee comprising all the independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. Wang Guofeng, Mr. Qin Guisheng, Mr. Ma Xufei and Mr. Xia Peng, has been established to advise the Independent Shareholders in respect of the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps.
We have been appointed as the Independent Financial Adviser to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders as to (i) whether the Continuing Connected Transactions are entered in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Company and the terms of the Continuing Connected Transactions are on normal commercial terms and fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned; (ii) whether the Continuing Connected Transactions are in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole and the Proposed Annual Caps are fair and reasonable; and (iii) how the Independent Shareholders should vote in favour of the relevant resolution(s) to approve the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps.
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LETTER FROM MERDEKA
OUR INDEPENDENCE
In the last two years from the date of our appointment, except for the appointment as the independent financial adviser to the then independent board committee of the Company relating to continuing connected transactions contemplated under the renewed integrated services framework agreement entered into between the Company and Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Limited, details of which have been set out in the circular of the Company dated 13 February 2023, we have no other relationships with or interests in the Company and any other parties that could reasonably be regarded as relevant to our independence. Apart from normal professional fees payable to us in connection with this appointment as the Independent Financial Adviser in relation to the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps, no arrangements existed whereby we had received or would receive any fees or benefits from the Company or any other parties that could reasonably be regarded as relevant to our independence. Accordingly, we consider that we are independent pursuant to Rule 13.84 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
BASIS OF OUR OPINION
In formulating our opinion and recommendations to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders, we have considered and reviewed, among other things, (i) the Integrated Services Framework Agreement; (ii) the annual reports of the Company for the years ended 31 December 2021 (the “ 2021 Annual Report ”) and 31 December 2022 (the “ 2022 Annual Report ”); (iii) the interim report of the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2023 (the “ 2023 Interim Report ”); (iv) other information as set out in the Circular; (v) relevant information provided by the management of the Company; and (vi) other relevant market data and information from public sources.
We have assumed that all statements, information and representations made or referred to in the Circular and all information and representations which have been provided by the Company and its advisers, the Directors and the management of the Company, for which they are solely and wholly responsible, were true at the time they were made and continue to be true as at the Latest Practicable Date. We have also assumed that all statements of belief, opinion and intention made by the Directors in the Circular were reasonably made after due and careful enquiry and were based on honestly-held opinions. The Shareholders will be notified of material changes as soon as possible, if any, to the information and representations provided and made to us after the Latest Practicable Date and up to and including the date of the EGM.
The Directors have collectively and individually accepted full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in the Circular and have confirmed, having made all reasonable enquiries that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no omission of other facts that would make any statements in the Circular misleading. We have no reason to believe that any information and representations relied on by us in forming our opinion is untrue, inaccurate or misleading, nor are we aware of any omission of any material facts that would render the information provided and the representations made to us untrue, inaccurate or misleading. We have not, however, conducted any independent in-depth investigation into the business affairs, financial position or future prospects of the Group, nor have we carried out any independent verification of the information provided by the Directors and the management of the Company.
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LETTER FROM MERDEKA
This letter is issued to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders, solely in connection for their consideration of the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps, and except for its inclusion in the Circular, is not to be quoted or referred to, in whole or in part, nor shall this letter be used for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
PRINCIPAL FACTORS AND REASONS CONSIDERED
In assessing and arriving at our advice and recommendation with regard to the Continuing Connected Transactions and the Proposed Annual Caps and, we have taken into account the principal factors and reasons set out below.
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I. Background information of the parties to the Integrated Services Framework Agreement
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a. Information on the Company
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(i) Financial performance of the Group
As set out in the Board letter, the Company is mainly engaged in design, survey and consultancy business for urban rail transit engineering, industrial and civil construction and municipal engineering as well as construction contracting business for urban rail transit.
The information below sets out the summary financial information of the Group (i) for the years ended 31 December 2021 (“ FY2021 ”) and 2022 (“ FY2022 ”) as extracted from the 2022 Annual Report; and (ii) for the six months ended 30 June 2022 (“ HY2022 ”) and 2023 (“ HY2023 ”) as extracted from the 2023 Interim Report:
| As at 30 June | As at 30 June | **As at 31 ** | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | |
| (Unaudited | (Audited and | |||
| (Unaudited) | and restated) | (Audited) | restated) | |
| CONTINUING OPERATIONS | ||||
| Revenue | 4,518,185 | 4,612,123 | 10,599,845 | 10,258,579 |
| – Design, survey and consultancy | 2,259,762 | 2,015,397 | 4,426,391 | 4,399,032 |
| – Construction contracting | 2,258,423 | 2,596,726 | 6,173,454 | 5,859,547 |
| Gross profit | 848,517 | 705,286 | 1,840,441 | 1,873,987 |
| Profit for year/period from | ||||
| continuing operations | 405,666 | 318,064 | 910,768 | 853,915 |
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| As at 30 June | As at 30 June | **As at 31 ** | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | |
| (Unaudited | (Audited and | |||
| (Unaudited) | and restated) | (Audited) | restated) | |
| DISCONTINUED OPERATION | ||||
| (Note) | ||||
| Profit for the period/year from the | ||||
| discontinued operation | – | 156,939 | – | 49,132 |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR/ | ||||
| PERIOD | 405,666 | 475,003 | 910,768 | 903,047 |
Note: As disclosed in the 2022 Annual Report, on 10 November 2021, the Company announced the decision of its board of directors to dispose of Beijing Urban Construction Zhikong Technology Co., Ltd. (“ BUCZT ”), which engages in the research and development, production, sales and integration services businesses of products related to the rail transit. Please refer to the announcement of the Company dated 10 November 2021 for more details.
HY2023 compared to HY2022
The revenue of the Group decreased from approximately RMB4,612.0 million for HY2022 to approximately RMB4,518.2 million for HY2023, representing a decrease of approximately 2.0%. Such decreased was mainly due to the slower efficiency of performance of projects of the Company for HY2023 compared to that for HY2022. The Group recorded a gross profit of approximately RMB848.6 million for HY2023, representing an increase of approximately 20.3% as compared to approximately RMB705.3 million for HY2022, while the consolidated gross margin increased from approximately 15.3% to approximately 18.8%, which was mainly attributable to the increase in proportion of revenue from survey, design and consultancy business segment.
The Group’s net profit for HY2023 was approximately RMB406.7 million, representing a decrease of approximately 14.5% as compared to approximately RMB475.0 million for HY2022, which was mainly attributable to the disposal of BUCZT in 2022.
FY2022 compared to FY2021
The revenue of the Group increased by approximately 3.3% from approximately RMB10,258.6 million for FY2021 to approximately RMB10,600.0 million for FY2022. The primary reason of such increase was mainly due to the fact that the Company adhered to design leadership and investment pulling, continuously promoted the entire industrial chain layout of urban rail transit and resource synergy, vigorously expanded the scope of design, survey and consultancy segment, strengthened the overall promotion of production and contract performance, and continuously enhanced its service capabilities with the completion of major projects including Winter Olympics branch lines on schedule, driving the Company’s revenue to grow steadily.
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For FY2022, gross profit of the Group was approximately RMB1,840.0 million, representing a year over year decrease of approximately 1.8%, while the consolidated gross margin was 17.4%, representing a decrease from 18.3% for FY2021, which was mainly due to an increase in costs as a result of difficulties overcame by the Group to ensure the fulfillment of projects in 2022. The Group’s net profit for FY2022 was approximately RMB910.8 million, representing a year over year increase of approximately 0.9%.
(ii) Financial position of the Group
Set out below is a summary of the financial position of the Group as at 30 June 2023 as extracted from the 2023 Interim Report:
| As at | As at | |
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| 30 June | 31 December | |
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | |
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |
| Total assets | 23,104,413 | 23,944,194 |
| – Contract assets | 5,150,789 | 4,432,454 |
| – Trade and bills receivables | 4,030,297 | 3,765,400 |
| – Cash and bank balances | 2,325,282 | 4,240,446 |
| Total liabilities | 15,968,967 | 16,946,746 |
| – Trade and bills payables | 4,719,440 | 5,359,491 |
| – Other payables and accruals | 4,044,806 | 4,108,400 |
| – Interest-bearing bank and other borrowings | 1,291,017 | 1,428,700 |
| Net assets | 7,135,446 | 6,997,448 |
As illustrated above, the total assets of the Group were approximately RMB23,104.4 million as at 30 June 2023, representing a decrease of approximately 3.5% as compared to approximately RMB23,944.2 million as at 31 December 2022, mainly attributable to the combined effect of (i) decrease of approximately 7.5% in current assets primarily consisting of contract assets, trade and bill receivables, and cash and bank balance, representing approximately 22.3%, 17.4% and 10.1% of total assets of the Group as at 30 June 2023, respectively; and (ii) increase of approximately 1.2% in non-current assets primarily consisting of contract assets, investment in joint ventures and property, plant and equipment, representing approximately 21.7%, 9.6% and 4.4% of total assets of the Group as at 30 June 2023, respectively. As noted from the 2023 Interim Report, contract assets are initially recognised for revenue earned from the provision of design, survey and consultancy services and construction services as the receipt of consideration is conditional on successful completion of design, survey and consultancy and construction, respectively. Upon completion of design, survey and consultancy or construction and acceptance by a customer, the amounts recognised as contract assets are reclassified to trade receivables. The Group’s total liabilities recorded at approximately RMB15,969.0 million as at 30 June 2023, representing a decreased of approximately 5.8% as compared to approximately RMB16,946.7 million as at 31 December 2022, mainly attributable to the decrease in non-current liabilities that primarily consists of interest-bearing bank and other borrowings and current liabilities that primarily consists of
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trade and bill payables and other payables and accruals of approximately 1.5% and approximately 7.9%, respectively. Net assets of the Group was recorded approximately RMB7,135.4 million as at 30 June 2023, representing an increase of approximately 2% compared to that as at 31 December 2022.
b. Information on Beijing Investment Company
As stated in the Board Letter, Beijing Investment Company, a wholly state-owned company with limited liability, is mainly engaged in businesses investment and financing, pre-planning, capital operation and relevant resources development and management of infrastructure projects including rail transit. The ultimate beneficial owner of Beijing Investment Company is the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.
II. Reasons for and benefits of the renewal of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement
As mentioned in the Board Letter, integration of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services (as defined above in this letter) and the Construction Contracting Services (as defined above in this letter) allows the Group to provide comprehensive business solutions, covering all major stages within urban rail transit engineering. Taking into account Beijing Investment Company being the investment platform for the rail transit business of the government, MTR Construction (a subsidiary of Beijing Investment Company) being the management platform for the rail transit construction of the government, and the ongoing business cooperation between Beijing Investment Company, MTR Construction and the Group, the entering into of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement may expand the income sources of the Group, consolidate and improve the market position and competitiveness of the Group in the urban rail transit industry.
As advised by the management of the Company, the relationship between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group has been established since 2005 and the services to be provided by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement are principally urban rail transit related business.
As further noted from the Board Letter, Beijing Investment Company is a wholly state-owned company with limited liability. The ultimate beneficial owner of Beijing Investment Company is the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality. Beijing Investment Company is mainly engaged in businesses investment and financing, pre-planning, capital operation and relevant resources development and management of infrastructure projects including rail transit.
We noted from the website of Beijing Investment Company ( https://www.bii.com.cn/ ), under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Beijing Investment Company recorded the domestic credit rating of AAA and the international credit rating of A+. In the year of 2022, Beijing Investment Company completed the investment in government projects in the amount of approximately RMB60.844 billion. As advised by the management of the Company, Beijing Investment Company is mainly responsible for investing and financing the rail transit projects while MTR Construction, the subsidiary of Beijing Investment Company, is mainly responsible for management and execution of the rail transit projects.
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Given the strong and comprehensive background of Beijing Investment Company Group, we are of the view that the entering into of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement allows the Group to have more business opportunities that to bid the projects of Beijing Investment Company Group. As further considered the Group’s prolonged business relationship with Beijing Investment Company since 2005, we were advised that it is more likely for the Group to secure projects from Beijing Investment Company and/or MTR Construction if the terms offered by the Company are comparable or similar with those offered by independent third party service providers, as such we believe the advantageous roles and positions of Beijing Investment Company and MTR Construction may enhance the Group’s chances of winning bids and concur with the Board’s view that the entering into of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement may expand the income sources of the Group, consolidate and improve the market position and competitiveness of the Group in the urban rail transit industry.
III. Industry Overview of Urban Rail Transit industry in the PRC
In December 2022, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Strategic Planning Outline for Expanding Domestic Demand (2022-2035) (《擴大內需戰略規劃綱要 (2022–2035年)》) (the “ Outline ”). Subsequently, National Development and Reform Commission (“ NDRC ”) issued the “Strategic Implementation Plan of the “14th Five-Year Plan” for Expanding Domestic Demand” (《“十四五”擴大內需戰略實施方案》) in accordance with the Outline. The implementation plan points out that it is required to develop urban public transportation, improve slow-moving transportation within cities, and significantly increase the proportion of buses, trams and rail transit in motorized travel, as well as accelerate the construction of transportation infrastructure. In addition, it is necessary to promote the main framework construction of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, and enhance the construction of strategic key channels in the central and western regions and along the river and coast. Besides, it is important to increase the density of rail traffic in the central urban area of megacities and improve the urban road network.
Based on the official data published by China Association of Metros* (中國城市軌道交 通協會), we noted that the urban rail transit network, which has been developing by the different level of governments in the PRC for years, has been progressing rapidly. The number of cities with urban rail transit lines in the PRC as at the end of 2022 reached 55 cities with a total operating mileage of approximately 10,287.5 km, representing a compound annual growth rate of approximately 11.2% in comparison to that of approximately 6,730.3 km as at the end of 2019. In addition, as referred to a summary dated 1 October 2023 published by China Association of Metros in relation to urban rail transit network in China for the first three quarters in 2023, the number of cities with urban rail transit lines in the PRC as at 30 September 2023 amounted to 58 with a total operating mileage of approximately 10,841.6 km. In particular, the number of new cities with urban rail transit in operation amounted to 18 cities with a total of new operating mileage of approximately 493.5 km. China Association of Metros forecasts that the total mileage of new urban rail transit in operation in the PRC will exceed 800.0 km by the end of 2023.
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Moreover, we also made reference to “Beijing Municipal (Suburban) Railway Functional Layout Plan (2020-2035)” (《北京市域(郊)鐵路功能佈局規劃(2020年–2025年)》) (the “ Layout Plan* ”) which was announced on 29 December 2022. The Layout Plan points out that Beijing government believes they should continue to develop existing urban rail transit in order to build a comprehensive, green, safe, and intelligent three-dimensional modern urban transportation system. As set out in the Layout Plan, the Beijing government intends to open 12 new lines before 2035, which will be divided into 14 projects with a total length of 874.0 km.
Having considered that (i) the advantageous roles and positions of Beijing Investment Company and MTR Construction may enhance the Group’s chances of winning bids as mentioned in the section headed “II. Reasons for and benefits of the renewal of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement” above; (ii) the central government of the PRC has continuously issued supportive policies to develop the urban rail transit network in different provinces and cities; (iii) Beijing government plans to introduce 12 new lines to improve its local urban rail transit lines in the medium-term future; and (iv) the number of cities with urban rail transit lines in the PRC would further increase in future, we believe the entering of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement will enable the Group to catch the potential business opportunities in future and we are of the view that the Continuing Connected Transactions are in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Company, and fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned, and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
IV. The Continuing Connected Transactions
In arriving at our opinion on the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services (as defined above in this letter) and the Construction Contracting Services (as defined above in this letter) to be provided by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group, we have also taken into consideration the following factors and reasons:
a. Principal terms of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement
As mentioned in the Board Letter, the Company entered into the Integrated Services Framework Agreement with Beijing Investment Company for a term of three years commencing from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. The Company has also set the Proposed Annual Caps for each of three years ending 31 December 2026. The details of principal terms are summarised as follows:
Parties : The Company Beijing Investment Company Term : From 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026 Scope of services : The Group will provide Beijing Investment Company Group with the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services (as defined above in this letter) and the Construction Contracting Services (as defined above in this letter).
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Transaction : (1) Both parties are entitled to choose the counterparties of the principles transaction.
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(2) Both parties shall carry out the transaction in accordance with the applicable general market practice (if any) and on normal commercial terms.
Pricing principles : Pursuant to the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, the terms of the agreement for the Group to provide services such as the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services as well as the Construction Contracting Services to Beijing Investment Company Group shall not be more favorable to the terms of the agreement for the Group to provide similar services to independent third parties, and the price for services provided by one party to the other party shall be determined at the following principles:
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(1) Where there is government-prescribed price, the government-prescribed price shall be prevail (the government-prescribed price refers to the price determined for certain type of services according to the laws, regulations, decisions or orders formulated by the Chinese central government, provincial government or other regulatory authorities. For further illustration purposes, there is no government-prescribed price for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services);
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(2) Where there is no government-prescribed price, but there is government-guided price, then the price would be determined upon considering market factors with reference to the government-guided price (the government-guided price refers to the price determined for certain type of services according to the laws, regulations, decisions and orders formulated by the Chinese central government, provincial government or other regulatory authorities, which within a certain range, can be adjusted through negotiations between both parties to the transaction (factors taken into consideration when determining prices by both parties including but not limited to material cost, scale and technological difficulties of projects)). For further illustration purposes, there is no governmentguided price for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services; or
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- (3) Where there is neither government-prescribed price nor government-guided price, then the price would be determined through tender process or other available market price.
The “market price” shall be determined in the following order: (i) the price charged by independent third parties who offer the same type of services under normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business at or near the area where such services are provided, in such case, reference shall be made to the prices quoted by at least two independent third parties who provide the same or similar type of services under same conditions; (ii) or if inapplicable, the price charged by independent third party(ies) then who offer the same type of services under normal commercial terms in the ordinary and usual course of business in the PRC, in such case, reference shall be made to the prices quoted by at least two independent third parties who provide the same or similar type of services under same conditions.
- Payment : The service fee shall be paid by Beijing Investment Company arrangement Group to the Group upon completion of relevant services provided within the settlement period (usually 30 days) as agreed under the specific service contracts entered into in accordance with the Integrated Services Framework Agreement. If the payment of the consideration is otherwise agreed in the specific service contract, the specific contract shall prevail.
As mentioned above, we understood that the pricing standards of the services to be provided by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement should be determined according to (i) the government-prescribed price; or (ii) the government-guided price (if there is no government-prescribed price); or (iii) the tender process or market price (if there is no government-prescribed price or governmentguided price). Based on our discussion with the management of the Company, we understood that there is no government-prescribed price for the Construction Contracting Services, and there is no government-prescribed price or government-guided price for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services. The Group primarily referred to basis of calculation as mentioned in (a) the government-guided price for the determination of terms for the Construction Contracting Services; and (b) the reference price published by industry associations for the determination of terms for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services.
As advised by the management of the Company, the scope of services to be provided by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement could be classified into the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services. As mentioned in the Board Letter, the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services principally include survey, design and consultancy services for urban rail transit construction as well as industrial and civil construction and municipal engineering; and the Construction Contracting Services principally include traditional construction business under general construction contracting and other related businesses.
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In order to assess the pricing standards of the aforesaid services, we have requested for three largest contracts of each of the Construction Contracting Services and the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023.
As advised by the management of the Company, there were only 1 project relating to the Construction Contracting Services granted by Beijing Investment Company Group in 2022 and the contract sum of sample contracts of the Construction Contracting Services accounts for more than 50% of total contract sum of similar services entered into between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023. As such, we were provided a total of 7 sample contracts of the Construction Contracting Services consisting of 3 sample contracts for each of 2021 and 2023 and 1 sample contract for 2022 (the “ Construction Connected Contracts ”). Regarding the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services, the management of the Company advised that contract sum for each Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services contract was comparatively less than that for the Construction Contracting Services contract and the selected 9 sample contracts of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services represent the largest three contact sum projects for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023, the contract sum of which accounts for more than 50% of each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023. As such, we were provided a total of 9 sample contracts of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services (the “ Surveying Connected Contracts ”, together with the Construction Connected Contracts as the “ Connected Sample Contracts ”).
For our due diligence purpose, we were also provided 11 sample contracts that were entered into between the Group and independent third parties in relation to the provision of construction survey, design, and consultancy services as well as construction contracting services from 2021 to 30 June 2023 (the “ Independent Sample Contracts ”) comprising of (i) 2 sample contracts regarding the provision of construction contracting services and (ii) 9 sample contracts regarding the provision of construction survey, design, and consultancy services with the largest 3 contract sum for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023. The management of the Company confirmed that the 2 sample contracts for construction contracting services represent all relevant services entered into between the Group and independent third parties during a period from 2021 till 30 June 2023. Although we noted that the underlying projects in the Independent Sample Contracts are unique, and are not direct identical to relevant Connected Sample Contracts resulting from the different requirement of resources to implement projects and their potential technical difficulties influenced by level of complexity, having considered the underlying projects in the Independent Sample Contracts have covered all categories of the services to be completed under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and are principally relates to survey, design and consultancy services for urban rail transit construction, industrial and civil construction, municipal engineering, and traditional construction business under general construction contracting and other related businesses, which are in similar nature to those contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement in the past two and a half years, we consider the Independent Sample Contracts are comparable to the Connected Sample Contracts.
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As such, we consider that the Connected Sample Contacts and the Independent Sample Contracts are fair and sufficient to provide us a general reference on the major terms (including the pricing policy) of previous contracts entered into between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group (or independent third parties) for our assessment on the pricing standard of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement.
According to the Connected Sample Contracts and Independent Sample Contracts, and also through our interview with the management of the Company, we acknowledged that (i) the service fees under the Surveying Connected Contracts and the Construction Connected Contracts are generally determined by tendering process; and (ii) the service fees of the construction survey services, the design and consultancy services as well as the construction contracting services under the Independent Sample Contracts are also generally referred to tendering process.
Regarding the preparation of tendering documents and the determination of bidding price, we discussed with the management of the Company and were advised that the Group adopts the consistent pricing standard when preparing tendering documents for Beijing Investment Company Group and the independent third parties. The Company would assess the resources required for projects i.e. labour, material etc. and potential technical difficulties of the projects base on the project requirements set out in the tendering documents of the bidding project and then make reference to similar types of projects in the market or previous projects of the Group. The Company would then estimate the cost and price of each item with reference to the market price. As further advised by the management of the Company, when estimating the cost and price of the bidding project, the Group also make reference to calculation methods stated in relevant charging guidelines promulgated by the government or industry associations. For instance, for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services with no government-prescribed price or government-guided price as mentioned above, the Group will make reference to the industry associations’ guided-price, namely, the Engineering Survey and Design Charging Standards (2002 Revised Edition) (《工程勘察設計收費標準(2002年修訂本) 》) published by The National Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國國家計劃委 員會) for the construction survey services, and the Guiding Opinions on Charges for Urban Rail Transit Preliminary Consulting Work (《城市軌道交通前期諮詢工作收費指導意見》) issued by China Association of Metros for the design and consultancy services. Regarding the Construction Contracting Services with no government-prescribed price, the Group will make reference to the government-guided prices published in Beijing Construction Project Pricing Basis – Urban Rail Transit Project Budget Quota (《北京市建設工程計價依據 – 城市軌道交通 工程預算定額》) issued by Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (北京市住房和城鄉建設委員會) as well as the Project Cost Information (《工 程造價信息》) published by local commissions of housing and urban-rural development. Following discussion with the management of the Company, we understood that the aforementioned preparation procedure and the Group’s reference to basis of calculation announced by the governments/industry associates to prepare tendering documents for both Connected Sample Contracts and Independent Sample Contracts are in line with market practices, in addition, we noted that the Group adopted the same procedure to prepare tendering documents based on our review on the Group’s approval records on how they process tendering documents for the Connected Sample Contracts and the Independent Sample Contracts, details of which are set out in the section headed “V. Internal control measures” below in this letter.
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In the view of (i) the charging guidelines published by the governments/industry associations that were commonly used as a reference by industry peers to determine contract sums; (ii) the adoption of the same tendering process to prepare tendering documents for both Independent Sample Contracts and Connected Sample Contracts; and (iii) the fairness and reasonableness of bidding procedure based on our review on the Group’s approval records for the Connected Sample Contracts and the Independent Sample Contracts, we consider the pricing standard of the Independent Sample Contracts are no less favourable than the pricing standard of the Connected Sample Contracts, and are of the view that the pricing standards and the principal terms of the Connected Sample Contracts are in compliance with and similar to those under the Independent Sample Contracts.
In addition, we were advised by the management of the Company that the principal terms under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement have no material change as compared to those as set out in the Existing Integrated Services Framework Agreement. As referred to the transaction principles mentioned in the summary table above, we understood that both parties are still entitled to choose the counterparties and the transactions to be carried out by both parties under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement shall be in accordance with the applicable general market practice (if any) and on normal commercial terms, which means the Continuing Connected Transactions do not restrict the Group to provide the services to contractual party (i.e. Beijing Investment Company Group) but to offer the Group an additional option that allows the Group to offer the services to contractual party if the price is competitive.
Moreover, in order to ensure the Company’s conformity with the above pricing standards in relation to the Continuing Connected Transactions, the Company has also adopted and will continue to strengthen a series of internal control policies for its daily operation. Please refer to our analysis in relation to the internal control imposed by the Group as set out in the section headed “V. Internal control measures” below in this letter.
Having considered that (i) the fairness and reasonableness of the Connected Sample Contacts and the Independent Sample Contracts as they are the largest three contracts which were entered into by the Group for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and the six months ended 30 June 2023; (ii) the Group’s adoption of consistent pricing standard to prepare tendering documents for both Connected Sample Contracts and Independent Sample Contracts; and (iii) the fairness and reasonableness of the Group’s bidding procedure based on our review on the Group’s approval records for the Connected Sample Contracts and the Independent Sample Contracts, we are of the view that the pricing standards and the principal terms of the Integrated Services Framework Agreement to be fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned.
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b. The Proposed Annual Caps and the basis of determination
The following table sets out (i) the historical transaction amounts for each of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group for the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023; and (ii) the existing annual caps for each of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services for the years ended 31 December 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively:
| For the year | For the year | For the | ||
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| ended | ended | six months | ||
| 31 December | 31 December | ended 30 June | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| RMB million | RMB million | RMB million | ||
| Historical amount of the | ||||
| Construction Survey, Design, | ||||
| and Consultancy Services | 464 | 447 | 219 | |
| Existing annual caps for the | ||||
| Construction Survey, Design, | ||||
| and Consultancy Services | 1,700 | 1,870 | 2,057 | |
| Utilisation rate (%) | 27.29% | 23.90% | 10.65% | |
| Historical amount of the | ||||
| Construction Contracting | ||||
| Services | 1,969 | 1,947 | 690 | |
| Existing annual caps for the | ||||
| Construction Contracting | ||||
| Services | 2,150 | 2,365 | 2,602 | |
| Utilisation rate (%) | 91.58% | 82.33% | 26.52% |
The following table sets out the Proposed Annual Caps for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Proposed Annual Caps for the Construction Contracting Services for each of the three years ending 31 December 2026:
| **Proposed Annual ** | **Proposed Annual ** | Caps | ||
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| For the year ending | ||||
| 31 December | ||||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||
| RMB million | RMB million | _RMB _ | million | |
| Revenue to be generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing the Construction Survey, | ||||
| Design, and Consultancy Services to the | ||||
| Beijing Investment Company Group (the | ||||
| “Surveying Annual Caps”) | 550 | 600 | 650 | |
| Revenue to be generated by the Group | ||||
| from providing the Construction | ||||
| Contracting Services to the Beijing | ||||
| Investment Company Group | ||||
| (the “Contracting Annual Caps”) | 3,700 | 5,800 | 6,150 |
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It is noted that the Company took into account of the difference in service nature of the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services and how to allocate its operations efficiently, the Company sets separate annual cap for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the Construction Contracting Services when determining the Proposed Annual Caps.
As mentioned in the Board Letter, when estimating the Proposed Annual Caps for the three years ending 31 December 2026, the Company has made reference to (i) the historical transaction amounts for the years ended 31 December 2021, 2022 and 2023 as listed out above and low utilisation rate of some of existing annual caps; (ii) the key factors affecting the Surveying Annual Caps; and (iii) the key factors affecting the Contracting Annual Caps.
As illustrated above, it is noted that the utilisation rate for existing annual caps were decreasing. The utilisation rate regarding the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services were generally low for each of the two years ended 31 December 2022 and for the six months ended 30 June 2023. Additionally, the utilisation rate for the Construction Contracting Services remained high in 2021 and 2022 but significantly decreased to approximately 26.52% for the six months ended 30 June 2023. We enquired with the management of the Company and were advised that the low utilisation rate for the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services and the decrease in utilisation rate for the Construction Contracting Services were primarily attributed to the factors that (i) certain expected projects were not approved by the local governments for implementation as planned; and (ii) the Group was not successful in winning some of the bids submitted.
We are of the view that despite of the low utilisation rate, the Proposed Annual Caps are determined on reasonable basis (detailed analysis is set out below) in order to capture the business opportunities between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group. Also taken into account the factors and analysis mentioned below, we considered that the Proposed Annual Caps are fair and reasonable.
i. Analysis on the key factors affecting the Surveying Annual Caps
The Surveying Annual Caps for the three years ending 31 December 2026 were determined based on, amongst other things, (a) urban rail transit survey and measurement projects; (b) urban rail transit design business; (c) urban rail transit consultancy business; (d) urban rail transit testing business; and (e) urban rail transit construction drawing review business.
In order to assess the fairness and reasonableness of the aforementioned determining factors of the Surveying Annual Caps, we obtained from the management of the Company and reviewed a list of projects in relation to the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services, which the Company has already obtained and expects to obtain from Beijing Investment Company Group during the three years ending 31 December 2026 (the “ Surveying Projects List ”). As noted from the Surveying Projects List, the Group expects that the aggregate amount of the projects obtained and to be obtained from Beijing Investment Company Group for the year ending 31 December 2026 would be approximately 317 projects, among which 269 projects are obtained by the Group, representing approximately 77.9% of total contract sum of the projects in the Surveying Projects List.
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The Surveying Annual Cap for each year ending 2024 (the “ 2024 Surveying Cap ”), 2025 and 2026 is the approximate sum of the expected revenue estimated by the Company for each year according to the projects set out in the Surveying Projects List. As noted from the Surveying Projects List, the total revenue expected to be generated from the Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services is approximately RMB549.5 million, RMB595.6 million and 650.0 million for the year ending 31 December 2024, 31 December 2025 and 31 December 2026 respectively.
As advised by the management of the Company, the expected revenue each year for the projects obtained are estimated according to the progress, duration and the stage of completion of each project. For those potential projects, the Company has made reference to previous projects with similar nature comparable contract sum and predict the expected revenue according to the progress of the potential projects. The key categories of the projects and potential projects under Construction Survey, Design, and Consultancy Services are set out as follow:
(a) Urban rail transit survey and measurement projects
As noted from the Board Letter, Beijing Investment Company Group have continuous demand for the survey, measurement and monitoring services for urban rail transit projects such as Beijing Subway Line 17 and Line 12 Engineering Measurement Projects, Beijing Subway Line 14 Third Party Engineering Monitoring Project, etc.; and various projects, including Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase II Engineering Survey Project, Beijing Subway Line 20 Phase I Engineering Survey Project, Beijing Subway Line 11 Phase II Engineering Measurement Project, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
According to the Surveying Projects List, approximately 73.0% of the contract sum of the projects under this category are already obtained by the Group. The management of the Company expects to derive a revenue of approximately RMB111.17 million as of 31 December 2024 from the aforesaid projects, among which, approximately 81.6% are the expected revenue for the projects already obtained by the Group.
(b) Urban rail transit design projects
As noted from the Board Letter, Beijing Investment Company Group are investors and constructors of Beijing Subway, and the Company has obtained numerous project design businesses through tender, such as Beijing Subway Line 1 Branch Line Engineering Design Project, Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station Comprehensive Transportation Hub Engineering Design Project, Beijing Subway Line 11 Western Section (Beijing Winter Olympics Branch Line) Engineering Design Project, etc.; and projects that may be commenced in the construction planning scheme for Beijing Rail Transit, including Line 19, Line 17 and Line R4 and other projects.
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According to the Surveying Projects List, approximately 79.2% of the contract sum of the projects under this category are already obtained by the Group. The management of the Company expects to derive a revenue of approximately RMB375.21 million as of 31 December 2024 from the aforesaid projects, among which, approximately 76.9% are the expected revenue for the projects already obtained by the Group.
(c) Urban rail transit consultancy business
As disclosed in the Board Letter, the Company is currently engaged in a number of rail transit consultancy businesses with Beijing Investment Company Group, including specialized design and consultancy services for prefabricated construction and indoor Building Information Modeling (“ BIM ”) consultancy services for the Beijing Dongba Project, design and consultancy services for the Beijing Dongba West Depot Primary Structure Reservation and Optimization Project, etc.; and various projects, including consultancy business in Beijing, M101 Engineering BIM Information Consultancy Project, Subway Line 1 Branch Line, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
According to the Surveying Projects List, approximately 52.4% of the contract sum of the projects under this category are already obtained by the Group. The management of the Company expects to derive a revenue of approximately RMB8.1 million as of 31 December 2024 from the aforesaid projects, among which, approximately 97.8% are the expected revenue for the projects already obtained by the Group.
(d) Urban rail transit testing business
As noted from the Board Letter, the Company is currently engaged in a number of rail transit testing businesses with Beijing Investment Company Group, such as Beijing Sub-Center Railway Station Comprehensive Transportation Hub Physical Testing Project, Beijing Subway Bridge and Tunnel Structure Testing and Assessment Project, Beijing Subway Line 19 Phase I Engineering Main Structure Testing Project; and specialized testing projects for Beijing Subway Line 101, S1 and S6, surrounding road projects of Dongba Transportation Hub, and Jiejia Village Hub superstructure development projects, etc., which are expected to be obtained through tender.
According to the Surveying Projects List, approximately 73.2% of the contract sum of the projects under this category are already obtained by the Group. The management of the Company expects to derive a revenue of approximately RMB26.27 million as of 31 December 2024 from the aforesaid projects, which are the expected revenue for all the projects already obtained by the Group.
(e) Urban rail transit construction drawing review business
As noted from the Board Letter, the Company has obtained numerous construction drawing review businesses with Beijing Investment Company Group, including construction drawing design document procedures and technical review project of Beijing Subway Line 14, technical consultation of construction drawing review of Beijing Subway Line 17, construction drawing review of Phase I of Beijing Subway Line 3, and construction drawing review project of Beijing Subway which is expected to be obtained in the future.
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According to the Surveying Projects List, all of the contract sum of the projects under this category are already obtained by the Group. The management of the Company expects to derive a revenue of approximately RMB28.7 million as of 31 December 2024 from the aforesaid projects, which are the expected revenue for all the projects already obtained by the Group.
Having considered that (i) the Surveying Annual Caps are the approximate sum of the expected revenue estimated by the Company for each year according to the projects obtained and potential projects for the three years ending 31 December 2026; (ii) a majority of the contract sum of the aforesaid projects are already obtained by the Group; (iii) a majority of the Surveying Annual Cap for 2024 are the expected revenue to be generated by the projects already obtained by the Group; (iv) the allocation of the expected revenue for each year are determined according to the progress and duration of each project; and (v) the expected revenue to be generated by the potential projects are estimated with reference to previous projects of the Group with similar nature and the progress of the potential projects, we considered the Surveying Annual Caps is determined on a reasonable estimation.
ii. Analysis on the key factors affecting the Contracting Annual Caps
The Contracting Annual Caps for the three years ending 31 December 2026 were determined based on, amongst other things, (a) subway engineering projects under construction; and (b) newly won bid projects.
In order to assess the fairness and reasonableness of the aforementioned determining factors of the Contracting Annual Caps, we obtained a list of projects (the “ Construction Projects List ”) in relation to the Construction Contracting Services which includes (i) the newly won-bid projects that the construction works will commence in 2024; (ii) the on-going construction projects; and (iii) the potential projects expected to be obtained by the Group.
As referred to the Construction Projects List, the total revenue expected to be generated from the Construction Contracting Services is approximately RMB3,662.2 million, RMB5,757.5 million and 6,139.1 million for the year ending 31 December 2024, 31 December 2025 and 31 December 2026, respectively. The Contracting Annual Cap for each of the year ending 31 December 2024, 2025 and 2026 is the approximate sum of the expected revenue estimated by the Company for each year according to the projects set out in the Construction Projects List. Based on the information as set out in the Construction Projects List, we acknowledged the aggregate revenue to be generated from the Construction Contracting Services as disclosed in the Board Letter accounts for approximately 98% and the aggregate amount of the subway engineering projects under construction accounts for approximately 53.5% of the Contracting Annual Caps of approximately RMB3,700 million for the year ending 31 December 2024, respectively, and believe the selected projects as disclosed in the Board Letter are able to provide sufficient coverage for our analysis.
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(a) Subway engineering projects under construction
As noted from the Board Letter, projects that the Company has obtained through tender and are in progress, include the Beijing Subway Line 13 Capacity Expansion and Improvement Engineering Project, Line 22 (Pinggu Line) Engineering Project, Line 6 Phase II Engineering Project, etc.
The expected revenue to be generated from the abovementioned subway engineering projects would be approximately RMB1,216.4 million for the year ending 31 December 2024, representing approximately 32.9% of the Contracting Annual Cap for the year ending 31 December 2024.
As further noted from the Construction Projects List, the expected revenue to be generated from the projects already obtained by the Group and are in progress would be approximately RMB1,979.4 million, representing approximately 53.5% of the Contracting Annual Cap for the year ending 31 December 2024.
(b) Newly won-bid projects
As noted from the Board Letter, those newly won bid projects which the Company currently plans to commence construction in 2024 include Branch Line of Beijing Subway Line 1 Project, Beijing Subway Line S6 (Xincheng Connecting Line) Phase I Project, Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line) Project, etc.
The expected revenue to be generated from the aforesaid newly won bid projects would be RMB1,075.9 million for the year ending 31 December 2024.
As advised by the management of the Company, the expected revenue each year for the projects obtained are estimated according to the progress, duration and the stage of completion of each project. For those potential projects, the Company has made reference to previous projects with similar nature or comparable contract sum and predict the expected revenue according to the progress of the potential projects. The management of the Company supplemented that the aforesaid estimated amount was determined with reference to the project scale, technical requirements and cost of manpower.
We have enquired with the Company about the allocation of the Contracting Annual Cap amount for the three years ending 31 December 2026. As mentioned above, the Contracting Annual Cap is determined with reference to the expected revenue of the Construction Contracting Services projects for each year which is estimated according to the progress and duration of the projects. The management of the Company advised that in the year 2024, the Group expects to obtain the projects through tender or it will be the initial stage for some of the newly won bid projects. For the year of 2025 and 2026, the Group will mainly focus on execution of the projects, most of the projects are in progress thus the expected revenue to be generated would be much more than that of 2024.
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Given that more than half of the Contracting Annual Caps for the year ending 31 December 2024 is the expected revenue to be generated by the projects already obtained by the Group or are in progress and the abovementioned analysis, we considered the Contracting Annual Caps is determined on a reasonable estimation.
iii. Conclusion
Based on the above and after taking into account (a) the supportive policies regarding the urban rail transit development nationwide, 12 new lines in Beijing’s urban rail transit network in short to median future and increasing number of cities to adopted the urban rail transit systems, as detailed in the section headed “Industry Overview of Urban Rail Transit industry in the PRC” above; and (b) despite low utilisation rate, the Proposed Annual Caps will provide the Group an opportunity to undertake projects from Beijing Investment Company Group, which would increase the Group’s revenue and enhance the return to the Shareholders eventually, we are of the view that the Proposed Annual Caps are determined based on reasonable estimation and after due and careful consideration and they are fair and reasonable so far as the Company and the Independent Shareholders are concerned.
V. Internal control measures
To ensure the Company’s conformity with the pricing policy in relation to the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, the Company has adopted and will continue to strengthen a series of internal control policies for its daily operation.
The Company has formulated relevant Management Measures on Connected Transactions, in accordance with supervisory requirements of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in respect of connected transactions and continuing connected transactions and with reference to actual situation of the Company, which implements strict regulation from aspects of identification of connected transactions, procedure of review and approval, report, supervision and management and related information disclosure.
To ensure the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement between the Group and Beijing Investment Company Group being in compliance with the pricing policy thereunder, especially when the relevant service price is determined on the basis of market price, the Group has adopted and will continue to strengthen the following specific measures:
- (a) The Department of Board Secretary is responsible for collecting detailed data in respect of above-mentioned continuing connected transactions on a regular basis, including but not limited to pricing terms, payment arrangement and actual transaction amounts specified in individual service contracts under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, the Legal and Audit Department and the Financial Department of the Company shall assist in reviewing and controlling specific terms, conditions and actual transaction amounts of such continuing connected transactions;
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(b) Senior management of the Company and its subsidiaries is responsible for supervising whether the transaction terms, pricing and other terms specified in individual service contracts are in compliance with the principles set out in the Integrated Services Framework Agreement, whether the price conforms with relevant pricing requirements if the service applies price prescribed by the government, government-guided price or price determined through tender process and whether the price conforms with the range of the then market price applicable to same type of services if the service price is based on the market price, as well as evaluating the fairness of the transaction terms and pricing terms, and reporting relevant information to the Board in time;
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(c) The Board is in responsible for inspecting and supervising the control on connected transactions of the Company, as well as the execution of control system of connected transactions by the Directors, senior management and connected persons of the Company;
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(d) In addition, the independent non-executive Directors have reviewed the continuing connected transactions contemplated under Integrated Services Framework Agreement, and would continue to review the continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement to ensure that individual service contracts under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement are entered into on normal commercial terms, are fair and reasonable, and are carried out pursuant to the terms of such agreement. The auditors of the Company would also conduct an annual review on the pricing terms and Proposed Annual Caps of such continuing connected transactions.
In assessing the effectiveness of the internal control imposed by the Group to monitor the principle terms offered to Beijing Investment Company Group and/or other independent third party for the individual service contracts stipulated under the Integrated Service Framework Agreement, we have obtained and reviewed the internal control measures. We have discussed with the management of the Company and understood that the Board, different levels of managements of the Group and relevant departments of the Group will participate in the review of relevant individual service contracts to ensure the individual services contracts are in compliance with the relevant pricing policy under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement and the relevant continuing connected transactions requirements. We are given to understand from the management of the Company that such review will be conducted first by operational level management with the likes of the legal and audit department and the financial department of the Company taking a first level review of the relevant legal documents, and then senior management. The Board would monitor and supervise the control on continuing connected transactions of the Company, as well as the execution of such control system. Independent non-executive Directors and the auditor of the Company would take part in the annual review process of the relevant transactions. For our due diligence, we have obtained and reviewed the Group’s record on approving tendering documents for both Independent Sample Contracts and Connected Sample Contracts and noted that the aforesaid procedures have been properly implemented. We have also reviewed and compared the major terms under the
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Connected Sample Contracts and the Independent Sample Contracts, and were aware that the major terms offered by the Group to Beijing Investment Company Group under the Integrated Service Framework Agreement is similar to the terms offered by the Group to the independent third party, therefore, we are of the view that the aforesaid internal control measures are properly in place.
RECOMMENDATION
Having considered the above principal factors and reasons, we are of the view that (i) the Continuing Connected Transactions (excluding the transactions regarding the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates to the Group contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement) are in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group; and (ii) the terms of Continuing Connected Transactions contemplated under the Integrated Services Framework Agreement (including but not limited to the pricing policy) and the Proposed Annual Caps are on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Company and the Independent Shareholders are concerned, and are in the interests of Company and the Independent Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, we would recommend (i) the Independent Board Committee to advise the Independent Shareholders; and (ii) the Independent Shareholders, to vote in favour of the relevant resolution(s) to be proposed at the EGM in this regard.
Yours Faithfully, For and on behalf of
Merdeka Corporate Finance Limited Jeannie Chan Responsible Officer
Ms. Jeannie Chan is a Responsible Officer under the SFO to engage in Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activity and has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance.
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Existing Articles
Note: In these Articles of Association, “Company Law” refers to the Company Law revised on 27 October 2005 and effective on 1 January 20 06 ; “Mandatory Provisions” refer to the Mandatory Provisions for Articles of Association of Companies to be Listed Overseas jointly issued by the former State Council Securities Policy Committee and the former State Commission for Restructuring the Economic System; “Opinion Circular” refers to the Circular Regarding Opinions on the Supplements and Amendments of Articles of Association of Companies to be Listed in Hong Kong jointly issued by the Overseas-Listing Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Production System Department of the former State Commission for Restructuring the Economic System (Zheng Jian Hai Han [1995] No.1) ; “Listing Rules” refer to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Amended Articles
Note: In these Articles of Association, “Company Law” refers to the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China effective on 26 October 20 18 ; “Guidance for the AoA” refers to the Guidance for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission ; “Listing Rules” refer to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
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Existing Articles CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 To safeguard the legal interests of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”), its shareholders and creditors and to regulate the organization and behaviour of the Company, the Articles of Association are formulated in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國公司法) (the “Company Law”), Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和 國證券法), the Special Regulations of the State Council on the Overseas Offering and Listing of Shares by Joint Stock Limited Companies (國務院關於股份有限 公司境外募集股份及上市的特別規定) (the “Special Regulations”), the Mandatory Provisions for Articles of Association of Companies to be Listed Overseas (到境外 上市公司章程必備條款), the Circular regarding Opinions on Supplements and Amendments of Articles of Association of Companies to be Listed in Hong Kong (關 於到香港上市公司對公司章程作補充修改的 意見的函), the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange”), the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules of the SSE”), the Guidance for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (《上市公 司章程指引》) (the “Guidance for the Articles of Association ”), the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (中國共產 黨章程) (the “Constitution”) and other relevant regulations.
Article 2 The Company was established as a joint stock limited company under the Company Law , Special Regulations and other relevant laws and administrative regulations of the PRC.
Amended Articles CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 To safeguard the legal interests of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”), its shareholders and creditors and to regulate the organization and behaviour of the Company, the Articles of Association are formulated in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國公司法) (the “Company Law”), Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和 國證券法), the Guidance for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies (《上市公 司章程指引》) (the “Guidance for the AoA ”), the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (中國共產黨章程) (the “Constitution”) and other relevant regulations.
Article 2 The Company was established as a joint stock limited company under the Company Law and other relevant laws and administrative regulations of the PRC.
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER VI SHARE CERTIFICATES CHAPTER VI SHARE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND REGISTER OF MEMBERS Article 36 Share certificates of the Company Article 36 Share certificates of the Company shall be in registered form. The following shall be in registered form. The following particulars shall be stated in the share particulars shall be stated in the share certificates of the Company: certificates of the Company:
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(5) other particulars as required by the Company Law , Special Regulations, and the stock exchange(s) where the Company has its shares listed.
(5) other particulars as required by the Company Law and the stock exchange(s) where the Company has its shares listed.
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CHAPTER VIII SHAREHOLDERS’ CHAPTER VIII SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETING GENERAL MEETING
Article 79 Shareholders’ general meetings are organized and convened by the board of directors and presided over by the chairman of the board of directors; where the chairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, a director may be elected by more than one-half of the directors to preside over the meeting. Where the board of directors is unable to or do not perform its duty of convening shareholders’ general meetings, the supervisory board shall convene and preside over the meeting in a timely manner; where the supervisory board do not convene and preside over shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders individually or collectively holding more than ten percent of the shares of the Company for more than ninety consecutive days may convene and preside over the meeting on their own.
Article 79 Shareholders’ general meetings are organized and convened by the board of directors and presided over by the chairman of the board of directors; where the chairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, the vicechairman of the board of directors shall preside over the meeting; where the vicechairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, a director may be elected by more than onehalf of the directors to preside over the meeting. Where the board of directors is unable to or do not perform its duty of convening shareholders’ general meetings, the supervisory board shall convene and preside over the meeting in a timely manner; where the supervisory board do not convene and preside over shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders individually or collectively holding more than ten percent of the shares of the Company for more than ninety consecutive days may convene and preside over the meeting on their own.
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER XI BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAPTER XI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Article 96 �� The election and removal of Article 96 �� The election and removal of the chairman shall be approved by more than the chairman and the vice-chairman shall half of all directors. The term of office of the be approved by more than half of all chairman shall be three years and eligible for directors. The term of office of the chairman re-election and re-appointment upon expiry. and the vice-chairman shall be three years and eligible for re-election and re�� appointment upon expiry. �� Article 101 Under the premise of Article 101 Under the premise of compliance with the applicable requirements compliance with the applicable requirements of the relevant listing rules of the stock of the relevant listing rules of the stock exchanges where the Company’s shares are exchanges where the Company’s shares are listed from time to time, the Company shall listed from time to time, the Company shall have a board of 7 to 15 directors with one have a board of 7 to 15 directors with one chairman. The number of independent nonchairman and one vice-chairman . The executive directors shall not be less than 3 number of independent non-executive and not less than one-third of all directors. directors shall not be less than 3 and not less than one-third of all directors. Article 106 �� If the chairman of the Board Article 106 �� If the chairman of the Board is unable to exercise his/her duties, he/she is unable to or do not perform his duties, may designate a director to exercise such the vice-chairman of the board of functions and powers in his/her stead . directors shall perform duties; where the vice-chairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, a director may be elected by more than one-half of the directors to perform duties .
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
In accordance with the needs of the Company’s business development and the requirements of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, the existing Rules of Procedure for the Shareholders’ General Meeting, Chapter I, Article 1; Chapter III, Articles 9 and 12; Chapter VI, Articles 40 and 41; and Chapter VIII, Article 51, shall be amended as follows:
Existing Articles CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 These rules of procedures (the “Rules”) are formulated by Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Mandatory Provisions in the Articles of Association of Companies Listed Overseas and The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”) and relevant laws and regulations and regulatory documents as well as the Articles of Association of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (“Articles of Association”) with reference to actual conditions of the Company, in order to protect the lawful interests of shareholders, ensure normal order and operating efficiency of the shareholders’ general meeting and perform its power as the supreme authority.
Amended Articles CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 These rules of procedures (the “Rules”) are formulated by Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Guidance for the Articles of Association of Listed Companies and The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”) and relevant laws and regulations and regulatory documents as well as the Articles of Association of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (“Articles of Association”) with reference to actual conditions of the Company, in order to protect the lawful interests of shareholders, ensure normal order and operating efficiency of the shareholders’ general meeting and perform its power as the supreme authority.
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER III CONVENING A CHAPTER III CONVENING A GENERAL MEETING GENERAL MEETING Article 9 Shareholders’ general meetings are Article 9 Shareholders’ general meetings are organized and convened by the board of organized and convened by the board of directors in accordance with the law, and directors in accordance with the law, and presided over by the chairman of the board presided over by the chairman of the board of directors; where the chairman of the of directors; where the chairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, a director may be elected perform his duties, the duties shall be by more than one-half of the directors to performed by the vice-chairman of the preside over the meeting. Where the board of board of directors. Where the vice- directors is unable to or do not perform its chairman of the board of directors is duty of convening shareholders’ general unable to or does not perform his/her meetings, the supervisory board shall duties, a director may be elected by more convene and preside over the meeting in a than one-half of the directors to preside over timely manner; where the supervisory board the meeting. Where the board of directors is do not convene and preside over unable to or do not perform its duty of shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders convening shareholders’ general meetings, individually or collectively holding more the supervisory board shall convene and than 10% of the shares of the Company for preside over the meeting in a timely manner; more than ninety consecutive days may where the supervisory board do not convene convene and preside over the meeting on and preside over shareholders’ general their own. meetings, shareholders individually or collectively holding more than 10% of the shares of the Company for more than ninety consecutive days may convene and preside over the meeting on their own. Article 12 Shareholders may attend a Article 12 Shareholders may attend a shareholders’ general meeting in person or shareholders’ general meeting in person or appoint a proxy to attend and vote on their appoint a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf. behalf. �� �� The appointment of proxies by shareholders The appointment of proxies by shareholders shall comply with Article 63 to Article 66 of shall comply with Article 63 to Article 66 of the Articles of Association. the Articles of Association.
Article 9 Shareholders’ general meetings are organized and convened by the board of directors in accordance with the law, and presided over by the chairman of the board of directors; where the chairman of the board of directors is unable to or do not perform his duties, a director may be elected by more than one-half of the directors to preside over the meeting. Where the board of directors is unable to or do not perform its duty of convening shareholders’ general meetings, the supervisory board shall convene and preside over the meeting in a timely manner; where the supervisory board do not convene and preside over shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders individually or collectively holding more than 10% of the shares of the Company for more than ninety consecutive days may convene and preside over the meeting on their own.
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER VI RESOLUTIONS OF THE CHAPTER VI RESOLUTIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS MEETINGS Article 40 The following matters proposed Article 40 The following matters proposed shall be passed at shareholders’ general shall be passed at shareholders’ general meeting by way of ordinary resolution with meeting by way of ordinary resolution with more than the one half voting rights more than the one half voting rights represented by shareholders attending the represented by shareholders attending the shareholders’ general meeting: shareholders’ general meeting: �� �� (4) annual budget and final account, balance (4) annual budget and final account, balance sheet, profit statement and other financial sheet, profit statement and other financial statements of the Company; and statements of the Company; and �� �� Article 41 The following matters proposed Article 41 The following matters proposed shall be passed at shareholders’ general shall be passed at shareholders’ general meeting by way of special resolution with meeting by way of special resolution with more than two-thirds of voting rights more than two-thirds of voting rights represented by shareholders attending the represented by shareholders attending the shareholders’ general meeting: shareholders’ general meeting: �� �� (7) such other matters to be resolved by (7) such other matters to be resolved by special resolutions as required by the special resolutions as required by the Articles of Association and the listing rules Articles of Association and the listing rules of the stock exchange on which shares of the of the stock exchange on which shares of the Company are listed. Company are listed. CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS PROVISIONS Article 51 The Rules shall take effect after Article 51 The Rules shall take effect from the approval at the shareholders’ general the date of the approval at the meeting and from the date of the listing of shareholders’ general meeting . the Company .
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
In accordance with the needs of the Company’s business development and the requirements of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, amendments shall be made to Article 1 of Chapter I, Article 5 of Chapter II, Article 10 of Chapter III, Article 12 and Article 13 of Chapter IV, Article 15 of Chapter V, Article 17 and Article 18 of Chapter VI, Article 27 of Chapter VIII, and Article 32 of Chapter IX of the existing Rules of Procedures of the Board of Directors as follows:
Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER I CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 In order to standardize the Article 1 In order to standardize the procedures and decision-making procedures procedures and decision-making procedures of the board of directors, assure democratic of the board of directors, assure democratic and scientific decision-making behaviors of and scientific decision-making behaviors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”), and fully play the center role “Company”), and fully play the center role of the board of directors in management of the board of directors in management decision, the Company formulated these decision, the Company formulated these Rules of Procedure (the “Rules”), in Rules of Procedure (the “Rules”), in accordance with the Company Law of the accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Company People’s Republic of China (the “Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Mandatory Republic of China, the Guidance for the Provisions in the Articles of Association of Articles of Association of Listed Companies Listed Overseas and the Rules Companies and the Rules Governing the Governing the Listing of Securities on The Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) “Listing Rules”) and other relevant laws and and other relevant laws and regulations and regulations and regulatory documents as regulatory documents as well as the Articles well as the Articles of Association of Beijing of Association of Beijing Urban Urban Construction Design & Development Construction Design & Development Group Group Co., Limited (the “Articles of the Co., Limited (the “Articles of the Association”). Association”).
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER II THE BOARD OF CHAPTER II THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Article 5 The board of directors is Article 5 The board of directors is accountable to the shareholders’ general accountable to the shareholders’ general meeting and exercises the following powers meeting and exercises the following powers and functions: and functions:
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(14) to formulate the plan for the repurchase (14) to formulate the plan for the repurchase of shares of the Company in accordance with of shares of the Company in accordance with circumstances as required in items (1) and circumstances as required in items (1) and (2) of Article 28 of the Articles of (2) of Article 28 of the Articles of Association; pursuant to the Articles of Association; pursuant to the Articles of Association or the authorization of the Association or the authorization of the general meeting, to decide on the repurchase general meeting, to decide on the repurchase of shares of the Company in accordance with of shares of the Company in accordance with circumstances as required in items (3), (5) circumstances as required in items (3), (5) and (6) of Article 28 of the Articles of and (6) of Article 28 of the Articles of Association; Association;
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CHAPTER III DIRECTORS CHAPTER III DIRECTORS CHAPTER IV THE CHAIRMAN OF CHAPTER IV THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Article 12 The election or removal of the Article 12 The election or removal of the chairman of the board of directors shall be chairman and vice-chairman of the board of approved by more than half of all members directors shall be approved by more than of the board of directors. half of all members of the board of directors.
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| Existing Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Article 13 The chairman of the board of | Article 13 The chairman of the board of | ||
| directors is entitled to the following powers | directors is entitled to the following powers | ||
| and functions: | and functions: | ||
| �� | �� | ||
| If the chairman of the Board is unable to | If the chairman of the Board is unable to or | ||
| exercise his/her duties, he/she may |
does not perform his/her duties, the vice- | ||
| designate a director to exercise such |
chairman of the Board shall perform such | ||
| functions and powers in his/her stead. | duties; where the vice-chairman of the | ||
| Board is unable to or does not perform | |||
| his/her duties, a director jointly elected by | |||
| more than half of the directors may |
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| exercise such functions and powers. | |||
| CHAPTER V BOARD SECRETARY | CHAPTER V BOARD SECRETARY | ||
| Article 15 The board secretary shall be | Article 15 The board secretary shall be | ||
| nominated by the chairman, and appointed | nominated by the chairman, and appointed | ||
| or dismissed by the board of directors. | or dismissed by the board of directors. | ||
| Directors or senior management members | Directors or senior management members | ||
| may concurrently hold the post of the board | may concurrently hold the post of the board | ||
| secretary, provided that they have enough | secretary, provided that they have enough | ||
| energy and time to perform the duties of that | energy and time to perform the duties of that | ||
| post. The Company’s general manager and | post. The Company’s general manager and | ||
| chief accountant shall not concurrently hold | chief accountant shall not concurrently hold | ||
| the post of the board secretary. The certified | the post of the board secretary. The certified | ||
| accountant(s) of the accounting firm and | accountant(s) of the accounting firm and | ||
| lawyer(s) of the law firm appointed by the | lawyer(s) of the law firm appointed by the | ||
| Company and the management members of | Company and the management members of | ||
| the controlling shareholders shall not |
the controlling shareholders shall not |
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| concurrently hold the post of the board | concurrently hold the post of the board | ||
| secretary. | secretary. | ||
| �� | �� |
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Existing Articles CHAPTER VI CONVENING OF BOARD MEETING
Article 17 The board meeting shall be convened by the chairman of the board of directors. The quorum of the board meeting shall be more than half of the directors (including those entrusted to attend the meeting under Article 104 of the Articles of Association).
Article 18 The board of directors shall hold at least four regular meetings each year. Board meeting shall be convened by the chairman of the board of directors. Notice of meeting will be served to all directors, supervisors and the general manager at least fourteen days before the meeting is held. The requirement on the notice period is not applicable to extraordinary board meetings, but a reasonable notice should be served to all directors, supervisors and the general manager.
Amended Articles CHAPTER VI CONVENING OF BOARD MEETING Article 17 The chairman of the board of directors shall convene and preside over the board meeting and check on the implementation of resolutions of the board of directors. The vice-chairman of the board of directors shall assist the chairman to work and when the chairman of the board of directors is unable to or does not perform his/her duties, the vicechairman of the board of directors shall perform the duties; where the vicechairman of the board of directors is unable to or does not perform his/her duties, a director jointly elected by more than half of the directors shall perform the duties. The quorum of the board meeting shall be more than half of the directors (including those entrusted to attend the meeting under Article 104 of the Articles of Association). Article 18 The board of directors shall hold at least four regular meetings each year. Notice of meeting will be served to all directors, supervisors and the general manager at least fourteen days before the meeting is held. The requirement on the notice period is not applicable to extraordinary board meetings, but a reasonable notice should be served to all directors, supervisors and the general manager.
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Existing Articles Amended Articles CHAPTER VIII MINUTES OF BOARD CHAPTER VIII MINUTES OF BOARD MEETING MEETING Article 27 �� Article 27 �� Minutes of the meetings should be open for Minutes of the meetings should be open for inspection at any reasonable time on inspection at any reasonable time on reasonable notice by any director. Draft and reasonable notice by any director. Draft and final versions of minutes of the meetings final versions of minutes of the meetings should be sent to all directors for their should be sent to all directors for their comment and records respectively, within a comment and records respectively, within a reasonable time after the meeting. reasonable time after the meeting. CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS PROVISIONS Article 32 The Rules shall take effect after Article 32 The Rules shall take effect from the approval at the shareholders’ general the date of approval at the shareholders’ meeting and from the date of the listing of general meeting . the Company .
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED (DRAFT)
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Article 1 To safeguard the legal interests of | Article 1 To safeguard the legal interests of | ||
| Beijing Urban Construction Design & |
Beijing Urban Construction Design & |
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| Development Group Co., Limited (the |
Development Group Co., Limited (the |
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| “Company”), its shareholders and creditors | “Company”), its shareholders and creditors | |||
| and to regulate the organization and |
and to regulate the organization and |
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| behaviour of the Company, the Articles of | behaviour of the Company, the Articles of | |||
| Association are formulated in accordance | Association are formulated in accordance | |||
| with the Company Law of the People’s | with the Company Law of the People’s | |||
| Republic of China (中華人民共和國公司法) | Republic of China (中華人民共和國公司法) | |||
| (the “Company Law”), Securities Law of the | (the “Company Law”), Securities Law of the | |||
| People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國 | People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國 | |||
| 證券法) (the “Securities Law”), the Special | 證券法) (the “Securities Law”), Trial |
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| Regulations of the State Council on |
Administrative Measures of Overseas |
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| the Overseas Offering and Listing of |
Securities Offering and Listing by |
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| Shares by Joint Stock Limited Companies | Domestic Companies (境內企業境外發行證 | |||
| (國務院關於股份有限公司境外募集股份及上 | 券和上市管理試行辦法), the Circular |
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| 市的特別規定) (the “Special Regulations”), | regarding Opinions on Supplements and |
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| the Mandatory Provisions for Articles of | Amendments of Articles of Association of | |||
| Association of Companies to be Listed | Companies to be Listed in Hong Kong (關於 | |||
| Overseas (到境外上市公司章程必備條款) |
到香港上市公司對公司章程作補充修改的意 | |||
| (the “Mandatory Provisions”), the Circular | 見的函) (the “Circular”), the Constitution of | |||
| regarding Opinions on Supplements and |
the Communist Party of China (中國共產黨章 | |||
| Amendments of Articles of Association of | 程) (the “Constitution”), the Guidance for the | |||
| Companies to be Listed in Hong Kong (關於 | Articles of Association of Listed Companies | |||
| 到香港上市公司對公司章程作補充修改的意 | (《上市公司章程指引》), the Rules |
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| 見的函) (the “Circular”), the Constitution of | Governing the Listing of Securities on the | |||
| the Communist Party of China (中國共產黨章 | Shanghai Stock Exchange and other relevant | |||
| 程) (the “Constitution”), the Guidance for the | regulations. | |||
| Articles of Association of Listed Companies | ||||
| (《上市公司章程指引》), the Rules |
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| Governing the Listing of Securities on the | ||||
| Shanghai Stock Exchange and other relevant | ||||
| regulations. | ||||
| 2 | Article 2 The Company was established as a | Article 2 The Company was established as a | ||
| joint stock limited company under the |
joint stock limited company under the |
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| Company Law, Special Regulations and | Company Law and other relevant laws and | |||
| other relevant laws and administrative |
administrative regulations of the PRC. | |||
| regulations of the PRC. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Article 3 The Company obtained approval | Article 3 The Company obtained approval | ||
| from The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | from The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong | |||
| Limited on 8 July 2014, to issue an initial of | Limited on 8 July 2014, to issue an initial of | |||
| 387,937,000 overseas listed foreign shares to | 387,937,000 overseas listed foreign shares to | |||
| overseas investors which were subscribed in | overseas investors which were subscribed in | |||
| foreign currency. The 387,937,000 shares | foreign currency. The 387,937,000 shares | |||
| were listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong | were listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong | |||
| Kong Limited on 8 July 2014. On [●], the | Kong Limited on 8 July 2014. On [●], upon | |||
| Company obtained approval from China | being reviewed by the Shanghai Stock | |||
| Securities Regulatory Commission to issue | Exchange and consent for registration of | |||
| [●] RMB ordinary shares to domestic |
the China Securities Regulatory |
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| investors and were listed on the Shanghai | Commission, the Company may issue [●] | |||
| Stock Exchange on [●]. | RMB ordinary shares to domestic investors | |||
| and were listed on the Shanghai Stock |
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| Exchange on [●]. | ||||
| 4 | Article 17 Certificates will be issued for the | Article 17 Certificates will be issued for the | ||
| shares of the Company. All shares issued by | shares of the Company. All shares issued by | |||
| the Company shall have a par value of RMB1 | the Company shall have a par value of RMB1 | |||
| per share. | per share. The Company shall issue shares | |||
| in the principles of openness, fairness and | ||||
| impartiality, and each share of the same | ||||
| class shall have the same rights. | ||||
| 5 | Article 18 Subject to the approval of the | Article 18 The Company may issue shares to | ||
| competent securities regulatory authority | domestic investors and foreign investors, | |||
| of the State Council, theCompany may issue | which shall be filed with the securities | |||
| shares to domestic and foreign investors. | regulatory authorities of the State Council | |||
| The term “overseas investors” referred to in | according to relevant regulations. | |||
| the preceding paragraph means investors | The term “overseas investors” referred to in | |||
| from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macau | the preceding paragraph means investors | |||
| and Taiwan who subscribe for shares issued | from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macau | |||
| by the Company. The term “domestic |
and Taiwan who subscribe for shares issued | |||
| investors” means investors in the PRC, |
by the Company. The term “domestic |
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| excluding the regions mentioned above, who | investors” means investors in the PRC, |
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| subscribe for shares issued by the Company. | excluding the regions mentioned above, who | |||
| subscribe for shares issued by the Company. |
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No. Original Articles Amended Articles 6 Article 21 �� Article 21 �� [●] domestic-listed shares will be issued upon [●] domestic-listed shares will be issued upon initial public offering of the Company and initial public offering of the Company and listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange subject to listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange subject to the approval of the competent securities being reviewed by the Shanghai Stock regulatory authority of the State Council. Exchange and consent for registration After the initial public offering and listing of from the CSRC. After the initial public domestic-listed shares, the ordinary share offering and listing of domestic-listed shares, capital of the Company comprises: [●] the ordinary share capital of the Company ordinary shares, including [●] domestic-listed comprises: [●] ordinary shares, including [●] shares, accounting for approximately [●]% of domestic-listed shares, accounting for the total number of ordinary shares that may approximately [●]% of the total number of be issued by the Company; and [●] overseasordinary shares that may be issued by the listed foreign shares, accounting for Company; and [●] overseas-listed foreign approximately [●]% of the total number of shares, accounting for approximately [●]% of ordinary shares that may be issued by the the total number of ordinary shares that may Company. be issued by the Company.
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| No. | No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | **Article 30 Repurchase of shares by ** | the **Article ** |
30 The Company may repurchase | |||||
| Company upon the approval of |
the its shares through open and centralized |
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| **competent authority of the State may ** | be **trading ** |
or other methods as permitted by | ||||||
| conducted by one of the following means: **laws, administrative regulations and ** |
the | |||||||
| CSRC. | ||||||||
| (1) making a repurchase offer to |
all | |||||||
| shareholders in proportion to their Where the Company repurchases shares under |
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| respective shareholdings; | the circumstances as required in items (3), (5) | |||||||
| and (6) | of Article 29 of the Articles of | |||||||
| **(2) repurchase through public dealings ** | on Association, it shall be conducted |
through | ||||||
| stock exchanges; | open and centralized trading. | |||||||
| (3) to repurchase by agreements outside Where |
the relevant provisions |
of | the | |||||
| stock exchanges; or | securities regulatory authority at the places | |||||||
| where the Company’s shares are listed have | ||||||||
| (4) such other circumstances as permitted any other provisions in respect |
of | the | ||||||
| by the laws and administrative regulations repurchase of shares, such provisions shall |
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| and approved by the regulatory authority. prevail. |
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| Where the Company repurchases shares under | ||||||||
| the circumstances as required in items (3), | (5) | |||||||
| and (6) of Article 29 of the Articles | of | |||||||
| Association, it shall be conducted through | ||||||||
| open and centralized trading. | ||||||||
| Where the relevant provisions of |
the | |||||||
| securities regulatory authority at the places | ||||||||
| where the Company’s shares are listed have | ||||||||
| any other provisions in respect of |
the | |||||||
| repurchase of shares, such provisions shall | ||||||||
| prevail. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Article 37 Share certificates of the Company | Article 37 Share certificates of the Company | ||||
| shall be in registered form. | The following | shall be in registered form. The following | ||||
| particulars shall be stated |
in the |
share | particulars shall be stated in the share |
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| certificates of the Company: | certificates of the Company: | |||||
| (1) the Company’s name; | (1) the Company’s name; | |||||
| (2) the date of establishment | registration of | (2) the date of establishment registration of | ||||
| the Company; | the Company; | |||||
| (3) the class of the shares, the par value and | (3) the class of the shares, the par value and | |||||
| the number of shares represented by the share | the number of shares represented by the share | |||||
| certificate; | certificate; | |||||
| (4) the serial number of the share certificate; | (4) the serial number of the share certificate; | |||||
| (5) other particulars as required by the | (5) other particulars as required by the | |||||
| Company Law, Special Regulations, and the | Company Law and the stock exchange(s) | |||||
| stock exchange(s) where the Company has its | where the Company has its shares listed. | |||||
| shares listed. | �� | |||||
| �� | ||||||
| 9 | Article 51A shareholder of the Company is a | Article 51A shareholder of the Company is a | ||||
| person who lawfully holds | shares of the | person who lawfully holds shares of the | ||||
| Company and whose name is | entered | in the | Company and whose name is entered in the | |||
| register of members. | register of members. When the Company | |||||
| intends to convene a general meeting, | ||||||
| �� | distribute dividends, enter into liquidation | |||||
| and engage in other activities that require | ||||||
| the identification of shareholders, the |
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| board of directors or the convener of | ||||||
| general meeting shall determine the record | ||||||
| date. The shareholders whose names |
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| appear on the register of members at the | ||||||
| close of trading on the record date, shall be | ||||||
| entitled to the relevant rights. | ||||||
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Article 63 The following external guarantees | Article 63 The following external guarantees | |||
| provided by the Company shall be considered | provided by the Company shall be considered | ||||
| at the general meeting: | at the general meeting: | ||||
| (1) any subsequent guarantee provided after | (1) any subsequent guarantee provided after | ||||
| the total amount of external guarantee by the | the total amount of external guarantee by the | ||||
| Company and its subsidiaries has exceeded | Company and its subsidiaries has exceeded | ||||
| 50% of the latest audited net assets; | 50% of the latest audited net assets; | ||||
| (2) any subsequent guarantee provided after | (2) any subsequent guarantee provided after | ||||
| the total amount of external guarantee by the | the total amount of external guarantee by the | ||||
| Company and its subsidiaries has exceeded | Company and its subsidiaries has exceeded | ||||
| 30% of the latest audited total assets; | 30% of the latest audited total assets; | ||||
| (3) the amount of guarantees provided by the | (3) the amount of guarantees provided by the | ||||
| Company within one year has exceeded 30% | Company within one year has exceeded 30% | ||||
| of the latest audited total assets; | of the latest audited total assets; | ||||
| (4) any guarantee which is provided to the | (4) any guarantee which is provided to the | ||||
| principal whose asset-liability ratio exceeds | principal whose asset-liability ratio exceeds | ||||
| 70%; | 70%; | ||||
| (5) the amount of any single guarantee | (5) the amount of any single guarantee | ||||
| exceeding 10% of the latest audited net | exceeding 10% of the latest audited net | ||||
| assets; | assets; | ||||
| (6) guarantees provided to shareholders, |
(6) guarantees provided to shareholders, |
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| actual controllers and its connected parties; | actual controllers and its connected parties; | ||||
| and | |||||
| (7) guarantees provided to connected |
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| persons; and | (7) other external guarantees required by the | ||||
| laws, administrative regulations, department | |||||
| (8) other external guarantees required by the | rules, regulations of the stock exchange | ||||
| laws, administrative regulations, department | where the Company’s share is listed and the | ||||
| rules, regulations of the stock exchange | Articles of Association. | ||||
| where the Company’s share is listed and the | |||||
| Articles of Association. | �� | ||||
| �� |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Article 65 Shareholders’ general meeting | Article 65 Shareholders’ general meeting |
| include annual general meetings and |
include annual general meetings and |
|
| extraordinary general meetings. The annual | extraordinary general meetings. The annual | |
| general meeting is held once a year, and shall | general meeting is held once a year, and shall | |
| take place within six months after the end of | take place within six months after the end of | |
| the previous accounting year. | the previous accounting year. | |
| Under any of the following circumstances, | Under any of the following circumstances, | |
| the Company shall convene an extraordinary | the Company shall convene an extraordinary | |
| general meeting within two months from the | general meeting within two months from the | |
| date upon which the circumstance occurs: | date upon which the circumstance occurs: | |
| �� | �� | |
| (4) whenever the board of directors deems | (4) whenever the board of directors deems | |
| necessary or when proposed by the |
necessary or when proposed by the |
|
| supervisory board or more than half of | supervisory board or more than half of | |
| independent (non- executive) directors; | independent (non -executive) directors; | |
| �� | �� |
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No. Original Articles Amended Articles 12 Article 91 In the case of voting at Article 91 In the case of voting at shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders shareholders’ general meetings, shareholders (including their proxies) may exercise their (including their proxies) may exercise their voting rights in accordance with the number voting rights in accordance with the number of their voting shares. Each share shall have of their voting shares. Each share shall have one vote. The Company has no voting right one vote. The Company has no voting right for the shares of the Company it holds. When for the shares of the Company it holds. When calculating the total number of the voting calculating the total number of the voting rights shares for the shareholders’ general rights shares for the shareholders’ general meeting, such portion of the shares shall not meeting, such portion of the shares shall not be included. be included.
When material matters affecting the interests When material matters affecting the interests of minority shareholders are considered at a of minority shareholders are considered at a shareholders’ general meeting, the votes of shareholders’ general meeting, the votes of minority shareholders of domestic listed minority shareholders of domestic listed shares shall be counted separately. The voting shares shall be counted separately. The voting results of such domestic-listed shares shall be results of such domestic-listed shares shall be disclosed publicly in a timely manner. disclosed publicly in a timely manner.
The Board, independent (non-executive) directors and shareholders of the Company who meet the relevant requirements may publicly collect votes from shareholders. Information including the specific voting preference shall be fully provided to the shareholders from whom voting rights are being solicited. Consideration or de facto consideration for soliciting shareholders’ voting rights is prohibited. Except for the statutory requirements, the Company shall not impose any minimum shareholding limitation for soliciting voting rights.
The Shareholders, who purchase the voting rights shares of the Company in violation of provisions of the first clause and second clause of Article 63 of the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, shall not exercise the voting rights of the shares that exceed the prescribed ratio within 36 months after purchasing them, and such shares shall not be included in the total number of shares with voting rights at a general meeting.
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | any shareholder is, under applicable | The Board of the Company, independent | |||||
| laws and regulations and the listing rules | of | (non-executive) directors and shareholders | |||||
| the stock exchange(s) where the Company has | holding more than one percent of the | ||||||
| its shares listed, required to abstain from | voting rights shares or investor protection | ||||||
| voting | on any particular resolution |
or | institutions established in accordance with | ||||
| restricted to voting only for or against any | laws, administrative regulations or the | ||||||
| particular resolution, any vote cast by or | on | provisions of the CSRCmay publicly collect | |||||
| behalf | of such shareholder in violation | of | votes from shareholders. Information |
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| such requirement or restriction shall not | be | including the specific voting preference shall | |||||
| counted in the resolution results. | be fully provided to the shareholders from | ||||||
| whom voting rights are being solicited. |
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| Consideration or de facto consideration for | |||||||
| soliciting shareholders’ voting rights is |
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| prohibited. Except for the statutory |
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| requirements, the Company shall not impose | |||||||
| any minimum shareholding limitation for | |||||||
| soliciting voting rights. | |||||||
| Where any shareholder is, under applicable | |||||||
| laws and regulations and the listing rules of | |||||||
| the stock exchange(s) where the Company has | |||||||
| its shares listed, required to abstain from | |||||||
| voting on any particular resolution or |
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| restricted to voting only for or against any | |||||||
| particular resolution, any vote cast by or on | |||||||
| behalf of such shareholder in violation of | |||||||
| such requirement or restriction shall not be | |||||||
| counted in the resolution results. |
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| No. Original Articles |
No. Original Articles |
Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Article 110 Where the Board of Supervisors | Article 110 Where the Board of Supervisors | ||
| or shareholders decide(s) to convene a |
or shareholders decide(s) to convene a |
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| general meeting by themselves, it/they shall | general meeting by themselves, it/they shall | |||
| notify the Board in writing, and shall at the | notify the Board in writing, and shall at the | |||
| same time report to the stock exchange. | same time report to the stock exchange. | |||
| The Board of Supervisors and the convening | The shareholding of the convening |
|||
| shareholders shall submit the relevant |
shareholders shall not be lower than 10% | |||
| documents to the stock exchange when |
prior to the announcement on resolution | |||
| issuing the notice for convening of the | proposed at the general meeting. | |||
| general meeting and the announcement on | ||||
| resolution proposed at the general meeting. | The Board of Supervisors and the convening | |||
| shareholders shall submit the relevant |
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| documents to the stock exchange when |
||||
| issuing the notice for convening of the | ||||
| general meeting and the announcement on | ||||
| resolution proposed at the general meeting. | ||||
| 14 | Article 113 The general meeting shall be | Article 113 The general meeting shall be | ||
| convened by the chairman of the Board. If the | convened by the chairman of the Board. If the | |||
| chairman is unable or fails to perform his | chairman is unable or fails to perform his | |||
| duties, more than half of the directors may | duties,the vice-chairman of the Board shall | |||
| elect a director to convene and act as the | preside over the meeting. If the vice- | |||
| presider of the meeting. | chairman of the Board is unable or fails to | |||
| �� | perform his duties, more than half of the | |||
| directors may elect a director to convene and | ||||
| act as the presider of the meeting. | ||||
| �� |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Article 116 If ballots are counted at a | Article 116 | If ballots are counted at a | |||
| shareholders’ general meeting, the counting | shareholders’ general meeting, the counting | |||||
| result shall be recorded in the minutes of the | result shall be recorded in the minutes of the | |||||
| meeting. The convener shall ensure the | meeting. | |||||
| truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of | ||||||
| the minutes of the meeting. Directors, | ||||||
| supervisors, the secretary to the Board of | ||||||
| Directors, the convener or his or her | ||||||
| representative, and the chairman of the | ||||||
| meeting attending the meeting shall sign | ||||||
| the minutes of the meeting. The minutes of | ||||||
| the meeting and the signed attendance | ||||||
| record of the shareholders who attended in | ||||||
| person, the proxy forms and the valid | ||||||
| information relating to voting online and | ||||||
| by other means shall be kept together at the | ||||||
| premises of the Company for a term of not | ||||||
| less than 10 years. | ||||||
| 16 | Article 117 Conveners shall ensure a general | Article 117 |
Conveners shall ensure the |
|||
| meeting is held continuously until final | truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of | |||||
| resolutions are made. Where a general |
the minutes of the meeting. Directors, | |||||
| meeting is terminated or unable to be | **supervisors, ** | the secretary to the Board of | ||||
| resolved due to special reasons such as force | **Directors, ** | the convener or his or her | ||||
| majeure, necessary measures shall be taken | representative, and the chairman of the | |||||
| to resume or terminate the general meeting | meeting attending the meeting shall sign | |||||
| as soon as possible, and an announcement | **the minutes ** | of the meeting. The minutes of | ||||
| shall be made in a timely manner. |
the meeting and the signed attendance | |||||
| Meanwhile, conveners shall report to the | record of the shareholders who attended in | |||||
| dispatched office of the China Securities | **person, the ** | proxy forms and the valid | ||||
| Regulatory Committee at the locality of the | **information ** | relating to voting online and | ||||
| Company and the stock exchange. | by other means shall be kept together at the | |||||
| **premises of ** | the Company for a term of not | |||||
| **less than 10 ** | years. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Article 136 Directors shall be elected or | Article 136 Directors shall be elected or | ||
| replaced at the shareholders’ general |
replaced at the shareholders’ general |
|||
| meetings for a term of office of 3 years. Upon | meetings for a term of office of 3 years. Upon | |||
| expiration of the term of office, a director is | expiration of the term of office, a director is | |||
| eligible for re-election and re-appointment. | eligible for re-election and re-appointment. | |||
| The term of office of directors commences | The term of office of directors commences | |||
| from the date of appointment up to the expiry | from the date of appointment up to the expiry | |||
| of the current term of office of the board. In | of the current term of office of the board. In | |||
| the event that the term of a director falls upon | the event that the term of a director falls upon | |||
| expiry whereas the new member of the board | expiry whereas the new member of the board | |||
| is not re-elected in time, the existing director | is not re-elected in time, the existing director | |||
| shall continue to perform his duties in |
shall continue to perform his duties in |
|||
| accordance with laws, administrative |
accordance with laws, administrative |
|||
| regulations, departmental rules and the |
regulations, departmental rules and the |
|||
| provisions of the Articles of Association until | provisions of the Articles of Association until | |||
| the re-elected director assumes office. | the re-elected director assumes office. | |||
| The Company has appointed independent | The Company has appointed independent | |||
| (non-executive) directors. Unless otherwise | (non-executive) directors. Unless otherwise | |||
| required in this section, the provisions |
required in this section, the provisions |
|||
| relating to the qualifications and obligations | relating to the qualifications and obligations | |||
| of directors set out in Chapter XV of the | of directors set out in Chapter XV of the | |||
| Articles of Association shall be applicable to | Articles of Association shall be applicable to | |||
| independent (non-executive) directors. |
independent (non-executive) directors. |
|||
| Independent (non-executive) directors shall | Independent (non-executive) directors shall | |||
| be re-elected for a term of not more than 6 | be re-elected for a term of not more than 6 | |||
| years. | years. |
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No. Original Articles Amended Articles The election and removal of the chairman The election and removal of the chairman and shall be approved by more than half of all the vice chairman shall be approved by more directors. The term of office of the chairman than half of all directors. The term of office of shall be three years and eligible for rethe chairman and the vice chairman shall be election and re-appointment upon expiry. three years and eligible for re-election and re-appointment upon expiry. A director is not required to hold shares of the Company. A director is not required to hold shares of the Company. Functions and duties of i ndependent (non-executive) directors of the board of I ndependent (non-executive) directors of the directors of the Company include but is not board of directors of the Company shall limited to : perform the following functions and duties : (1) to participate in the board of directors (1) to participate in the decision-making of and provide independent opinions on matters the Board of Directors and offer specific concerning the Company’s strategic decisions, opinions on the matters deliberated; appointment of senior management members and other decisions involving material interest (2) to supervise the matters on potential of the Company; material conflicts of interest between the Company and its controlling shareholders, (2) to demonstrate the leading and guiding actual controllers, directors, and senior role whenever there is potential conflict of management members specified in Articles interests such as where the Company is 25, 28, 29 and 30 of the Working Rules for entering into connected (related) the Independent Directors of Beijing transactions so as to fully protect the Urban Construction Design & overall legitimate rights and interests of Development Group Co., Limited, urge the the Company and the shareholders; decision-making of the board of directors in line with the overall interests of the (3) to serve as a member of special Company, and protect the legitimate rights committees such as strategy and and interests of minority shareholders; investment committee, audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination (3) to provide professional and objective committee of the board of directors when advice on the operation and development invited; and of the Company and promote the improvement of the decision-making level (4) to monitor whether or not the business of the board of directors; performance of the Company has achieved its pre-set objectives and express opinions at relevant meetings.
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| No. Original Articles |
Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (4) to perform other duties prescribed by | |||
| laws, administrative regulations, |
|||
| provisions of the CSRC, and the Articles of | |||
| Association. | |||
| Independent (non-executive) directors may | |||
| exercise the following special duties and | |||
| powers: | |||
| (1) to independently engage intermediaries | |||
| to provide audit, consulting or verification | |||
| services for specific matters of the |
|||
| Company; | |||
| (2) to propose to the board of directors for | |||
| the convening of extraordinary general | |||
| meetings; | |||
| (3) to propose the convening of board | |||
| meetings; | |||
| (4) to publicly solicit shareholders’ rights | |||
| from shareholders in accordance with |
|||
| relevant laws; | |||
| (5) to give independent opinions on matters | |||
| that may damage the rights and interests of | |||
| the Company or the minority shareholders; | |||
| (6) the independent (non-executive) |
|||
| directors are required to review, at least | |||
| annually, the data provided by the |
|||
| controlling shareholders of the Company | |||
| regarding compliance with and |
|||
| enforcement of the non-competition |
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| agreement and to discharge their review | |||
| responsibilities in relation to continuing | |||
| connected transactions as stipulated in the | |||
| Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange. |
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| No. | Original Articles | **Amended ** | **Amended ** | **Amended ** | **Amended ** | Articles | Articles | Articles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To exercise |
the | duties | and | powers | of | |||||||||||
| **independent (non-executive) ** | **directors ** | in | ||||||||||||||
| **preceding ** | **paragraphs ** | **(1) ** | **to ** | (3), consent of | ||||||||||||
| more | than | half | of | all | independent | |||||||||||
| (non-executive) directors | shall | be obtained. | ||||||||||||||
| **The Company shall ** | **make a ** | disclosure in a | ||||||||||||||
| timely | manner | if | an | independent | ||||||||||||
| (non-executive) | director | exercises | the | |||||||||||||
| duties | and | powers | specified | in | the | |||||||||||
| preceding | paragraphs. | If | the | above- | ||||||||||||
| **mentioned ** | **duties ** | **and powers cannot ** | be | |||||||||||||
| properly | exercised, | the | Company | shall | ||||||||||||
| **disclose the ** | **specific ** | **situation ** | **and ** | reasons | ||||||||||||
| therefor. | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Article 138 Directors may tender resignation | **Article ** | 138 Directors may | tender resignation | ||||||||||||
| prior to the expiry of the term of office. The | prior to | the expiry of the term of office. The | ||||||||||||||
| resigning director shall submit to the Board a | resigning director | shall | submit to the | Board a | ||||||||||||
| written resignation. The Board shall disclose | written | resignation. | The Board shall | disclose | ||||||||||||
| relevant information within 2 days. | relevant information within 2 | days. | ||||||||||||||
| If the number of directors fall below the | ||||||||||||||||
| statutory requirement on the quorum of | ||||||||||||||||
| directors of the Company when a director | ||||||||||||||||
| resigns, the notice of resignation of the | ||||||||||||||||
| resigning director will only become |
||||||||||||||||
| effective until a new director is appointed | ||||||||||||||||
| to fill the vacancy. The remaining directors | ||||||||||||||||
| of the board of directors shall convene an | ||||||||||||||||
| extraordinary general meeting to elect a | ||||||||||||||||
| new director to fill the vacancy as soon as | ||||||||||||||||
| possible. The term of appointment of the | ||||||||||||||||
| newly elected director or any director | ||||||||||||||||
| appointed so as to increase the number of | ||||||||||||||||
| directors will be effective from the date of | ||||||||||||||||
| appointment to the expiry of the current | ||||||||||||||||
| term of office of the Board of the Company, | ||||||||||||||||
| and such director will then be eligible for | ||||||||||||||||
| re-election. | ||||||||||||||||
| Save for the foregoing, resignation report | ||||||||||||||||
| of directors shall become effective upon | ||||||||||||||||
| being delivered to the board of directors. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Article 140 If the term of office of a director | Article 140 If the term of office of a director | ||
| expires but re-election is not made forthwith, | expires but re-election is not made forthwith, | |||
| or the members of the board of directors fall | or the members of the board of directors fall | |||
| below the quorum resulting from the |
below the quorum resulting from the |
|||
| resignation of a director during his term of | resignation of a director during his term of | |||
| office, the said director shall continue |
office, the said director shall continue |
|||
| performing the duties as director pursuant to | performing the duties as director pursuant to | |||
| the relevant laws, administrative regulations | the relevant laws, administrative regulations | |||
| and the Articles of Association until the | and the Articles of Association until the | |||
| newly director takes office. | newly director takes office. | |||
| Save for the foregoing, resignation report | ||||
| of directors shall become effective upon | ||||
| being delivered to the board of directors. | ||||
| 20 | Article 144 Under the premise of compliance | Article 144 Under the premise of compliance | ||
| with the applicable requirements of the |
with the applicable requirements of the |
|||
| relevant listing rules of the stock exchanges | relevant listing rules of the stock exchanges | |||
| where the Company’s shares are listed from | where the Company’s shares are listed from | |||
| time to time, the Company shall have a board | time to time, the Company shall have a board | |||
| of 12 directors with one chairman. The | of 12 directors with one chairman and one | |||
| number of independent (non-executive) |
vice-chairman. The number of independent | |||
| directors shall not be less than 3 and not less | (non-executive) directors shall not be less | |||
| than one-third of all directors. | than 3 and not less than one-third of all | |||
| directors. | ||||
| 21 | Article 151 The chairman of the board of | Article 151 The chairman of the board of | ||
| directors is entitled to the following powers | directors is entitled to the following powers | |||
| and functions: | and functions: | |||
| �� | �� | |||
| If the chairman of the Board is unable to or | If the chairman of the Board is unable to or | |||
| does not exercise his/her duties, a director | does not exercise his/her duties, such duties | |||
| elected by more than half of the directors may | shall be performed by the vice-chairman. If | |||
| exercise such functions and powers. | the vice-chairman is unable to or does not | |||
| perform his/her duties, a director elected by | ||||
| more than half of the directors may exercise | ||||
| such functions and powers. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Article 154The quorum of the board meeting | Article 154The quorum of the board meeting | ||||||||
| shall be more than half of | the directors | shall be more than half of the directors | ||||||||
| (including those entrusted |
to | attend | the | (including those entrusted to attend the |
||||||
| meeting under Article 155 of | the Articles of | meeting under Article 155 of the Articles of | ||||||||
| Association). | Association). | |||||||||
| Each director |
shall | have | one | vote. | Each director shall have one vote. |
|||||
| Resolutions of the board of directors shall be | Resolutions of the board of directors shall be | |||||||||
| passed by more | than half of all directors, | passed by more than half of all directors, | ||||||||
| unless otherwise | required | by | the Articles of | unless otherwise required by the Articles of | ||||||
| Association. | Association. | |||||||||
| Resolutions made by the board of directors in | In the event that a director is connected to | |||||||||
| relation to connected transactions | will only be | companies associated with matters to be | ||||||||
| valid upon signing |
by | independent | resolved at the board meeting, such |
|||||||
| (non-executive) directors. | director shall not exercise his/her voting | |||||||||
| rights on such resolution, nor shall he/she | ||||||||||
| vote on behalf of other directors. The | ||||||||||
| board meeting may be convened with a | ||||||||||
| majority of the non-connected directors. | ||||||||||
| Resolutions shall be approved by a |
||||||||||
| majority of non-connected directors at the | ||||||||||
| board meeting. When there are less than | ||||||||||
| three non-connected directors present at | ||||||||||
| the board meeting, such matters shall be | ||||||||||
| submitted to the shareholders’ general |
||||||||||
| meeting for consideration. Resolutions |
||||||||||
| made by the board of directors in relation to | ||||||||||
| connected transactions will only be valid | ||||||||||
| upon signing by independent (non-executive) | ||||||||||
| directors. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Article 184 A person may not serve as a | Article 184 A person may not serve as a | ||
| director, supervisor, general manager, or any | director, supervisor, general manager, or any | |||
| other senior management member of the | other senior management member of the | |||
| Company if any of the following |
Company if any of the following |
|||
| circumstances applies: | circumstances applies: | |||
| A person may not serve as a director, |
A person may not serve as a director, |
|||
| supervisor, general manager, or any other | supervisor, general manager, or any other | |||
| senior management member of the Company | senior management member of the Company | |||
| if any of the following circumstances applies: | if any of the following circumstances applies: | |||
| (1) a person without civil capacity or with | (1) a person without civil capacity or with | |||
| restricted civil capacity; | restricted civil capacity; | |||
| (2) a person who has committed an offence of | (2) a person who has committed an offence of | |||
| corruption, bribery, infringement of property, | corruption, bribery, infringement of property, | |||
| misappropriation of property or sabotaging the | misappropriation of property or sabotaging the | |||
| social economic order and has been punished | social economic order and has been punished | |||
| because of committing such offence; or who has | because of committing such offence; or who has | |||
| been deprived of his political rights on |
been deprived of his political rights on |
|||
| committing an offence, in each case where less | committing an offence, in each case where less | |||
| than five years have elapsed since the date of | than five years have elapsed since the date of | |||
| the completion of implementation of such | the completion of implementation of such | |||
| punishment or deprivation; | punishment or deprivation, and less than two | |||
| years have elapsed since the date of the | ||||
| completion of the probation period if |
||||
| probation is announced; |
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| No. Original Articles |
Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|
| (3) a person who is a former director, factory | (3) a person who is a former director, factory | |
| manager or general manager (manager) of a | manager or general manager (manager) of a | |
| company or enterprise which has entered into | company or enterprise which has entered into | |
| insolvent liquidation and he is personally | insolvent liquidation and he is personally | |
| liable for the insolvency of such company or | liable for the insolvency of such company or | |
| enterprise, where less than three years have | enterprise, where less than three years have | |
| elapsed since the date of the completion of | elapsed since the date of the completion of | |
| the insolvency and liquidation of the |
the insolvency and liquidation of the |
|
| company or enterprise; | company or enterprise; | |
| (4) a person who is a former legal |
(4) a person who is a former legal |
|
| representative of a company or enterprise | representative of a company or enterprise | |
| which had its business licence revoked and | which had its business licence revoked and | |
| ordered for closure due to a violation of law | ordered for closure due to a violation of law | |
| and he is personally liable for that, where less | and he is personally liable for that, where less | |
| than three years has elapsed since the date of | than three years has elapsed since the date of | |
| the revocation of the business licence; | the revocation of the business licenceand the | |
| closure ordered; | ||
| (5) the person is personally liable for a | ||
| substantial loan which is due for payment but | (5) the personwho is listed as a defaulter by | |
| remains unpaid; | a people’s court since he is personally liable | |
| for a substantial loan which is due for | ||
| �� | payment but remains unpaid; | |
| (11) other circumstances as prescribed by the | �� | |
| laws and regulations of the place of listing of | ||
| the Company’s shares. Persons who hold | (11) other circumstances as prescribed by the | |
| other executive positions, other than directors | laws and regulations of the place of listing of | |
| or supervisors, in any entity of the controlling | the Company’s shares. Persons who hold | |
| shareholder of the Company shall not assume | other executive positions, other than directors | |
| the office of senior management of the | or supervisors, in any entity of the controlling | |
| Company. | shareholder of the Company shall not assume | |
| the office of senior management of the | ||
| �� | Company. The senior management of the | |
| Company only receives salary from the | ||
| Company instead of being paid by the | ||
| controlling shareholder on behalf of the | ||
| Company. | ||
| �� |
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE GENERAL MEETING OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
No. Original Articles Amended Articles 1 Article 1 These rules of procedures (the Article 1 These rules of procedures (the “Rules”) are formulated by Beijing Urban “Rules”) are formulated by Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Company Law”), the Republic of China (“Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Securities Law”), the Mandatory China (“Securities Law”), the Trial Provisions in the Articles of Association of Administrative Measures of Overseas Companies Listed Overseas, The Rules Securities Offering and Listing by Governing the Listing of Securities on the Domestic Companies , The Rules Governing Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited the Listing of Securities on the Stock (“Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange”), the Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Rules of the Stock Exchange”), the Rules Shanghai Stock Exchange (“Listing Rules of Governing the Listing of Stocks on the the Shanghai Stock Exchange”), the Code on Shanghai Stock Exchange (“Listing Rules of Corporate Governance of Listed Companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange”), the Code on the Guidelines for the Articles of Association Corporate Governance of Listed Companies, of Listed Companies, the Rules of Procedures the Guidelines for the Articles of Association for Shareholders’ General Meeting of Listed of Listed Companies, the Rules of Procedures Companies and relevant domestic and foreign for Shareholders’ General Meeting of Listed laws and regulations and regulatory Companies and other relevant domestic and documents as well as the Articles of foreign laws and regulations and regulatory Association of Beijing Urban Construction documents as well as the Articles of Design & Development Group Co., Limited Association of Beijing Urban Construction (“Articles of Association”) with reference to Design & Development Group Co., Limited actual conditions of the Company, in order to (Draft) (“Articles of Association”) with protect the lawful interests of shareholders, reference to actual conditions of the ensure normal order and operating efficiency Company, in order to protect the lawful of the shareholders’ general meeting and interests of shareholders, ensure normal order perform its function as the organ of authority. and operating efficiency of the shareholders’ general meeting and perform its function as the organ of authority.
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Article 7 The general meeting shall be the | Article 7 The general meeting shall be the | |||
| organ of authority of the Company, and | shall | organ of authority of the Company, and shall | |||
| exercise the functions of its authority as | exercise the functions of its authority as | ||||
| follows: | follows: | ||||
| (1) to decide the Company’s operational | (1) to decide the Company’s operational | ||||
| policies and investment plans; | policies and investment plans; | ||||
| (2) to elect and replace directors who are not | (2) to elect and replace directors who are not | ||||
| employee representatives and decide on the | employee representatives and decide on the | ||||
| matters relating to their remuneration; | matters relating to their remuneration; | ||||
| (3) to elect and replace supervisors who are | (3) to elect and replace supervisors who are | ||||
| not employee representatives and decide on | not employee representatives and decide on | ||||
| the matters relating to their remuneration; | matters relating to their remuneration; | ||||
| (4) to consider and approve the reports of the | (4) to consider and approve the reports of the | ||||
| board of directors; | board of directors; | ||||
| (5) to consider and approve the reports of the | (5) to consider and approve the reports of the | ||||
| supervisory board; | supervisory board; | ||||
| (6) to consider and approve the Company’s | (6) to consider and approve the Company’s | ||||
| proposed annual budgets and final accounts; | proposed annual budgets and final accounts; | ||||
| (7) to consider and approve the Company’s | (7) to consider and approve the Company’s | ||||
| profit distribution plans and loss recovery | profit distribution plans and loss recovery | ||||
| plans; | plans; | ||||
| (8) to resolve on matters over the increase or | (8) to resolve on matters over the increase or | ||||
| reduction of the Company’s registered |
reduction of the Company’s registered |
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| capital; | capital; | ||||
| (9) to resolve on matters over the merger, | (9) to resolve on matters over the merger, | ||||
| division, dissolution or liquidation of the | division, dissolution or liquidation of the | ||||
| Company or change of the Company’s form; | Company or change of the Company’s form; | ||||
| (10) to resolve on the issue of bonds, any kind | (10) to resolve on the issue of bonds, other | ||||
| of securities, warrants or other similar |
securities and listing of the Company; | ||||
| securities by the Company; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Article 8The authorities of the shareholders’ | Article 8The authorities of the shareholders’ | ||
| general meeting when considering matters | general meeting when considering matters | |||
| including external guarantee, connected |
including external guarantee, connected |
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| transactions, financial assistance and other | transactions, financial assistance and other | |||
| transactions are stated as follows: | transactions are stated as follows: | |||
| (1) External guarantee | (1) External guarantee | |||
| The following external guarantees provided | The following external guarantees provided | |||
| by the Company shall be considered at the | by the Company shall be considered at the | |||
| shareholders’ general meeting after such |
shareholders’ general meeting after such |
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| guarantees have been considered and |
guarantees have been considered and |
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| approved by the board of directors: | approved by the board of directors: | |||
| 1. any subsequent guarantee provided after | 1. any subsequent guarantee provided after | |||
| the total amount of external guarantee by the | the total amount of external guarantee by the | |||
| Company and its holding subsidiaries has | Company and its holding subsidiaries has | |||
| reached or exceeded 50% of the latest audited | reached or exceeded 50% of the latest audited | |||
| net assets; | net assets; | |||
| 2. any subsequent guarantee provided after | 2. any subsequent guarantee provided after | |||
| the total amount of the external guarantee by | the total amount of the external guarantee by | |||
| the Company has reached or exceeded 30% of | the Company and its holding subsidiaries has | |||
| the latest audited total assets; | exceeded 30% of the latest audited total | |||
| assets; | ||||
| 3. any guarantee provided for object whose | ||||
| asset-liability ratio has exceeded 70%; | 3. guarantees exceeding 30% of the latest | |||
| audited total assets of the Company when | ||||
| 4. the amount of any single guarantee |
being aggregated with guarantees within | |||
| exceeding 10% of the latest audited net | one year; | |||
| assets; | ||||
| 4. any guarantee provided for object whose | ||||
| asset-liability ratio has exceeded 70%; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **5. ** | guarantees exceeding 30% of the latest | 5. the amount of any single guarantee |
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| audited total assets of the Company when | exceeding 10% of the latest audited net | |||||||
| being aggregated with guarantees incurred | assets; | |||||||
| **in ** | **the preceding 12 consecutive ** | months; | ||||||
| 6. guarantees provided to shareholders, actual | ||||||||
| 6. | guarantees provided to shareholders, actual | controllers and its connected parties; | ||||||
| controllers and its connected | parties; | |||||||
| 7. other external guarantees required by the | ||||||||
| 7. | guarantees provided |
to | connected | laws, administrative regulations, department | ||||
| persons; | rules, regulations of the stock exchange | |||||||
| where the Company’s shares are listed and the | ||||||||
| 8. | other external guarantees | required by the | Articles of Association. | |||||
| laws, administrative regulations, department | ||||||||
| rules, regulations of the stock | exchange | The guarantee within the authority of the | ||||||
| where the Company’s shares are listed and the | board of directors requires not only the | |||||||
| Articles of Association. | approval of the majority of all the |
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| directors, but also the approval of more | ||||||||
| than two-thirds of the directors attending | ||||||||
| the Board meeting; the above guarantee in | ||||||||
| item 3 shall be approved by more than 2/3 | ||||||||
| of the voting rights held by the |
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| shareholders present at the general |
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| meeting. | ||||||||
| When provision of any guarantee to |
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| shareholder, actual controller and its |
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| connected parties is considered at the | ||||||||
| general meeting, such shareholder or any | ||||||||
| shareholder controlled by the said actual | ||||||||
| controller shall not vote on such matters. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Article 10 The Company shall convene an | Article 10 The Company shall convene an |
| extraordinary general meeting within two | extraordinary general meeting within two | |
| months after the occurrence of any of the | months after the occurrence of any of the | |
| following events: | following events: | |
| (1) where the number of directors falls below | (1) where the number of directors falls below | |
| the number as specified in the Company Law | the number as specified in the Company Law | |
| or is less than two-thirds of the number of | or is less than two-thirds of the number of | |
| directors as provided in the Articles of | directors as provided in the Articles of | |
| Association; | Association; | |
| (2) where the amount of unrecovered losses | (2) where the amount of unrecovered losses | |
| of the Company represents one-third of the | of the Company represents one-third of the | |
| total paid-up share capital of the Company; | total paid-up share capital of the Company; | |
| (3) where shareholders who hold, alone or in | (3) where shareholders who hold, alone or in | |
| aggregate, 10% or more of the shares |
aggregate, 10% or more of the shares |
|
| outstanding of the Company with voting | outstanding of the Company with voting | |
| rights request in writing to convene an | rights request in writing to convene an | |
| extraordinary general meeting; | extraordinary general meeting; | |
| (4) whenever the board of directors deems | (4) whenever the board of directors deems | |
| necessary or when proposed by the |
necessary or when proposed by the |
|
| supervisory board or more than one-half of | supervisory board or more than one-half of | |
| the independent (non-executive) directors; | the independent (non-executive) directors; | |
| (5) whenever required by the securities |
(5) whenever required by the securities |
|
| regulatory authorities; | regulatory authorities; | |
| (6) other circumstances as specified by laws, | (6) other circumstances as specified by laws, | |
| administrative regulations, departmental rules | administrative regulations, departmental rules | |
| and regulations or the Articles of Association. | and regulations or the Articles of Association. | |
| The number of shares held by shareholders as | The number of shares held by shareholders as | |
| stipulated in item (3) above shall be |
stipulated in item (3) above shall be |
|
| calculated based on the date on which the | calculated based on the date on which the | |
| shareholders make a request in writing. Such | shareholders make a request in writing. Such | |
| shareholders shall also sign written requests | shareholders shall also sign written requests | |
| in one or more counterparts and submit a | in one or more counterparts and submit a | |
| clear agenda and proposals to the board of | clear agenda and proposals to the board of | |
| directors. | directors. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Article 11The Company cannot be convened | Article 11 The board of directors shall | |
| the shareholders’ general meeting within the | convene the shareholders’ general meeting | ||
| time of Article 12 and Article 13 of these | on time within the time as provided in | ||
| Rules, which shall be reported to the local | Article 9 of these Rules. | ||
| China Securities Regulatory Commission |
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| (“CSRC”) dispatched institutions and |
The Company cannot be convened the |
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| securities exchange, and the Company should | shareholders’ general meeting within the time | ||
| give the reasons and make an announcement | of Article 9 and Article 10 of these Rules, | ||
| in respect thereof. | which shall be reported to the local China | ||
| Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) | |||
| dispatched institutions and securities |
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| exchange, and the Company should give the | |||
| reasons and make an announcement in respect | |||
| thereof. | |||
| 6 | Article 15 Where the board of supervisors or | Article 15 Where the board of supervisors or | |
| shareholders decide(s) to convene a general | shareholders decide(s) to convene a general | ||
| meeting by themselves, it/they shall notify | meeting by themselves, it/they shall notify | ||
| the Board in writing, and shall at the same | the Board in writing, and shall at the same | ||
| time report to the stock exchange. | time report to the stock exchange. | ||
| The board of supervisors and the convening | The board of supervisors and the convening | ||
| shareholders shall submit the relevant |
shareholders shall submit the relevant |
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| documents to the stock exchange before | documents to the stock exchange before | ||
| issuing the notice for convening of the | issuing the notice for convening of the | ||
| general meeting and the announcement on | general meeting and the announcement on | ||
| resolutions proposed at the general meeting. | resolutions proposed at the general meeting. | ||
| The shareholding of the convening |
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| shareholders shall not be lower than 10% | |||
| before issuing the announcement on |
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| resolutions proposed at the general |
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| meeting. | |||
| 7 | Article 32 The Chairman of the Board shall | Article 32 The Chairman of the Board shall | |
| chair the shareholders’ general meetings. | chair the shareholders’ general meetings. | ||
| Where the Chairman is unable to perform | Where the Chairman is unable to perform | ||
| his/her duties or does not perform his/her | his/her duties or does not perform his/her | ||
| duties, a director nominated by more than half | duties,the vice-chairman of the Board shall | ||
| of the directors shall chair the meetings. | chair the meeting. Where the vice- |
||
| chairman of the Board is unable to perform | |||
| �� | his/her duties or does not perform his/her | ||
| duties, a director nominated by more than | |||
| half of the directors shall chair the meetings. | |||
| �� |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Article 40 | Article 40 | |||||||
| �� | �� | ||||||||
| The Company’s |
board | of | directors, | The Shareholders, who purchase the voting | |||||
| independent | (non-executive) directors | and | shares of the Company in violation of | ||||||
| shareholders | who | satisfy | the relevant |
provisions of the first clause and second | |||||
| stipulated criteria |
may | openly solicit |
clause of Article 63 of the Securities Law of | ||||||
| shareholders’ | voting rights. Persons soliciting | the People’s Republic of China, shall not | |||||||
| shareholders’ | voting | rights | shall make | full | exercise the voting rights of the shares that | ||||
| disclosure of | information such | as specific | exceed the prescribed ratio within 36 |
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| voting intent. No |
person | shall solicit |
months after purchasing them, and such | ||||||
| shareholders’ | voting rights |
by giving |
shares shall not be included in the total | ||||||
| compensation | or disguised |
compensation. | number of shares with voting rights at a | ||||||
| The Company shall not set | a minimum | general meeting. | |||||||
| shareholding | percentage | restriction | for | ||||||
| solicitation of voting | rights. | The Company’s board of directors, |
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| independent (non-executive) directors and | |||||||||
| shareholdersholding more than one percent | |||||||||
| of the voting shares or investor protection | |||||||||
| institutions established in accordance with | |||||||||
| laws, administrative regulations or the | |||||||||
| provisions of the CSRC may openly solicit | |||||||||
| shareholders’ voting rights. Persons soliciting | |||||||||
| shareholders’ voting rights shall make full | |||||||||
| disclosure of information such as specific | |||||||||
| voting intent. No person shall solicit |
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| shareholders’ voting rights by giving |
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| compensation or disguised compensation. |
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| Except for the statutory requirements, the | |||||||||
| Company shall not set a minimum |
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| shareholding percentage restriction for |
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| solicitation of voting rights. | |||||||||
| 9 | **Article 47 Any voting of ** | any resolution | Article 47 When proposals are voted on at | ||||||
| shall be counted |
by | at | least | two | the general meeting, two shareholders’ | ||||
| **representatives of shareholders and ** | one | representatives shall be appointed to count, | |||||||
| **supervisor, and the ** | **results ** | **of ** | voting shall | and monitor counting of, the votes. Where | |||||
| **be announced by the vote ** | **counters. ** | Vote | any shareholder has interests in any issue | ||||||
| counter shall be |
designated by |
the | considered, the said shareholder or proxy | ||||||
| chairman of the |
meeting. | Where | any | thereof shall not participate in counting and | |||||
| shareholder has relations with any issue | monitoring of ballots. | ||||||||
| considered, the said | shareholder or proxy | ||||||||
| thereof shall | not participate | in | counting and | �� | |||||
| monitoring of ballots. | |||||||||
| �� |
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No. Original Articles Amended Articles 10 Article 66 Directors, supervisors, the Article 66 Directors, supervisors, the secretary to the Board of Directors, the secretary to the Board of Directors, the convener or his or her representative, and the convener or his or her representative, and the chairman of the meeting attending the chairman of the meeting attending the meeting shall sign the minutes of the meeting. meeting shall sign the minutes of the meeting, The minutes of the meeting and the signed and ensure the truthfulness, accuracy and attendance record of the shareholders who completeness of the minutes of the meeting. attended in person, the proxy forms and the The minutes of the meeting and the signed valid information relating to voting online attendance record of the shareholders who and by other means shall be kept together at attended in person, the proxy forms and the the premises of the Company for a term of not valid information relating to voting online less than 10 years. and by other means shall be kept together at the premises of the Company for a term of not less than 10 years.
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
No. Original Articles Amended Articles 1 Article 1 In order to standardize the procedures and Article 1 In order to standardize the procedures and decision-making procedures of the board of directors, decision-making procedures of the board of directors, assure democratic and scientific decision-making assure democratic and scientific decision-making behaviors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & behaviors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”), Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”), and fully play the center role of the board of directors and fully play the center role of the board of directors in management decision, the Company formulated in management decision, the Company formulated these Rules of Procedure (the “Rules”), in accordance these Rules of Procedure (the “Rules”), in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Company Law”), the Securities Law of China (the “Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Mandatory the People’s Republic of China, the Trial Provisions in the Articles of Association of Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Companies Listed Overseas and the Rules Governing Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies and the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules of the Stock Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Exchange”), the Guidelines for the Articles of Rules of the Stock Exchange”), the Guidelines for the Association of Listed Companies, the Rules Articles of Association of Listed Companies, the Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Shanghai Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules of the Shanghai Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange”) and other relevant domestic and Shanghai Stock Exchange”) and other relevant foreign laws and regulations and regulatory domestic and foreign laws and regulations and documents as well as the Articles of Association of regulatory documents as well as the Articles of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Association of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Group Co., Limited (the “Articles of the Development Group Co., Limited (the “Articles of the Association”). Association”).
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Article 4 The Company shall have the board of | Article 4 The Company shall have the board of | |||
| directors and its member composition is stipulated | directors and its member composition is stipulated | ||||
| based on the Articles of Association. At any time, the | based on the Articles of Association. At any time, the | ||||
| number of independent (non-executive) directors | shall | number of independent (non-executive) directors shall | |||
| not be less than 3 and not be less than one third of all | not be less than 3 and not be less than one third of all | ||||
| directors. At least 1 independent (non-executive) | directors. At least 1 independent (non-executive) | ||||
| director in the board of directors must be accounting | director in the board of directors must be accounting | ||||
| professional. | professional. | ||||
| Functions and duties of independent (non-executive) | Independent (non-executive) directors of the board of | ||||
| directors of the board of directors of the Company | directors of the Companyshall perform the following | ||||
| include but are not limited to: | duties: | ||||
| **(1) to participate in the board of directors ** | and | (1) to participate in the decision-making of the | |||
| provide independent opinions on matters |
Board of Directors and offer specific opinions on | ||||
| concerning the Company’s strategic decisions, | the matters deliberated; | ||||
| appointment of senior management members and | |||||
| other decisions involving material interest of the | (2) to supervise the matters on potential material | ||||
| Company; | conflicts of interest between the Company and its | ||||
| controlling shareholders, actual controllers, |
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| **(2) to demonstrate the leading and guiding ** | role | directors, and senior management members |
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| whenever there is potential conflict of interests | specified in Articles 25, 28, 29 and 30 of the | ||||
| **such as where the Company is entering ** | into | Working Rules for the Independent Directors of | |||
| **connected (related) transactions so as to ** | fully | Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development | |||
| protect the overall legitimate rights and interests of | Group Co., Limited, urge the decision-making of | ||||
| the Company and the shareholders; | the board of directors in the overall interests of the | ||||
| Company, and protect the legitimate rights and | |||||
| interests of minority shareholders; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3) to serve as a member of special committees such | **(3) to provide professional and objective advice ** | on | ||||||
| **as the strategic and investment committee, ** | audit | the operation and development of the Company | ||||||
| committee, | remuneration | committee | and | and promote the improvement of the decision- | ||||
| **nomination committee of the ** | board of directors | making level of the board of directors; | ||||||
| when invited; and | ||||||||
| (4) to perform other duties prescribed by laws, | ||||||||
| **(4) to monitor whether or ** | not the business | administrative regulations, provisions of |
the | |||||
| **performance ** | of the Company has achieved its | CSRC, and the Articles of Association. | ||||||
| pre-set objectives and express opinions at relevant | ||||||||
| meetings. | Independent (non-executive) directors may exercise | |||||||
| the following special duties and powers: | ||||||||
| **(1) to independently engage intermediaries ** | to | |||||||
| provide audit, consulting or verification services | ||||||||
| for specific matters of the Company; | ||||||||
| **(2) to propose to the board of directors for ** | the | |||||||
| convening of extraordinary general meetings; | ||||||||
| (3) to propose the convening of board meetings; | ||||||||
| (4) to publicly solicit shareholders’ rights from | ||||||||
| shareholders in accordance with relevant laws; | ||||||||
| (5) to give independent opinions on matters that | ||||||||
| **may damage the rights and interests of ** | the | |||||||
| Company or the minority shareholders; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (6) the independent (non-executive) directors are | |||
| required to review, at least annually, the data | |||
| provided by the controlling shareholder of the | |||
| Company regarding compliance with and |
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| enforcement of the non-competition agreement and | |||
| to discharge their review responsibilities in relation | |||
| to continuing connected transactions as stipulated | |||
| in the Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange. | |||
| To exercise the duties and powers of independent | |||
| (non-executive) directors in subparagraphs (1) to | |||
| (3) above, consent of more than half of all | |||
| independent (non-executive) directors shall be | |||
| obtained. | |||
| The Company shall make a disclosure in a timely | |||
| manner if an independent (non-executive) director | |||
| exercises the duties and powers specified in the | |||
| preceding paragraph. If the above-mentioned |
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| duties and powers cannot be properly exercised, | |||
| the Company shall disclose the specific situation | |||
| and reasons therefor. |
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| No. | No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Article 7The board of directors shall establish special | Article 7The board of directors shall establish special | ||||||
| committees, | such as strategic |
and investment |
committees, such as strategic and investment |
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| committee, audit committee, remuneration committee | committee, audit committee, remuneration committee | |||||||
| and nomination committee and other special |
and nomination committee and other special |
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| committees | which the board of | directors deem | committees which the board of directors deem | |||||
| necessary. Independent (non-executive) directors | necessary. Special committees shall be responsible | |||||||
| **shall account for the majority of ** | members of the | to the board of directors, and shall perform their | ||||||
| **audit committee, remuneration ** | committee and | duties in accordance with the Articles of |
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| nomination | committee. Each |
of the special |
Association and the authorization of the board of | |||||
| **committees, under the leadership ** | **of the board ** | of | directors. The proposal shall be submitted to the | |||||
| directors, | shall provide recommendation and |
board of directors for consideration and decision. | ||||||
| **advices the ** | **board of directors for ** | decision-making | All members of the special committees shall be | |||||
| and make proposals for the board of directors. | directors, of which independent directors shall | |||||||
| account for the majority of members of the audit | ||||||||
| committee, nomination committee and |
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| remuneration committee, and shall serve as the | ||||||||
| convener. The convener of the audit committee | ||||||||
| shall be an accounting professional. The board of | ||||||||
| directors is responsible for the formulation of the | ||||||||
| rules of procedure of the special committees and | ||||||||
| the standardization of operation of the special | ||||||||
| committees. | ||||||||
| 4 | Article 13 The election and removal of the chairman | Article 13 The election and removal of the chairman | ||||||
| shall be approved by more than half of all directors. | and vice-chairman shall be approved by more than | |||||||
| half of all directors. The term of office of the | ||||||||
| chairman and vice-chairman shall be three years | ||||||||
| and eligible for re-election and re-appointment | ||||||||
| upon expiry. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Article 14 The chairman of | the board of directors is | Article 14 The chairman of the board of directors is | ||
| entitled to the following powers and functions: | entitled to the following | powers and functions: | |||
| (1) to preside over the general meeting, and to | (1) to preside over the general meeting, and to | ||||
| convene and preside over the | meetings of the board of | convene and preside over the meetings of the board of | |||
| directors; | directors; | ||||
| (2) to monitor and check on the implementation of | (2) to monitor and check on the implementation of | ||||
| resolutions of the board of directors; | resolutions of the board | of directors; | |||
| (3) to sign the securities certificates issued by the | (3) to sign the securities certificates issued by the | ||||
| Company; | Company; | ||||
| (4) to sign important documents of the board of | (4) to sign important documents of the board of | ||||
| directors and other documents that require signing by | directors and other documents that require signing by | ||||
| the Company’s legal representative; | the Company’s legal representative; | ||||
| (5) to propose the nomination for the Company’s | (5) to propose the nomination for the Company’s | ||||
| general manager and board secretary; | general manager and board secretary; | ||||
| (6) to exercise the special power to handle corporate | (6) to exercise the special power to handle corporate | ||||
| affairs in accordance with law and the Company’s | affairs in accordance with law and the Company’s | ||||
| interests in cases of emergency caused by catastrophic | interests in cases of emergency caused by catastrophic | ||||
| natural disasters or other force majeure, and report to | natural disasters or other force majeure, and report to | ||||
| the board of directors and shareholders’ general | the board of directors | and shareholders’ general | |||
| meeting thereafter; | meeting thereafter; | ||||
| (7) to exercise other powers | and functions conferred | (7) to exercise other powers and functions conferred | |||
| by the board of directors. | by the board of directors. | ||||
| If the chairman of the Board | is unable to or does not | If the chairman of the Board is unable to or does not | |||
| exercise his/her duties, a director elected by more than | exercise his/her duties, | the vice-chairman of the | |||
| half of the directors may exercise such functions and | **Board shall exercise ** | his/her duties; where the | |||
| powers. | vice-chairman of the Board is unable to or does not | ||||
| perform his/her duties, a director elected by more | |||||
| than half of the directors may exercise such functions | |||||
| and powers. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Article 18 The board meeting shall be convened by Article 18 The chairman of the board of directors |
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| the chairman of the board of directors. | The quorum of **shall convene ** |
and preside over a board meeting, | |||
| the board meeting shall be | more than half of the and check on the implementation of the resolutions |
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| directors (including those entrusted | to attend the of the board of directors. The vice-chairman assists |
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| meeting under Article 26 of the Rules). **the chairman ** |
in his work. If the chairman of the | ||||
| board of directors is unable to or does not exercise | |||||
| his/her duties, the vice-chairman of the board of | |||||
| directors shall exercise his/her duties; where the | |||||
| vice-chairman | of the board of directors is unable to | ||||
| or does not exercise his/her duties, a director | |||||
| **elected by more than half of the ** | directors may | ||||
| **exercise such ** | functions and powers. The board | ||||
| meeting shall be convened by the chairman of the | |||||
| board of directors. The quorum of the | board meeting | ||||
| shall be more | than half of the directors (including | ||||
| those entrusted | to attend the meeting under Article 26 | ||||
| of the Rules). |
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKING RULES FOR THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
No. Original Articles Amended Articles 1 Article 1 These Rules are formulated by Beijing Article 1 These Rules are formulated by Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance with the Co., Limited (the “Company”) in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s “Company Law”), the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Rules for the Independent Republic of China, the Measures for the Directors of Listed Companies, the Rules Governing Administration of Independent Directors of Listed the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Companies , the Rules Governing the Listing of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules of the Stock Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Exchange”), the Rules Governing the Listing of Limited (the “Listing Rules of the Stock Exchange”), Stocks on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the “SSE”) (the “Listing Rules of the Shanghai Stock Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “Listing Rules of the Exchange”, together with the Listing Rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange”, together with the Listing Stock Exchange, collectively the “Listing Rules”) and Rules of the Stock Exchange, collectively the “Listing other domestic and foreign laws, regulations and Rules”) and other domestic and foreign laws, regulatory documents, as well as the Articles of regulations and regulatory documents, as well as the Association of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Articles of Association of Beijing Urban Construction Development Group Co., Limited (the “Articles of Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the Association”) and other relevant regulations, in order “ Articles of Association ”) and other relevant to further improve the governance structure of the regulations, in order to further improve the Company, promote the standardized operation of the governance structure of the Company, promote the Company and effectively protect the legitimate rights standardized operation of the Company and and interests of the Company and all shareholders. effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Company and all shareholders.
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Article 2An independent (non-executive) director of | Article 2An independent (non-executive) director of | ||
| the Company is a director holding no posts other than | the Company is a director holding no posts other than | |||
| that of a director or a member of a special committee | that of a director or a member of a special committee | |||
| of the Board of Directors in the Company, having no | of the Board of Directors in the Company, having | |||
| relationship with the Company and its substantial | neither direct or indirect interest in the Company | |||
| shareholders that might hinder his/her independent | and its substantial shareholders, nor other |
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| and objective judgment, and meeting the relevant | relationship that might affect his/her independent | |||
| regulations of the stock exchange(s) where the | and objective judgment, and meeting the relevant | |||
| Company’s shares are listed. | regulations of the stock exchange(s) where the | |||
| Company’s shares are listed. | ||||
| An independent (non-executive) director shall |
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| perform his/her duties independently and not be | ||||
| affected by the Company and its substantial | ||||
| shareholders, de facto controller and other entities | ||||
| or individuals. | ||||
| 3 | Article 3An independent (non-executive) director has | Article 3An independent (non-executive) director has | ||
| a fiduciary and diligent obligation toward the |
a fiduciary and diligent obligation toward the |
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| Company and all its shareholders. An independent | Company and all its shareholders. An independent | |||
| (non-executive) director shall, pursuant to the |
(non-executive) director shall, pursuant to the |
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| requirements of the relevant laws, administrative | requirements of the relevant laws, administrative | |||
| regulations and the Articles of Association, |
regulations, provisions of China Securities |
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| conscientiously perform his/her duties and |
Regulatory Commissions (the “CSRC”), business | |||
| responsibilities, safeguard the Company’s overall | rules of the stock exchanges and the Articles of | |||
| interests and, in particular, pay attention to and | Association, conscientiously perform his/her duties | |||
| protect the lawful rights and interests of small and | and responsibilities, play the role of participating | |||
| medium shareholders. | in decision-making, conducting supervision, checks | |||
| and balances, and providing professional advice in | ||||
| the Board of Directors, safeguard the overall | ||||
| interests of the listed companyand protect the lawful | ||||
| rights and interests of small and medium shareholders. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Article 4 The board of directors of the Company | Article 4 Independent (non-executive) directors of | ||
| shall include at least one third of independent | the Company shall account for not less than one- | |||
| directors, and at least one of the independent | third of the members of the board of directors, and | |||
| (non-executive) directors shall be a professional | at least one of the independent (non-executive) | |||
| accountant. | directors shall be a professional accountant. | |||
| Those who are nominated as candidates for |
Those who are nominated as candidates for |
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| independent (non-executive) directors in the capacity | independent (non-executive) directors in the capacity | |||
| of professional accountants shall have extensive | of professional accountants shall have extensive | |||
| accounting expertise and experience and meet at least | accounting expertise and experience and meet at least | |||
| one of the following criteria: | one of the following criteria: | |||
| (I) being qualified to practice as certified public | (I) being qualified to practice as certified public | |||
| accountant; | accountant; | |||
| (II) having senior professional title, associate |
(II) having senior professional title, associate |
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| professor title, or doctor’s degree of accounting, | professor title, or doctor’s degree of accounting, | |||
| auditing or financial management; | auditing or financial management; | |||
| (III) having senior professional title of economic | (III) having senior professional title of economic | |||
| management and more than five years of full-time | management and more than five years of full-time | |||
| working experience in accounting, auditing, financial | working experience in accounting, auditing, financial | |||
| management and other professional positions as well | management and other professional positions as well | |||
| as a person who is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong. | as a person who is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong. | |||
| The board of directors of the Company shall establish | The board of directors of the Company shall establish | |||
| special committees, such as strategic and investment | special committees, such as strategic and investment | |||
| committee, audit committee, remuneration committee | committee, audit committee, remuneration committee | |||
| and nomination committee. The independent |
and nomination committee. The independent |
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| (non-executive) directors shall account for the |
(non-executive) directors shall account formore than | |||
| majority of members of the audit committee, the | half of the members of the audit committee, the | |||
| nomination committee and the remuneration |
nomination committee and the remuneration |
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| committee and shall serve as the convener. | committee and shall serve as the convener. | |||
| 5 | Article 5 If an independent (non-executive) director | Deleted | ||
| fails to meet independence requirements or is | ||||
| otherwise unqualified to perform his/her duties, | ||||
| resulting in the number of independent |
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| (non-executive) directors of the Company falling | ||||
| below the number required by laws, administrative | ||||
| regulations and the Articles of Association, the | ||||
| Company shall supplement the number of |
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| independent (non-executive) directors as required. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Article 6 Independent (non-executive) directors must | Article 5 Independent (non-executive) directors must | ||
| possess independence. | possess independence. | |||
| An independent (non-executive) director shall |
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| perform his/her duties independently and not be | ||||
| affected by the Company’s substantial |
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| shareholders, de facto controller or any of entities | ||||
| or individuals that is interested in the listed | ||||
| companies. In principle, an independent |
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| (non-executive) director shall serve as independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director concurrently in five listed | ||||
| companies at most, and shall ensure adequate time | ||||
| and dedication to effectively perform his/her duties | ||||
| as independent (non-executive) director. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Article 7 The following persons shall not serve as | Article 6 The following persons shall not serve as | ||||
| independent (non-executive) director: | independent (non-executive) director: | |||||
| (I) any persons employed by the Company or its | (I) any persons employed by the Company or its | |||||
| subsidiaries and their immediate family members | subsidiaries, and their respective spouses, parents, | |||||
| and major social connections (immediate family | **children, and ** | other persons that have major social | ||||
| members shall include spouses, parents and |
relations with them; | |||||
| children; and major social connections shall |
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| include siblings, parents of spouses, spouses of | (II) any natural person shareholders who directly or | |||||
| children, spouses of siblings and siblings of |
indirectly hold 1% or | more of issued shares of the | ||||
| spouses); | Company or who are among the top ten shareholders | |||||
| of the Company, and their respective spouses, | ||||||
| (II) any natural person shareholders who directly or | **parents, and ** | children; | ||||
| indirectly hold 1% or more of issued shares of the | ||||||
| Company or who are among the top ten shareholders | (III) any persons employed by a corporate shareholder | |||||
| of the Company, and their respective immediate | which directly or indirectly holds 5% or more of the | |||||
| family members; | Company’s shares or is among the top five corporate | |||||
| shareholders of the Company, and their respective | ||||||
| (III) any persons employed by a corporate shareholder | spouses, parents, and children; | |||||
| which directly or indirectly holds 5% or more of the | ||||||
| Company’s shares or is among the top five corporate | (IV) any persons employed by a subsidiary of the | |||||
| shareholders of the Company, and their immediate | controlling shareholder or de facto controller of the | |||||
| family members; | **Company and their ** | respective spouses, parents, | ||||
| and children; | ||||||
| (IV) any persons employed by the de facto | ||||||
| controller of the listed company and its |
(V) any persons who has significant business | |||||
| subsidiaries; | transactions with the Company or its controlling | |||||
| **shareholder, ** | de facto controller, or any of their | |||||
| (V) any persons providing financial, legal or | respective subsidiaries, or any persons employed by | |||||
| consulting services to the Company and its |
an entity, or its controlling shareholder, or de facto | |||||
| controlling shareholders, de facto controller or | controller that has significant business transactions | |||||
| their respective subsidiaries, including but not | with the Company; | |||||
| limited to all members of the project team of | ||||||
| intermediaries, reviewing officers at all levels, | ||||||
| persons signing the report, partners and principal | ||||||
| officers in charge; |
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| No. | No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (VI) any persons serving as directors, supervisors, | (VI) any persons providing financial, legal, |
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| **senior management members or other staff in ** | the | consulting or sponsor services to the Company and | ||||||
| companies which have significant relations with | the | its controlling shareholders, de facto controller or | ||||||
| Company and its controlling shareholders, de facto | their respective subsidiaries, including but not | |||||||
| **controller or their respective subsidiaries, ** | or any | limited to all members of the project team of | ||||||
| **persons serving as directors, supervisors, ** | senior | intermediaries, reviewing officers at all levels, | ||||||
| management members or other staff |
in | the | persons signing the report, partners, directors, | |||||
| controlling shareholders of the said companies; | senior management personnel, and principal |
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| officers in charge; | ||||||||
| (VII) any persons falling into any of the six categories | ||||||||
| above within the last 12 months; | (VII) any persons falling into any of the six categories | |||||||
| above within the last 12 months; | ||||||||
| (VIII) other persons provided by the |
laws, | |||||||
| administrative regulations, departmental rules and | (VIII) any other person who does not work | |||||||
| the Articles of Association; | independently as prescribed by laws, |
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| administrative regulations, rules of the CSRC, | ||||||||
| (IX) other persons defined by the China Securities | business rules of the stock exchange, and the | |||||||
| Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), SSE and | Articles of Association. | |||||||
| the Stock Exchange. | ||||||||
| The subsidiary of the controlling shareholder and | ||||||||
| de facto controller of the Company as mentioned in | ||||||||
| subparagraphs 4 to 6 of paragraph 1 excludes those | ||||||||
| enterprises which are controlled by the same state- | ||||||||
| owned asset management organization as the | ||||||||
| Company and do not constitute a connected | ||||||||
| relationship with the Company in accordance with | ||||||||
| the relevant provisions. |
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| No. | No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Major social relation” as mentioned in paragraph | |||||||
| 1 refers to siblings, spouses of siblings, parents of | |||||||
| spouses, siblings of spouses, spouses of children, | |||||||
| parents of children’s spouses, etc.; “significant | |||||||
| business transaction” refers to matters required to | |||||||
| be submitted to the shareholders’ general meeting | |||||||
| for deliberation in accordance with the Listing | |||||||
| Rules or the Articles of Association, or any other | |||||||
| material matters as recognized by the stock | |||||||
| exchange; and “employment” refers to holding | |||||||
| positions of directors, supervisors, senior |
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| management personnel and other staff members. | |||||||
| The independent (non-executive) directors shall | |||||||
| conduct a self-examination of their independence | |||||||
| on an annual basis and submit the self-examination | |||||||
| to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors | |||||||
| shall conduct an annual assessment of the |
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| independence of the incumbent independent |
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| (non-executive) directors and issue special opinions | |||||||
| thereon, which shall be disclosed together with the | |||||||
| annual report. | |||||||
| 8 | CHAPTER III ELIGIBILITY OF INDEPENDENT | Deleted | |||||
| (NON-EXECUTIVE) DIRECTORS | |||||||
| 9 | **Article ** | 8 Independent (non-executive) directors | Deleted | ||||
| **shall have the eligibility commensurate with ** | the | ||||||
| performance of their duties and powers. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Article 9 Acting as an independent (non-executive) | Article 7 Acting as an independent (non-executive) | ||
| director shall meet the following basic conditions: | director shall meet the following basic conditions: | |||
| (I) having the qualifications for directorship of the | (I) having the qualifications for directorship of the | |||
| Company, as provided in laws, administrative |
Company, as provided in laws, administrative |
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| regulations, the Articles of Association, these Rules | regulations, the Articles of Association, these Rules | |||
| and other relevant provisions of the stock exchange(s) | and other relevant provisions of the stock exchange(s) | |||
| where the Company’s shares are listed; | where the Company’s shares are listed; | |||
| (II) possessing the independence required by these | (II) possessing the independence required by these | |||
| Rules hereof; | Rules hereof; | |||
| (III) having basic knowledge on operation of listed | (III) having basic knowledge on operation of listed | |||
| companies and proficiency in relevant laws, |
companies and proficiency in relevant laws, |
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| administrative regulations, and regulations and rules; | administrative regulations, and regulations and rules; | |||
| (IV) having at least five years of work experience in | (IV) having at least five years of work experience in | |||
| legal, economic, management, accounting and |
legal, economic, management, accounting and |
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| financial areas or other experience indispensable for | financial areas or other experience indispensable for | |||
| performing the duties as an independent |
performing the duties as an independent |
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| (non-executive) director; | (non-executive) director; | |||
| other requirements as defined by laws and regulations | (V) having good personal morality with no records | |||
| and the Articles of Association. | of poor credit; | |||
| other requirements as defined by laws and regulations | ||||
| and the Articles of Association. |
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| No. | Original | Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Article 10 The requirements for candidates for | Article 8 The requirements for candidates for |
||
| independent (non-executive) directors shall meet the | independent (non-executive) directors shall meet the | |||
| requirements of the following laws and regulations: | requirements of the following laws and regulations: | |||
| (I) regulations on director’s qualification under the | (I) regulations on director’s qualification under the | |||
| Company Law; | Company Law; | |||
| (II) regulations on concurrent positions of civil | (II) regulations on concurrent positions of civil | |||
| servant under the Civil Servant Law of the People’s | servant under the Civil Servant Law of the People’s | |||
| Republic of China; | Republic of China; | |||
| (III) relevant provisions | of the Rules for the | (III) relevant provisions of the Measures for the | ||
| **Independent Directors of ** | Listed Companies of the | Administration of Independent Directors of Listed | ||
| CSRC; | Companies of the CSRC; | |||
| (IV) regulations of the Notice on Regulating Officers | (IV) regulations of the Notice on Regulating Officers | |||
| under Direct Supervision by Organization Department | under Direct Supervision by Organization Department | |||
| of the CPC Central Committee Assuming Positions as | of the CPC Central Committee Assuming Positions as | |||
| Independent Directors, Independent Supervisors of | Independent Directors, Independent Supervisors of | |||
| Listed Companies and Fund Management Companies | Listed Companies and Fund Management Companies | |||
| after Resignation or Retirement from Government | after Resignation or Retirement from Government | |||
| Positions issued by the | Central Commission for | Positions issued by the Central Commission for | ||
| Discipline Inspection of the CPC and the Organization | Discipline Inspection of the CPC and the Organization | |||
| Department of the CPC Central Committee; | Department of the CPC Central Committee; | |||
| (V) regulations under the Opinions on Further | (V) regulations under the Opinions on Further | |||
| Regulation on Party and Political Leaders and Cadres | Regulation on Party and Political Leaders and Cadres | |||
| Working Part-time (Holding Office) in Enterprises | Working Part-time (Holding Office) in Enterprises | |||
| issued by the Organization Department of the CPC | issued by the Organization Department of the CPC | |||
| Central Committee (if applicable); | Central Committee (if applicable); | |||
| (VI) regulations under the Opinions on Enhancing the | (VI) regulations under the Opinions on Enhancing the | |||
| Anti-corruption and Encouraging Honesty Work of | Anti-corruption and Encouraging Honesty Work of | |||
| Colleges and Universities issued by the Central | Colleges and Universities issued by the Central | |||
| Commission for Discipline | Inspection of the CPC, the | Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, the | ||
| Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Supervision | Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Supervision | |||
| (if applicable); | (if applicable); | |||
| (VII) other circumstances stipulated by laws and | (VII) other circumstances stipulated by laws and | |||
| regulations and the stock exchange(s) where the | regulations, the stock exchange(s) where the |
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| Company’s shares are listed. | Company’s shares are listed and the Articles of | |||
| Association. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Article 11 A candidate for independent |
Article 9A candidate for independent (non-executive) | ||
| (non-executive) director shall have none of |
director shall have none of misconduct | records, | ||
| misconduct records, including: | including: | |||
| (I) any administrative punishment by the CSRC | (I) any administrative punishment imposed by the | |||
| within the last 36 months; | CSRC or criminal punishment by |
judicial | ||
| **authority due to violations or crimes on ** | securities | |||
| (II) a period which is publicly identified by the | and futures dealing within the last 36 months; | |||
| stock exchanges as ineligible for directorship in a | ||||
| listed company not having lapsed; | (II) **being placed on file for investigation ** | by the | ||
| **CSRC or judicial authority due to ** | suspected | |||
| (III) any public censure or two or more times of | **violations or crimes on securities and ** | futures | ||
| public criticism by the stock exchanges within the | **dealing, with no definite conclusion ** | has been | ||
| last 36 months; | reached; | |||
| (IV) absence from the board meetings for two | (III) any public censure or three or more times of | |||
| consecutive times for the period, or the attendance | public criticism by the stock exchanges within the | |||
| other than in person accounting for one third or | last 36 months; | |||
| more of the number of the board meetings for the | ||||
| year when serving as independent (non-executive) | (IV) any material dishonest acts |
or | other | |
| director; | misconduct records; | |||
| (V) having expressed any independent opinion | (V) **in less than 12 months, having been ** | proposed | ||
| apparently inconsistent with facts when serving as | by the Board to be removed at a general meeting | |||
| independent (non-executive) director; | **since he/she fails to attend the board ** | meetings | ||
| either in person or by appointing |
another | |||
| (VI) other circumstances as defined by the stock | **independent (non-executive) director on ** | his/her | ||
| exchange(s) where the Company’s shares are listed. | **behalf for two consecutive times during ** | his/her | ||
| previous tenure as an independent (non-executive) | ||||
| director; | ||||
| (VI) other circumstances as defined by | the stock | |||
| exchange(s) where the Company’s shares are | listed. | |||
| 13 | Article 12 Independent (non-executive) directors | Deleted | ||
| and proposed independent (non-executive) |
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| directors shall attend the trainings organized by | ||||
| the CSRC and its authorized institutions and | ||||
| obtain the qualification certificates for independent | ||||
| (non-executive) directors in accordance with the | ||||
| requirements of the CSRC. | ||||
| 14 | CHAPTER IV NOMINATION, ELECTION AND | Deleted | ||
| REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES FOR |
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| INDEPENDENT (NON-EXECUTIVE) |
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| DIRECTORS |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | None | Article 10 In principle, an independent |
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| (non-executive) director shall serve as independent | ||||||
| director concurrently in three domestic listed | ||||||
| companies at most, and shall ensure adequate time | ||||||
| and dedication to effectively perform his/her duties | ||||||
| as independent (non-executive) director. | ||||||
| 16 | Article 13 |
A candidate |
for independent |
Article 11 A candidate for independent |
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| (non-executive) director may be | nominated | by | the | (non-executive) director may be nominated by the | ||
| Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors, |
or | Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors, or |
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| shareholder(s) | individually or collectively holding | 1% | shareholder(s) individually or collectively holding 1% | |||
| or more of the shares of the Company, and | shall be | or more of theissuedshares of the Company, and shall | ||||
| elected at the shareholders’ general meeting. | be elected at the shareholders’ general meeting. | |||||
| An investor protection institution formed in |
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| accordance with the law may publicly request | ||||||
| shareholders to entrust it with exercise of the right | ||||||
| to nominate the independent (non-executive) |
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| directors. | ||||||
| The nominator specified in paragraph 1 of this | ||||||
| Article shall not nominate a person who has | ||||||
| interest in the nominator or any other close | ||||||
| relationship that may affect the independent |
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| performance of duties as a candidate for the | ||||||
| independent (non-executive) director. | ||||||
| 17 | Article 14 |
The nominator |
of candidate |
for | Article 12 The nominator of candidate for |
|
| independent (non-executive) director shall obtain | the | independent (non-executive) director shall obtain the | ||||
| consent of the | nominee prior to the nomination. The | consent of the nominee prior to the nomination. The | ||||
| nominator shall have adequate | knowledge | of | the | nominator shall have adequate knowledge of the | ||
| profession, education, professional title and | detailed | profession, education, professional title and detailed | ||||
| work experience as well as all part-time jobs of | the | work experience, all part-time jobs of the nominee, | ||||
| nominee, and shall give an |
opinion | on | the | and whether he/she has any material discredit and | ||
| qualifications | and independence | of the nominee | for | other misconduct records, etc., and shall give an | ||
| **the office of ** | independent director. The nominee | opinion on the nominee’s satisfaction of the | ||||
| shall make a public statement that no relationship | independence and other requirements for the office | |||||
| between himself/herself and the Company would | of independent (non-executive) director. The |
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| affect his/her | independent and objective judgment. | nominee shall make a public statement as to his/her | ||||
| satisfaction of independence and other |
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| requirements for the office of independent |
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| (non-executive) director. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Article 15Before convening the shareholders’ general | Article 13 In the event that the Company |
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| meeting for | election of independent | (non-executive) | establishes a nomination committee in the Board of | ||||
| directors, | **the ** | **board of directors ** | **of ** | the Company | Directors, the nomination committee shall review | ||
| **shall publish ** | **relevant information ** | in accordance | the qualifications of the nominees for appointment | ||||
| with Article | 14 hereof, and |
submit relevant |
and form a definite review opinion. | ||||
| materials | of all nominees |
of | independent | ||||
| **(non-executive) directors to the ** | SSE. Dissenting | Before convening the shareholders’ general meeting | |||||
| **opinions ** | **of ** | **the Board of Directors ** | with regard to | for election of independent (non-executive) directors, | |||
| **the nominees, if any, shall also ** | be submitted in | the Company shall disclose relevant information in | |||||
| writing. | accordance with the provisions of Article 12 hereof | ||||||
| and the preceding paragraph, and submit relevant | |||||||
| materials of all candidates of independent |
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| (non-executive) directors to the stock exchange. | |||||||
| Such materials submitted shall be true, accurate | |||||||
| and complete. | |||||||
| The stock exchange shall, in accordance with the | |||||||
| requirements, review such materials of the |
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| independent (non-executive) director candidates | |||||||
| and make prudent judgment on whether the | |||||||
| independent (non-executive) director candidates | |||||||
| are qualified to hold office, and shall be entitled to | |||||||
| raise dissenting views. In case of dissent by the | |||||||
| stock exchange, the Company shall not submit for | |||||||
| election at the shareholders’ general meeting. | |||||||
| 19 | None | Article 14 In case that two or more independent | |||||
| (non-executive) directors are elected at a |
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| shareholders’ general meeting of the Company, the | |||||||
| cumulative voting system shall be adopted. | |||||||
| A separated vote-taking shall be conducted for the | |||||||
| minority shareholders and the poll results shall be | |||||||
| disclosed. | |||||||
| 20 | Article | 17 | In case that an |
independent | Deleted | ||
| (non-executive) director fails to attend the board | |||||||
| **meetings ** | **in ** | **person for three times ** | in succession, | ||||
| **the Board of ** | **Directors shall file an ** | application to | |||||
| the shareholders’ general meeting | for replacement, | ||||||
| **and as a ** | director of the Company, an independent | ||||||
| **(non-executive) director who fails ** | to attend the | ||||||
| board meetings either in person or by proxy for two | |||||||
| times in succession shall be deemed as incapable of | |||||||
| performing | the duties, and |
is subject to |
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| **replacement ** | **as recommended by ** | the Board of | |||||
| **Directors ** | **to ** | the shareholders’ general meeting. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Article 18 Prior to expiry of the term of office of an Article 16 Prior to expiry of the term of office of an |
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| independent (non-executive) director, the Company independent (non-executive) director, the Company |
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| may dismiss him/her through statutory procedures. may dismiss him/her through statutory procedures. |
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| When an independent (non-executive) director is When an independent (non-executive) director is |
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| dismissed prior to expiry of his/her term, the Company dismissed prior to expiry of his/her term, the Company |
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| shall disclose the dismissal as a special disclosable shall promptly disclose the specific reasons and |
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| issue. | grounds therefor. If an independent |
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| (non-executive) director has any objection to the | |||||
| dismissal, the Company shall disclose it in a timely | |||||
| manner. | |||||
| Any independent (non-executive) director who fails | |||||
| **to ** | comply with the provisions of subparagraph (1) | ||||
| **or ** | (2) of Article 7 of the system shall immediately | ||||
| cease the performance of his/her duties and resign | |||||
| from his/her position. If he/she fails to resign, the | |||||
| board of directors shall immediately dismiss |
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| him/her in accordance with the relevant provisions | |||||
| **as ** | soon as it knows or should have known the | ||||
| occurrence of such facts. | |||||
| If | the proportion of the independent |
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| (non-executive) directors in the board of directors | |||||
| **or ** | its special committees falls below the minimum | ||||
| requirement of the system or the Articles of | |||||
| Association, or there are no accounting |
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| professional among the independent |
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| (non-executive) directors as a result of the |
|||||
| resignation or dismissal of an independent |
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| (non-executive) director due to the circumstances | |||||
| **as ** | stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the | ||||
| Company shall complete the election for |
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| replacement within 60 days from the date of the | |||||
| occurrence of aforementioned facts. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Article 19 An independent (non-executive) director | Article 17 An independent (non-executive) director | |||
| may resign prior to expiry of his/her term | of office. An | may resign prior | to expiry of his/her term of office. An | ||
| independent (non-executive) director proposing for | independent (non-executive) director proposing for | ||||
| resignation shall submit to the Board of Directors a | resignation shall submit to the Board of Directors a | ||||
| written resignation report, stating any | situation in | written resignation report, stating any situation in | |||
| relation to his/her resignation or which he/she believes | relation to his/her resignation or which he/she believes | ||||
| to be necessary to draw the attention of | shareholders | to be necessary | to draw the attention of shareholders | ||
| and creditors of the Company. | and creditors | of | the Company. The Company shall | ||
| disclose the |
reasons and concerns for the |
||||
| independent (non-executive) director’s resignation. | |||||
| If the proportion of the independent |
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| **(non-executive) ** | directors in the board of directors | ||||
| **or its special ** | committees falls below the minimum | ||||
| **requirement ** | of the system or the Articles of | ||||
| Association, | or there are no accounting |
||||
| professional | among the independent |
||||
| (non-executive) | directors as a result of the |
||||
| resignation | of | an independent (non-executive) |
|||
| **director, the ** | independent (non-executive) director | ||||
| **who tenders ** | resignation shall continue to perform | ||||
| his/her duties |
until the date when a new |
||||
| independent (non-executive) director is appointed. | |||||
| **The Company ** | shall complete the election for | ||||
| **replacement ** | within 60 days from the date of | ||||
| **resignation of ** | the independent (non-executive) | ||||
| director. | |||||
| 23 | Article 20 If the proportion of |
independent | Deleted | ||
| **(non-executive) directors of the board ** | of directors | ||||
| of the Company falls below the |
prescribed | ||||
| minimum requirement as a result of the resignation | |||||
| of an independent (non-executive) director, the | |||||
| resignation report of such |
independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director shall take effect after the | |||||
| next independent (non-executive) director fills | |||||
| **his/her vacancy. Until such time, the ** | independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director shall continue to perform | |||||
| his/her duties. The original nominator of such | |||||
| independent (non-executive) director or the board | |||||
| of directors of the Company shall, within 90 days | |||||
| from the date of the resignation submitted by the | |||||
| **independent (non-executive) director, ** | nominate a | ||||
| new candidate for independent (non-executive) | |||||
| director. |
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| No. | Original | Original | Articles | Amended Articles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | CHAPTER | V | DUTIES | AND | POWERS | OF | CHAPTER III DUTIES AND DUTY- |
|||
| INDEPENDENT | (NON-EXECUTIVE) | PERFORMANCE METHODS OF INDEPENDENT | ||||||||
| DIRECTORS | (NON-EXECUTIVE) DIRECTORS | |||||||||
| 25 | **Article 21 ** | Independent | (non-executive) directors | Article 18 The independent (non-executive) directors | ||||||
| **shall attend ** | **the ** | **board meetings ** | **on time, ** | keep | shall perform the following duties: | |||||
| **informed of ** | the production and business operation | |||||||||
| **of listed company, and ** | take the initiative to | (I) to participate in the decision-making of the | ||||||||
| investigate | and | obtain | the information |
and | Board of Directors and offer specific opinions on | |||||
| materials required for decision-making. | the matters deliberated; | |||||||||
| An independent |
(non-executive) | **director ** | shall | (II) to supervise the matters on potential material | ||||||
| submit an annual | work report to the shareholders’ | conflicts of interest between the Company and its | ||||||||
| general meeting to |
explain | his/her | duty | controlling shareholders, actual controllers, |
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| performance. | directors, and senior management members |
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| specified in Articles 25, 28, 29 and 30 of these | ||||||||||
| Rules, urge the decision-making of the Board of | ||||||||||
| Directors in the overall interests of the Company, | ||||||||||
| and protect the legitimate rights and interests of | ||||||||||
| minority shareholders; | ||||||||||
| (III) to provide professional and objective advice | ||||||||||
| on the operation and development of the Company | ||||||||||
| and promote the improvement of the decision- | ||||||||||
| making level of the Board of Directors; | ||||||||||
| (IV) to perform other duties prescribed by laws, | ||||||||||
| administrative regulations, provisions of the |
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| CSRC, and the Articles of Association. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Article 22 In addition to the duties and powers | Article 19 Independent (non-executive) directors | |||
| conferred by the Company Law and other relevant | **may ** | exercise the following special duties and | |||
| laws, administrative regulations and the Articles of | powers: | ||||
| Association on directors, the Company shall confer | |||||
| the independent (non-executive) directors the |
(I) to independently engage intermediaries to | ||||
| following special duties and powers: | provide audit, consulting or verification services | ||||
| for specific matters of the Company; | |||||
| (I) a major connected transaction (i.e. a connected | |||||
| transaction between the listed company and its | (II) to propose to the Board of Directors for the | ||||
| connected parties in a total amount of |
convening of extraordinary general meetings; | ||||
| RMB3,000,000 or above or representing 5% or | |||||
| above of the latest audited net assets of the | (III) to propose the convening of board meetings; | ||||
| Company) is subject to prior endorsement by | |||||
| independent directors. Independent |
(IV) | to publicly solicit shareholders’ rights from | |||
| (non-executive) directors may engage a |
shareholders in accordance with laws; | ||||
| professional intermediary to issue an independent | |||||
| financial advisor report serving as a basis of | (V) to give independent opinions on matters that | ||||
| decision before they come to a conclusion; | **may ** | damage the rights and interests of the | |||
| Company or minority shareholders; | |||||
| (II) to propose to the Board of Directors for | |||||
| engagement and disengagement of accounting |
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| firms; | |||||
| (III) to propose to the Board of Directors for the | |||||
| convening of extraordinary general meetings; | |||||
| (IV) to propose the convening of board meetings; | |||||
| (V) to openly solicit voting rights from |
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| shareholders before convening the shareholders’ | |||||
| general meeting; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (VI) to independently engage external auditors and (VI) the independent (non-executive) directors are |
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| consulting firms to provide audit and consulting required to review, at least annually, the data provided |
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| services for specific matters of the Company; by |
the controlling shareholder of the Company | ||||
| regarding compliance with and enforcement of the | |||||
| (VII) the independent (non-executive) directors are non-competition agreement and to discharge their |
|||||
| required to review, at least annually, the data provided review responsibilities in relation to continuing |
|||||
| by the controlling shareholder of the Company connected transactions as stipulated in the Listing |
|||||
| regarding compliance with and enforcement of the Rules of the Stock Exchange; |
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| non-competition agreement and to discharge their | |||||
| review responsibilities in relation to continuing To |
exercise the duties and powers of independent | ||||
| connected transactions as stipulated in the Listing (non-executive) directors in subparagraphs(I) to (III) |
|||||
| Rules of the Stock Exchange; above, consent of more than half of all independent |
|||||
| (non-executive) directors shall be obtained. | |||||
| To exercise the duties and powers of independent | |||||
| (non-executive) directors in subparagraphs (1) to (5) The Company shall make a disclosure in a timely |
|||||
| above, consent of more than half of all independent manner if an independent (non-executive) director |
|||||
| (non-executive) directors shall be obtained. To exercises the duties and powers specified in the first |
|||||
| exercise the duties and powers in subparagraph (6) paragraph. If the above-mentioned duties and |
|||||
| above, consent of all independent (non-executive) powers cannot be properly exercised, the Company |
|||||
| directors shall be obtained. shall disclose the specific situation and reasons |
|||||
| therefor. | |||||
| Matters covered by subparagraph (1) and (2) are | |||||
| subject to consent of more than half of all | |||||
| independent (non-executive) directors before |
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| submitted to the Board of Directors for |
|||||
| consideration. | |||||
| If the proposals listed in the first paragraph are not | |||||
| adopted or the above-mentioned duties and powers | |||||
| cannot be properly exercised, the listed company | |||||
| shall disclose the relevant situation. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Article 23 In addition to the above duties, the | Deleted | |||
| independent (non-executive) directors shall |
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| perform the duties as set out in the Listing Rules of | |||||
| the Stock Exchange and shall provide the Board of | |||||
| Directors or the shareholders’ general meeting with | |||||
| independent opinions on the following matters: | |||||
| (I) nomination, appointment and dismissal of | |||||
| directors; | |||||
| (II) appointment or removal of senior management | |||||
| members; | |||||
| (III) remuneration of directors and senior |
|||||
| management members of the Company; | |||||
| (IV) the existing or new loans or other current | |||||
| accounts repayable to the Company by its |
|||||
| shareholders, de facto controller and their |
|||||
| connected companies totalling more than |
|||||
| RMB3,000,000 or 5% of the Company’s latest | |||||
| audited net assets, and whether the Company has | |||||
| taken effective measures to collect the outstanding | |||||
| receivables; | |||||
| (V) matters which, in the opinion of independent | |||||
| (non-executive) directors, may harm the small and | |||||
| medium shareholders’ interests; | |||||
| (VI) share incentive plan; | |||||
| (VII) the changes in the use of raised proceeds; | |||||
| (VIII) over-raised proceeds used to permanently | |||||
| supplement working capital and repay bank |
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| borrowings; | |||||
| (IX) workout of plan for conversion of capital | |||||
| reserve into share capital; |
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| No. | Original Articles Amended Articles |
Original Articles Amended Articles |
Original Articles Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| (X) formulation of profit distribution policy, profit | |||
| distribution plan and cash dividend plan; | |||
| (XI) changes in accounting policies and accounting | |||
| estimates or correction of material accounting | |||
| errors due to reasons other than the changes in | |||
| accounting standards; | |||
| (XII) non-standard unqualified audit opinions | |||
| issued by certified public accountants on financial | |||
| reports and internal control of the Company; | |||
| (XIII) engagement and disengagement of |
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| accounting firms; | |||
| (XIV) management buyout; | |||
| (XV) major asset restructuring; | |||
| (XVI) share repurchase by means of centralized | |||
| bidding; | |||
| (XVII) internal control evaluation report; | |||
| (XVIII) plan for change of undertakings made by | |||
| the Company to connected parties; | |||
| (XIX) impact of preferred share issuance on rights | |||
| and interests of each class of shareholders of the | |||
| Company; | |||
| (XX) a decision of the Company to cease the | |||
| trading of its shares on the stock exchange(s) where | |||
| the Company’s shares are listed; | |||
| (XXI) disclosable significant matters including | |||
| connected transactions, provision of guarantees | |||
| (excluding the guarantees to subsidiaries within the | |||
| scope of consolidation), entrusted asset |
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| management, provision of financial assistance, | |||
| utilisation of raised proceeds, and investment in | |||
| stocks and their derivatives; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (XXII) major asset restructuring plan, |
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| management buyout, share incentive plan, |
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| employee stock ownership plan, share repurchase | ||||
| plan, and the proposed repayment in kind by | ||||
| connected parties of the listed company; | ||||
| (XXIII) other matters required by relevant laws, | ||||
| administrative regulations, departmental rules and | ||||
| regulations, regulatory documents, business rules | ||||
| of the stock exchange(s) where the Company’s | ||||
| shares are listed and the Articles of Association. | ||||
| Article 24 Independent (non-executive) directors | Article 20 An independent opinion issued by the | |||
| shall express one of the following types of opinions | independent (non-executive) directors on a material | |||
| on the aforesaid matters: consent; qualified opinion | matter shall at least include the | followings: | ||
| and the reason therefor; objection and the reason | ||||
| therefor; inability to express an opinion and the | (I) The basic information on the material matter; | |||
| obstacles thereto, and the opinions expressed shall | ||||
| be clear and unambiguous: | (II) The basis of the opinion, including procedures | |||
| performed, documents | checked, content of on-site | |||
| An independent opinion issued by the independent | inspection, etc.; | |||
| (non-executive) directors on a material matter shall at | ||||
| least include the followings: | (III) The compliance of | the material matter with laws | ||
| and regulations; | ||||
| (I) The basic information on the material matter; | ||||
| (IV) The impact on the rights | and interests of the | |||
| (II) The basis of the opinion, including procedures | Company and minority | shareholders, possible risks | ||
| performed, documents checked, content of on-site | and the effectiveness of the measures taken by the | |||
| inspection, etc.; | Company; | |||
| (III) The compliance of the material matter with laws | (V) Conclusion. In case of qualified opinion, objection | |||
| and regulations; | or inability to express an opinion on a material matter, | |||
| the relevant independent (non-executive) director | ||||
| (IV) The impact on the rights and interests of the | shall clearly state the reasons and obstacles to inability | |||
| Company and minority shareholders, possible risks | to express an opinion. | |||
| and the effectiveness of the measures taken by the | ||||
| Company; | The independent (non-executive) director shall sign | |||
| and confirm the independent opinions issued, report | ||||
| (V) Conclusion. In case of qualified opinion, objection | the above opinions to | the Board of Directors in a | ||
| or inability to express an opinion on a material matter, | timely manner, and disclose them at the same time | |||
| the relevant independent (non-executive) director | with the relevant announcement | of the Company. | ||
| shall clearly state the reasons and obstacles to inability | ||||
| to express an opinion. |
The independent (non-executive) director shall sign and confirm the independent opinions issued, report the above opinions to the Board of Directors in a timely manner, and disclose them at the same time with the relevant announcement of the Company.
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | None | Article 21 Before a meeting of the board of | |||
| directors is convened, an independent |
|||||
| (non-executive) director may communicate with the | |||||
| secretary of the board of directors and inquire | |||||
| about, request the supplements of materials, or | |||||
| offer opinions and recommendations concerning | |||||
| the matters to be deliberated. The board of | |||||
| directors and relevant personnel shall |
|||||
| conscientiously study the issues, requests, and | |||||
| opinions put forward by the independent |
|||||
| (non-executive) director and promptly provide | |||||
| feedback on the implementation of amendments to | |||||
| the proposals and other matters to the independent | |||||
| (non-executive) director. | |||||
| 29 | None | Article 22 An independent (non-executive) director | |||
| shall attend a meeting of the board of directors in | |||||
| person. If an independent (non-executive) director | |||||
| is unable to attend a meeting in person for any | |||||
| reason, he or she shall review the meeting materials | |||||
| in advance, form specific opinions, and entrust in | |||||
| writing another independent (non-executive) |
|||||
| director to attend the meeting on his or her behalf. | |||||
| If any independent (non-executive) director fails to | |||||
| attend in person or entrust other independent | |||||
| (non-executive) directors as his/her representatives | |||||
| to attend meetings of the board of directors for two | |||||
| consecutive times, the board of directors shall | |||||
| propose to convene the general meeting within | |||||
| thirty days after the occurrence thereof to |
|||||
| terminate the employment of such independent | |||||
| (non-executive) director. | |||||
| 30 | None | Article 23 When an independent (non-executive) | |||
| director votes against or abstains from voting on a | |||||
| proposal of the board of directors, he or she shall | |||||
| explain the specific reasons and basis therefor, the | |||||
| legality and compliance of the matters involved in | |||||
| the proposal, potential risks, and the impact on the | |||||
| rights and interests of the Company and minority | |||||
| shareholders, among others. When the Company | |||||
| discloses the resolution of the board of directors, it | |||||
| shall disclose the dissenting opinions of |
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| independent (non-executive) directors at the same | |||||
| time and indicate such opinions in the resolution of | |||||
| the board of directors and the minutes of the | |||||
| meeting. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | None | Article 24 An independent (non-executive) director | |||
| shall pay continuous attention to the |
|||||
| implementation of resolutions of the board of | |||||
| directors on the matters specified in Articles 25, 28, | |||||
| 29, and 30 of these Measures, and if the |
|||||
| independent (non-executive) director finds any | |||||
| violation of law, administrative regulation, rules of | |||||
| the CSRC, business rules of the stock exchange, or | |||||
| the Articles of Association, or violation of the | |||||
| resolution adopted at the shareholders’ general | |||||
| meeting or the meeting of the board of directors, | |||||
| the independent (non-executive) director shall | |||||
| report the violation to the board of directors in a | |||||
| timely manner and may require the Company to | |||||
| make a written explanation thereon. The Company | |||||
| shall promptly disclose any involved matter that | |||||
| shall be disclosed. | |||||
| If the Company fails to make an explanation or a | |||||
| timely disclosure in accordance with the provisions | |||||
| of the preceding paragraph, the independent | |||||
| (non-executive) director may report it to the CSRC | |||||
| and the stock exchange. | |||||
| 32 | None | Article 25 The following matters shall be submitted | |||
| to the board of directors for deliberation with the | |||||
| consent of the a majority of all independent | |||||
| (non-executive) directors of the Company: | |||||
| (1) Affiliated transactions that shall be disclosed; | |||||
| (2) The plans of the Company and the relevant | |||||
| parties for the modification or waiver of their | |||||
| undertakings; | |||||
| (3) The decisions made and measures taken by the | |||||
| board of directors of the Company regarding the | |||||
| acquisition; | |||||
| (4) Other matters prescribed by laws, |
|||||
| administrative regulations, rules of the CRSC, and | |||||
| the Articles of Association. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | None | Article 26 The Company shall, on a periodical or | ||||
| unscheduled basis, convene meetings attended | ||||||
| solely by independent (non-executive) directors | ||||||
| (hereinafter referred to as “special meetings of | ||||||
| independent (non-executive) directors”). The |
||||||
| matters specified in subparagraphs (1) through (3) | ||||||
| of paragraph 1 of Article 19 and Article 25 of these | ||||||
| Rules shall be deliberated at the special meetings of | ||||||
| independent (non-executive) directors. | ||||||
| The special meetings of independent |
||||||
| (non-executive) directors may study and discuss | ||||||
| other matters of the Company if necessary. | ||||||
| The special meetings of independent |
||||||
| (non-executive) directors shall be convened and | ||||||
| presided over by an independent (non-executive) | ||||||
| director jointly elected by a majority of the | ||||||
| independent (non-executive) directors. If the |
||||||
| convener fails to or is unable to perform his or her | ||||||
| duties, two or more independent (non-executive) | ||||||
| directors may, on their initiative, convene a | ||||||
| meeting and elect a representative to preside over | ||||||
| the meeting. | ||||||
| The Company shall facilitate and support the | ||||||
| convening of special meetings of independent | ||||||
| (non-executive) directors. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | None | Article 27 Independent (non-executive) directors in | ||
| the special committees of the board of directors of | ||||
| the Company shall perform their duties in |
||||
| accordance with laws, administrative regulations, | ||||
| rules of CSRC, business rules of stock exchanges | ||||
| and the Articles of Association. Independent |
||||
| (non-executive) directors shall attend the meetings | ||||
| of special committees in person. An independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director who is unable to attend | ||||
| such meetings in person for some reason shall | ||||
| review the meeting materials in advance, form | ||||
| specific opinions, and entrust another independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director in writing to attend the | ||||
| meeting on his/her behalf. If an independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director concerns any material | ||||
| matter of the Company which falls within the scope | ||||
| of duties of a special committee in the course of | ||||
| performing his/her duties, he/she may promptly | ||||
| submit them to special committees for discussion | ||||
| and deliberation under relevant procedures. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | None | Article 28 The audit committee of the board of | ||||
| directors of the Company shall be responsible for | ||||||
| reviewing the financial information of the |
||||||
| Company and the disclosure thereof and |
||||||
| supervising and assessing the internal and external | ||||||
| audits and internal control. The following matters | ||||||
| shall be submitted to the board of directors for | ||||||
| deliberation with the approval of a majority of all | ||||||
| members of the audit committee: | ||||||
| (1) Disclosure of financial accounting reports, | ||||||
| financial information in periodic reports, and | ||||||
| internal control evaluation reports; | ||||||
| (2) Appointment or dismissal of the accounting | ||||||
| firm providing audit services for the Company; | ||||||
| (3) Appointment or dismissal of the person in | ||||||
| charge of financial affairs of the Company; | ||||||
| (4) Changes in accounting policies or accounting | ||||||
| estimates, or corrections of material accounting | ||||||
| errors due to reasons other than changes in | ||||||
| accounting standards; | ||||||
| (5) Other matters as stipulated by laws, |
||||||
| administrative regulations, rules of CSRC and the | ||||||
| Articles of Association. | ||||||
| The audit committee shall convene at least one | ||||||
| meeting every quarter. An extraordinary meeting | ||||||
| may be convened when it is proposed by two or | ||||||
| more members, or when the convener deemed it | ||||||
| necessary. The meeting of the audit committee may | ||||||
| not be convened unless two-thirds or more of its | ||||||
| members are present. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | None | Article 29 The nomination committee of the board | ||||
| of directors of the Company shall be responsible | ||||||
| for developing the criteria and procedures for | ||||||
| selecting directors and senior management, |
||||||
| selecting and reviewing the candidates for directors | ||||||
| and senior management and their qualifications, | ||||||
| and making recommendations to the board of | ||||||
| directors on the following matters: | ||||||
| (1) Nomination, appointment or removal of |
||||||
| directors; | ||||||
| (2) Appointment or dismissal of senior |
||||||
| management; | ||||||
| (3) Other matters as stipulated by laws, |
||||||
| administrative regulations, rules of CSRC and the | ||||||
| Articles of Association. | ||||||
| If the board of directors fails to adopt or fully | ||||||
| adopts the recommendations of the nomination | ||||||
| committee, it shall record the opinions of the | ||||||
| nomination committee and the specific reasons for | ||||||
| its non-adoption in the resolution of the board of | ||||||
| directors and disclose them. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | None | Article 30 The remuneration committee of the | |||
| board of directors of the Company shall be | |||||
| responsible for developing the assessment criteria | |||||
| for and conducting assessments on directors and | |||||
| senior management, formulating and reviewing the | |||||
| remuneration policies and plans for directors and | |||||
| senior management, and making recommendations | |||||
| to the board of directors on the following matters: | |||||
| (1) Remuneration of directors and senior |
|||||
| management; | |||||
| (2) Development or modification of the equity | |||||
| incentive plan and employee stock ownership plan, | |||||
| and satisfaction of the conditions for granting | |||||
| equity to and exercising equity by incentive | |||||
| recipients; | |||||
| (3) Arrangement made by directors and senior | |||||
| management for the stock ownership plan for the | |||||
| subsidiaries planning a divestiture; | |||||
| (4) Other matters as stipulated by laws, |
|||||
| administrative regulations, rules of CSRC and the | |||||
| Articles of Association. | |||||
| If the board of directors fails to adopt or fully | |||||
| adopts the recommendations of the remuneration | |||||
| committee, it shall record the opinions of the | |||||
| remuneration committee and the specific reasons | |||||
| for its non-adoption in the resolution of the board | |||||
| of directors, and disclose them. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | None | Article 31 An independent (non-executive) director | ||
| shall work on-site at the Company for not less than | ||||
| 15 days each year. | ||||
| In addition to attending shareholders’ general | ||||
| meetings, meetings of the Board of Directors and its | ||||
| special committees, and special meetings of |
||||
| independent (non-executive) directors according to | ||||
| the relevant provisions, independent |
||||
| (non-executive) directors may perform their duties | ||||
| by various means such as obtaining information on | ||||
| the operation of the Company on a periodical basis, | ||||
| hearing the reports of the management, |
||||
| communicating with the person in charge of the | ||||
| internal audit body, the accounting firm providing | ||||
| audit services for the Company, and other |
||||
| intermediaries, conducting field visits, and |
||||
| communicating with minority shareholders. | ||||
| 39 | None | Article 32 The minutes of the meeting of the Board | ||
| of Directors and its special committees or the | ||||
| special meeting of independent (non-executive) | ||||
| directors shall be made according to the relevant | ||||
| provisions, in which the opinions of independent | ||||
| (non-executive) directors shall be indicated. |
||||
| Independent (non-executive) directors shall sign | ||||
| the meeting minutes for confirmation. | ||||
| Independent (non-executive) directors shall |
||||
| prepare work records and record detailed |
||||
| information on the performance of their duties. | ||||
| The information obtained in the process of an | ||||
| independent (non-executive) director’s |
||||
| performance of his or her duties, relevant meeting | ||||
| minutes and records of communication with the | ||||
| personnel of the Company and intermediaries, | ||||
| among others, shall constitute parts of the work | ||||
| records. An independent (non-executive) director | ||||
| may require the secretary of the Board of Directors | ||||
| and other relevant personnel to confirm the | ||||
| important information in work records by |
||||
| signature, and the Company and relevant |
||||
| personnel shall cooperate. | ||||
| The work records of an independent |
||||
| (non-executive) director and the information |
||||
| provided by the Company to the independent | ||||
| (non-executive) director shall be preserved for at | ||||
| least ten years. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | None | Article 33 The Company shall improve the |
||||
| mechanism for communication between |
||||||
| independent (non-executive) directors and |
||||||
| minority shareholders. Independent |
||||||
| (non-executive) directors may verify the issues | ||||||
| raised by investors with the Company in a timely | ||||||
| manner. | ||||||
| 41 | Article 25 The |
independent | (non-executive) | Article 34 An independent (non-executive) director | ||
| **directors shall submit a performance report to ** | the | shall submit annual work reports to the annual | ||||
| **annual general meeting of the listed company ** | and | shareholders’ general meeting of the Company, in | ||||
| make a disclosure thereof. The report shall include | which he or she shall make an explanation of the | |||||
| the followings: | performance of his or her duties. An annual work | |||||
| report shall cover: | ||||||
| (I) the means and number of attendance and votes | ||||||
| **at the meetings of ** | **the Board of Directors, and ** | the | (I) the times and methods of attending the meetings | |||
| number of attendances at the shareholders’ general | of the Board of Directors, voting results, and the | |||||
| meetings during the year; | times of attending the shareholders’ meetings; | |||||
| (II) the information on independent opinions | (II) participation in the work of the special | |||||
| expressed; | committees under the Board of Directors and | |||||
| special meetings of independent (non-executive) | ||||||
| (III) the information on on-site inspection; | directors; | |||||
| (IV) the information on proposals for convening | (III) deliberation on the matters specified in | |||||
| board meetings, |
appointment | or dismissal | of | Articles 25, 28, 29 and 30 of these Rules and | ||
| accounting firms, |
independent | engagement | of | exercising the special functions and powers of | ||
| **external auditors and consulting ** | firms; | independent (non-executive) directors specified in | ||||
| paragraph 1 of Article 19 of these Rules; | ||||||
| **(V) other works in ** | **protecting the ** | legitimate rights | ||||
| and interests of minority shareholders. | (IV) major matters, methods, and results of | |||||
| communication with the internal audit body and | ||||||
| the accounting firm providing audit service for the | ||||||
| Company regarding the financial and business | ||||||
| status of the Company; | ||||||
| (V) communication with minority shareholders; | ||||||
| (VI) information such as the time and content of | ||||||
| on-site work at the Company; and | ||||||
| (VII) other information on the performance of his | ||||||
| or her duties. | ||||||
| The annual work report of an independent |
||||||
| (non-executive) director shall be disclosed no later | ||||||
| than the time when the Company issues a notice on | ||||||
| the annual shareholders’ general meeting. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | CHAPTER VI GUARANTEES |
FOR DUTY |
CHAPTER IV GUARANTEES FOR DUTY |
|
| PERFORMANCE OF |
INDEPENDENT | PERFORMANCE OF INDEPENDENT |
||
| (NON-EXECUTIVE) DIRECTORS | (NON-EXECUTIVE) DIRECTORS | |||
| 43 | **Article 26 For the purpose of ** | **effective ** | duty | Article 35 The company shall provide its |
| performance of independent |
(non-executive) | independent (non-executive) directors with |
||
| directors, the Company shall furnish independent | necessary working conditions and personnel |
|||
| (non-executive) directors with |
the working |
support for their performance of duties, and | ||
| conditions necessary for their duty performance. | designate special departments and personnel, such | |||
| **The secretary of the Board of ** | **Directors ** | shall | as the office of the board of directors and the | |
| actively assist independent |
(non-executive) | secretary of the board of directors, to assist | ||
| **directors in duty performance by ** | **providing ** | brief | independent (non-executive) directors in |
|
| information, materials, etc., regularly circulating | performing their duties. | |||
| **business updates of the Company, ** | and organizing | |||
| independent (non-executive) directors to take site | The secretary of the board of directors shall ensure | |||
| visits, where necessary. If the independent |
smooth communication between independent |
|||
| opinions, proposals and written explanations issued | (non-executive) directors and other directors, |
|||
| by independent (non-executive) |
directors are |
officers, and other relevant personnel, and ensure | ||
| **required to be announced, the ** | **Company ** | shall | that independent (non-executive) directors have | |
| **timely assist in the announcement ** | process. | access to sufficient resources and necessary |
||
| professional opinions in the performance of their | ||||
| duties. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Article 27 If an independent (non-executive) |
Article 36 The company |
shall ensure that |
||
| director identifies that one of the following |
**independent (non-executive) ** | directors enjoy the | |||
| circumstances exists in the Company, he/she shall | **equal right to know as other ** | directors. To ensure | |||
| actively fulfill his/her due diligence obligations, | that independent (non-executive) directors can | ||||
| make timely report to the SSE, and, if necessary, | effectively exercise their functions and powers, the | ||||
| engage an intermediary agency to carry out a | company shall regularly report its operation to | ||||
| special investigation: | independent (non-executive) |
directors, provide |
|||
| relevant materials to independent (non-executive) | |||||
| (I) Any material matter has not been fulfilled | directors, and organize or cooperate with them in | ||||
| consideration procedures as required; | on-site investigations and other work. | ||||
| (II) Any disclosure obligation has not been fulfilled | **Before the deliberation of ** | any significant or | |||
| in time; | complicated matter by the board of directors, a | ||||
| listed company may organize its independent | |||||
| (III) Any false record, misleading statement or | **(non-executive) directors to ** | participate in the | |||
| material omission in its information disclosure; | **research and argumentation ** | of the matter, fully | |||
| listen to the opinions |
of independent |
||||
| (IV) Other potential violations of laws, regulations | **(non-executive) directors, and ** | promptly report the | |||
| or the legitimate rights and interests of minority | adoption of their opinions to independent |
||||
| shareholders. | (non-executive) directors. | ||||
| In case of any of the following circumstances, the | |||||
| independent (non-executive) director shall make | |||||
| timely report to the SSE: | |||||
| (I) An independent non-executive director has been | |||||
| removed from office on grounds deemed to be | |||||
| unjustified; | |||||
| (II) An independent (non-executive) director |
|||||
| resigns due to the fact that the Company prevents | |||||
| him/her from exercising his/her duties and powers | |||||
| according to law; |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| (III) Where the materials for the board meeting are | ||
| incomplete or inadequately argued, the written | ||
| request from two or more independent |
||
| (non-executive) directors to postpone the board | ||
| meeting or the consideration of relevant matters is | ||
| not accepted; | ||
| (IV) The Board of Directors fails to take effective | ||
| measures despite its receipt of a report on |
||
| suspected breach of laws or regulations by the | ||
| Company or any of its directors, supervisors or | ||
| senior executives; | ||
| (V) Other circumstances that seriously impede the | ||
| performance of duties by the independent |
||
| (non-executive) directors. | ||
| 45 | Article 28 The Company shall ensure that |
Article 37 The Company shall give notice of a |
| independent (non-executive) directors enjoy the | meeting of the Board of Directors to the |
|
| same right to know as other directors. For the | independent (non-executive) directors in a timely | |
| matters subject to decisions by the Board of | manner, provide relevant meeting materials no | |
| Directors, the Company shall in advance and | later than the notice period for board meetings as | |
| before the statutory deadline notify independent | specified in laws and administrative regulations, | |
| (non-executive) directors and provide them with | provisions of the CSRC or the Articles of |
|
| adequate information; and if the said information | Association, and create effective communication | |
| is deemed as inadequate, independent |
channels for the independent (non-executive) |
|
| (non-executive) directors may request |
directors. In terms of a meeting convened by the | |
| supplementary information. If two or more |
special committees of the Board of Directors, the | |
| independent (non-executive) directors consider the | relevant materials and information shall, in |
|
| information inadequate or the proof unclear, they | principle, be provided no later than three days | |
| may jointly propose in writing to the Board of | prior to the meeting of the special committees. The | |
| Directors for postponing the board meeting or the | aforesaid meeting materials shall be kept by the | |
| consideration of the matters, and the Board of | Company for at least ten years. | |
| Directors shall adopt such proposal. The |
||
| information provided by the Company to |
When two or more independent (non-executive) | |
| independent (non-executive) directors shall be kept | directors consider the meeting materials |
|
| by the Company and such independent |
inadequate or the proof unclear or not provided in | |
| (non-executive) directors for at least five years. | time, they may propose in writing to the Board of | |
| Directors for postponing the meeting or the | ||
| consideration of the matters, and the Board of | ||
| Directors shall adopt such proposal. | ||
| In principle, the meetings of the Board of Directors | ||
| and the special committees shall be convened by | ||
| way of on-site meetings. When necessary, such | ||
| meetings may also be convened through video, | ||
| telephone or other methods according to the | ||
| relevant procedures and on such a premise that all | ||
| attending directors can fully communicate with | ||
| each other and express their opinions. |
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| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Article 29 |
When independent (non-executive) |
Article 38 When independent (non-executive) |
|
| directors are | performing their duties, personnel of the | directors are performing their duties, the directors, | ||
| Company shall actively provide assistance and shall | senior management and other relevantpersonnel of | |||
| not refuse, obstruct or conceal or interfere with their | the Company shall actively provide assistance and | |||
| independent | duty performance. | shall not refuse, obstruct or conceal or interfere with | ||
| their independent duty performance. | ||||
| If independent (non-executive) directors encounter | ||||
| obstruction in performing their duties in |
||||
| accordance with the law, they may explain the | ||||
| situation to the Board of Directors, request |
||||
| cooperation from the directors, senior management | ||||
| and other relevant personnel, and record the | ||||
| details and resolution of the obstruction in their | ||||
| work record; if they still fail to remove the | ||||
| obstruction, they may report the matter to the | ||||
| CSRC and the stock exchanges. | ||||
| If the performance of duties by independent | ||||
| (non-executive) directors involves information that | ||||
| shall be disclosed, the Company shall make the | ||||
| disclosure in a timely manner; if the Company fails | ||||
| to disclose such information, the independent | ||||
| (non-executive) directors may directly apply for | ||||
| disclosure or report the matter to the CSRC and | ||||
| the stock exchanges. | ||||
| 47 | Article 31 | The Company shall pay independent | Article 40 The Company shall pay independent | |
| (non-executive) directors with subsidies |
of | (non-executive) directors with subsidies of |
||
| appropriate sums. The standards of subsidies shall be | appropriate sums. The standards of subsidies shall be | |||
| proposed by | the Board of Directors, considered | and | proposed by the Board of Directors, considered and | |
| approved by | the shareholders’ general meeting, | and | approved by the shareholders’ general meeting, and | |
| disclosed in | annual reports of the Company. | disclosed in annual reports of the Company. | ||
| Apart from | the aforesaid subsidies, independent | Apart from the aforesaid subsidies, independent | ||
| directors shall acquire no other additional and | (non-executive) directors shall acquire no other | |||
| **undisclosed ** | interests from the listed company, its | interests from the Company, its substantial |
||
| **substantial ** | shareholders or any entity or person | shareholders or any entity or person being an | ||
| being an interested party. | interested party. | |||
| 48 | Article 33 The expression “or more” herein for | the | Article 42 The expression “or more” herein for the | |
| numbers includes the underlying number indicated, | numbers includes the underlying number indicated, | |||
| while “more | than” excludes the underlying number. | while “more than” excludes the underlying number. |
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Article 6 In | accordance with the provisions of SSE | Article 6 In accordance with the provisions of SSE | ||
| Listing Rules, related parties of the Company include | Listing Rules, related parties of the Company include | ||||
| related legal persons and related natural persons. | related legal persons and related natural persons. | ||||
| �� | �� | ||||
| Legal persons (or other organizations) and natural | Legal persons (or other organizations) and natural | ||||
| persons who | satisfied or will satisfy one of the | persons who satisfied or will satisfy one of the | |||
| circumstances as stated in sub-articles (II) and (III) | of | circumstances as stated in sub-articles (II) and (III) of | |||
| this article during the last 12 months or within the next | this article during the last 12 months or within the next | ||||
| 12 months |
pursuant to relevant agreements |
or | 12 months pursuant to relevant agreements or |
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| arrangements | shall be related parties of the Company. | arrangements shall be related parties of the Company. | |||
| The CSRC, | the SSE or the Company may, | in | The CSRC, the SSE or the Company may, in | ||
| accordance with the principle of substance over form, | accordance with the principle of substance over form, | ||||
| identify other | legal persons (or other organizations) | or | identify other legal persons (or other organizations) or | ||
| natural persons who have a special relationship with | natural persons who have a special relationship with | ||||
| the Company | and may or have caused the Company | to | the Company and may or have caused the Company to | ||
| tilt its interests as related persons of the Company. | tilt its interests as related persons of the Company. | ||||
| If the Company and a legal person or any other | |||||
| organization specified in item (II) of sub-articles | |||||
| (II) are under the common control of a state-owned | |||||
| assets administration institution, it shall not form | |||||
| an affiliation relationship, unless that the legal | |||||
| representative, the general manager, the person in | |||||
| charge, or a majority of the directors concurrently | |||||
| serve as a director, supervisor, or officer of the | |||||
| Company. | |||||
| Directors, supervisors, officers, shareholders |
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| holding 5% or more of the Company’s shares and | |||||
| their persons acting in concert and de facto | |||||
| controllers shall promptly submit to the Board of | |||||
| Directors of the Company a list of the Company’s | |||||
| associates and a description of their associative | |||||
| relationships, the Company shall actively handle | |||||
| the registration and management work. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Article 11 Where the transactions proposed between | Article 11 Where the transactions proposed between |
| the Company and the related parties meet one of the | the Company and the related parties meet one of the | |
| following standards and in addition to consideration | following standards and in addition to consideration | |
| by the board of directors, they shall also be submitted | by the board of directors, they shall also be submitted | |
| to the shareholders’ general meeting for consideration: | to the shareholders’ general meeting for consideration: | |
| (I) Transactions with related parties in which the | (I) Transactions with related parties in which the | |
| transaction amount (including debts and expenses | transaction amount (including debts and expenses | |
| assumed) is more than RMB30 million and accounts | assumed) is more than RMB30 million and accounts | |
| for more than 5% of the absolute value of the | for more than 5% of the absolute value of the | |
| Company’s latest audited net assets shall be submitted | Company’s latest audited net assets shall be submitted | |
| to the shareholders’ general meeting for consideration | to the shareholders’ general meeting for consideration | |
| in addition to consideration by the board of directors; | in addition to consideration by the board of directors; | |
| (II) The Company provides guarantee for related | (II) The Company provides guarantee for related | |
| parties. | parties. | |
| Where the Company conducts significant related party | Where the Company conducts significant related party | |
| transactions described in item (I) of the preceding | transactions described in item (I) of the preceding | |
| sub-article, it shall provide the audit or evaluation | sub-article, it shall provide the audit or evaluation | |
| report on the transaction target issued by securities | report on the transaction target issued by securities | |
| service institutions as stipulated by the Securities | service institutions as stipulated by the Securities | |
| Law. The subject of transactions involved in related | Law. The subject of transactions involved in related | |
| party transactions related to daily operations specified | party transactions related to daily operations specified | |
| herein may not be audited or evaluated. | herein may not be audited or evaluated. | |
| Where the Company provides guarantees to |
Where the Company provides guarantees to |
|
| shareholders holding less than 5% of its shares, it shall | shareholders holding less than 5% of its shares, it shall | |
| be subject to sub-article (I) and relevant shareholders | be subject to sub-article (I) and relevant shareholders | |
| shall abstain from voting at the shareholders’ general | shall abstain from voting at the shareholders’ general | |
| meeting. | meeting. | |
| Even if the related transaction does not reach the | ||
| criteria specified in the sub-article (I), but are | ||
| required by the CSRC or the SSE in line with the | ||
| principle of prudence, or if the Company submits | ||
| such matters for consideration at the shareholders’ | ||
| general meeting in accordance with the Articles of | ||
| Association or other provisions, as well as on a | ||
| voluntary basis, the Company shall fulfil the | ||
| deliberation procedures and disclosure obligations | ||
| in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (I), | ||
| and shall also apply the requirements relating to | ||
| auditing or assessment. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Article 12 For provision of guarantee to a connected | Article 12 For provision of guarantee to a connected |
| person by the Company, in addition to the deliberation | person by the Company, in addition to the deliberation | |
| and approval by more than half of all non-connected | and approval by more than half of all non-connected | |
| directors, it is also subject to the deliberation, | directors, it is also subject to the deliberation, | |
| approval and resolution by more than two-thirds of the | approval and resolution by more than two-thirds of the | |
| non-connected directors present at the Board meeting, | non-connected directors present at the Board meeting, | |
| and shall be submitted to the general meeting for | and shall be submitted to the general meeting for | |
| deliberation. Where the Company provides guarantees | deliberation. Where the Company provides guarantees | |
| to its controlling shareholders,_de facto_controllers and | to its controlling shareholders,_de facto_controllers and | |
| their connected persons, the controlling shareholders, | their connected persons, the controlling shareholders, | |
| de facto controllers and their connected persons shall | de facto controllers and their connected persons shall | |
| provide counter-guarantee. | provide counter-guarantee. | |
| If the guaranteed party becomes a connected person of | If the guaranteed party becomes a connected person of | |
| the Company due to a transaction or connected | the Company due to a transaction or connected | |
| transaction, the Company shall perform the |
transaction, the Company shall perform the |
|
| corresponding deliberation procedures and |
corresponding deliberation procedures and |
|
| information disclosure obligations for the existing | information disclosure obligations for the existing | |
| connected guarantee while executing such transaction | connected guarantee while executing such transaction | |
| or connected transaction. | or connected transaction. | |
| If the connected guarantee specified in the preceding | If the connected guarantee specified in the preceding | |
| paragraph fails to pass at the Board meeting or the | paragraph fails to pass at the Board meeting or the | |
| general meeting, the parties to the transaction shall | general meeting, the parties to the transaction shall | |
| take effective measures to terminate the guarantee, | take effective measures to terminate the guarantee, | |
| such as early termination. | such as early termination. | |
| The Company shall not provide financial assistance | ||
| to any connected person as defined under Article 6 | ||
| and Article 7 hereunder, except for financial | ||
| assistance provided to an affiliated joint-stock | ||
| company not controlled by the controlling |
||
| shareholders and de facto controllers of the | ||
| Company whose other shareholders will provide | ||
| financial assistance on the same conditions in | ||
| proportion to their capital contributions. | ||
| Where the Company provides financial assistance | ||
| to any affiliated joint-stock company as defined | ||
| under the preceding paragraph, in addition to the | ||
| deliberation and approval by more than half of all | ||
| non-connected directors, it is also subject to | ||
| deliberation and approval by more than two-thirds | ||
| of the non-connected directors present at the Board | ||
| meeting, and shall be submitted to the general | ||
| meeting for deliberation. |
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Article 22 According to different types of connected | Article 22 According to different types of connected |
| transactions determined under the Hong Kong Listing | transactions determined under the Hong Kong Listing | |
| Rules, the Company shall carry out deliberation and | Rules, the Company shall carry out deliberation and | |
| approval in accordance with the following criteria: | approval in accordance with the following criteria: | |
| (I) Fully-exempted connected transactions: | (I) Fully-exempted connected transactions: | |
| It may be approved by the Executive Office authorized | It may be approved by the Executive Office authorized | |
| by the Board in accordance with the relevant internal | by the Board in accordance with the relevant internal | |
| authorization of the Company and reported to the | authorization of the Company and reported to the | |
| Board for filing. | Board for filing. | |
| (II) Partially-exempted connected transactions: | (II) Partially-exempted connected transactions: | |
| (1) The independent directors shall express their | (1) The independent (non-executive) directors shall | |
| confirmation opinions on the fairness and approval | express their confirmation opinions on the fairness | |
| procedures of the partially-exempted connected |
and approval procedures of the partially-exempted | |
| transactions; | connected transactions; | |
| (2) Partially-exempted connected transactions are | (2) Partially-exempted connected transactions are | |
| subject to the relevant requirements of the Hong Kong | subject to the relevant requirements of the Hong Kong | |
| Listing Rules on reporting, announcement and |
Listing Rules on reporting, announcement and |
|
| disclosure in the Company’s annual report. | disclosure in the Company’s annual report. | |
| (III) Connected transactions strictly required to be | (III) Connected transactions strictly required to be | |
| disclosed: | disclosed: | |
| (1) It shall be reviewed and approved by the Board and | (1) It shall be reviewed and approved by the Board and | |
| obtain confirmation opinions from the independent | obtain confirmation opinions from the independent | |
| directors; | (non-executive) directors; | |
| (2) It shall be approved by the independent |
(2) It shall be approved by the independent |
|
| shareholders at the general meeting; and | shareholders at the general meeting; and | |
| (3) It shall be subject to the provisions of the Hong | (3) It shall be subject to the provisions of the Hong | |
| Kong Listing Rules on reporting, announcement and | Kong Listing Rules on reporting, announcement and | |
| independent shareholders’ approval, and is required to | independent shareholders’ approval, and is required to | |
| issue a circular to the shareholders. The Independent | issue a circular to the shareholders. The Independent | |
| Board Committee shall express its opinion on whether | (non-executive) Board Committee shall express its | |
| the terms of the connected transactions or |
opinion on whether the terms of the connected | |
| arrangements are fair and reasonable and whether it is | transactions or arrangements are fair and reasonable | |
| in the interests of the Company and its shareholders as | and whether it is in the interests of the Company and | |
| a whole, and shall, after considering the opinions of | its shareholders as a whole, and shall, after |
|
| the independent financial adviser, voice its opinion on | considering the opinions of the independent financial | |
| how the shareholders vote on the resolution in relation | adviser, voice its opinion on how the shareholders | |
| to the connected transactions and publish it in the | vote on the resolution in relation to the connected | |
| circular sent to the shareholders. | transactions and publish it in the circular sent to the | |
| shareholders. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Article 23 When the Company and its related parties | Article 23 When the Company and its related parties | |
| conduct continuing related party transactions under | conduct continuing related party transactions under | ||
| sub-article (I) of Article 21 of these Measures, they | sub-article (I) of Article 21 of these Measures, they | ||
| shall disclose and perform the corresponding review | shall disclose and perform the corresponding review | ||
| procedures in accordance with the following |
procedures in accordance with the following |
||
| provisions: | provisions: | ||
| (I) The Company has established a unified trading | (I) The Company has established a unified trading | ||
| framework agreement for continuing related party | framework agreement for continuing related party | ||
| transactions, and reasonably estimates the total |
transactions, and reasonably estimates the total |
||
| amount of the Company’s continuing related party | amount of the Company’s continuing related party | ||
| transactions that will occur in the current year by | transactions that will occur in the current year by | ||
| categories, and submits it to the board of directors or | categories, and submits it to the board of directors or | ||
| the shareholders’ general meeting for review and | the shareholders’ general meeting for review and | ||
| disclosure based on the estimated results. The term of | disclosure based on the estimated results. The term of | ||
| the continuing related party transaction agreement | the continuing related party transaction agreement | ||
| signed between the Company and its related parties is | signed between the Company and its related parties is | ||
| usually not more than three years, and the estimated | usually not more than three years, and the estimated | ||
| terms of annual amount of similar transactions is | terms of annual amount of similar transactions is | ||
| determined. The relevant review procedures and | determined. The relevant review procedures and | ||
| disclosure obligations shall be re-executed every three | disclosure obligations shall be re-executed every three | ||
| years in accordance with the provisions of these | years in accordance with the provisions of these | ||
| Measures. The Company shall disclose the |
Measures. The Company shall disclose the |
||
| implementation of the continuing related party |
implementation of the continuing related party |
||
| transaction agreement in the annual report and the | transaction agreement in the annual report and the | ||
| interim report and explain whether it complies with | interim report and explain whether it complies with | ||
| the provisions of the agreement. | the provisions of the agreement. | ||
| (II) For a continuing related party transaction |
(II) For a continuing related party transaction |
||
| agreement that has been approved and implemented by | agreement that has been approved and implemented by | ||
| the shareholders’ general meeting or the board of | the shareholders’ general meeting or the board of | ||
| directors, if there is a major change in the main terms | directors, if there is a major change in the main terms | ||
| of the implementation process or the renewal of the | of the implementation process or the renewal of the | ||
| agreement, the Company shall submit the newly | agreement, the Company shall submit the newly | ||
| revised or renewed continuing related party |
revised or renewed continuing related party |
||
| transaction agreement to the board of directors or the | transaction agreement to the board of directors or the | ||
| shareholders’ general meeting for consideration and | shareholders’ general meeting for consideration and | ||
| approval based on the agreement term according to the | approval based on the agreement term according to the | ||
| classification criteria of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. | classification criteria of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (III) The content of the continuing related party | (III) The content of the continuing related party | ||||
| transaction agreement shall include at least such main | transaction agreement shall include at least such main | ||||
| terms as the principles and basis of pricing, the | terms as the principles and basis of pricing, the | ||||
| transaction price, the | total amount of the transaction or | transaction price, the total amount of the transaction or | |||
| the specific method | of determining the total amount, | the specific method of determining the total amount, | |||
| the time and method of payment. | the time and method of payment. | ||||
| (IV) The independent directors/independent non- | (IV) Theindependent (non-executive)directors shall | ||||
| executivedirectors shall review the continuing related | review the continuing | related | party transactions | ||
| party transactions annually and confirm following | annually and confirm following | issues in the annual | |||
| issues in the annual | report: | report: | |||
| (1) These transactions are conducted in the daily | (1) These transactions | are conducted in the daily | |||
| business of the Company; | business of the Company; | ||||
| (2) These transactions are conducted on normal | (2) These transactions | are conducted on normal | |||
| commercial terms, or if the comparable transactions | commercial terms, or if | the comparable transactions | |||
| are not sufficient to | determine whether the terms of | are not sufficient to determine whether the terms of | |||
| the transactions are on normal commercial terms, then | the transactions are on normal commercial terms, then | ||||
| for the Company, the | terms of such transactions are no | for the Company, the terms of such transactions are no | |||
| less favourable than those available to independent | less favourable than those available to independent | ||||
| third parties, as the case may be; and | third parties, as the case | may be; and | |||
| (3) These transactions are conducted in accordance | (3) These transactions are conducted in accordance | ||||
| with the terms of the agreement in relation to the | with the terms of the agreement in relation to the | ||||
| transaction, and the | terms of the transaction are fair | transaction, and the terms of the transaction are fair | |||
| and reasonable and in the interests of the shareholders | and reasonable and in the interests of the shareholders | ||||
| of the Company as a whole. | of the Company as a whole. | ||||
| (V) The auditors of the Company are required to write | (V) The auditors of the Company | are required to write | |||
| to the board of directors each year (and copy to the | to the board of directors each year (and copy to the | ||||
| Hong Kong Stock Exchange at least 10 business days | Hong Kong Stock Exchange at least 10 business days | ||||
| prior to the delivery | for printing the annual report of | prior to the delivery for | printing | the annual report of | |
| the Company) to confirm the relevant continuing | the Company) to confirm the | relevant continuing | |||
| related party transactions that are: | related party transactions that are: | ||||
| (1) Subject to the approval by the board of directors of | (1) Subject to the approval by the | board of directors of | |||
| the Company; | the Company; | ||||
| (2) (If the transactions involve the provision of goods | (2) (If the transactions involve the provision of goods | ||||
| or services) Carried out in accordance with the pricing | or services) Carried out in accordance with the pricing | ||||
| policy; | policy; | ||||
| (3) Pursuant to the terms of the agreement; and | (3) Pursuant to the terms of the agreement; and | ||||
| (4) Not exceeding the number of years disclosed in the | (4) Not exceeding the number of years disclosed in the | ||||
| announcement. | announcement. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Article 28 When the board of directors of the | Article 28 When the board of directors of the |
| Company considers and votes on related party | Company considers and votes on related party | |
| transactions, the directors with associated relationship | transactions, the directors with associated relationship | |
| in the related party transactions shall abstain from | in the related party transactions shall abstain from | |
| voting. The abstaining and voting procedures |
voting. The abstaining and voting procedures |
|
| implemented at the relevant meetings of the board of | implemented at the relevant meetings of the board of | |
| directors are as follows: | directors are as follows: | |
| (I) Related directors shall voluntarily declare their | (I) Related directors shall voluntarily declare their | |
| interests and apply for abstaining, otherwise other | interests and apply for abstaining, otherwise other | |
| directors have the right to request their abstaining; | directors have the right to request their abstaining; | |
| (II) Unless otherwise specified, related directors shall | (II) Unless otherwise specified, related directors shall | |
| not participate in the consideration of related party | not participate in the consideration of related party | |
| transactions, nor shall they exercise voting rights on | transactions, nor shall they exercise voting rights on | |
| behalf of other directors; | behalf of other directors; | |
| (III) The meeting of the board of directors may be held | (III) The meeting of the board of directors may be held | |
| if more than half of the non-related directors are | if more than half of the non-related directors are | |
| present, and the resolutions made at the meeting of the | present, and the resolutions made at the meeting of the | |
| board of directors shall be passed by more than half of | board of directors shall be passed by more than half of | |
| the non-related directors; | the non-related directors; | |
| (IV) If the number of non-related directors present at | (IV) If the number of non-related directors present at | |
| the meeting of the board of directors is less than three, | the meeting of the board of directors is less than three, | |
| the Company shall submit the matter to the |
the Company shall submit the matter to the |
|
| shareholders’ general meeting for consideration. | shareholders’ general meeting for consideration. | |
| Related directors include the following directors or | Related directors include the following directors or | |
| directors under any of the following circumstances: | directors under any of the following circumstances: | |
| (I) The counterparty; | (I) The counterparty; | |
| (II) Having direct or indirect control over the | (II) Having direct or indirect control over the | |
| counterparty; | counterparty; | |
| (III) Holding a position in the counterparty, or in any | (III) Holding a position in the counterparty, or in any | |
| legal person or other organization that can directly or | legal person or other organization that can directly or | |
| indirectly control the counterparty, or any legal person | indirectly control the counterparty, or any legal person | |
| or other organization that can be directly or indirectly | or other organization that can be directly or indirectly | |
| controlled by the counterparty; | controlled by the counterparty; | |
| (IV) Close family member of the counterparty or its | (IV) Close family member of the counterparty or its | |
| direct or indirect controller; | direct or indirect controller; | |
| (V) Close family members of the counterparty or its | (V) Close family members of the counterparty or its | |
| direct or indirect controller or its directors, |
direct or indirect controller or its directors, |
|
| supervisors and senior management; | supervisors and senior management; | |
| (VI) A director determined by the CSRC, the Stock | ||
| Exchange the SSE, or the Company on basis of the | ||
| principle of substance over form that its |
||
| independent business judgment may be affected. |
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APPENDIX VIII
| No. | Original Articles | Original Articles | Original Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles | Amended Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Article 32 Independent non-executive directors of | Article 32 Independent (non-executive) directors of | ||||
| the Company shall express opinions on the fairness of | the Company shall express opinions on the fairness of | |||||
| related party transactions partially exempted from | related party transactions partially exempted from | |||||
| disclosure. **For related party ** | transactions strictly | disclosure.For connected transactions that shall be | ||||
| required to be disclosed, the Company shall set up | disclosed, the Company shall submitted to the | |||||
| the Independent Board Committee comprising all | Board of Directors for deliberation upon approval | |||||
| the independent non-executive directors and it | by a majority of all independent (non-executive) | |||||
| **shall express opinions ** | on whether the terms of the | directors of the Company. | ||||
| related party transactions or arrangements are fair | ||||||
| and reasonable and whether it is in the interests of | ||||||
| the Company and its shareholders as a whole, and | ||||||
| after considering the opinions of the independent | ||||||
| financial adviser, voice its opinion on how the | ||||||
| shareholders vote on them. |
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APPENDIX IX COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING FUND TRANSFERS WITH RELATED PARTIES OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
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No. Original Articles Amended Articles
1 Article 11 The board of directors of the Article 11 The board of directors of the Company is the responsible department on Company is the responsible department on the transfer of funds between the Company the transfer of funds between the Company and its related parties. The chairman of the and its related parties. The chairman of the Company is the first responsible person. The Company is the first responsible person. The general manager of the Company is the general manager of the Company is the directly responsible person, and the persondirectly responsible person, and the personin-charge of finance is the person responsible in-charge of finance is the person responsible for the work. Once the board of directors of for the work. Once the board of directors of the Company finds that the appropriation of the Company finds that the appropriation of funds by related parties exist in the Company, funds by related parties exist in the Company, it shall take various measures to ensure it shall take various measures to ensure related parties to settle the non-operating related parties to settle the non-operating funds appropriated historically formed. funds appropriated historically formed.
The directors, supervisors and senior management personnel of the Company have the obligation of focusing on the issue of misappropriation of the Company’s interest as a result of the appropriation of the Company’s funds by related parties. The independent (non-executive) directors and supervisors of the Company shall review the transfer of funds between the Company and the related parties at least once every quarter and have understanding on whether the Company’s funds, assets and other resources are appropriated or transferred by the controlling shareholders and its related parties. Anything abnormal found shall be reported to the board of directors of the Company to take relevant measures.
The directors, supervisors and senior management personnel of the Company have the obligation of focusing on the issue of misappropriation of the Company’s interest as a result of the appropriation of the Company’s funds by related parties.
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COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXTERNAL PARTIES OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED APPLICABLE UPON THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF A SHARES
APPENDIX X
COMPARISON CHART OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXTERNAL PARTIES OF BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LIMITED
No. Original Articles Amended Articles 1 Article 4 When the board of directors Article 4 When the board of directors considers the provision of external financial considers the provision of external financial assistance to related parties, the related assistance to related parties, the related directors shall abstain from voting. When directors shall abstain from voting. When there are less than three non-related directors, there are less than three non-related directors, such external financial assistance shall be such external financial assistance shall be submitted to the shareholders’ general submitted to the shareholders’ general meeting for consideration. meeting for consideration. When the board of directors of the Company considers the financial assistance, the independent (non-executive) directors and independent financial advisor (if any) shall express independent opinion on the legality and compliance of such matter, the effect on the Company and the risks exist, etc.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPENDIX XI
1. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Group. The Directors having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.
2. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS
Securities Interest of Substantial Shareholders
As at the Latest Practicable Date, so far as is known to the Directors, the following persons (other than Directors, Supervisors and chief executive of the Company) had an interest and short position in the shares and underlying shares of the Company which shall be entered in the register kept by the Company pursuant to Section 336 of the SFO:
Domestic Shares
| Approximate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage of | Approximate | ||||
| the total | percentage of | ||||
| Number of | issued | the total | |||
| Domestic | Nature of | Domestic | issued Share | ||
| Name of Shareholders | Capacity | Shares | interest | Share capital | capital |
| Beijing Urban | Beneficial | 571,031,118 | Long position | 59.44% | 42.34% |
| Construction Group | owner | ||||
| Co., Ltd.1 | |||||
| Beijing Infrastructure | Beneficial | 87,850,942 | Long position | 9.14% | 6.51% |
| Investment Co., Ltd.2 | owner | ||||
| Beijing Chengtong | Beneficial | 76,000,0003 | Long position | 7.91% | 5.64% |
| Enterprise Management | owner | ||||
| Center (General | |||||
| Partnership) |
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Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. is a wholly state-owned company with limited liability established and funded by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.
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Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd. (“ Beijing Investment Company ”) is a wholly state-owned corporation established and funded by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of People’s Government of Beijing Municipality. A merger and restructuring was conducted between Beijing
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Investment Company and Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corporation (北京市軌道交通建設管理有 限公司) on 4 August 2020, pursuant to which, Beijing Investment Company in aggregate holds directly and indirectly 199,998,412 shares of the Company (including 131,776,412 Domestic Shares and 68,222,000 H Shares of the Company, representing approximately 14.83% of the issued shares of the Company). For details, please refer to the announcement of the Company dated 10 August 2020.
- Among which 18,270,000 Domestic Shares were issued for connected subscriptions. For details, please refer to the circular of the Company dated 7 December 2017 and the announcement of the Company dated 5 February 2018.
H Shares
| Approximate | Approximate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage of | percentage of | ||||
| the total | the total | ||||
| Number of | Nature of | issued H | issued Share | ||
| Name of Shareholders | Capacity | H Shares | interest | Share capital | capital |
| Amundi Ireland Ltd. | Investment | 81,494,000 | Long position | 21.01% | 6.04% |
| manager | |||||
| Beijing Infrastructure | Interest of | 68,222,000 | Long position | 17.59% | 5.06% |
| Investment Co., Ltd.1 | controlled | ||||
| corporations | |||||
| Beijing Infrastructure | Beneficial | 68,222,000 | Long position | 17.59% | 5.06% |
| Investment (Hong | owner | ||||
| Kong) Limited1 | |||||
| Pioneer Investment | Investment | 66,028,000 | Long position | 17.02% | 4.90% |
| Management Limited | manager | ||||
| Pioneer Asset | Investment | 52,777,000 | Long position | 13.60% | 3.91% |
| Management S.A. | manager | ||||
| CRRC Group | Interest of | 26,222,000 | Long position | 6.76% | 1.94% |
| controlled | |||||
| corporations2 |
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Beijing Investment Company indirectly holds long position of 68,222,000 H Shares of the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary, Beijing Infrastructure Investment (Hong Kong) Limited.
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CRRC Group (formerly known as CSR Group) is interested in 26,222,000 H Shares through its controlled corporations, CRRC Corporation Limited (formerly known as CSR Corporation Limited) and CRRC (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as CSR (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.).
Saved as disclosed above, at the Latest Practicable Date, the Directors are not aware of any other person (other than Directors, Supervisors or chief executive of the Company) had an interest or short position in the shares and underlying shares of the Company which would fall to be notified to the Company and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the requirements of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, or as recorded in the register required to be kept under Section 336 of the SFO.
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The Interests and Short Positions of Directors, Supervisors and Chief Executive in the Shares, Underlying Shares and Debentures
At the Latest Practicable Date, the interests and short positions of the Directors in the Shares, underlying shares and debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) as notified to the Company and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests and short positions which they were taken or deemed to have been taken under such provisions of the SFO) or were required to be entered in the register required to be kept under Section 352 of the SFO or as otherwise notified to the Company and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange pursuant to the requirements of the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers as set out in Appendix C3 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules, were as follows:
| Approximate | Approximate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage of | percentage of | |||||
| Nature of | Class of | Number of | total issued H | total issued | ||
| Name | Title | interest | Shares | Shares | Share capital | Share capital |
| Wang Hanjun | Executive Director | Personal interest | H Shares | 48,000 | 0.01 | 0.004 |
| and general | ||||||
| manager | ||||||
| Li Guoqing | Executive Director | Personal interest | H Shares | 48,000 | 0.01 | 0.004 |
| and deputy | ||||||
| general manager |
Note: Mr. Wang Hanjun and Mr. Li Guoqing subscribed for 1,000,000 Domestic Shares respectively under a key employee stock ownership scheme on 29 December 2017.
Save as disclosed above, at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the other Directors and Supervisors or chief executives of the Company had any interests or short positions in the Shares, underlying shares and debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) which were required to be (i) notified to the Company and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests and short positions which they were taken or deemed to have been taken under such provisions of the SFO); or (ii) entered in the register required to be kept under Section 352 of the SFO; or (iii) otherwise notified to the Company and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange pursuant to the requirements of the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers as set out in Appendix C3 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
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3. COMPETING INTERESTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, so far as the Directors are aware, none of the Directors or their respective close associates was interested in any business which competes or is likely to compete, either directly or indirectly, with the business of the Group.
4. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ INTEREST IN ASSETS AND/OR CONTRACTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors or the Supervisors had any direct or indirect interest in any asset which had been, since 31 December 2022, being the date to which the latest published audited accounts of the Group were made up, acquired or disposed of by or leased to, or were proposed to be acquired or disposed of by or leased to, any member of the Group.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors, Supervisors or their respective associates was materially interested in any contract or arrangement subsisting as at the Latest Practicable Date and which was significant in relation to the business of the Group.
5. DIRECTORS’ AND SUPERVISORS’ SERVICE CONTRACTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors or the Supervisors had any existing or proposed service contract with any member of the Group (excluding contracts expiring or determinable by the employer within one year without payment of compensation (other than statutory compensation)).
6. MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Directors confirmed that there was no any material adverse change in the financial or trading position of the Group since 31 December 2022, being the date to which the latest published audited accounts of the Group were made up.
7. LITIGATIONS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries was engaged in any litigation or arbitration of material importance, and the Directors are not aware of any litigation or claim of material importance pending or threatened against the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries.
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8. EXPERT’S QUALIFICATION AND CONSENT
The following is the qualification of the expert who has given advice and recommendations which are contained in this circular:
Name Qualification
Merdeka Corporate Finance Limited a licensed corporation licensed to carry out Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activity under the SFO
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the expert has given and has not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this circular with the inclusion therein of its letter or report and references to its name and advice in the form and context in which it appears.
9. EXPERT’S INTERESTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the above expert:
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(a) did not have any direct or indirect interest in any assets which have been, after 31 December 2022, being the date to which the latest published audited financial statements of the Group were made up, acquired or disposed of by or leased to, or proposed to be acquired or disposed of by or leased to, any member of the Group; and
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(b) did not have any shareholding in any member of the Group or any right, whether legally enforceable or not, to subscribe for, or to nominate persons to subscribe for securities in any member of the Group.
10. DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
Copies of the following documents will be published on the websites of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ( www.hkexnews.hk ) and the Company ( www.bjucd.com ) for the period from the date of this circular up to and including the date of the EGM:
Integrated Services Framework Agreement.
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NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 First Extraordinary General Meeting (the “ EGM ”) of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 8 March 2024, to consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolutions:
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the existing Articles of Association
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the existing Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the existing Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the general meeting resolution in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the authorization by general meeting in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Articles of Association (Draft) applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Directors applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
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ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Working Rules for the Independent Directors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited and other rules applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
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9.01 To consider and approve the Working Rules for the Independent Directors of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited
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9.02 To consider and approve the Management Measures on Connected Transactions of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited
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9.03 To consider and approve the Management Systems for Regulating Fund Transfers with Related Parties of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited
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9.04 To consider and approve the Management Systems for the Provision of Financial Assistance to External Parties of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited
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To consider and approve the continuing connected transactions with Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd.:
“ THAT , the Integrated Services Framework Agreement to be executed between the Company and Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd. and the annual caps for the provision of construction survey, design and consultancy services and construction contracting services by the Group to Beijing Investment, its subsidiaries and/or associates contemplated thereunder for the three years ending 31 December 2026 are hereby approved and confirmed; and any director of the Company is hereby authorized to sign or execute such other documents or supplemental agreements or deeds on behalf of the Company and to do all such things and take all such actions as he/she may consider necessary or desirable for the purpose of giving effect to the Integrated Services Framework Agreement with such changes as he/she may consider necessary, desirable or expedient.”
By order of the Board Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited Pei Hongwei
Chairman
Beijing, 22 February 2024
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Wang Hanjun and Li Guoqing; the non-executive directors of the Company are Pei Hongwei, Shi Huaxin, Peng Dongdong, Li Fei, Wang Tao and Tang Qimeng; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Wang Guofeng, Qin Guisheng, Ma Xufei and Xia Peng.
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NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Notes:
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 6 March 2024 to Friday, 8 March 2024, both days inclusive. H Shareholders and domestic shares whose names appeared on the register of members of the Company as at Friday, 8 March 2024 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the EGM. H Shareholders of the Company who intend to attend and vote at the EGM must lodge all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant H Share certificates with the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 for registration.
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A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the EGM may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company but must attend the EGM in person to represent the relevant shareholder.
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The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of a shareholder or his attorney duly authorised in writing. If the shareholder is a corporation, the instrument must be executed either under its common seal or under the hand of its director(s) or duly authorised attorney. If the instrument is signed by an attorney of the shareholder, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign, or other documents of authorisation, must be notarised.
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In order to be valid, the proxy form together with the notarised power of attorney or other documents of authorisation (if any) must be deposited at the secretariat of the board of directors of the Company at 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC for holders of domestic shares and at the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for H Shareholders not less than 24 hours before the time stipulated for convening the EGM (or any adjournment thereof) (as the case may be). Completion and return of a proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the EGM (or any adjournment thereof). If no direction is given, the proxy will be entitled to vote or abstain as he or she thinks fit.
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The EGM is estimated to last for about half a day. Shareholders or their proxies who attend the EGM (or any adjournment thereof) shall bear their own travelling and accommodation expenses. Shareholders or their proxies shall produce their identity documents when attending the EGM (or any adjournment thereof).
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NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST DOMESTIC SHARES CLASS MEETING
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, 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 notice.
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST DOMESTIC SHARES CLASS MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting (the “ Domestic Shares Class Meeting ”) of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC immediately after the 2024 First Extraordinary General Meeting on Friday, 8 March 2024, to consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolutions:
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the general meeting resolution in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the authorization by general meeting in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Articles of Association (Draft) applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
By order of the Board
Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited Pei Hongwei
Chairman
Beijing, 22 February 2024
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Wang Hanjun and Li Guoqing; the non-executive directors of the Company are Pei Hongwei, Shi Huaxin, Peng Dongdong, Li Fei, Wang Tao and Tang Qimeng; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Wang Guofeng, Qin Guisheng, Ma Xufei and Xia Peng.
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Notes:
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Holders of domestic shares whose names appeared on the register of members of the Company as at Friday, 8 March 2024 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Domestic Shares Class Meeting.
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A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Domestic Shares Class Meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company but must attend the Domestic Shares Class Meeting in person to represent the relevant shareholder.
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The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of a shareholder or his/her attorney duly authorised in writing. If the shareholder is a corporation, the instrument must be executed either under its common seal or under the hand of its director(s) or duly authorised attorney. If the instrument is signed by an attorney of the shareholder, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign, or other documents of authorisation, must be notarised.
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In order to be valid, the proxy form together with the notarised power of attorney or other documents of authorisation (if any) must be deposited at the secretariat of the board of directors of the Company at 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC for holders of domestic shares not less than 24 hours before the time stipulated for convening the Domestic Shares Class Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) (as the case may be). Completion and return of a proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the Domestic Shares Class Meeting (or any adjournment thereof). If no direction is given, the proxy will be entitled to vote or abstain as he or she thinks fit.
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The Domestic Shares Class Meeting is estimated to last for about half a day. Shareholders or their proxies who attend the Domestic Shares Class Meeting (and any adjournment thereof) shall bear their own travelling and accommodation expenses. Shareholders or their proxies shall produce their identity documents when attending the Domestic Shares Class Meeting (and any adjournment thereof).
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NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this notice, 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 notice.
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Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited 北京城建設計發展集團股份有限公司
(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 1599)
NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 First H Shares Class Meeting (the “ H Shares Class Meeting ”) of Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Conference Room, 5 Fuchengmen North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC immediately after the 2024 First Extraordinary General Meeting and the 2024 First Domestic Shares Class Meeting on Friday, 8 March 2024, to consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolutions:
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the general meeting resolution in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the extension of the validity period of the authorization by general meeting in relation to the initial public offering and listing of A Shares of the Company
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To consider and approve the resolution on the amendments to the Articles of Association (Draft) applicable upon the initial public offering and listing of A Shares
By order of the Board
Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited Pei Hongwei
Chairman
Beijing, 22 February 2024
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Wang Hanjun and Li Guoqing; the non-executive directors of the Company are Pei Hongwei, Shi Huaxin, Peng Dongdong, Li Fei, Wang Tao and Tang Qimeng; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Wang Guofeng, Qin Guisheng, Ma Xufei and Xia Peng.
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NOTICE OF THE 2024 FIRST H SHARES CLASS MEETING
Notes:
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The register of H shares members of the Company will be closed from Wednesday, 6 March 2024 to Friday, 8 March 2024, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of H shares will be registered. Holders of H shares whose names appeared on the register of members of the Company as at Friday, 8 March 2024 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the H Shares Class Meeting. Holders of H shares of the Company who intend to attend and vote at the H Shares Class Meeting must lodge all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant H Share certificates with the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 for registration.
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A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the H Shares Class Meeting may appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company but must attend the H Shares Class Meeting in person to represent the relevant shareholder.
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The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of a shareholder or his/her attorney duly authorised in writing. If the shareholder is a corporation, the instrument must be executed either under its common seal or under the hand of its director(s) or duly authorised attorney. If the instrument is signed by an attorney of the shareholder, the power of attorney authorising that attorney to sign, or other documents of authorisation, must be notarised.
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In order to be valid, the proxy form together with the notarised power of attorney or other documents of authorisation (if any) must be deposited at the Company’s H Share registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong for holders of H Shares not less than 24 hours before the time stipulated for convening the H Shares Class Meeting (or any adjournment thereof) (as the case may be). Completion and return of a proxy form will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the H Shares Class Meeting (or any adjournment thereof). If no direction is given, the proxy will be entitled to vote or abstain as he or she thinks fit.
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The H Shares Class Meeting is estimated to last for about half a day. Shareholders or their proxies who attend the H Shares Class Meeting (and any adjournment thereof) shall bear their own travelling and accommodation expenses. Shareholders or their proxies shall produce their identity documents when attending the H Shares Class Meeting (and any adjournment thereof).
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