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China Infrastructure & Logistics Group Ltd. — AGM Information 2018
Apr 24, 2018
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AGM Information
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code on Main Board: 1719)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the “ AGM ”) of CIG Yangtze Ports PLC (the “ Company ”) will be held at Suite 2101, 21/F., Two Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong on Friday, 25 May 2018 at 2:00 p.m. for the following purposes:
Ordinary Resolutions
To consider and, if though fit, pass the following resolutions (with or without modifications) as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
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To receive, consider and adopt the audited consolidated financial statements and the reports of the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) and the auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2017;
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To re-elect Mr. Xie Bingmu as executive Director;
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To re-elect Mr. Lee Kang Bor, Thomas as independent non-executive Director;
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To re-elect Mr. Wong Wai Keung, Frederick as independent non-executive Director;
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To authorise the board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to fix the Directors’ remuneration;
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To re-appoint Grant Thornton Hong Kong Limited as the auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration;
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For identification purpose only
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- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
“ That :
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(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this resolution, and pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Stock Exchange ’), the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares in the share capital of the Company (the “ Shares ”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the approval of paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Directors during the Relevant Period to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the total number of shares of the Company allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to options or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) the grant or exercise of any option under the share option scheme of the Company or any other option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (iii) any scrip dividend or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time; or (iv) any issue of shares in the Company upon the exercise of rights of subscription or conversion under the terms of any existing warrants of the Company or any existing securities of the Company which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into shares of the Company, shall not exceed 20% of the total number of the issued shares of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(d) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company, or any applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
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- (iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company (the “ Shareholders ”) in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares in the Company, or offer or issue of warrants, options or other securities giving rights to subscribe for shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares in the Company on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, or the expense or delay which may be involved in determining the existence or extent of any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, or any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange applicable to the Company).”
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:
“ That :
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(a) subject to paragraph (b) of this resolution, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to buyback its shares on the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (the “Securities and Futures Commission”) and the Stock Exchange for such purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the rules and regulations of the securities and Futures Commission, the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time and all applicable laws in this regard, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
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(b) the total number of shares of the Company authorised to be bought back by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of the passing of this resolution and the authority pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution shall be limited accordingly; and
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(c) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company, or any applicable law of the Cayman Islands to be held; and
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(iii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting revoking or varying the authority given to the Directors by this resolution.”
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:
“ That conditional upon resolutions numbered 7 and 8 above being passed, the unconditional general mandate granted to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with additional shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers pursuant to resolution numbered 7 above be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the total number of shares of the Company bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution numbered 8 above, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of the passing of the said resolution.”;
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as ordinary resolution:
“ That conditional upon the Stock Exchange granting approval of the listing of, and permission to deal in, the ordinary shares of HK$0.1 each in the share capital of the Company (or such nominal amount as shall result from a capitalization issue, rights issue, sub-division, consolidation, re-classification, reconstruction or reduction of share capital of the Company from time to time) to be issued pursuant to the exercise of any options granted under the share option scheme referred to in the circular dispatched to the shareholders on the same day as this notice, the terms of which are set out in the printed document marked “A” now produced to the meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the chairman hereof (the “ Share Option Scheme ”), the Share Option Scheme be and is hereby approved and adopted to be the share option scheme of the Company and that the Directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to do all such acts and to enter into all such transactions, arrangements and agreements as may be necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to the Share Option Scheme, including but without limitation:
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(i) to administer the Share Option Scheme under which share options will be granted to the Eligible Participants (as defined in the Share Option Scheme) eligible under the Share Option Scheme to subscribe for Shares, including but not limited to determining and granting the share options in accordance with the terms of the Share Option Scheme;
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(ii) to modify and/or amend the Share Option Scheme from time to time provided that such modification and/or amendment is effected in accordance with the provisions of the Share Option Scheme relating to the modification and/or amendment and subject to Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules;
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(iii) to allot and issue from time to time such number of Shares in the share capital of the Company as may be required to be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options under the Share Option Scheme and subject to the Listing Rules;
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(iv) make application at appropriate time or times to the Stock Exchange and any other stock exchanges upon which the issued Shares may for the time being be listed, for listing of, and permission to deal in, any Shares which may hereafter from time to time be allotted and issued pursuant to the exercise of the share options under the Share Option Scheme; and
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(v) to consent, if it so deems fit and expedient, to such conditions, modifications and/or variations as may be required or imposed by the relevant authorities in relation to the Share Option Scheme.”
Special Resolution
- To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a special resolution:
“ That :
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(a) the Company’s new memorandum of association and new articles of association, a copy of which has been produced to the meeting marked “B” and initialed by the chairman of the meeting for the purpose of identification, be and are hereby approved and adopted as the memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company, in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company; and
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(b) any director or the company secretary of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts as he/she deems fit to effect the adoption of the new memorandum of association and new articles of association of the Company and to make relevant registrations and filings in accordance with the relevant requirements of the applicable laws and regulations in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.”
By order of the Board
CIG Yangtze Ports PLC
Yan Zhi
Chairman
Hong Kong, 24 April 2018
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Notes:
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Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on his/her/its behalf. A proxy needs not be a member of the Company.
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Where there are joint registered holders of any share, any one of such persons may vote at the meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he/she/it were solely entitled thereto; but if more than one of such holders be present at the meeting, personally or by proxy, that one of the said persons so present whose name stands first on the register in respect of such share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereto.
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A form of proxy for the AGM is enclosed herewith.
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In order to be valid, a form of proxy must be deposited by hand or by post at Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarial certified copy of such power or attorney, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM.
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Shareholders or their proxies shall produce their identity documents when attending the AGM.
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Shareholders or proxies attending the AGM should state clearly, in respect of each resolution requiring a vote, whether they are voting for or against the resolution. Abstention votes will not be regarded by the Company as having voting rights for the purpose of vote counts.
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For the purposes of ascertaining shareholders’ entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from 21 May 2018 (Monday) to 25 May 2018 (Friday) (both dates inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to qualify for the entitlement to attend and vote at the AGM, all transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on 18 May 2018 (Friday).
As at the date hereof, the Board comprises three executive Directors namely Mr. Xie Bingmu, Mr. Zhang Jiwei and Ms. Liu Qin, two non-executive Directors namely Mr. Yan Zhi and Mr. Xia Yu and three independent non-executive Directors namely Mr. Lee Kang Bor, Thomas, Mr. Wong Wai Keung, Frederick and Dr. Mao Zhenhua.
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