CITIC Limited — AGM Information 2020

Apr 27, 2020

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CITIC Limited 中國中信股份有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00267)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CITIC Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Salon 4–6, Level 3, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong on Friday, 19 June 2020 at 11:00 a.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive the audited financial statements and the Reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2019.

2. To declare a final dividend of HK$0.285 per ordinary share of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2019.

3. To re-elect Mr. Zhu Hexin as Director of the Company.

4. To re-elect Mr. Wang Jiong as Director of the Company.

5. To re-elect Mr. Yang Xiaoping as Director of the Company.

6. To re-elect Mr. Francis Siu Wai Keung as Director of the Company.

7. To re-elect Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh as Director of the Company.

8. To re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Auditor of the Company and authorise the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.

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1. As a special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“ THAT :

• A. subject to paragraph (C), a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally granted to the Directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and dispose of additional shares in the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers;

• B. the mandate in paragraph (A) shall authorise the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period to make or grant of offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

• C. the aggregate number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors of the Company pursuant to the mandate in paragraph (A) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) Rights Issue; or (ii) any option scheme or similar arrangement for the time being adopted for the grant or issue to the officers, employees, consultants and/or representatives of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries of shares or rights to acquire shares of the Company; or (iii) the exercise of subscription rights or conversion rights under the terms of any warrants issued by the Company or any securities which are convertible into shares of the Company; or (iv) 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 pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company from time to time, shall not exceed 20 per cent of the number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of this Resolution and the said mandate shall be limited accordingly;

• D. for the purpose of this Resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

• i. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or

• ii. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held; or

• iii. the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.

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“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to holders of shares of the Company on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusion or other arrangements as the Directors of the Company 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 any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong Kong).

“shares” shall for the purposes of the general mandate referred to in this Resolution, mean such number of shares as may be adjusted in the event that the shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution are, at any time thereafter, converted into a larger or smaller number of shares.”

1. As a special business, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“ THAT :

• A. a general mandate be and is hereby unconditionally given to the Directors of the Company to exercise during the Relevant Period all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of the Company in accordance with all applicable laws and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided that the aggregate number of shares so purchased or otherwise acquired shall not exceed 10 per cent of the number of shares of the Company in issue at the date of this Resolution;

• B. for the purpose of this Resolution:

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

• i. the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or

• ii. the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held; or

• iii. the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting.

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“shares” shall for the purposes of the general mandate referred to in this Resolution, mean such number of shares as may be adjusted in the event that the shares of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution are, at any time thereafter, converted into a larger or smaller number of shares.”

By Order of the Board Ricky Choy Wing Kay Wang Kang Joint Company Secretaries

Hong Kong, 28 April 2020

Registered Office:

32nd Floor CITIC Tower 1 Tim Mei Avenue Central Hong Kong

Notes:

• (i) The Register of Members of the Company will be closed during the following periods:

• (a) from Monday, 15 June 2020 to Friday, 19 June 2020, both days inclusive and during which period no share transfer will be effected, for the purpose of ascertaining shareholders’ entitlement to attend and vote at the annual general meeting of the Company (the “Annual General Meeting”). In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company’s Share Registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 12 June 2020; and

• (b) from Friday, 26 June 2020 to Tuesday, 30 June 2020, both days inclusive and during which period no share transfer will be effected, for the purpose of ascertaining shareholders’ entitlement to the proposed final dividend. In order to establish entitlements to the proposed final dividend, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged for registration with the Company’s Share Registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 June 2020.

• (ii) Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote on his/her behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

• (iii) To be valid, the instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority must be received by the Company’s Share Registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is a public holiday) before the time appointed for holding the above meeting or adjourned meeting (as the case may be) at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.

• (iv) Concerning item 3 above, Mr. Zhu Hexin is a Director appointed by the Board on 30 March 2020 who shall hold office only until the Annual General Meeting and is eligible for re-election pursuant to Article 95 of the Articles of Association of the Company. Concerning items 4 to 7 above, Mr. Wang Jiong, Mr. Yang Xiaoping, Mr. Francis Siu Wai Keung and Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh shall retire by rotation in the Annual General Meeting pursuant to

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Article 104(A) of the Articles of Association of the Company and, all being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Biographical details of the above Directors proposed to be re-elected are set out in Appendix II to the circular to shareholders of the Company dated 28 April 2020.

• (v) Concerning item 9 above, approval is being sought from members for a general mandate to authorise allotment of shares under Sections 140 to 141 of the Companies Ordinance and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, in order to ensure flexibility and discretion to the Directors of the Company in the event that it becomes desirable to issue any shares of the Company up to 20 per cent of the total number of issued shares of the Company. The Directors of the Company wish to state that they have no immediate plans to issue shares in the Company. Such number of shares referred to above shall, where applicable, be adjusted in the event that the shares in issue as at the date of passing the Resolution 9 above are at any time thereafter, converted into a larger or smaller number of shares.

• (vi) Concerning item 10 above, approval is being sought from members for a general mandate to repurchase shares in the Company, in order to ensure flexibility and discretion to the Directors of the Company in the event that it becomes desirable to repurchase any shares in the Company up to 10 per cent of the total number of issued shares of the Company. The Directors of the Company wish to state that they have no immediate plans to repurchase shares in the Company. Such number of shares referred to above shall, where applicable, be adjusted in the event that the shares in issue as at the date of passing the Resolution 10 above are, at any time thereafter, converted into a larger or smaller number of shares.

• (vii) In the event that a black rainstorm warning signal or extreme conditions caused by super typhoons is in force or a tropical cyclone warning signal no. 8 or above is hoisted in Hong Kong at any time between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the day of the Annual General Meeting, the Annual General Meeting may be postponed to a later date and/or time as determined by the Company. The Company will, as soon as practicable, post an announcement on its website (www.citic.com) and on the website of HKEXnews (www.hkexnews.hk) to notify shareholders whether the Annual General Meeting will be held as scheduled or if postponed, the date, time and venue of the adjourned meeting. Shareholders should decide on their own whether they would attend the Annual General Meeting under bad weather conditions having regard to their own situations and, if they choose to do so, they are advised to exercise care and caution.

• (viii) Due to the constantly evolving COVID-19 pandemic situation in Hong Kong, the Company may be required to change the Annual General Meeting arrangements at short notice. Shareholders should check the Company’s website at www.citic.com or the website of HKEXnews at www.hkexnews.hk for future announcements and updates on the Annual General Meeting arrangements.

As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr Zhu Hexin (Chairman), Mr Wang Jiong and Ms Li Qingping; the non-executive directors of the Company are Mr Song Kangle, Ms Yan Shuqin, Mr Liu Zhuyu, Mr Peng Yanxiang, Mr Liu Zhongyuan and Mr Yang Xiaoping; and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr Francis Siu Wai Keung, Dr Xu Jinwu, Mr Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr Shohei Harada and Mr Gregory Lynn Curl.

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