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CSC Financial Co., Ltd. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022
Nov 2, 2022
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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 doubt 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 advisor.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in CSC Financial Co., Ltd. , you should at once hand this circular together with the accompanying form of proxy to the purchaser or transferee or to the bank, stockbroker 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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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 6066)
(1) AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS AND
(2) NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
A letter from the Board is set out on pages 3 to 5 of this circular. Please refer to pages 61 to 63 of this circular for the notice convening the EGM.
Please complete and return the proxy form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, if the Shareholders are to appoint a proxy to attend the EGM.
For H Shareholders, the proxy form and any authorization instruments should be returned to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible, but in any event not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for holding the EGM (i.e. before 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2022). Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the EGM or at any adjourned meetings should you so wish.
November 3, 2022
CONTENTS
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| DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| **LETTER ** | FROM THE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| 1. | INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| 2. | BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE EXTRAORDINARY | |
| GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
3 | |
| 3. | RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| 4. | EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| 5. | VOTING BY POLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 6. | RECOMMENDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| APPENDIX I – COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO |
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| THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC | ||
| FINANCIAL CO., LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 | |
| APPENDIX II – COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO |
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| THE RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR | ||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS OF CSC | ||
| FINANCIAL CO., LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 | |
| **NOTICE ** | OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. . | 61 |
Note: In the event of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions of this circular, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
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“A Share(s)” the ordinary shares in the issued share capital of the Company with a nominal value of RMB1.00 each, which have been listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
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“Articles of Association” the articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time
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“Board” or “Board of Directors” the board of directors of the Company
“Board Meeting” the board meeting of the Company convened on Friday, October 28, 2022
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“Company” CSC Financial Co., Ltd. (中信建投証券股份有限公司), a joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability, the H Shares of which have been listed and traded on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 6066) and the A Shares of which have been listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601066)
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“Company Law” the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China “CSRC” China Securities Regulatory Commission
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“Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company
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“EGM” or “2022 Second the 2022 second extraordinary general meeting or any Extraordinary General adjournment thereof of the Company to be held at 2:00 Meeting” p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at Multifunction Hall, B1/F, Office Building of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., No. 188 Chaonei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC
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“H Share(s)”
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overseas listed foreign invested ordinary shares of RMB1.00 each in the share capital of the Company, which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and traded in HK dollars
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“H Shareholders” holders of H Shares
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“HK dollars” Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong
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DEFINITIONS
“Hong Kong”
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC
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“Hong Kong Listing Rules”
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the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (as amended from time to time)
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“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
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“Independent Non-executive the independent non-executive director(s) of the Director(s)” or “Independent Company Director(s)”
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“Non-executive Director(s)” non-executive director(s) of the Company
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“PRC” or “China” the People’s Republic of China
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“RMB” or “Renminbi” Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC
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“Rules of Procedures for the rules of procedures for shareholders’ general Shareholders’ General meetings of the Company Meetings”
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“Securities Law” the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China
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“Share(s)” ordinary share(s) in the share capital of the Company with a nominal value of RMB1.00 each, including A Shares and H Shares
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“Shareholder(s)” the shareholder(s) of the Company “%” per cent
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 6066)
Mr. Wang Changqing (Chairman, Executive Director) Mr. Yu Zhongfu (Vice Chairman, Non-executive Director) Mr. Wang Xiaolin (Vice Chairman, Non-executive Director) Mr. Li Geping (Executive Director) Ms. Zhang Qin (Non-executive Director) Ms. Zhu Jia (Non-executive Director) Ms. Zhang Wei (Non-executive Director) Mr. Yang Dong (Non-executive Director) Ms. Wang Hua (Non-executive Director) Mr. Po Wai Kwong (Independent Non-executive Director) Mr. Lai Guanrong (Independent Non-executive Director) Mr. Zhou Chengyue (Independent Non-executive Director) Mr. Zhang Zheng (Independent Non-executive Director) Mr. Wu Xi (Independent Non-executive Director)
Registered office in the PRC: Unit 4, No. 66 Anli Road Chaoyang District Beijing, the PRC
Principal place of business in the PRC: No. 188 Chaonei Avenue Dongcheng District Beijing, the PRC
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: 18/F, Two Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong
Dear Sir/Madam,
(1) AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS AND
(2) NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
1. INTRODUCTION
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated October 28, 2022 in relation to the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings. On behalf of the Board, I would like to invite you to attend the EGM to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Multi-function Hall, B1/F, Office Building of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., No. 188 Chaonei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC.
2. BUSINESS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Resolutions will be proposed at the EGM to approve the resolution on amendments to the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
The above resolution is subject to approval by the Shareholders at the EGM by way of special resolutions.
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with the information on the above resolution to enable you to vote for or against the proposed resolution at the EGM under fully informed condition.
Amendments to the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings
In order to further improve the corporate governance, the Company proposes to make according amendments to the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings, in accordance with the regulatory rules recently issued by the CSRC, the Securities Association of China, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and other regulatory authorities, while taking into consideration of the actual situations of the Company. For the comparison tables on the amendments to the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings, please refer to Appendix I and Appendix II of this circular. The above resolution has been approved by the Directors at the Board Meeting, and it is hereby proposed at the EGM for approval by the Shareholders to amend the Articles of Association and Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings. The Board is authorized to further delegate the operating management of the Company to handle the filing procedures of the Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings. The amended Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings shall become effective from the date of being approved at the EGM.
The Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedures for Shareholders’ General Meetings were prepared in Chinese with no official English version. Any English translation is for reference only. In the event of any inconsistency, the Chinese version shall prevail.
3. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular, for which the Directors of the Company 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 Company. The Directors, having made all reasonable inquiries, 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 fraudulent, and there are no other facts the omission of which would make any information contained in this circular or other matters misleading.
4. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
The 2022 Second Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Multi-function Hall, B1/F, Office Building of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., No. 188 Chaonei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC. The notice of the EGM is set out on pages 61 to 63 of this circular.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
A form of proxy to be used at the EGM is enclosed. If you intend to appoint a proxy to attend the EGM, please complete and return the enclosed proxy form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon. For H Shareholders, the proxy form or any other authorization documents 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). Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the EGM or at any adjourned meeting if you so wish.
In order to determine the list of Shareholders who are entitled to attend the EGM, the Company will close the register of members of H Shares during the period from Thursday, November 17, 2022 to Tuesday, November 22, 2022 (both days inclusive), during which no registration of Shares will be made. H Shareholders who wish to attend the EGM are required to send all the transfer documents together with the relevant Shares to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. At the end of the above business hours, H Shareholders registered in Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited or the office of the Board of the Company (if applicable) are entitled to attend the EGM.
5. VOTING BY POLL
In accordance with rule 13.39(4) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, any vote made by the Shareholders at the EGM shall be conducted by way of poll unless the chairman of the meeting so requests in good faith to allow a vote by hand to vote solely on resolutions relating to procedural or administrative matters. Accordingly, the resolutions proposed at the EGM will be voted by way of poll.
To the best knowledge of the Directors based on the information currently available, no Shareholder will be required to abstain from voting at the EGM.
6. RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that the resolution proposed above is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. The Directors therefore recommend the Shareholders to vote in favour of the resolution to be submitted at the 2022 Second Extraordinary General Meeting.
By order of the Board CSC Financial Co., Ltd. Wang Changqing Chairman
Beijing, the PRC November 3, 2022
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
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| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
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| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 1 | In order to safeguard the Article 1 In order to safeguard the |
To supplement | |||||
| legitimate interests of CSC legitimate interests of CSC |
the basis for | ||||||
| Financial | Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Financial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter |
formulation | |||||
| referred to as the “Company”), its referred to as the “Company”), its |
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| shareholders and creditors, and shareholders and creditors, and |
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| regulate the organization and regulate the organization and |
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| conduct of the Company, these conduct of the Company, these |
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| Articles of Association are | hereby Articles of Association are hereby |
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| formulated in accordance with the formulated in accordance with the |
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| Company | Law of the People’s Company Law of the People’s |
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| Republic | of China (hereinafter Republic of China (hereinafter |
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| referred to as the “Company Law”), referred to as the “Company Law”), |
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| the Securities Law of the People’s the Securities Law of the People’s |
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| Republic | of China (hereinafter Republic of China (hereinafter |
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| referred to as the “Securities referred to as the “Securities |
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| Law”), the Regulations on | Law”), the Regulations on | ||||||
| Supervision and Management of Supervision and Management of |
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| Securities Companies, the | Rules on Securities Companies, **the ** |
Rules on | |||||
| Governance of Securities | Governance of Securities | ||||||
| Companies, the Special Regulations Companies, Code of Corporate |
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| of the State Council on the Governance for Listed Companies, |
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| Overseas | Share Offering and the Special Regulations of |
the State | |||||
| Listing of Joint Stock Limited Council on the Overseas Share |
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| Companies, the Guidelines | on Offering and Listing of Joint Stock |
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| Articles of Association of Listed Limited Companies, the Guidelines |
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| Companies, the Reply of the State on Articles of Association |
of Listed | ||||||
| Council on the Adjustment of the Companies, the Reply of the State |
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| Notice Period of the General Council on the Adjustment of the |
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| Meeting and Other Matters Notice Period of the General |
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| Applicable to the Overseas Listed Meeting and Other Matters |
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| Companies, the Mandatory Applicable to the Overseas Listed |
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| Provisions of Articles of | Companies, the Mandatory | ||||||
| Association of Companies | Listing Provisions of Articles of |
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| Overseas, | the Opinion Letter on the Association of Companies |
Listing | |||||
| Supplementation and Amendment Overseas, the Opinion Letter on the |
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| of Articles of Association of Supplementation and Amendment |
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| Companies Listing in Hong Kong, of Articles of Association of |
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| the Rules | Governing the Listing of Companies Listing in Hong Kong, |
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| Securities on The Stock Exchange the Rules Governing the Listing of |
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| of Hong Kong Limited, the Rules Securities on The Stock Exchange |
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| Governing the Listing of Stock on of Hong Kong Limited, the Rules |
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| the Shanghai Stock Exchange Governing the Listing of Stock on |
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| (hereinafter together with the Rules the Shanghai Stock Exchange |
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| Governing the Listing of Securities (hereinafter together with the Rules |
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| on The Stock Exchange of | Hong Governing the Listing of Securities |
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| Kong Limited collectively | referred on The Stock Exchange of Hong |
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| to as the “Listing Rules of | the Kong Limited collectively |
referred | |||||
| Place where the Company’s Shares to as the “Listing Rules of the |
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| are Listed”) and other laws, Place where the Company’s Shares |
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| administrative regulations, | are Listed”) and other laws, | ||||||
| departmental rules, normative administrative regulations, |
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| documents and requirements of the departmental rules, normative |
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| relevant regulatory authorities. documents and requirements of the |
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| relevant regulatory authorities. |
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
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| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
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| Amendments | |||||||
| **Article ** | 12 The operational Article 12 The operational |
Added the | |||||
| objective of the Company is to objective of the Company is to |
relevant | ||||||
| leverage on its financial | strengths ~~leverage on its financial strengths~~ |
contents in the | |||||
| and talents to create sound benefits ~~and talents to create sound benefits~~ |
Articles of | ||||||
| for all the shareholders, to serve ~~for all the shareholders~~actively |
Association in | ||||||
| the real | economy and national fulfill its social responsibilities, |
accordance | |||||
| strategy | based on finance business effectively protect the legitimate |
with the | |||||
| as the direction and to create a interests of investors, reasonably |
requirements of | ||||||
| corporate culture of “compliance, balance the interests of |
the CSRC and | ||||||
| honesty, professionalism | and stakeholders, and consciously pay |
the Securities | |||||
| robustness” as the aim, so that the taxes in accordance with the law |
Association of | ||||||
| Company continues to grow and and in good faith, by serving the |
China on the | ||||||
| expand, | and becomes a large real economy and national strategy |
practice | |||||
| integrated international and based on finance business as the |
evaluation of | ||||||
| modernized financial and securities direction, ~~create~~practicing the |
cultural | ||||||
| enterprise, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State ~~corporate culture~~industrial culture of “compliance, honesty, |
construction of securities |
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| and the | financial and securities professionalism and robustness” as |
companies | |||||
| policies. | the ~~aim~~guarantee, ~~so that the~~ ~~Company continues to grow and~~ |
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| ~~expand~~insisting on the steady and sustainable development so that |
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| the Company maintains a high- | |||||||
| quality development, and becomes | |||||||
| a large integrated international and | |||||||
| modernized ~~financial and~~securities | |||||||
| enterprise, in accordance with the | |||||||
| laws and regulations of the State | |||||||
| and the financial and securities | |||||||
| policies and adhering to the | |||||||
| development concept of | |||||||
| **“innovation, coordination, ** | green, | ||||||
| openness and sharing”. | |||||||
| In the process of operation, the | |||||||
| Company insists on customer- | |||||||
| **centric, pragmatic, simple ** | and | ||||||
| efficient style, consciously and | |||||||
| honestly pays taxes in accordance | |||||||
| with the law, actively fulfills its | |||||||
| social responsibility, protects the | |||||||
| legitimate rights and interests of | |||||||
| investors and reasonably balances | |||||||
| the interests of stakeholders. | |||||||
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||||
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| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 13 As approved by the | Article 13 As approved by the | Expand | |||||||
| relevant regulatory authorities and | relevant regulatory authorities and | business scope | |||||||
| approved and registered, the | approved and | registered, the | in accordance | ||||||
| business scope of the Company | business scope of the Company | with the Reply | |||||||
| includes: | includes: | on Approving | |||||||
| (1) securities brokerage; | (1)securities brokerage; | the | |||||||
| (2) securities investment | (2) securities | investment | Qualification | ||||||
| consultation; | consultation; | of Market | |||||||
| (3) financial advisory business | (3) financial advisory business | Making and | |||||||
| relating to securities trading and | relating to securities trading and | Trading of | |||||||
| securities investment; | securities investment; | Listed | |||||||
| (4) securities underwriting and | (4) securities | underwriting and | Securities of | ||||||
| sponsorship; | sponsorship; | CSC Financial | |||||||
| (5) securities proprietary trading; | (5) securities | proprietary trading; | Co., Ltd. | ||||||
| (6) securities asset management; | (6) securities | asset management; | (Zheng Jian Xu | ||||||
| (7) proxy sale of securities | (7) proxy sale of securities | Ke [2022] No. | |||||||
| investment fund; | investment fund; | 2171)《(關於核 | |||||||
| (8) provision of futures | (8) provision | of futures | 准中信建投証 | ||||||
| intermediary services for futures | intermediary services for futures | 券股份有限公 | |||||||
| companies; | companies; | 司上市證券做 | |||||||
| (9) margin financing and securities | (9) margin financing and securities | 市交易業務資 | |||||||
| lending; | lending; | 格的批覆》(證 | |||||||
| (10) proxy sale of financial | (10) proxy sale of financial | 監許可 | |||||||
| products; | products; | [2022]2171號)) | |||||||
| (11) stock options market making; | (11) stock options market making; | from the CSRC | |||||||
| (12) securities investment fund | (12) securities investment fund | ||||||||
| custodian; | custodian; | ||||||||
| (13) sale of precious metal | (13) sale of precious metal | ||||||||
| products; | products; | ||||||||
| (14) other businesses as approved | (14) market making and trading | ||||||||
| by relevant regulatory | authorities. | **of ** | listed securities; | ||||||
| (1~~4~~5) other businesses as approved by relevant regulatory authorities. |
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
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| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 20 The total number of | Article 20 The total number of | Amended in | |||||
| shares of the Company is | shares of the Company is | accordance | |||||
| 7,756,694,797 shares. The share | 7,756,694,797 shares. The share | with Article 3 | |||||
| capital is comprised of | capital is comprised of | of the | |||||
| 7,756,694,797 ordinary shares, | 7,756,694,797 ordinary shares, | Guidelines on | |||||
| including 6,495,671,035 shares held | including 6,495,671,035 shares held | Articles of | |||||
| by holders of Domestic Shares and | by holders of ~~Domestic~~ | Association of | |||||
| 1,261,023,762 shares held by holders of overseas listed foreign |
~~Shares~~ordinary shares in RMB (A Shares) and 1,261,023,762 shares |
Listed Companies |
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| shares. | held by holders of overseas listed | ||||||
| foreign shares (H Shares). | |||||||
| The Company was listed on the | |||||||
| main board of the Hong Kong | |||||||
| Stock Exchange on December 9, | |||||||
| 2016, and the overseas listed | |||||||
| foreign shares (H shares) after | |||||||
| the initial public offering were | |||||||
| 1,261,023,762. | |||||||
| The Company was approved by | |||||||
| the CSRC for the initial public | |||||||
| offering of 400,000,000 ordinary | |||||||
| **shares in RMB ** | (A Shares) on | ||||||
| May 18, 2018 and the listing on | |||||||
| the Main Board of the Shanghai | |||||||
| Stock Exchange on June 20, 2018. | |||||||
| The Company was approved by | |||||||
| the CSRC for the non-public | |||||||
| offering of 110,309,559 ordinary | |||||||
| **shares in RMB ** | (A Shares) on | ||||||
| February 28, 2020 and completed | |||||||
| the share registration in the | |||||||
| Shanghai branch of China | |||||||
| Securities Depository and | |||||||
| Clearing Co., Ltd. on December | |||||||
| 28, 2020. |
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
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| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
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| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 27 Under the following Article 27 In principle, the |
Amended in | ||||||
| circumstances, the Company may, Company~~after being approved~~ |
accordance | ||||||
| after | being approved according to ~~according to the procedures~~ |
with Article 24 | |||||
| the procedures provided in the ~~provided in the laws, regulations~~ |
of the | ||||||
| laws, regulations and these Articles ~~and these Articles of Association~~ |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| of Association and obtaining the ~~and obtaining the approval from~~ |
Articles of | ||||||
| approval from relevant national ~~relevant national competent~~ |
Association of | ||||||
| competent authorities, | buy back its ~~authorities, buy back its~~ |
Listed | |||||
| outstanding shares in accordance ~~outstanding shares in accordance~~ |
Companies | ||||||
| with statutory procedures: (1) reducing the Company’s ~~with statutory procedures:~~ shall not repurchase its shares unless in |
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| registered capital; | the following circumstances: | ||||||
| (2) merging with companies which (1) reducing the Company’s |
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| hold | shares in the Company; registered capital; |
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| (3) utilizing shares for employee (2) merging with companies which |
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| stock ownership plan or share hold shares in the Company; |
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| incentive scheme; | (3) utilizing shares for employee | ||||||
| (4) acquiring shares held by stock ownership plan or share |
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| shareholders, who vote against any incentive scheme; |
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| resolution proposed in any (4) acquiring shares held by |
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| shareholders’ general meeting on shareholders, who vote against |
any | ||||||
| the merger or division of the resolution proposed in any |
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| Company, upon their request; shareholders’ general meeting on |
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| (5) utilizing shares for conversion the merger or division of the |
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| of corporate bonds issued by the Company, upon their request; |
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| Company which are convertible (5) utilizing shares for conversion |
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| into shares; | of corporate bonds issued by the | ||||||
| (6) where it is necessary to Company which are convertible |
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| maintain the Company’s value and into shares; |
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| shareholders’ interests; (6) where it is necessary to |
|||||||
| (7) other circumstances permitted maintain the Company’s value and |
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| by the law, administrative shareholders’ interests; |
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| regulations, departmental rules, (7) other circumstances permitted |
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| normative documents, | the listing by the law, administrative |
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| rules | of the places where the shares regulations, departmental rules, |
||||||
| of the Company are listed and other normative documents, the listing |
|||||||
| relevant regulations. | rules of the places where the shares | ||||||
| The Company shall not acquire the of the Company are listed and |
other | ||||||
| Company’s shares except under the relevant regulations. |
|||||||
| aforesaid circumstances. ~~The Company shall not acquire the~~ |
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| ~~Company’s shares except under the~~ | |||||||
| ~~aforesaid circumstances.~~ |
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APPENDIX I
Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments Article 38 If the Company’s Article 38 If the Company’s Amended in Directors, Supervisors, senior Directors, Supervisors, senior accordance management, and shareholders management, and shareholders with Article 44 holding five per cent (5%) or more holding five per cent (5%) or more of Securities of the shares of the Company sell of the shares of the Company sell Law and shares within six (6) months after shares or other securities with an Article 30 of buying the same or buy shares equity nature within six (6) the Guidelines within six (6) months after selling months after buying the same or on Articles of the same, the earnings arising buy shares within six (6) months Association of therefrom shall be attributed to the after selling the same, the earnings Listed Company and the Board shall claim arising therefrom shall be attributed Companies back the said earnings. However, to the Company and the Board the six-month restriction shall not shall claim back the said earnings. be applicable to any sale of shares However, the six month restriction by an underwriter holding five per shall not be applicable to any sale cent (5%) or more of the of shares by an underwriter holding Company’s shares as a result of its five per cent (5%) or more of the underwriting of the untaken shares. Company’s shares as a result of its If the Company’s Board does not underwriting of the untaken shares comply with the provision of and other circumstances preceding paragraph, the stipulated by the CSRC. shareholders can request the Board Shares or other securities with an to do so within thirty (30) days. If equity nature held by Directors, the Board fails to enforce such Supervisors, senior management right within the said period, the members and natural person shareholders are entitled to file a shareholders referred to in the lawsuit with a people’s court in preceding paragraph include their own names for the interests of shares or other securities with an the Company. equity nature held by their If the Company’s Board fails to spouses, parents, children and comply with the first paragraph of under accounts of other persons. this Article, the accountable If the Company’s Board does not Directors shall assume joint and comply with the provision of ~~the~~ several liabilities in accordance ~~preceding paragraph~~ the first with laws. paragraph of this Article , the shareholders can request the Board to do so within thirty (30) days. If the Board fails to enforce such right within the said period, the shareholders are entitled to file a lawsuit with a people’s court in their own names for the interests of the Company. If the Company’s Board fails to comply with the first paragraph of this Article , the accountable Directors shall assume joint and several liabilities in accordance with laws.
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 57 The ordinary | Article 57 The ordinary | Amended in | |||||
| shareholders of the Company shall shareholders of the Company shall |
accordance | ||||||
| enjoy the following rights: | enjoy the following rights: | with Article 27 | |||||
| �� | �� | of Provisions | |||||
| The Company shall not exercise | The Company shall not exercise | on the | |||||
| any rights to freeze or otherwise | any rights to freeze or otherwise | Administration | |||||
| prejudice any rights attached to the prejudice any rights attached to the |
of Equity of | ||||||
| shares held by any person who | shares held by any | person who | Securities | ||||
| directly or indirectly has interest in directly or indirectly has interest in |
Companies | ||||||
| the Company solely for the reason the Company solely for the reason |
|||||||
| that such person fails to disclose to that such person fails to disclose to |
|||||||
| the Company any such interests. | the Company any such interests. | ||||||
| Any shareholder who should have | Any shareholder who should have | ||||||
| but failed to seek approval from or but failed to seek ~~approval~~ |
|||||||
| fails to file with the regulatory | permission from or fails to file | ||||||
| authorities, or who has not | with the regulatory authorities, or | ||||||
| completed the rectification, shall | who has not completed the | ||||||
| not exercise such | rights as the right rectification, shall |
not exercise such | |||||
| to request the convening of a | rights as the right to request the | ||||||
| general meeting, | voting right, right convening of a general meeting, |
||||||
| of nomination, right of making | voting right, right of nomination, | ||||||
| motions and right of disposition. | right of making motions and right | ||||||
| Any shareholder who has made | of disposition. Any shareholder | ||||||
| false statements, | abused his/her | who has made false statements, | |||||
| rights as a shareholder or acted in | a abused his/her rights as a |
||||||
| manner which is | detrimental to the shareholder or acted in a manner |
||||||
| interests of the Company shall not which is detrimental to the interests |
|||||||
| exercise such rights as the right to of the Company shall not exercise |
|||||||
| request the convening of a general such rights as the right to request |
|||||||
| meeting, voting right, right of | the convening of a | general meeting, | |||||
| nomination, right | of making | voting right, right of nomination, | |||||
| motions and right of disposition. | right of making motions and right | ||||||
| of disposition. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
||||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||
| Article 62 The ordinary | Article 62 The ordinary | Amended in | ||||||
| shareholders of the Company shall shareholders of the Company shall |
accordance | |||||||
| have the following obligations: have the following obligations: |
with Article 6, | |||||||
| �� | �� | Article 7 and | ||||||
| (8) Shareholding periods of the (8) Where a shareholder of the |
Article 24 of | |||||||
| Company’s shareholders shall Company acquires less than 5% |
Provisions on | |||||||
| comply with the laws, | of the shares of the Company | the | ||||||
| administrative regulations and through trading on a stock |
Administration | |||||||
| relevant requirements of the CSRC exchange or share transfer system |
of Equity of | |||||||
| on the shareholders of securities or by means other than |
Securities | |||||||
| companies. Shareholders shall not subscription for publicly issued |
Companies | |||||||
| pledge their equity interests in the shares of the Company, he/she |
||||||||
| Company during the lockup period. shall meet the qualification |
||||||||
| Upon the expiration of the lock-up **requirements prescribed ** |
by the | |||||||
| period, the proportion of equity CSRC and cooperate with the |
||||||||
| interest in | the Company pledged by Company in filing a record with |
|||||||
| a shareholder shall not exceed 50% the dispatch office of the CSRC |
||||||||
| of his/her | equity interest in | the at his/her place of residence. |
||||||
| Company. | Where a shareholder | |||||||
| pledges his/her equity interest in | ||||||||
| the Company, such pledge shall not | ||||||||
| prejudice the interests of other | ||||||||
| shareholders and the Company, | ||||||||
| shall not maliciously circumvent | ||||||||
| the requirements of the lock-up | ||||||||
| period in respect of the equity | ||||||||
| interest, and shall not agree on the | ||||||||
| exercise of his/her rights as a | ||||||||
| shareholder such as voting rights | ||||||||
| by the pledgee or other third | ||||||||
| parties, or | transfer the control of | |||||||
| his/her equity interest in the | ||||||||
| Company in a disguised form. The | ||||||||
| de facto controller of a shareholder | ||||||||
| of the Company shall abide by the | ||||||||
| same lock-up period as that for | ||||||||
| such shareholder in respect | of | |||||||
| his/her equity interest in the | ||||||||
| Company, | except for the | |||||||
| circumstances approved by | the | |||||||
| CSRC according to laws. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| (9) to fulfill other obligations as stipulated by laws, administrative (~~8~~9) Shareholding periods of the Company’s shareholders shall |
|||||||
| regulations and these Articles of comply with the laws, |
|||||||
| Association. | administrative regulations and | ||||||
| Shareholders shall not be liable for relevant requirements of the CSRC |
|||||||
| further contribution to share capital on the shareholders of securities |
|||||||
| other than the conditions agreed to companies. The shareholding |
|||||||
| as a subscriber of the shares at the period may be calculated in |
|||||||
| time of subscription. | continuance if shareholders | ||||||
| acquire equity in another | |||||||
| securities company by way of | |||||||
| share swap, etc. Shareholders shall | |||||||
| not pledge their equity interests in | |||||||
| the Company during the lock-up | |||||||
| period. Upon the expiration of the | |||||||
| lock-up period, the proportion of | |||||||
| equity interest in the Company | |||||||
| pledged by a shareholder shall not | |||||||
| exceed 50% of his/her equity | |||||||
| interest in the Company. Where a | |||||||
| shareholder pledges his/her equity | |||||||
| interest in the Company, such | |||||||
| pledge shall not prejudice the | |||||||
| interests of other shareholders and | |||||||
| the Company, shall not maliciously | |||||||
| circumvent the requirements of the | |||||||
| lock-up period in respect of the | |||||||
| equity interest, and shall not agree | |||||||
| on the exercise of his/her rights as | |||||||
| a shareholder such as voting rights | |||||||
| by the pledgee or other third | |||||||
| parties, or transfer the control of | |||||||
| his/her equity interest in the | |||||||
| Company in a disguised form. If | |||||||
| the major assets of a shareholder | |||||||
| are equities in securities | |||||||
| companies, the controlling | |||||||
| shareholders and the de facto | |||||||
| controller of a shareholder of | the | ||||||
| Company shall abide by the same | |||||||
| lock-up period as that for such | |||||||
| shareholder in respect of his/her | |||||||
| equity interest in the Company, | |||||||
| except for the circumstances | |||||||
| approved by the CSRC according to | |||||||
| laws. (~~9~~10) to fulfill other obligations as |
|||||||
| stipulated by laws, administrative | |||||||
| regulations and these Articles | of | ||||||
| Association. | |||||||
| Shareholders shall not be liable for | |||||||
| further contribution to share capital | |||||||
| other than the conditions agreed to | |||||||
| as a subscriber of the shares at the | |||||||
| time of subscription. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| **Article ** | 73 Shareholder(s) severally Article 73 Shareholder(s) severally |
Amended in | |||||
| or jointly holding ten per cent or jointly holding ten per cent |
accordance | ||||||
| (10%) or more of the shares of the (10%) or more of the shares |
of the | with Article 50 | |||||
| Company shall be entitled to Company shall be entitled to |
of the | ||||||
| request | the Board to convene an request the Board to convene an |
Guidelines on | |||||
| extraordinary general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or |
Articles of | ||||||
| class meeting, and shall | put class meeting, and shall put |
Association of | |||||
| forward such request to the Board forward such request to the Board |
Listed | ||||||
| in writing. The Board shall, in writing. The Board shall, |
Companies, | ||||||
| pursuant to laws, administrative pursuant to laws, administrative |
Rule 4.2.2 of | ||||||
| regulations and these Articles of regulations and these Articles of |
the Rules | ||||||
| Association, inform in writing Association, inform in writing |
Governing the | ||||||
| whether it agrees or disagrees to whether it agrees or disagrees to |
Listing of | ||||||
| convene the extraordinary general convene the extraordinary general |
Stock on the | ||||||
| meeting or class meeting within ten meeting or class meeting within ten |
Shanghai Stock | ||||||
| (10) days upon receipt of the (10) days upon receipt of the |
Exchange | ||||||
| proposal. | proposal. | ||||||
| If the Board agrees to convene the If the Board agrees to convene the |
|||||||
| extraordinary general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or |
|||||||
| class meeting, it shall serve a class meeting, it shall serve |
a | ||||||
| notice of such meeting within five notice of such meeting within five |
|||||||
| (5) days after the resolution is (5) days after the resolution |
is | ||||||
| made by the Board. In the event of made by the Board. In the event of |
|||||||
| any change to the original proposal any change to the original proposal |
|||||||
| set forth in the notice, the consent set forth in the notice, the consent |
|||||||
| of relevant shareholder(s) shall be of relevant shareholder(s) shall be |
|||||||
| obtained. | obtained. | ||||||
| If the Board does not agree to hold If the Board does not agree to hold |
|||||||
| the extraordinary general meeting the extraordinary general meeting |
|||||||
| or class meeting or fails | to respond or class meeting or fails to respond |
||||||
| within ten (10) days upon receipt within ten (10) days upon receipt |
|||||||
| of the proposal, shareholder(s) of the proposal, shareholder(s) |
|||||||
| severally or jointly holding ten per severally or jointly holding ten per |
|||||||
| cent (10%) or more of the shares of cent (10%) or more of the shares of |
|||||||
| the Company shall be entitled to the Company shall be entitled to |
|||||||
| propose to the Supervisory propose to the Supervisory |
|||||||
| Committee to convene an Committee to convene an |
|||||||
| extraordinary general meeting or a extraordinary general meeting or a |
|||||||
| class meeting, and shall | put class meeting, and shall put |
||||||
| forward such request to the forward such request to the |
|||||||
| Supervisory Committee in writing. Supervisory Committee in writing. |
|||||||
| If the Supervisory Committee If the Supervisory Committee |
|||||||
| agrees to convene the extraordinary agrees to convene the extraordinary |
|||||||
| general | meeting or class | meeting, it general meeting or class meeting, it |
|||||
| shall serve a notice of such meeting shall serve a notice of such meeting |
|||||||
| within five (5) days upon receipt of within five (5) days upon receipt of |
|||||||
| the said request. In the event of the said request. In the event of |
|||||||
| any change to the original proposal any change to the original proposal |
|||||||
| set forth in the notice, the consent set forth in the notice, the consent |
|||||||
| of relevant shareholder(s) shall be of relevant shareholder(s) shall be |
|||||||
| obtained. | obtained. |
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APPENDIX I
Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments In the case of failure to issue the In the case of failure to issue the notice of extraordinary general notice of extraordinary general meeting or class meeting within the meeting or class meeting within the prescribed period, the Supervisory prescribed period, the Supervisory Committee shall be deemed as Committee shall be deemed as failing to convene and preside over failing to convene and preside over the general meeting and the the general meeting and the shareholder(s) severally or jointly shareholder(s) severally or jointly holding ten per cent (10%) or more holding ten per cent (10%) or more shares of the Company for ninety shares of the Company for ninety (90) or more consecutive days may (90) or more consecutive days may convene and preside over such convene and preside over such meeting by itself/themselves. meeting by itself/themselves. The shareholding of the convening The shareholding of the convening shareholders shall be no less than shareholders shall be no less than ten per cent (10%) before a ten per cent (10%) before a resolution passed at the general resolution passed at the general meeting is announced. meeting is announced. The The convening shareholders shall convening shareholders shall submit the supporting documents to publish an announcement no later the local branch of the CSRC of than the issuance of notice of the the Company’s domicile and the shareholders’ general meeting and stock exchange upon the issuance undertake that their shareholding of the notice of the general meeting percentage shall not be less than and the announcement of the 10% during the period from the resolutions of the general meeting. date of proposing the convening of the shareholders’ general meeting to the convening date of the shareholders’ general meeting. The Supervisory Committee or the convening shareholders shall submit the supporting documents to the local branch of the CSRC of the Company’s domicile and the stock exchange upon the issuance of the notice of the general meeting and the announcement of the resolutions of the general meeting.
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 76 When a general meeting Article 76 When a general |
meeting | Amended in | |||||
| is convened by the Company, the is convened by the Company, the |
accordance | ||||||
| Board, Supervisory Committee and Board, Supervisory Committee and |
with Article | ||||||
| shareholders who severally or shareholders who severally |
or | 2.1.4 of the | |||||
| jointly hold three per cent (3%) or jointly hold three per cent (3%) or |
Guidelines of | ||||||
| more of the shares of the | Company, more of the shares of the Company, |
the Shanghai | |||||
| shall be entitled to make proposals shall be entitled to make proposals |
Stock | ||||||
| to the general meetings. | to the general meetings. | Exchange for | |||||
| Shareholders, who severally or Shareholders, who severally or |
Self-discipline | ||||||
| jointly hold 3% or more of the jointly hold 3% or more of |
the | Supervision of | |||||
| shares of the Company, may submit shares of the Company, may submit |
Listed | ||||||
| ad hoc proposals in writing to the ad hoc proposals in writing to the |
Companies No. | ||||||
| convener ten (10) days before the convener ten (10) days before the |
1 – | ||||||
| convening of the general meeting. convening of the general meeting. |
Standardized | ||||||
| The convener shall issue a Where qualified shareholders |
Operations | ||||||
| supplemental notice of the general submit ad hoc proposals, his/her |
(《上海證券交 | ||||||
| meeting within two (2) days upon shareholding percentage shall not |
易所上市公司 | ||||||
| receipt of the proposals and be less than 3% during the |
自律監管指引 | ||||||
| announce the contents of the ad hoc period from the issuance of the |
第1號–規範運 | ||||||
| proposals. | notice of such ad hoc proposals to | 作》) | |||||
| Except for circumstances | provided the announcement of the |
||||||
| in the above paragraph, the resolutions of the meeting. Where |
|||||||
| convener, after issuing the notice of shareholders submit ad hoc |
|||||||
| the general meeting, shall | neither proposals, he/she shall provide |
||||||
| modify the proposals stated in the the convener with documents |
|||||||
| notice of general meetings nor add **proving that he/she holds ** |
more | ||||||
| new proposals. | than 3% of the shares of the | ||||||
| The general meeting shall | not vote Company. Where shareholders |
||||||
| or resolve on any proposals which jointly submit proposals by |
|||||||
| are not contained in a notice of the proxy, the entrusting shareholder |
|||||||
| general meeting or are not in shall issue an authority document |
|||||||
| compliance with Article 75 herein. in writing to the entrusted |
|||||||
| shareholder. The convener | shall | ||||||
| issue a supplemental notice of the | |||||||
| general meeting within two (2) | |||||||
| days upon receipt of the proposals | |||||||
| and announce the contents of the ad | |||||||
| hoc proposals. | |||||||
| Except for circumstances provided | |||||||
| in the above paragraph, the | |||||||
| convener, after issuing the notice of | |||||||
| the general meeting, shall neither | |||||||
| modify the proposals stated in the | |||||||
| notice of general meetings | nor add | ||||||
| new proposals. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| The general meeting shall not vote | |||||||
| or resolve on any proposals which | |||||||
| are not contained in | a notice of the | ||||||
| general meeting or are not in | |||||||
| compliance with Article75 herein. | |||||||
| Article 79 Notice of a general | Article 79 Notice of a general | Amended in | |||||
| meeting shall satisfy the following meeting shall satisfy the following |
accordance | ||||||
| requirements: | requirements: | with Article 56 | |||||
| �� | �� | of the | |||||
| (10) the name and telephone | (10) the name and telephone | Guidelines on | |||||
| number of the contact person for number of the contact person for |
Articles of | ||||||
| the meeting. | the meeting; | Association of | |||||
| The interval between the | (11) The time and procedures for | Listed | |||||
| shareholding record date of general **voting online or by ** |
other means. | Companies, | |||||
| meeting and the date of the meeting The interval between the |
Rule 21 of the | ||||||
| shall be in compliance with the | shareholding record | date of general | Rules for | ||||
| requirements of | relevant regulatory meeting and the date of the meeting |
Shareholders’ | |||||
| authorities of the place where | shall be in compliance with the | General | |||||
| securities of the Company are | requirements of relevant regulatory | Meetings of | |||||
| listed. The shareholding record date authorities of the place where |
Listed | ||||||
| shall not be changed once | securities of the Company are | Companies | |||||
| confirmed. | listed. The shareholding record date | (《上市公司股 | |||||
| Any notice and | supplementary | shall not be changed once | 東大會規則》) | ||||
| notice of general meetings shall | confirmed. | ||||||
| sufficiently and | completely disclose Any notice and supplementary |
||||||
| all the details of all proposals. If notice of general meetings shall |
|||||||
| any matter to be discussed requires sufficiently and completely disclose |
|||||||
| opinions of the | Independent | all the details of all | proposals. If | ||||
| Directors, the opinions and reasons any matter to be discussed requires |
|||||||
| of the Independent Directors shall opinions of the Independent |
|||||||
| be disclosed together with the | Directors, the opinions and reasons | ||||||
| issuance of such notice. | of the Independent Directors shall | ||||||
| be disclosed together with the | |||||||
| issuance of such notice. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 82 Where the election of Article 82 Where the |
election of | Amended in | |||||
| Directors and | Supervisors are | Directors and Supervisors are | accordance | ||||
| proposed to be discussed at a | proposed to be discussed at a | with Article 57 | |||||
| general meeting, the notice of the general meeting, the notice of the |
of the | ||||||
| general meeting shall sufficiently general meeting shall |
sufficiently | Guidelines on | |||||
| disclose the detailed information disclose the detailed information |
Articles of | ||||||
| about the Director and Supervisor about the Director and Supervisor |
Association of | ||||||
| candidate(s) in accordance with candidate(s) in accordance with |
Listed | ||||||
| laws, regulations, listing rules of laws, regulations, listing rules of |
Companies, | ||||||
| the place where Shares of the | the place where Shares of the | Rule 17 of the | |||||
| Company are | listed and the | Company are listed and the | Rules for | ||||
| requirements of the Articles of | requirements of the Articles of | Shareholders’ | |||||
| Association, including at least the Association, including at least the |
General | ||||||
| following contents: | following contents: | Meetings of | |||||
| (1) personal information including (1) personal information including |
Listed | ||||||
| education background, work | education background, work | Companies | |||||
| experience and part-time job; | experience and part-time job; | (《上市公司股 | |||||
| (2) whether he/she is connected (2) whether he/she is connected |
東大會規則》) | ||||||
| with the Company or its controlling with the Company or |
its controlling | ||||||
| shareholders and de facto | shareholders and de facto | ||||||
| controller; | controller; | ||||||
| (3) his/her shareholding in the | (3) his/her shareholding in the | ||||||
| Company; | Company; | ||||||
| (4) whether he/she has received any (4) whether he/she has received any |
|||||||
| penalty from the Securities | penalty from the Securities | ||||||
| Regulatory Authorities and other Regulatory Authorities and other |
|||||||
| relevant governmental authorities relevant governmental authorities |
|||||||
| and any penalty and warning from and any penalty and warning from |
|||||||
| the stock exchange. | the stock exchange. | ||||||
| Election of every Director and | In addition to adopting the | ||||||
| Supervisor candidate shall be | cumulative voting system to elect | ||||||
| conducted by | separate resolution. Directors and Supervisors, |
||||||
| election of every Director and | |||||||
| Supervisor candidate shall be | |||||||
| conducted by separate resolution. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | Basis of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 86 Shareholders may attend | Article 86 | Shareholders may attend | Amended in | ||||||
| a general meeting in person or | a general meeting in person or | accordance | |||||||
| appoint a proxy to attend | and vote | appoint a proxy to attend and vote | with Article 61 | ||||||
| on their behalf. Individual | on their behalf. Individual | of the | |||||||
| shareholders attending a general | shareholders attending a general | Guidelines | on | ||||||
| meeting in person shall produce | meeting in | person shall produce | Articles of | ||||||
| their identity cards or other valid | their | identity cards or other valid | Association of | ||||||
| proof or evidence of their | proof or evidence of their identities | Listed | |||||||
| identities, in the case of attendance | **and stock ** | account cards, in the | Companies | ||||||
| by proxies, the proxies shall | case of attendance by proxies, the | ||||||||
| produce valid proof of their | proxies shall produce valid proof of | ||||||||
| identities and the proxy forms from | their | identities and the proxy forms | |||||||
| shareholders. | from | shareholders. | |||||||
| Where a shareholder is a | legal | Where a shareholder is a legal | |||||||
| entity, its legal representative or a | entity, its legal representative or a | ||||||||
| proxy entrusted by such legal | proxy entrusted by such legal | ||||||||
| representative shall attend a general | representative shall attend a general | ||||||||
| meeting. In case of attendance by | meeting. In case of attendance by | ||||||||
| legal representatives, they shall | legal | representatives, they shall | |||||||
| produce their identity cards and | produce their identity cards and | ||||||||
| valid proof of their capacities as | valid | proof of their capacities as | |||||||
| legal representatives and, | in the | legal | representatives and, in the | ||||||
| case of attendance by proxies of | case of attendance by proxies of | ||||||||
| such legal representatives, such | such | legal | representatives, such | ||||||
| proxies shall produce their identity | proxies shall produce their identity | ||||||||
| cards and the letters of | cards and the letters of | ||||||||
| authorization duly issued | by such | authorization duly issued by such | |||||||
| legal representatives. | legal | representatives. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 105 The following | matters Article 105 The following |
matters | Amended in | ||||
| shall be resolved by way of special shall be resolved by way of special |
accordance | ||||||
| resolutions at a general meeting: resolutions at a general meeting: |
with Article 78 | ||||||
| (1) increase or reduction of the (1) increase or reduction of the |
of the | ||||||
| registered capital of the Company registered capital of the Company |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| and issue | of shares of any | class, and issue of shares of any |
class, | Articles of | |||
| stock warrants or other similar stock warrants or other similar |
Association of | ||||||
| securities; | securities; | Listed | |||||
| (2) issuance of corporate bonds; (2) issuance of corporate bonds; |
Companies | ||||||
| (3) division, merger, dissolution (3) division, spin-off, merger, |
|||||||
| and liquidation or change in the dissolution and liquidation |
or | ||||||
| form of the Company; | change in the form of the | ||||||
| (4) external guarantees to be Company; |
|||||||
| provided | by the Company; | (4) external guarantees to be | |||||
| (5) purchase or disposal of major provided by the Company; |
|||||||
| assets of the Company within one (5) purchase or disposal of major |
|||||||
| year with | the transaction amount assets of the Company within one |
||||||
| exceeding 15% of the latest audited year with the transaction amount |
|||||||
| total assets of the Company; exceeding 15% of the latest audited |
|||||||
| (6) amendments to the Articles of total assets of the Company; |
|||||||
| Association; | (6) amendments to the Articles of | ||||||
| (7) share | incentive scheme; Association; |
||||||
| (8) any other matters as required by (7) share incentive scheme; |
|||||||
| laws, administrative regulations, (8) any other matters as required by |
|||||||
| departmental rules, normative laws, administrative regulations, |
|||||||
| documents, listing rules of | the departmental rules, normative |
||||||
| place where the shares of the documents, listing rules of the |
|||||||
| Company | are listed or the | Articles place where the shares of the |
|||||
| of Association of the Company and Company are listed or the |
Articles | ||||||
| matters which, as resolved | by way of Association of the Company and |
||||||
| of an ordinary resolution at a matters which, as resolved |
by way | ||||||
| general meeting, will have | a of an ordinary resolution at a |
||||||
| material impact on the Company general meeting, will have |
a | ||||||
| and need | be approved by way of material impact on the Company |
||||||
| special resolutions. | and need be approved by way of | ||||||
| special resolutions. | |||||||
| Article 106 Shareholders (including Article 106 Shareholders (including |
Amended in | ||||||
| proxies) shall exercise their voting proxies) shall exercise their voting |
accordance | ||||||
| rights according to the number of rights according to the number of |
with Article 79 | ||||||
| voting shares they represent, with voting shares they represent, with |
of the | ||||||
| one vote for each share. | one vote for each share. | Guidelines on | |||||
| Articles of | |||||||
| Association of | |||||||
| Listed | |||||||
| Companies |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Where a material matter affecting Where a material matter affecting |
|||||||
| the interests of small and medium the interests of small and medium |
|||||||
| investors is being considered at a investors is being considered at a |
|||||||
| general meeting, the votes cast by general meeting, the votes cast by |
|||||||
| small | and medium investors shall small and medium investors shall |
||||||
| be counted separately, | and the be counted separately, and the |
||||||
| counting results shall be publicly counting results shall be publicly |
|||||||
| disclosed in a timely manner. disclosed in a timely manner. |
|||||||
| Shares in the Company which are Shares in the Company which |
are | ||||||
| held by the Company do not carry held by the Company do not carry |
|||||||
| any voting rights, and | shall not be any voting rights, and shall not be |
||||||
| counted in the total number of counted in the total number of |
|||||||
| voting shares represented by voting shares represented by |
|||||||
| shareholders present at a general shareholders present at a general |
|||||||
| meeting. | meeting. | ||||||
| Subject to the applicable laws, If a shareholder buys voting |
|||||||
| administrative regulations, shares of the Company in |
|||||||
| departmental rules, normative violation of the provisions of |
|||||||
| documents or listing rules of the Article 63 (1) and (2) of the |
|||||||
| places where the shares of the Securities Law, such shares in |
|||||||
| Company are listed, the Board, excess of the prescribed |
|||||||
| Independent Directors | and proportion shall not be entitled to |
||||||
| shareholders who meet the relevant exercise voting rights for a period |
|||||||
| requirements may solicit voting of thirty-six months after the |
|||||||
| rights from shareholders. purchase, and shall not be |
|||||||
| Information including the specific counted as part of the total |
|||||||
| voting preference shall be fully number of voting shares present |
|||||||
| provided to the shareholders for at the general meetings. |
|||||||
| whom voting rights are being Subject to the applicable laws, |
|||||||
| solicited. Consideration or de facto administrative regulations, |
|||||||
| consideration for soliciting departmental rules, normative |
|||||||
| shareholders’ voting rights is documents or listing rules of the |
|||||||
| prohibited. The Company shall not places where the shares of the |
|||||||
| impose any minimum shareholding Company are listed, the Board, |
|||||||
| limitation for soliciting voting Independent Directors ~~and~~ |
|||||||
| rights. | ~~shareholders who meet the relevant~~ | ||||||
| ~~requirements~~, shareholders holding more than 1% of the total voting |
|||||||
| shares of the Company or | |||||||
| investor protection institutions | |||||||
| established in accordance with | |||||||
| laws, administrative regulations | |||||||
| or the provisions of the CSRC | |||||||
| may solicit voting rights from | |||||||
| shareholders. Information including | |||||||
| the specific voting preference | shall | ||||||
| be fully provided to the | |||||||
| shareholders for whom voting | |||||||
| rights are being solicited. | |||||||
| Consideration or de facto | |||||||
| consideration for soliciting | |||||||
| shareholders’ voting rights is | |||||||
| prohibited. Save for the statutory | |||||||
| conditions, the Company shall not | |||||||
| impose any minimum shareholding | |||||||
| limitation for soliciting voting | |||||||
| rights. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 112 The general meeting Article 112 Lists of candidates for |
Amended in | ||||||
| shall vote on all the proposed **Directors or Supervisors shall ** |
be | accordance | |||||
| resolutions separately; in the event put forward by way of proposal |
with Article 17 | ||||||
| of several proposed resolutions for at the general meetings for |
of the Code of | ||||||
| the same issue, such | proposed voting. Where a single |
Corporate | |||||
| resolutions shall be voted on in the shareholder and its persons |
Governance for | ||||||
| order of time at which they are acting in concert are interested in |
Listed | ||||||
| submitted. Unless the general 30% or more of the shares of the |
Companies; | ||||||
| meeting is adjourned | or no Company, the cumulative voting |
Article 82 and | |||||
| resolution can be made for special system is required to elect more |
Article 83 of | ||||||
| reasons such as force majeure, than two Directors or |
the Guidelines | ||||||
| voting of such proposed resolutions Supervisors. |
on Articles of | ||||||
| shall neither be shelved nor refused **The cumulative voting system ** |
as | Association of | |||||
| at the general meeting. stated in the preceding paragraph |
Listed | ||||||
| refers to the voting for the | Companies; | ||||||
| election of Directors or | Article 2.1.14, | ||||||
| Supervisors at the general | Article 2.1.15 | ||||||
| meetings where each share is | and Article | ||||||
| entitled to the same number of | 2.1.16 of the | ||||||
| votes which equals to the total | Guidelines of | ||||||
| number of Directors or | the Shanghai | ||||||
| Supervisors to be elected, and | Stock | ||||||
| shareholders may consolidate | Exchange for | ||||||
| their voting rights when casting a | Self-discipline | ||||||
| vote. The Board of Directors shall | Supervision of | ||||||
| announce the biographical details | Listed | ||||||
| and basic information of the | Companies No. | ||||||
| Directors and Supervisors | 1 – | ||||||
| candidates to the shareholders. | Standardized | ||||||
| Where Directors are elected at | Operations | ||||||
| the general meeting under the | (《上海證券交 | ||||||
| cumulative voting system, the | 易所上市公司 | ||||||
| voting of the Independent | 自律監管指引 | ||||||
| Directors and Non-independent | 第1號–規範運 | ||||||
| Directors shall be carried out | 作》) | ||||||
| separately. The general meeting | |||||||
| shall determine the elected | |||||||
| Directors and Supervisors in a | |||||||
| descending order of the number | |||||||
| **of votes obtained according to ** | the | ||||||
| number of Directors and | |||||||
| Supervisors to be elected. |
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| Basis of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Articles ** | **before ** | Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||||
| Shareholders attending the | ||||||||||
| general meeting shall have the | ||||||||||
| same number of votes as the | ||||||||||
| number of directors or | ||||||||||
| supervisors to be elected under | ||||||||||
| each proposal group for each | ||||||||||
| share held in the proposal subject | ||||||||||
| to the cumulative voting system. | ||||||||||
| The number of votes held by | ||||||||||
| shareholders can be cumulatively | ||||||||||
| cast for one candidate or several | ||||||||||
| candidates. | ||||||||||
| Shareholders should vote within | ||||||||||
| the number of votes for each | ||||||||||
| proposal group. In the event that | ||||||||||
| the number of votes cast by the | ||||||||||
| shareholder exceeds the number | ||||||||||
| of the votes he/she holds, or the | ||||||||||
| shareholder casts votes in a | ||||||||||
| **number exceeding the number ** | of | |||||||||
| candidates in the competitive | ||||||||||
| election, the vote on such | ||||||||||
| resolution shall be deemed | ||||||||||
| invalid. | ||||||||||
| Shareholders with multiple | ||||||||||
| shareholder accounts may vote | ||||||||||
| online through any one of their | ||||||||||
| accounts. The number of votes | ||||||||||
| they are entitled to is calculated | ||||||||||
| on the basis of the total shares of | ||||||||||
| the same class under all of their | ||||||||||
| shareholder accounts. | ||||||||||
| In addition to the cumulative | ||||||||||
| voting system, the general meeting | ||||||||||
| shall vote on all the proposed | ||||||||||
| resolutions separately; in the event | ||||||||||
| of several proposed resolutions for | ||||||||||
| the same issue, such proposed | ||||||||||
| resolutions shall be voted on in | the | |||||||||
| order of time at which they are | ||||||||||
| submitted. Unless the general | ||||||||||
| meeting is adjourned or no | ||||||||||
| resolution can be made for special | ||||||||||
| reasons such as force majeure, | ||||||||||
| voting of such proposed resolutions | ||||||||||
| shall neither be shelved nor refused | ||||||||||
| at the general meeting. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 130 A Director of the Article 130 A Director of the |
Amended in | ||||||
| Company shall meet the following Company shall meet the following |
accordance | ||||||
| criteria: | criteria: | with Article 6 | |||||
| (1) being of honesty, integrity and (1) being of honesty, integrity |
and | of the | |||||
| good | behaviour; | good behaviour; | Measures for | ||||
| (2) being familiar with securities (2) being familiar with securities |
the Supervision | ||||||
| laws, | administrative regulations, and funds laws, administrative |
and | |||||
| rules | and other normative regulations, rules and other |
Administration | |||||
| documents and having | the operation normative documents and having |
of Directors, | |||||
| and management ability necessary the management experience and |
Supervisors, | ||||||
| for performing the duties; the operation and management |
Senior | ||||||
| (3) meeting such years of work ability necessary for performing the |
Management | ||||||
| experience requirements in duties; |
and | ||||||
| securities, finance, economy, law (3) meeting such years of work |
Practitioners of | ||||||
| and accounting as provided for by the CSRC; experience requirements in securities, funds, finance, ~~economy,~~ |
Securities and Fund Operating |
||||||
| (4) meeting such education requirements as provided for by the law, ~~and ~~accounting and information technology as |
Institutions (《證券基金經 |
||||||
| CSRC; | provided for by the CSRC; | 營機構董事、 | |||||
| (5) other criteria as provided for by ~~(4) meeting such education~~ |
監事、高級管 | ||||||
| laws, | administrative regulations and ~~requirements as provided for by the~~ |
理人員及從業 | |||||
| the provisions of these Articles of ~~CSRC;~~ |
人員監督管理 | ||||||
| Association. | (~~5~~4) other criteria as provided for by laws, administrative regulations |
辦法》) | |||||
| and the provisions of these Articles | |||||||
| of Association. | |||||||
| The proposed chairman of the | |||||||
| Company shall also meet the | |||||||
| conditions for securities fund | |||||||
| practitioners. | |||||||
| Article 132 If the members of the Article 132 If the members of |
the | Amended in | |||||
| Board of Directors fall below the Board of Directors fall below the |
accordance | ||||||
| minimum requirements stipulated in minimum requirements stipulated in |
with Article | ||||||
| the Articles of Association because the Articles of Association because |
3.2.7 of | ||||||
| no re-election is timely conducted no re-election is timely conducted |
Guidelines of | ||||||
| upon | expiry of the term of office of upon expiry of the term of office of |
the Shanghai | |||||
| a Director, or due to the resignation a Director, or due to the resignation |
Stock | ||||||
| of a Director, the existing Director of a Director, the existing Director |
Exchange for | ||||||
| shall | continue to perform his/her shall continue to perform his/her |
Self-discipline | |||||
| duties as a Director in | accordance duties as a Director in accordance |
Supervision of | |||||
| with relevant regulations and the with relevant regulations and the |
Listed | ||||||
| provisions of these Articles of provisions of these Articles of |
Companies No. | ||||||
| Association until a newly elected Association until a newly elected |
1 – | ||||||
| Director takes office. | Director takes office. | Standardized | |||||
| Operations | |||||||
| (《上海證券交 | |||||||
| 易所上市公司 | |||||||
| 自律監管指引 | |||||||
| 第1號–規範運 | |||||||
| 作》) |
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Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments A Director may request to resign A Director may request to resign prior to the expiry of his/her term prior to the expiry of his/her term of office. If a Director resigns, such of office. If a Director resigns, such Director shall tender in writing a Director shall tender in writing a letter of resignation to the Board of letter of resignation to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors shall disclose relevant Directors shall disclose relevant information within two (2) days. information within two (2) days. Excepted that the members of the Excepted that the members of the Board of Directors fall below the Board of Directors fall below the minimum statutory requirements minimum statutory requirements due to the resignation of a Director due to the resignation of a Director set out in this Article, the or the number of Independent resignation of a Director shall take Directors is less than one third of effect at the time when the letter of members of the Board of resignation has been served on the Directors or there are no Board of Directors, unless a later accounting professionals among effective date of resignation is Independent Directors as a result prescribed in the letter of of the resignation of any resignation. Independent Director set out in this Article, the resignation of a Director shall take effect at the time when the letter of resignation has been served on the Board of Directors, unless a later effective date of resignation is prescribed in the letter of resignation. Article 140 Unless otherwise Article 140 Unless otherwise Amended in required by the Articles of required by the Articles of accordance Association, the methods and Association, the methods and with Article 12 procedures to nominate Directors procedures to nominate Directors of the Rules are as follows: are as follows: for (1) the candidates for Directors (1) the candidates for Directors Independent may be nominated by the Board of may be nominated by the Board of Directors of Directors based on the number of Directors based on the number of Listed Directors to be elected subject to Directors to be elected subject to Companies the number specified by the the number specified by the Articles of Association; Articles of Association;
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Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments (2) shareholder(s) individually or (2) shareholder(s) individually or jointly holding three per cent (3%) jointly holding three per cent (3%) or more of the shares of the or more of the shares of the Company may nominate the Company may nominate the candidates for Directors, but the candidates for Directors, but the number of persons nominated shall number of persons nominated shall comply with the provisions of the comply with the provisions of the Articles of Association and shall Articles of Association and shall not exceed the number of persons not exceed the number of persons to be elected; to be elected; (3) before the convening of general (3) before the convening of general meeting of the Company, meeting of the Company, candidates for Directors shall make candidates for Directors shall make written commitments stating their written commitments stating their acceptance of the nomination, acceptance of the nomination, confirming that the information of confirming that the information of candidates for Directors is true and candidates for Directors is true and complete, and undertaking to complete, and undertaking to faithfully perform the duties of faithfully perform the duties of Directors if elected; Directors if elected; (4) the written notices of the (4) the written notices of the intention to nominate a candidate intention to nominate a candidate for election as a Director and the for election as a Director and the acceptance of nomination by such acceptance of nomination by such candidate, shall be given to the candidate, shall be given to the Company no less than seven (7) Company no less than seven (7) days prior to the date of convening days prior to the date of convening the general meeting; the general meeting; (5) the period given by the (5) the period given by the Company to relevant nominators Company to relevant nominators and nominees to submit the and nominees to submit the aforesaid notices and documents aforesaid notices and documents (which period shall commence from (which period shall commence from the day following the date of the day following the date of despatch of the notice of general despatch of the notice of general meeting) shall be no less than meeting) shall be no less than seven (7) days. seven (7) days. In addition, the Supervisory Committee or shareholders individually or jointly holding an aggregate of one per cent (1%) or more of the issued shares of the Company may nominate the Independent Directors, provided that the number of nominees complies with the provisions of these Articles of Association and shall not exceed the number of persons to be elected.
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 141 Independent Directors Article 141 Independent Directors |
Amended in | ||||||
| refer to the Directors | who do not refer to the Directors who do not |
accordance | |||||
| hold any other positions in the hold any other positions in the |
with Article 6 | ||||||
| Company (other than | as a Director Company (other than as a Director |
of the | |||||
| of the Company), and are not of the Company), and are not |
Measures for | ||||||
| related to the Company and its related to the Company and its |
the Supervision | ||||||
| shareholders in a way that may shareholders in a way that may |
and | ||||||
| hinder their independent and hinder their independent and |
Administration | ||||||
| objective judgment, and comply objective judgment, and comply |
of Directors, | ||||||
| with the independent | requirements with the independent requirements |
Supervisors, | |||||
| under the listing rules of the place under the listing rules of the place |
Senior | ||||||
| where the Company shares are where the Company shares are |
Management | ||||||
| listed. | listed. | and | |||||
| The | Company’s Board of Directors The Company’s Board of Directors |
Practitioners of | |||||
| shall include Independent Directors. shall include Independent Directors. |
Securities and | ||||||
| There shall be no less than three There shall be no less than three |
Fund Operating | ||||||
| (3) Independent Directors and they (3) Independent Directors and they |
Institutions | ||||||
| shall constitute no less than one- shall constitute no less than one- |
(《證券基金經 | ||||||
| third (1/3) of the Board of third (1/3) of the Board of |
營機構董事、 | ||||||
| Directors. At least one Independent Directors~~. At least one Independent~~ |
監事、高級管 | ||||||
| Director shall possess the ~~Nonexecutive Director shall possess~~ |
理人員及從業 | ||||||
| appropriate professional ~~the appropriate professional~~ |
人員監督管理 | ||||||
| qualifications or have appropriate ~~qualifications or have appropriate~~ |
辦法》), | ||||||
| accounting or related | financial ~~accounting or related financial~~ |
Article 10 of | |||||
| management expertise and one Independent Director shall reside in ~~management expertise~~, including at least one accounting professional, |
the Rules for Independent |
||||||
| Hong Kong. | and one Independent Director shall | Directors of | |||||
| Apart from the qualifications and reside in Hong Kong. |
Listed | ||||||
| obligations of Directors provided in the relevant provisions in Section 1 ~~Apart from the~~The qualifications and obligations of Independent |
Companies | ||||||
| of this Chapter, an Independent Directors ~~provided in the relevant~~ |
|||||||
| Director shall also meet the ~~provisions in Section 1 of this~~ |
|||||||
| following requirements: ~~Chapter, an Independent Director~~ |
|||||||
| (1) shall have five (5) years or ~~shall also meet the following~~ |
|||||||
| more of experience in the work of ~~requirements:~~ |
|||||||
| securities, finance, law or ~~(1) shall have five (5) years or~~ |
|||||||
| accounting; | ~~more of experience in the work ~~ | ~~of~~ | |||||
| (2) shall have a university diploma ~~securities, finance, law or~~ |
|||||||
| at or above the undergraduate level, ~~accounting;~~ |
|||||||
| and | a bachelor’s degree or higher ~~(2) shall have a university diploma~~ |
||||||
| degree; | ~~at or above the undergraduate level,~~ | ||||||
| ~~and a bachelor’s degree or higher~~ | |||||||
| ~~degree;~~ |
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| Basis of | Basis of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| (3) shall have the time and capacity ~~(3) shall have the time and capacity~~ |
|||||||
| necessary for the performance of ~~necessary for the performance of~~ |
|||||||
| his/her duties as an Independent ~~his/her duties as an Independent~~ |
|||||||
| Director; | ~~Director;~~ | ||||||
| (4) shall have the basic knowledge ~~(4) shall have the basic knowledge~~ |
|||||||
| of the operation of a financial | ~~of the operation of a financial~~ | ||||||
| institution and be familiar with the ~~institution and be familiar with the~~ |
|||||||
| relevant laws, regulations and rules, ~~relevant laws, regulations and rules,~~ |
|||||||
| and with a good reputation; | ~~and ~~ | ~~with a good reputation;~~ | |||||
| (5) shall meet the independence | ~~(5) shall meet the independence~~ | ||||||
| requirements provided in the | ~~requirements provided in the~~ | ||||||
| relevant provisions required by the ~~relevant provisions required by the~~ |
|||||||
| Securities Regulatory Authorities of ~~Securities Regulatory Authorities of~~ |
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| the State Council and the securities ~~the State Council and the securities~~ |
|||||||
| regulatory rules of the place where ~~regulatory rules of the place where~~ |
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| the Company’s shares are listed. ~~the Company’s shares are listed.~~ |
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| shall meet the requirements of | |||||||
| relevant provisions in Section 1 of | |||||||
| **this ** | Chapter and the | ||||||
| independence requirements | |||||||
| provided in the relevant | |||||||
| provisions required by the | |||||||
| Securities Regulatory Authorities | |||||||
| **and ** | the stock exchange where the | ||||||
| **Company’s ** | shares are listed. |
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| Basis of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||
| Article 143 Where the Independent | Article 143 Where the Independent | Amended in | ||||||
| Director resigns or be removed | Director resigns | or be removed | accordance | |||||
| during his/her term | of office, the | during his/her term of office, the | with Article 18 | |||||
| Independent Director | Independent Director | of | the Rules | |||||
| himself/herself and | the Company | himself/herself and the Company | for | |||||
| shall separately report and provide | shall explain any circumstances | Independent | ||||||
| a written explanation to the | related to his or her resignation | Directors of | ||||||
| Securities Regulatory Authorities in | **or which he or ** | she deems | Listed | |||||
| the company’s place of domicile | necessary to draw the attention of | Companies | ||||||
| and the general meeting, | the shareholders and creditors of | |||||||
| respectively. | the company, and shall separately | |||||||
| If at any time the number of the | report and provide a written | |||||||
| Independent Directors of the | explanation to the Securities | |||||||
| Company does not satisfy the | Regulatory Authorities in the | |||||||
| number, qualifications or | company’s place of domicile and | |||||||
| independence requirements under | the general meeting, respectively. | |||||||
| the listing rules of the main board, | If at any time the number of the | |||||||
| the Company shall notify the Hong | Independent Directors of the | |||||||
| Kong Stock Exchange promptly, | Company does not satisfy the | |||||||
| and shall state in the form of | number, qualifications or | |||||||
| announcement the particulars and | independence requirements under | |||||||
| reasons. The Company shall also | the listing rules | of the main board, | ||||||
| appoint a sufficient | number of | the Company shall notify the Hong | ||||||
| Independent Directors to meet the | Kong Stock Exchange promptly, | |||||||
| requirements of the | listing rules of | and shall state in the form of | ||||||
| the main board within three months | announcement the particulars and | |||||||
| after its failure to comply with the | reasons. The Company shall also | |||||||
| relevant requirements. | appoint a sufficient number of | |||||||
| Independent Directors to meet the | ||||||||
| requirements of | the listing rules of | |||||||
| the main board within three months | ||||||||
| after its failure to comply with the | ||||||||
| relevant requirements. |
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| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments Basis of Amendments |
|---|---|
| Article 144 The Independent Director shall have the following powers in addition to those powers conferred upon him/her by the Company Law and other relevant laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, normative documents, the listing rules of the place where the Company shares are listed and these Articles of Association: (1) to propose to the Board of Directors to convene extraordinary general meetings. If the Board of Directors refuses to do so, he/she may propose to the Supervisor Committee to convene extraordinary general meetings; (2) to propose to convene Board meetings; (3) to engage auditing firms or consultancy firms necessary for performing duties; (4) to offer independent opinions on matters related to the remuneration plans, incentive scheme and so forth for the Company’s Directors and senior management members; |
Article 144 The Independent Director shall have the following particular powers in addition to those powers conferred upon him/her by the Company Law and other relevant laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, normative documents, the listing rules of the place where the Company shares are listed and these Articles of Association: (1) to propose prior approval opinions on the material connected transaction (connected transactions with a total amount of more than RMB3 million or higher than 5% of the latest audited net assets of the Company); before the Independent Directors make judgment, an intermediary agency can be engaged to produce a report of independent financial advisor, which will serve as the basis for the Independent Directors’ judgment; (2) to propose to the Board of Directors to engage or dismiss an accounting firm; ~~(3) to engage auditing firms or~~ ~~consultancy firms necessary for~~ ~~performing duties;~~ (~~1~~3) to propose to the Board of Directors to convene extraordinary general meetings. If the Board of Directors refuses to do so, he/she may propose to the Supervisor Committee to convene extraordinary general meetings; ~~(4) to offer independent opinions~~ ~~on matters related to the~~ ~~remuneration plans, incentive~~ ~~scheme and so forth for the~~ ~~Company’s Directors and senior~~ ~~management members;~~ (~~3~~4) to propose to convene Board meetings; Amended in accordance with Article 22 and 23 of the Rules for Independent Directors of Listed Companies |
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Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments (5) to offer his/her independent ~~(5) to offer his/her independent~~ opinions on the material connected ~~opinions on the material connected~~ transactions (as determined ~~transactions (as determined~~ according to the criteria issued by ~~according to the criteria issued by~~ the regulatory authorities in the ~~the regulatory authorities in the~~ place(s) of listing from time to ~~place(s) of listing from time to~~ time); ~~time);~~ (6) publicly solicit proxies from ( ~~6~~ 5 ) publicly solicit proxies from shareholders before shareholders’ shareholders before shareholders’ general meetings. general meetings; The Independent Director shall (6) to engage external auditing perform his/her Director’s duties firms or consultancy firms independently in accordance with necessary for performing duties. laws, administrative regulations and To exercise the powers specified requirements of the Securities in Clauses (1) to (5) above, the Regulatory Authorities, and shall Independent Directors shall submit his/her work report at the obtain approval of more than half annual general meeting. of all Independent Directors. To The Independent Director who fails exercise the powers specified in to perform his/her duties diligently Clause (6) above, the approval of shall undertake the corresponding all Independent Directors shall be responsibilities. obtained. Clauses (1) and (2) The Company shall ensure that shall be approved by more than Independent Directors will enjoy half of the Independent Directors the same right to information as before being submitted to the other Directors. Board of Directors for discussion. In the event that the proposals referred to in Clause 1 of this Article are not adopted or the above powers cannot be exercised normally, the Company shall disclose the relevant circumstances. Where the laws, administrative regulations and the CSRC have provisions otherwise, such provisions shall prevail. Independent Directors shall express independent opinions on the following: (1) nomination, appointment and removal of Directors; (2) appointment and removal of senior management members; (3) remuneration of the Directors and senior management members of the Company; (4) to determine existing or new loans or other capital transactions by shareholders, the de facto controllers and affiliates with a total amount of more than RMB3 million or higher than 5% of the latest audited net assets of the Company, and whether to adopt effective measures to recover the debts;
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| Basis of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Articles ** | **before ** | Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||||
| (5) matters which the | ||||||||||
| Independent Directors consider to | ||||||||||
| be detrimental to the interest of | ||||||||||
| the minority shareholders; | ||||||||||
| (6) other matters stipulated by | ||||||||||
| laws, administrative regulations, | ||||||||||
| CSRC as well as these Articles of | ||||||||||
| Association. | ||||||||||
| Independent Directors shall make | ||||||||||
| any of the following opinions in | ||||||||||
| respect of the independent | ||||||||||
| opinions: consent; qualified | ||||||||||
| opinion and the reasons hereto; | ||||||||||
| adverse opinion and the reasons | ||||||||||
| hereto; unable to present opinions | ||||||||||
| and the obstacles hereto. | ||||||||||
| If the relevant matters in | ||||||||||
| aforementioned provisions are | ||||||||||
| discloseable, the Company shall | ||||||||||
| make an announcement of the | ||||||||||
| opinions of Independent | ||||||||||
| Directors. If Independent | ||||||||||
| Directors are of divergent views | ||||||||||
| and cannot reach a consensus, the | ||||||||||
| Board of Directors shall disclose | ||||||||||
| respective opinions of each of | ||||||||||
| Independent Directors. | ||||||||||
| The Independent Director shall | ||||||||||
| perform his/her Director’s duties | ||||||||||
| independently in accordance with | ||||||||||
| laws, administrative regulations and | ||||||||||
| requirements of the Securities | ||||||||||
| Regulatory Authorities, and shall | ||||||||||
| submit his/her work report at the | ||||||||||
| annual general meeting. | ||||||||||
| The Independent Director who fails | ||||||||||
| to perform his/her duties diligently | ||||||||||
| shall undertake the corresponding | ||||||||||
| responsibilities. | ||||||||||
| The Company shall ensure that | ||||||||||
| Independent Directors will enjoy | ||||||||||
| the same right to information as | ||||||||||
| other Directors. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 147 The Board of Directors Article 147 The Board of Directors |
Amended in | ||||||
| shall exercise the following powers shall exercise the following powers |
accordance | ||||||
| and duties: | and duties: | with Article 10 | |||||
| (1) to convene | a general meeting (1) to convene a general meeting |
of the | |||||
| and submit work report to such | and submit work report to such | Measures for | |||||
| meeting; | meeting; | the Supervision | |||||
| (2) to implement the resolutions of (2) to implement the |
resolutions of | and | |||||
| a general meeting; | a general meeting; | Administration | |||||
| (3) to decide on the operation plan (3) to decide on the operation plan |
of Directors, | ||||||
| and investment scheme of the | and investment scheme of the | Supervisors, | |||||
| Company; | Company; | Senior | |||||
| (4) to determine the objectives of (4) to determine the objectives of |
Management | ||||||
| the Company’s compliance | the Company’s compliance | and | |||||
| management, assume responsibility management, assume |
responsibility | Practitioners of | |||||
| for the effectiveness of compliance for the effectiveness of compliance |
Securities and | ||||||
| management of the Company and management of the Company and |
Fund Operating | ||||||
| perform the corresponding duties of perform the corresponding duties of |
Institutions | ||||||
| compliance management; | compliance management; | (《證券基金經 | |||||
| (5) to prepare the draft annual | (5) to prepare the draft annual | 營機構董事、 | |||||
| budget and final accounts of the budget and final accounts of the |
監事、高級管 | ||||||
| Company; | Company; | 理人員及從業 | |||||
| (6) to prepare the profit distribution (6) to prepare the profit distribution |
人員監督管理 | ||||||
| plan and the loss recovery plan | of plan and the loss recovery plan of |
辦法》 | |||||
| the Company; | the Company; (7) to prepare the | ||||||
| (7) to prepare the plan for the | plan for the Company to increase | ||||||
| Company to increase or reduce | its or reduce its registered capital, |
||||||
| registered capital, issuance of | issuance of corporate | bonds and | |||||
| corporate bonds and other securities other securities and listing plans; |
|||||||
| and listing plans; | (8) to prepare plans of the | ||||||
| (8) to prepare plans of the | Company with respect to mergers, | ||||||
| Company with | respect to mergers, divisions, dissolution |
or changes of | |||||
| divisions, dissolution or changes of the form of the Company; |
|||||||
| the form of the Company; | (9) to prepare plans of the | ||||||
| (9) to prepare plans of the | Company with respect to material | ||||||
| Company with | respect to material acquisitions, acquisition of the |
||||||
| acquisitions, acquisition of the | Company shares; | ||||||
| Company shares; |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| (10) to appoint or remove the (10) to appoint or remove the |
|||||||
| General | Manager, the Chief General Manager, the Chief |
||||||
| Compliance Officer, the Chief Risk Compliance Officer, the Chief Risk |
|||||||
| Officer and the Secretary | of the Officer and the Secretary of the |
||||||
| Board nominated by the Chairman Board nominated by the Chairman |
|||||||
| of the Board of Directors | and of the Board of Directors or |
||||||
| decide the remunerations | and Special Committees under the |
||||||
| rewards | and punishments | thereof; Board and decide the |
|||||
| to appoint or remove the | Chief remunerations and rewards |
and | |||||
| Financial Officer, Chief Information punishments thereof; to appoint or |
|||||||
| Officer members of the Executive remove the Chief Financial |
Officer, | ||||||
| Committee and other senior Chief Information Officer members |
|||||||
| management members nominated of the Executive Committee and |
|||||||
| by the Chairman of the Board of other senior management members |
|||||||
| Directors or the General Manager, nominated by the Chairman of the |
|||||||
| and decide the remunerations and Board of Directors, Special |
|||||||
| rewards | and punishments | thereof; Committees under the Board or |
|||||
| (11) to decide on the establishment the General Manager, and decide |
|||||||
| of the internal management the remunerations and rewards and |
|||||||
| organizations of the Company; punishments thereof; |
|||||||
| (12) to determine the composition (11) to decide on the establishment |
|||||||
| of special committees under the of the internal management |
|||||||
| Board, and the chairman (convener) organizations of the Company; |
|||||||
| of each special committee; (12) to determine the composition |
|||||||
| (13) to establish a basic | of special committees under the | ||||||
| management system of the Board, and the chairman (convener) |
|||||||
| Company; | of each special committee; | ||||||
| (14) to prepare plans to amend (13) to establish a basic |
|||||||
| these Articles of Association; management system of the |
|||||||
| (15) to file an application for Company; |
|||||||
| bankruptcy on behalf of the (14) to prepare plans to amend |
|||||||
| Company; | these Articles of Association; | ||||||
| (16) to prepare plans of the (15) to file an application for |
|||||||
| Company with respect to | the bankruptcy on behalf of the |
||||||
| material | external investments, Company; |
||||||
| material | assets acquisition and (16) to prepare plans of the |
||||||
| disposal, material guarantees and Company with respect to the |
|||||||
| material | connected transactions; material external investments, |
||||||
| (17) to consider and approve the material assets acquisition and |
|||||||
| external | investment matters that do disposal, material guarantees and |
||||||
| not require approval by the general material connected transactions; |
|||||||
| meeting | as prescribed in these (17) to consider and approve the |
||||||
| Articles | of Association; | external investment matters | that do | ||||
| (18) to consider and approve the not require approval by the |
general | ||||||
| assets acquisition and disposal meeting as prescribed in these |
|||||||
| matters that do not require approval Articles of Association; |
|||||||
| by the general meeting as (18) to consider and approve the |
|||||||
| prescribed in these Articles of assets acquisition and disposal |
|||||||
| Association; | matters that do not require approval | ||||||
| by the general meeting as | |||||||
| prescribed in these Articles | of | ||||||
| Association; |
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Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments (19) to consider and approve the (19) to consider and approve the connected transactions that should connected transactions that should be considered and approved by the be considered and approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to laws Board of Directors pursuant to laws and regulations and the listing rules and regulations and the listing rules of the place where the Company of the place where the Company shares are listed; shares are listed; (20) to consider and approve the (20) to consider and approve the external donations by the Company external donations by the Company which accumulatively do not which accumulatively do not exceed RMB twenty five million exceed RMB twenty five million (25,000,000) (inclusive) in one (25,000,000) (inclusive) in one financial year; financial year; (21) to decide on the Company’s (21) to decide on the Company’s external investments, acquisition external investments, acquisition and disposal of assets, pledge of and disposal of assets, pledge of assets, external guarantees, trust assets, external guarantees, trust management and other matters management and other matters within the scope of authorization within the scope of authorization by a general meeting; by a general meeting; (22) to decide on mergers, (22) to decide on mergers, divisions, establishments or divisions, establishments or revocations of domestic branches; revocations of domestic branches; (23) to manage the disclosure of (23) to manage the disclosure of information by the Company; information by the Company; (24) to propose to the general (24) to propose to the general meeting with respect to the meeting with respect to the engagement or replacement of the engagement or replacement of the audit firm of the Company; audit firm of the Company; (25) to receive the work report of (25) to receive the work report of the General Manager of the the General Manager of the Company and examine such work; Company and examine such work; (26) to guide and supervise the (26) to guide and supervise the Company to strengthen the cultural Company to strengthen the cultural development, and to establish and development, and to establish and improve a cultural system that can improve a cultural system that can effectively support the Company’s effectively support the Company’s strategy so as to realize their strategy so as to realize their integration and development of integration and development of such Company’s strategy and such Company’s strategy and cultural system; cultural system;
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| (27) to exercise any other duties | (27) to exercise any other duties | ||||||
| and powers specified in relevant | and powers specified in relevant | ||||||
| laws, administrative regulations, | laws, administrative regulations, | ||||||
| departmental rules, normative | departmental rules, normative | ||||||
| documents, the listing rules of the | documents, the listing rules of the | ||||||
| place where the Company shares | place where the Company shares | ||||||
| are listed or these Articles of | are listed or these Articles of | ||||||
| Association. | Association. | ||||||
| For the above matters of duties and For the above matters of duties and |
|||||||
| powers exercised | by the Board of | powers exercised by the Board of | |||||
| Directors which is beyond the | Directors which is | beyond the | |||||
| scope of authorization of the | scope of authorization of the | ||||||
| shareholders’ general meeting or | shareholders’ general meeting or | ||||||
| any transaction or arrangement of | any transaction or | arrangement of | |||||
| the Company which shall be | the Company which shall be | ||||||
| considered and approved by a | considered and approved by a | ||||||
| general meeting according to the | general meeting according to the | ||||||
| listing rules of the places where the listing rules of the |
places where the | ||||||
| shares of the Company are listed, | shares of the Company are listed, | ||||||
| shall be submitted to the general | shall be submitted | to the general | |||||
| meeting for consideration and | meeting for consideration and | ||||||
| approval. | approval. | ||||||
| The Board of Directors shall define The Board of Directors shall define |
|||||||
| the limits of authority of external | the limits of authority of external | ||||||
| investment, acquisition and disposal investment, acquisition and disposal |
|||||||
| of assets and connected transaction, of assets and connected transaction, |
|||||||
| and set up a stringent investigation and set up a stringent investigation |
|||||||
| and decision making procedure. | and decision making procedure. | ||||||
| Specialists and professionals should Specialists and professionals should |
|||||||
| be organized to assess the material be organized to assess the material |
|||||||
| external investment and seek | external investment and seek | ||||||
| shareholders’ approval in a general shareholders’ approval in a general |
|||||||
| meeting. | meeting. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | ||||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 162 The Directors shall | Article 162 The Directors shall | Amended in | |||||||
| attend a Board meeting in person. | attend a Board meeting in person. | accordance | |||||||
| If a Director is unable to attend for | If | a Director is unable to attend for | with Article | ||||||
| any reasons, he/she may appoint | any reasons, he/she may appoint | 3.3.2 of | |||||||
| another Director in writing to | another Director in writing to | Guidelines of | |||||||
| attend on his/her behalf. The authorized Director shall present |
attend on his/her behalf~~.~~, one Director shall not accept |
the Shanghai Stock |
|||||||
| authorization letters and exercise | **appointment ** | by more than two | Exchange for | ||||||
| the voting right to the | extent of the | Directors to attend one Board | Self-discipline | ||||||
| authorization given. The | meeting on his/her behalf, an | Supervision of | |||||||
| authorization letter shall contain the | **Independent ** | Director shall not | Listed | ||||||
| name of the representative, the | appoint a Director who is not an | Companies No. | |||||||
| matters represented, scope of | **Independent ** | Director to attend | 1 – | ||||||
| authorization and validity period. It | the meeting on his/her behalf, the | Standardized | |||||||
| shall be signed or sealed by the | authorized Director shall present | Operations | |||||||
| principal. If a Director does not | authorization letters and exercise | (《上海證券交 | |||||||
| attend a Board meeting in person | the voting right to the extent of the | 易所上市公司 | |||||||
| and does not appoint a | authorization given. The | 自律監管指引 | |||||||
| representative to attend the | authorization letter shall contain the | 第1號–規範運 | |||||||
| meeting, he/she shall be deemed to | name of the representative, the | 作》) | |||||||
| have waived the voting rights in | matters represented, scope of | ||||||||
| the meeting. | authorization and validity period. It | ||||||||
| shall be signed or sealed by the | |||||||||
| principal. If a | Director does not | ||||||||
| attend a Board meeting in person | |||||||||
| and does not appoint a | |||||||||
| representative | to attend the | ||||||||
| meeting, he/she shall be deemed to | |||||||||
| have waived the voting rights in | |||||||||
| the meeting. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 185 A person who serves Article 185 A person who serves |
Amended in | ||||||
| any administrative roles other than any administrative roles other than |
accordance | ||||||
| a Director or Supervisor in the | a Director or Supervisor in the | with Article 32 | |||||
| controlling shareholder or de facto controlling shareholder or de facto |
of the | ||||||
| controller of the Company, shall | controller of the Company, shall | Measures for | |||||
| not serve as senior management | not serve as senior management | the Supervision | |||||
| member of the Company. | member of the Company. | and | |||||
| A senior management member of A senior management member of |
Administration | ||||||
| the Company may at most hold the the Company may at most hold the |
of Directors, | ||||||
| office of Director or Supervisor | office of Director or | Supervisor | Supervisors, | ||||
| concurrently in | two (2) companies concurrently in two |
(2) companies | Senior | ||||
| in which the Company has | in which the Company has | Management | |||||
| shareholding but shall not hold an shareholding but shall not hold an |
and | ||||||
| office other than those aforesaid | in office other than those aforesaid in |
Practitioners of | |||||
| such companies. Senior | such companies. Senior | Securities and | |||||
| management members of the | management members of the | Fund Operating | |||||
| Company shall | not engage | Company shall not engage | Institutions | ||||
| themselves concurrently in any | themselves concurrently in any | (《證券基金經 | |||||
| other profit-making organizations or other profit-making organizations or |
營機構董事、 | ||||||
| other operation | activities. | other operation activities other | 監事、高級管 | ||||
| than the companies in which they | 理人員及從業 | ||||||
| have a shareholding or | 人員監督管理 | ||||||
| controlling interest. If there are | 辦法》), | ||||||
| any other provisions under | Article 126 of | ||||||
| relevant laws, regulations and as | the Guidelines | ||||||
| required by the CSRC, such | on Articles of | ||||||
| provisions shall prevail. | Association of | ||||||
| The senior management members | Listed | ||||||
| of the Company shall be only | Companies | ||||||
| entitled to salaries paid by the | |||||||
| Company, and the controlling | |||||||
| shareholders shall not pay the | |||||||
| salaries on behalf of the | |||||||
| Company. |
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| Basis of | Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||
| Article 190 If a senior management | **Article ** | 190 If a senior management | Amended in | |||||
| violates any laws, administrative | violates | any laws, administrative | accordance | |||||
| regulations, departmental rules, | regulations, departmental rules, | with Article | ||||||
| normative documents, the listing | normative documents, the listing | 153 of the | ||||||
| rules of the places where the shares | rules of | the places where the shares | Guidelines on | |||||
| of the Company are listed or the | of the Company are listed or the | Articles of | ||||||
| provisions of these Articles of | provisions of these Articles of | Association of | ||||||
| Association in the course of | Association in the course of | Listed | ||||||
| performing his/her duties of | the | performing his/her duties of the | Companies | |||||
| Company and causes losses to the | Company and causes losses to the | |||||||
| Company, he/she shall be liable for | Company, he/she shall be liable for | |||||||
| compensation. | compensation. | |||||||
| **Senior ** | management shall | |||||||
| faithfully perform their duties | ||||||||
| and safeguard the best interests | ||||||||
| of the Company and all | ||||||||
| shareholders. If the senior | ||||||||
| management of the Company fails | ||||||||
| to faithfully perform their duties | ||||||||
| or violates their fiduciary duty | ||||||||
| and causes damage to the | ||||||||
| interests of the Company and the | ||||||||
| shareholders of public shares, | ||||||||
| they shall be liable for | ||||||||
| compensation in accordance with | ||||||||
| the law. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 202 The Supervisors shall Article 202 The Supervisors shall |
Amended in | ||||||
| serve | for a term of three (3) years. serve for a term of three (3) years. |
accordance | |||||
| The term of a Supervisor is The term of a Supervisor is |
with Article 82 | ||||||
| renewable and subject | to reelection renewable and subject to reelection |
of the | |||||
| upon | the expiration of | his/her term upon the expiration of his/her |
term | Guidelines on | |||
| of office. | of office. | Articles of | |||||
| A Supervisor may resign prior to The Supervisory Committee or |
Association of | ||||||
| the expiry of his/her term of office. shareholders individually or |
Listed | ||||||
| The provisions in respect of the **jointly holding an aggregate ** |
of | Companies, | |||||
| resignation of the Directors in these three percent (3%) or more of the |
Article 16 of | ||||||
| Articles of Association shall be Company’s shares may nominate |
the Rules on | ||||||
| applicable to the Supervisors. the Shareholder representative |
Governance of | ||||||
| Supervisors, provided that the | Securities | ||||||
| number of nominees complies | Companies | ||||||
| with the provisions of these | |||||||
| Articles of Association and shall | |||||||
| not exceed the number of persons | |||||||
| to be elected. | |||||||
| The candidates for Supervisors | |||||||
| shall, before the convening of the | |||||||
| shareholders’ general meetings of | |||||||
| the Company, make written | |||||||
| undertakings, express their | |||||||
| consent to their nomination, | |||||||
| confirm the truthfulness and | |||||||
| completeness of the provided | |||||||
| information and undertake that | |||||||
| they will duly perform their | |||||||
| responsibilities as Supervisors | |||||||
| upon election. | |||||||
| When a shareholder elects more | |||||||
| than half (1/2) of the Directors of | |||||||
| the Board of Directors, the | |||||||
| selection of Supervisors shall not | |||||||
| exceed one third (1/3) of the | |||||||
| members of the Supervisory | |||||||
| Committee. | |||||||
| A Supervisor may resign prior | to | ||||||
| the expiry of his/her term of office. | |||||||
| The provisions in respect of the | |||||||
| resignation of the Directors in | these | ||||||
| Articles of Association shall be | |||||||
| applicable to the Supervisors. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 204 The Supervisors shall Article 204 The Supervisors shall |
Amended in | ||||||
| ensure that all information ensure that all information |
accordance | ||||||
| disclosed by the Company are true, disclosed by the Company are true, |
with Article | ||||||
| accurate and complete. | accurate and complete, and sign | 140 of the | |||||
| written confirmation opinion on | Guidelines on | ||||||
| regular reports. | Articles of | ||||||
| Association of | |||||||
| Listed | |||||||
| Companies | |||||||
| Article 217 The Supervisory Article 217 The Supervisory |
Amended in | ||||||
| Committee shall keep minutes of its Committee shall keep minutes of its |
accordance | ||||||
| resolutions on the matters discussed resolutions on the matters discussed |
with Article | ||||||
| at the | meeting. | at the meeting. | 149 of the | ||||
| The Supervisors who attended the The Supervisors who attended the |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| meeting, and the recorder shall sign meeting, and the recorder shall sign |
Articles of | ||||||
| the minutes of that meeting. Each the minutes of that meeting. Each |
Association of | ||||||
| Supervisor is entitled to request Supervisor is entitled to request |
Listed | ||||||
| that an explanation of his/her that an explanation of his/her |
Companies | ||||||
| comments made at the meetings be comments made at the meetings be |
|||||||
| noted | in the minutes. The minutes noted in the minutes. The minutes |
||||||
| of the | Supervisory Committee of the Supervisory Committee |
||||||
| meetings shall be kept as corporate meetings shall be kept as corporate |
|||||||
| archives for at least twenty (20) archives for at least twenty (20) |
|||||||
| years. | years. | ||||||
| The minutes of the meeting of The minutes of the meeting of |
|||||||
| Supervisory Committee | shall Supervisory Committee shall |
||||||
| include the following: | include the following: | ||||||
| (1) the date, venue and | convener of (1) the date, venue and convener of |
||||||
| the meeting; | the meeting; | ||||||
| (2) the names of the Supervisors (2) the names of the Supervisors |
|||||||
| attending the meeting and the attending the meeting and the |
|||||||
| names | of the Supervisors (proxies) names of the Supervisors (proxies) |
||||||
| appointed by other Supervisors to appointed by other Supervisors to |
|||||||
| attend | the meeting; | attend the meeting; | |||||
| (3) the agenda of the meeting; (3) the agenda of the meeting; |
|||||||
| (4) the main points of the speeches (4) the main points of the speeches |
|||||||
| of the | Supervisors; | of the Supervisors; | |||||
| (5) the methods and results of the (5) the methods and results of the |
|||||||
| voting | for each resolution (the voting for each resolution (the |
||||||
| voting | results shall state the voting results shall state the |
||||||
| number of votes voting | for, against, number of votes voting for, against, |
||||||
| or in abstention). | or in abstention); | ||||||
| (6) the date of dispatch of the | |||||||
| notice. |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 218 Apart from the Article 218 Apart from the |
Amended in | ||||||
| appointment conditions as appointment conditions as |
accordance | ||||||
| prescribed in other articles of these prescribed in other articles of |
these | with Article 7 | |||||
| Articles of Association, a person Articles of Association, a person |
of the | ||||||
| may not serve as a Director, may not serve as a Director, |
Measures for | ||||||
| Supervisor, and senior | management Supervisor, and senior management |
the Supervision | |||||
| member of the Company if any of member of the Company if any of |
and | ||||||
| the following circumstances apply: the following circumstances apply: |
Administration | ||||||
| (1) a person without legal capacity ~~(1) a person without legal capacity~~ |
of Directors, | ||||||
| or with restricted legal | capacity; ~~or with restricted legal capacity;~~ |
Supervisors, | |||||
| (2) a person who has committed an (1) the circumstances specified in |
Senior | ||||||
| offence of corruption, bribery, **Article 146 of the Company ** |
Law, | Management | |||||
| infringement of property, the second paragraph of Article |
and | ||||||
| misappropriation of property or 124 and the second and third |
Practitioners of | ||||||
| sabotaging social economic order paragraph of Article 125 of the |
Securities and | ||||||
| and has been punished | for Securities Law, and Article 15 of |
Fund Operating | |||||
| committing such offence; or who Securities Investment Fund Law |
Institutions | ||||||
| has been deprived of his/her (《證券投資基金法》); |
(《證券基金經 | ||||||
| political rights, in each case where (2) a person who has committed an |
營機構董事、 | ||||||
| less than five (5) years | have offence of endangering national |
監事、高級管 | |||||
| elapsed since the date of the end of security, terrorism, corruption, |
理人員及從業 | ||||||
| such punishment or deprivation; bribery, infringement of property, |
人員監督管理 | ||||||
| (3) a person who is a former misappropriation of property, crime |
辦法》) | ||||||
| Director, factory manager or of underworld or sabotaging |
social | ||||||
| manager of a company | or economic order and has been |
||||||
| enterprise, which has entered into punished for committing such |
|||||||
| insolvent liquidation because of offence; or who has been deprived |
|||||||
| mismanagement and he/she is of his/her political rights~~, in each~~ |
|||||||
| personally liable for the insolvency ~~case where less than five (5) years~~ |
|||||||
| of such company or enterprise, ~~have elapsed since the date of ~~ |
~~the~~ | ||||||
| where less than three (3) years ~~end of such punishment or~~ |
|||||||
| have elapsed since the | date of the ~~deprivation~~; |
||||||
| completion of the insolvency and ~~(3) a person who is a former~~ |
|||||||
| liquidation of the company or ~~Director, factory manager or~~ |
|||||||
| enterprise; | ~~manager of a company or~~ | ||||||
| (4) a person who is a former legal ~~enterprise, which has entered into~~ |
|||||||
| representative of a company or ~~insolvent liquidation because of~~ |
|||||||
| enterprise, which had its business ~~mismanagement and he/she is~~ |
|||||||
| license revoked due to | a violation ~~personally liable for the insolvency~~ |
||||||
| of the | law and who incurred ~~of such company or enterprise,~~ |
||||||
| personal liability, where less than ~~where less than three (3) years~~ |
|||||||
| three (3) years have elapsed since ~~have elapsed since the date of ~~ |
~~the~~ | ||||||
| the date of the revocation of the ~~completion of the insolvency and~~ |
|||||||
| business license; | ~~liquidation of the company or~~ | ||||||
| (5) a person who has a | relatively ~~enterprise;~~ |
||||||
| large amount of overdue debts; |
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APPENDIX I
| Basis of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Articles ** | **before ** | Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||||
| (3) a person who is subject to | ||||||||||
| administrative penalties by | ||||||||||
| financial regulatory departments | ||||||||||
| or prohibited by the CSRC to | ||||||||||
| participate in the securities | ||||||||||
| market due to material illegal or | ||||||||||
| improper behavior, where less | ||||||||||
| than 5 years have elapsed since | ||||||||||
| the date of completion of the | ||||||||||
| penalties; | ||||||||||
| ~~(4) a person who is a former legal~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~representative of a company or~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~enterprise, which had its business~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~license revoked due to a violation~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~of the law and who incurred~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~personal liability, where less than~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~three (3) years have elapsed since~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~the date of the revocation of the~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~business license;~~ | ||||||||||
| (4) a person whose fund | ||||||||||
| practicing qualification has been | ||||||||||
| revoked by the CSRC or fund | ||||||||||
| practicing qualification has been | ||||||||||
| cancelled by the fund industry | ||||||||||
| association in the past 5 years; | ||||||||||
| ~~(5) a person who has a relatively~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~large amount of overdue debts;~~ (5) a person who is a former legal |
||||||||||
| representative and principal | ||||||||||
| person in charge of the operation | ||||||||||
| and management of an institution | ||||||||||
| that has been taken over, | ||||||||||
| cancelled, declared bankrupt or | ||||||||||
| revoked its business license, | ||||||||||
| where less than 5 years have | ||||||||||
| elapsed since the date of the | ||||||||||
| company was taken over, | ||||||||||
| cancelled, declared bankrupt or | ||||||||||
| revoked its business license, | ||||||||||
| unless it is proved that such | ||||||||||
| person is not personally liable for | ||||||||||
| such issues; |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| (6) a person currently subject to ~~(6) a person currently subject ~~ |
~~to~~ | ||||||
| restrictions from engaging in the ~~restrictions from engaging in the~~ |
|||||||
| securities market by the Securities ~~securities market by the Securities~~ |
|||||||
| Regulatory Authorities; ~~Regulatory Authorities;~~ |
|||||||
| (7) a person in charge | of a stock **(6) a person who is declared ** |
to be | |||||
| exchange or securities | registration unfit by the CSRC or imposed on |
||||||
| and clearing institution or a disciplinary sanction by an |
|||||||
| director, supervisor or | senior industry association of being |
||||||
| management of a securities unsuitable for engaging in the |
|||||||
| company who has been removed relevant business, and the |
|||||||
| from his/her position due to his/her relevant limitation period has not |
|||||||
| irregularity or disciplinary breach, expired; |
|||||||
| and less than five (5) years have ~~(7) a person in charge of a stock~~ |
|||||||
| elapsed following the date of ~~exchange or securities registration~~ |
|||||||
| removal; | ~~and clearing institution or a~~ | ||||||
| (8) a person convicted | of the ~~director, supervisor or senior~~ |
||||||
| contravention of provisions of ~~management of a securities~~ |
|||||||
| relevant securities regulations by a ~~company who has been removed~~ |
|||||||
| relevant government authority, and ~~from his/her position due to his/her~~ |
|||||||
| such conviction involves a finding ~~irregularity or disciplinary breach,~~ |
|||||||
| that he/she has acted fraudulently ~~and less than five (5) years have~~ |
|||||||
| or dishonestly, where less than five ~~elapsed following the date of~~ |
|||||||
| (5) years have elapsed | since the ~~removal;~~ |
||||||
| date of the conviction; | (7) a person who has been subject | ||||||
| (9) a person who is a lawyer, to an investigation by |
|||||||
| certified public accountant or a administrative authorities or an |
|||||||
| professional of an investment investigation by judicial |
|||||||
| advisory institution, financial authorities for suspected illegal |
|||||||
| consultancy institution, credit rating crimes, and such case has not yet |
|||||||
| institution, assets appraisal been closed to form a final |
|||||||
| institution or asset verification opinion; |
|||||||
| institution, have been disqualified ~~(8) a person convicted of the~~ |
|||||||
| for irregularity or disciplinary ~~contravention of provisions of~~ |
|||||||
| breach and less than five (5) years ~~relevant securities regulations ~~ |
~~by a~~ | ||||||
| have elapsed following the date of ~~relevant government authority, and~~ |
|||||||
| revocation; | ~~such conviction involves a finding~~ | ||||||
| (10) a government personnel and ~~that he/she has acted fraudulently~~ |
|||||||
| other | personnel prohibited by laws ~~or dishonestly, where less than five~~ |
||||||
| and regulations to take | up ~~(5) years have elapsed since the~~ |
||||||
| concurrent posts at companies; ~~date of the conviction;~~ |
|||||||
| ~~(9) a person who is a lawyer,~~ | |||||||
| ~~certified public accountant or a~~ | |||||||
| ~~professional of an investment~~ | |||||||
| ~~advisory institution, financial~~ | |||||||
| ~~consultancy institution, credit ~~ | ~~rating~~ | ||||||
| ~~institution, assets appraisal~~ | |||||||
| ~~institution or asset verification~~ | |||||||
| ~~institution, have been disqualified~~ | |||||||
| ~~for irregularity or disciplinary~~ | |||||||
| ~~breach and less than five (5) years~~ | |||||||
| ~~have elapsed following the date of~~ | |||||||
| ~~revocation;~~ |
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| Basis of | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Articles ** | **before ** | Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||||
| ~~(10) a government personnel and~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~other personnel prohibited by laws~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~and regulations to take up~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~concurrent posts at companies;~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~(11) a person subject to~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~administrative penalties imposed by~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~financial regulatory authorities for~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~material violation of the law or~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~disciplinary breach and less than~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~three (3) years have elapsed~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~following the date of completion of~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~the penalties;~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~(12) a person whose post-holding~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~qualification is revoked by the~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~Securities Regulatory Authorities~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~and less than three (3) years have~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~elapsed following the date when the~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~post-holding qualification is~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~revoked;~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~(13) a person who is declared unfit~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~by the Securities Regulatory~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~Authorities and less than two (2)~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~years have elapsed following the~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~date of the declaration;~~ | ||||||||||
| (~~14~~8) a person who is not eligible for enterprise leadership according |
||||||||||
| to laws and administrative | ||||||||||
| regulations; | ||||||||||
| (~~15~~9) a non-natural person; ~~(16) a person who is under~~ |
||||||||||
| ~~investigation for alleged~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~disciplinary breach, or whose case~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~has been established for~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~investigation by the judicial~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~authorities as a result of violation~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~of the criminal law, and such case~~ | ||||||||||
| ~~has not been closed;~~ | ||||||||||
| (~~17~~10) other circumstances as | ||||||||||
| determined by the Securities | ||||||||||
| Regulatory Authorities in | ||||||||||
| compliance with laws; | ||||||||||
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APPENDIX I
Basis of Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments Amendments (11) a person subject to ( ~~18~~ 11 ) other contents as prescribed administrative penalties imposed by by laws, administrative regulations, financial regulatory authorities for departmental rules, normative material violation of the law or documents or relevant rules of the disciplinary breach and less than Securities Regulatory Authorities three (3) years have elapsed where the Company is listed. following the date of completion of Where the Company elects, the penalties; appoints or employs its Directors, (12) a person whose post-holding Supervisors, General Managers or qualification is revoked by the other senior management members Securities Regulatory Authorities in violation of the provisions of the and less than three (3) years have preceding paragraph, such election, elapsed following the date when the appointment or employment shall post-holding qualification is be invalid. Where, during his/her revoked; term of office, a Director, (13) a person who is declared unfit Supervisor, General Manager or by the Securities Regulatory other senior management member is Authorities and less than two (2) found to be a person as specified in years have elapsed following the the preceding paragraph of this date of the declaration; Article, the Company shall remove (14) a person who is not eligible him/her from office. for enterprise leadership according to laws and administrative regulations; (15) a non-natural person; (16) a person who is under investigation for alleged disciplinary breach, or whose case has been established for investigation by the judicial authorities as a result of violation of the criminal law, and such case has not been closed; (17) other circumstances as determined by the Securities Regulatory Authorities; (18) other contents as prescribed by laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, normative documents or relevant rules of the Securities Regulatory Authorities where the Company is listed.
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| Basis of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Where the Company elects, | |||||||||
| appoints | or employs its Directors, | ||||||||
| Supervisors, General Managers or | |||||||||
| other senior management members | |||||||||
| in violation of the provisions of the | |||||||||
| preceding paragraph, such | election, | ||||||||
| appointment or employment shall | |||||||||
| be invalid. Where, during his/her | |||||||||
| term of office, a Director, | |||||||||
| Supervisor, General Manager or | |||||||||
| other senior management member is | |||||||||
| found to | be a person as specified in | ||||||||
| the preceding paragraph of | this | ||||||||
| Article, the Company shall | remove | ||||||||
| him/her from office. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 236 The Company shall Article 236 The Company shall |
Amended in | ||||||
| establish a sound compliance establish a sound compliance |
accordance | ||||||
| system of the Company in system of the Company in |
with the | ||||||
| accordance with the relevant accordance with the relevant |
Opinions on | ||||||
| provisions of the laws, provisions of the laws, |
Strengthening | ||||||
| administrative regulations and the administrative regulations and the |
the Regulation | ||||||
| Securities Regulatory Authorities, Securities Regulatory Authorities, |
of Honest | ||||||
| which clarifies the responsibilities which clarifies the responsibilities |
Employment of | ||||||
| of the compliance personnel, and of the compliance personnel, and |
Intermediaries | ||||||
| supervises and inspects the supervises and inspects the |
under the | ||||||
| compliance of the Company’s compliance of the Company’s |
Registration | ||||||
| operation and management operation and management |
System | ||||||
| behaviours. | behaviours. | ||||||
| The | Company insists | on full The Company insists on full |
|||||
| compliance within the Company, compliance within the Company, |
|||||||
| led by the management to achieve led by the management to achieve |
|||||||
| compliant operation, | which includes compliant operation, which includes |
||||||
| the creation of value | in a compliant the creation of value in a compliant |
||||||
| manner. Compliance | is the manner. Compliance is the |
||||||
| fundamental concept | for the fundamental concept for the |
||||||
| survival of the Company. The survival of the Company. The |
|||||||
| Company shall initiate and push Company shall initiate and push |
|||||||
| forward the establishment of forward the establishment of |
|||||||
| compliance culture, nurture compliance culture, nurture |
|||||||
| compliance awareness of the staff compliance awareness of the staff |
|||||||
| and | enhance pride and level of and enhance pride and level of |
||||||
| professionalism of the personnel in professionalism of the personnel in |
|||||||
| charge of compliance management. charge of compliance management. |
|||||||
| The | Board, the Supervisory The Board, the Supervisory |
||||||
| Committee and the senior Committee and the senior |
|||||||
| management members of the management members of the |
|||||||
| Company shall perform their duties Company shall perform their duties |
|||||||
| related to compliance management related to compliance management |
|||||||
| in accordance with the provisions in accordance with the provisions |
|||||||
| of laws, regulations and the of laws, regulations and the |
|||||||
| Articles of Association, and be Articles of Association, and be |
|||||||
| responsible for the effectiveness of responsible for the effectiveness of |
|||||||
| the Company’s compliance the Company’s compliance |
|||||||
| management. | management. | ||||||
| The | officers in charge of each The officers in charge of each |
||||||
| department and branch of the department and branch of the |
|||||||
| Company shall strengthen the Company shall strengthen the |
|||||||
| supervision and administration of supervision and administration of |
|||||||
| compliance over the practice of the compliance over the practice of |
the | ||||||
| employees of their respective employees of their respective |
|||||||
| departments and branches, and shall departments and branches, and shall |
|||||||
| be responsible for the effectiveness be responsible for the effectiveness |
|||||||
| of compliance management in their of compliance management in their |
|||||||
| respective departments and respective departments and |
|||||||
| branches. | branches. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| All staff members of the company All staff members of the company |
|||||||
| should | be familiar with the laws, should be familiar with the laws, |
||||||
| regulations and standards related to regulations and standards related to |
|||||||
| their practice, and should take the their practice, and should take the |
|||||||
| initiative to identify and | control the initiative to identify and control the |
||||||
| compliance risk of their | practice compliance risk of their practice |
||||||
| and be | responsible for the and be responsible for the |
||||||
| compliance of their practice. compliance of their practice. |
|||||||
| The Company and all its staff | |||||||
| members shall keep integrity in | |||||||
| business and related activities, | |||||||
| strictly abide by the laws and | |||||||
| regulations, the provisions of the | |||||||
| CSRC, and industry self- | |||||||
| regulation rules, comply with | |||||||
| social ethics, business ethics, | |||||||
| professional ethics and code of | |||||||
| conduct, be committed to fair | |||||||
| competition, compliant | |||||||
| operations, loyalty and diligence, | |||||||
| honesty and credibility and | |||||||
| refrain from offering unjustified | |||||||
| benefits or seeking such benefits. | |||||||
| **The integrity management ** | goal of | ||||||
| the Company is, through the | |||||||
| establishment of the integrity risk | |||||||
| prevention and control system, to | |||||||
| achieve the professional integrity | |||||||
| of all the staff members and the | |||||||
| compliance management | |||||||
| objectives of the Company, | |||||||
| protect the legal rights and | |||||||
| interests of investors, and ensure | |||||||
| its sustainable and healthy | |||||||
| development by specifying the | |||||||
| code of conduct on the | |||||||
| professional integrity, | |||||||
| implementing the professional | |||||||
| integrity related risks prevention | |||||||
| and control measures, supervising | |||||||
| professional integrity behaviors, | |||||||
| refraining from direct or indirect | |||||||
| offering unjustified benefits to | |||||||
| others or seeking such benefits. | |||||||
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 241 The Company shall Article 241 The Company shall |
Amended in | ||||||
| submit its annual financial submit and disclose its annual |
accordance | ||||||
| accounting report to the CSRC and the domestic stock exchange within ~~financial accounting report~~report to the CSRC and the ~~domestic ~~stock |
with Article 151 of the |
||||||
| 4 months from the end of each exchange within 4 months from the |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| fiscal year, its semi-annual end of each fiscal year, and submit |
Articles of | ||||||
| financial accounting report to the ~~semi-annual financial accounting~~ |
Association of | ||||||
| local branch of the CSRC and the domestic stock exchange within 2 ~~report~~and disclose its interim report to the local branch of the |
Listed Companies |
||||||
| months after the end of the first 6 CSRC and the ~~domestic ~~stock |
|||||||
| months of each fiscal | year, and its exchange within 2 months from the |
||||||
| quarterly financial accounting end of the first 6 months of each |
|||||||
| report to the local branch of the fiscal year~~, and its quarterly~~ |
|||||||
| CSRC and the domestic stock ~~financial accounting report to the~~ |
|||||||
| exchange within 1 month from the ~~local branch of the CSRC and the~~ |
|||||||
| end of first 3 months | and first 9 ~~domestic stock exchange within 1~~ |
||||||
| months of each fiscal | year, ~~month from the end of first 3~~ |
||||||
| respectively. | ~~months and first 9 months of each~~ | ||||||
| The | aforementioned financial ~~fiscal year, respectively.~~ |
||||||
| accounting reports shall be The aforementioned ~~financial~~ |
|||||||
| prepared in accordance with the relevant laws, administrative ~~accounting reports~~annual report, interim report and other periodic |
|||||||
| regulations and departmental reports disclosed as required by |
|||||||
| regulations. | the stock exchange shall be | ||||||
| prepared in accordance with the | |||||||
| relevant laws, administrative | |||||||
| regulations and departmental | |||||||
| regulations. | |||||||
| Article 262 If there is a vacancy in Article 262 ~~If there is a vacancy in~~ |
Amended in | ||||||
| the position of auditor of the ~~the position of auditor of the~~ |
accordance | ||||||
| Company, the Board may appoint ~~Company, the Board may appoint~~ |
with Article | ||||||
| an accounting firm to | fill such ~~an accounting firm to fill such~~ |
160 of the | |||||
| vacancy before the convening of ~~vacancy before the convening of~~ |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| the general meeting, but the ~~the general meeting, but the~~ |
Articles of | ||||||
| appointment shall be | confirmed by ~~appointment shall be confirmed ~~ |
~~by~~ | Association of | ||||
| the shareholders in the next general ~~the shareholders in the next general~~ |
Listed | ||||||
| meeting. Any other accounting firm ~~meeting. Any other accounting firm~~ |
Companies | ||||||
| which has been appointed by the ~~which has been appointed by the~~ |
|||||||
| Company may continue to act ~~Company may continue to act~~ |
|||||||
| during the period of existence of ~~during the period of existence of~~ |
|||||||
| such vacancy. | ~~such vacancy.~~The appointment of an accounting firm by the |
||||||
| Company shall be approved by | |||||||
| the general meeting, and the | |||||||
| Board shall not appoint an | |||||||
| accounting firm before obtaining | |||||||
| approval from the general | |||||||
| meeting. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 266 The appointment, Article 266 The appointment, |
In accordance | ||||||
| removal or discontinuance of removal or discontinuance of |
with the | ||||||
| engagement of the accounting firm engagement of the accounting firm |
Institutional | ||||||
| shall be subject to the decision of the general meeting and shall be shall be subject to the decision of the general meeting ~~and shall be~~ |
Supervision Circular (2020 |
||||||
| filed | with the Securities Regulatory ~~filed with the Securities Regulatory~~ |
Issue No. 16) | |||||
| Authorities. | ~~Authorities~~. | issued by the | |||||
| CSRC on | |||||||
| September 4, | |||||||
| 2020, the filing | |||||||
| requirement for | |||||||
| this matter is | |||||||
| abolished | |||||||
| Article 269 Notices of the Article 269 Notices of the |
Amended in | ||||||
| Company shall be served by the Company shall be served by the |
accordance | ||||||
| following methods: | following methods: | with Article 52 | |||||
| �� | �� | of the Rules | |||||
| Unless the context otherwise Unless the context otherwise |
for | ||||||
| requires, “announcement” referred requires, “announcement” referred |
Shareholders’ | ||||||
| to herein means an announcement to herein means an announcement |
General | ||||||
| made to holders of Domestic made to holders of Domestic |
Meetings of | ||||||
| Shares or as to the announcement Shares or as to the announcement |
Listed | ||||||
| required to be published in the PRC required to be published in the |
PRC | Companies | |||||
| according to the relevant provisions according to the relevant provisions |
(《上市公司股 | ||||||
| and the Articles of Association, and the Articles of Association, |
東大會規則》) | ||||||
| means an announcement published means an announcement published |
|||||||
| in information disclosure media in information disclosure |
|||||||
| (including newspapers) as specified by PRC laws and regulations or ~~media~~carriers (including newspapers, the website(s) of the |
|||||||
| designated by stock exchanges. In stock exchange(s)) as specified by |
|||||||
| respect of the announcement sent to PRC laws and regulations or |
|||||||
| holders of H Shares or required to designated by stock exchanges. |
In | ||||||
| be sent in Hong Kong pursuant to respect of the announcement sent to |
|||||||
| relevant regulations and the Articles holders of H Shares or required to |
|||||||
| of Association, the announcement be sent in Hong Kong pursuant to |
|||||||
| shall | be published in the designated relevant regulations and the Articles |
||||||
| newspapers in Hong Kong as of Association, the announcement |
|||||||
| required by the relevant listing shall be published in the designated |
|||||||
| rules. All the circulars or other newspapers in Hong Kong as |
|||||||
| documents required to be submitted required by the relevant listing |
|||||||
| to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rules. All the circulars or other |
|||||||
| by the Company pursuant to documents required to be submitted |
|||||||
| Chapter 13 of the Listing Rules of to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
|||||||
| the Hong Kong Stock | Exchange by the Company pursuant to |
||||||
| shall | be compiled in English or Chapter 13 of the Listing Rules of |
||||||
| attached with a signed and certified the Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
|||||||
| English version. | shall be compiled in English or | ||||||
| �� | attached with a signed and certified | ||||||
| English version. | |||||||
| �� |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 8 Shareholder(s) severally Article 8 Shareholder(s) severally |
Amended in | ||||||
| or jointly holding ten percent | or jointly holding ten percent | accordance | |||||
| (10%) or more of the shares of the (10%) or more of the shares of the |
with Article 50 | ||||||
| Company shall be entitled to | Company shall be entitled to | of the | |||||
| request the Board to convene | an request the Board to convene an |
Guidelines on | |||||
| extraordinary general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or |
Articles of | ||||||
| shareholders’ class meeting, and shareholders’ class meeting, and |
Association of | ||||||
| shall put forward such request to shall put forward such request to |
Listed | ||||||
| the Board in writing. The Board the Board in writing. The Board |
Companies, | ||||||
| shall, pursuant to laws, | shall, pursuant to laws, | Rule 4.2.2 of | |||||
| administrative regulations and the administrative regulations and the |
the Rules | ||||||
| Articles of Association, inform in Articles of Association, |
inform in | Governing the | |||||
| writing whether it agrees or | writing whether it agrees or | Listing of | |||||
| disagrees to | convene the | disagrees to convene the | Stock on the | ||||
| extraordinary general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or |
Shanghai Stock | ||||||
| shareholders’ class meeting within shareholders’ class meeting within |
Exchange | ||||||
| ten (10) days upon receipt of | the ten (10) days upon receipt of the |
||||||
| proposal. | proposal. | ||||||
| If the Board | agrees to convene the If the Board agrees to convene the |
||||||
| extraordinary general meeting or extraordinary general meeting or |
|||||||
| shareholders’ class meeting, it shall shareholders’ class meeting, it shall |
|||||||
| serve a notice of such meeting serve a notice of such meeting |
|||||||
| within five (5) days after the | within five (5) days after the | ||||||
| resolution is | made by the Board. In resolution is made by the Board. In |
||||||
| the event of | any change to the the event of any change to the |
||||||
| original proposal set forth in | the original proposal set forth in the |
||||||
| notice, the consent of relevant notice, the consent of relevant |
|||||||
| shareholder(s) shall be obtained. shareholder(s) shall be obtained. |
|||||||
| If the Board | does not agree to hold If the Board does not agree to hold |
||||||
| the extraordinary general meeting the extraordinary general meeting |
|||||||
| or shareholders’ class meeting or or shareholders’ class meeting or |
|||||||
| fails to respond within ten (10) fails to respond within ten (10) |
|||||||
| days upon receipt of the proposal, days upon receipt of the proposal, |
|||||||
| shareholder(s) severally or jointly shareholder(s) severally or jointly |
|||||||
| holding ten percent (10%) or | more holding ten percent (10%) or more |
||||||
| of the shares of the Company shall of the shares of the Company shall |
|||||||
| be entitled to propose to the | be entitled to propose to the | ||||||
| Supervisory | Committee to convene Supervisory Committee |
to convene | |||||
| an extraordinary general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting or |
|||||||
| a shareholders’ class meeting, and a shareholders’ class meeting, and |
|||||||
| shall put forward such request to shall put forward such request to |
|||||||
| the Supervisory Committee in the Supervisory Committee in |
|||||||
| writing. | writing. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| If the Supervisory Committee If the Supervisory Committee |
|||||||
| agrees to | convene the extraordinary agrees to convene the extraordinary |
||||||
| general meeting or shareholders’ general meeting or shareholders’ |
|||||||
| class meeting, it shall serve a class meeting, it shall serve a |
|||||||
| notice of | such meeting within five notice of such meeting within five |
||||||
| (5) days upon receipt of the said (5) days upon receipt of the said |
|||||||
| request. | request. | ||||||
| In the event of any change to the In the event of any change |
to the | ||||||
| original proposal set forth | in the original proposal set forth |
in the | |||||
| notice, the consent of relevant notice, the consent of relevant |
|||||||
| shareholder(s) shall be obtained. In shareholder(s) shall be obtained. In |
|||||||
| the case of failure to issue the the case of failure to issue |
the | ||||||
| notice of | general meeting | or notice of general meeting or |
|||||
| shareholders’ class meeting within shareholders’ class meeting within |
|||||||
| the prescribed period, the | the prescribed period, the | ||||||
| Supervisory Committee shall be Supervisory Committee shall be |
|||||||
| deemed as failing to convene and deemed as failing to convene and |
|||||||
| preside over the general meeting preside over the general meeting |
|||||||
| and the shareholder(s) severally or and the shareholder(s) severally or |
|||||||
| jointly holding ten percent (10%) jointly holding ten percent |
(10%) | ||||||
| or more shares of the Company for or more shares of the Company for |
|||||||
| ninety (90) or more consecutive ninety (90) or more consecutive |
|||||||
| days may convene and preside over days may convene and preside over |
|||||||
| such meeting by itself/themselves. such meeting by itself/themselves. |
|||||||
| The shareholding of the convening The shareholding of the convening |
|||||||
| shareholders shall be no less than shareholders shall be no less than |
|||||||
| ten percent (10%) before a ten percent (10%) before a |
|||||||
| resolution passed at the general resolution passed at the general |
|||||||
| meeting is announced. | meeting is announced. The | ||||||
| convening shareholders shall | |||||||
| publish an announcement no later | |||||||
| than the issuance of notice of the | |||||||
| general meeting and undertake | |||||||
| that their shareholding | |||||||
| percentage shall not be less than | |||||||
| 10% of the total share capital of | |||||||
| the Company during the period | |||||||
| from the date of proposing the | |||||||
| convening of the general meeting | |||||||
| to the convening date of the | |||||||
| general meeting. | |||||||
| The Supervisory Committee and the The Supervisory Committee and the |
|||||||
| convening shareholders shall submit convening shareholders shall submit |
|||||||
| the supporting documents | to the the supporting documents to the |
||||||
| Securities Regulatory Authorities of Securities Regulatory Authorities of |
|||||||
| the Company’s domicile and the the Company’s domicile and the |
|||||||
| stock exchange upon the issuance stock exchange upon the issuance |
|||||||
| of the notice of the general meeting of the notice of the general meeting |
|||||||
| and the announcement of the and the announcement of the |
|||||||
| resolutions of the general | meeting. resolutions of the general meeting. |
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| Basis of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | **Articles ** | after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 14 Notice of a general | Article 14 Notice of a general | Amended in | |||||||
| meeting shall satisfy the following | meeting shall satisfy the following | accordance | |||||||
| requirements: | requirements: | with Article | 56 | ||||||
| �� | �� | of the | |||||||
| (10) the name and telephone | (10) the name and telephone | Guidelines on | |||||||
| number of the contact person for | number of the contact person for | Articles of | |||||||
| the meeting. | the | meeting; | Association of | ||||||
| (11) The time and procedures for | Listed | ||||||||
| The interval between the | voting online or by other means. | Companies, | |||||||
| shareholding record date of general | The interval | between the | Rule 21 of the | ||||||
| meeting and the date of | the meeting | shareholding record date of general | Rules for | ||||||
| shall be in compliance with the | meeting and | the date of the meeting | General | ||||||
| requirements of relevant regulatory | shall be in compliance with the | meetings of | |||||||
| authorities of the place | where | requirements of relevant regulatory | Listed | ||||||
| securities of the Company are | authorities of the place where | Companies | |||||||
| listed. The shareholding record date | securities of | the Company are | (《上市公司股 | ||||||
| shall not be changed once | listed. The shareholding record date | 東大會規則》) | |||||||
| confirmed. | shall not be | changed once | |||||||
| confirmed. | |||||||||
| Any notice and supplementary | Any notice and supplementary | ||||||||
| notice of general meetings shall | notice of general meetings shall | ||||||||
| sufficiently and completely disclose | sufficiently and completely disclose | ||||||||
| all the details of all proposals. If | all the details of all proposals. If | ||||||||
| any matter to be discussed requires | any | matter to be discussed requires | |||||||
| opinions of the Independent | opinions of the Independent | ||||||||
| Directors, the opinions and reasons | Directors, the opinions and reasons | ||||||||
| of the Independent Directors shall | of the Independent Directors shall | ||||||||
| be disclosed together with the | be disclosed | together with the | |||||||
| issuance of such notice. | issuance of such notice. |
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| Basis of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 17 Where the election of Article 17 Where the |
election of | Amended in | |||||||
| Directors and | Supervisors are | Directors and Supervisors are | accordance | ||||||
| proposed to be discussed at a | proposed to be discussed at a | with Article 57 | |||||||
| general meeting, the notice of the general meeting, the notice of the |
of the | ||||||||
| general meeting shall sufficiently general meeting shall |
sufficiently | Guidelines on | |||||||
| disclose the detailed information disclose the detailed information |
Articles of | ||||||||
| about the Director and Supervisor about the Director and Supervisor |
Association of | ||||||||
| candidate(s) in accordance with candidate(s) in accordance with |
Listed | ||||||||
| laws, regulations, listing rules of laws, regulations, listing rules of |
Companies, | ||||||||
| the place where Shares of the | the place where Shares of the | Rule 17 of the | |||||||
| Company are | listed and the | Company are listed and the | Rules for | ||||||
| requirements of the Articles of | requirements of the Articles of | General | |||||||
| Association, including at least the Association, including at least the |
meetings of | ||||||||
| following contents: | following contents: | Listed | |||||||
| (1) personal information including (1) personal information including |
Companies | ||||||||
| education background, work | education background, work | (《上市公司股 | |||||||
| experience and part-time job; | experience and part-time job; | 東大會規則》) | |||||||
| (2) whether he/she is connected (2) whether he/she is connected |
|||||||||
| with the Company or its controlling with the Company or |
its controlling | ||||||||
| shareholders and de facto | shareholders and de facto | ||||||||
| controller; | controller; | ||||||||
| (3) his/her shareholding in the | (3) his/her shareholding in the | ||||||||
| Company; | Company; | ||||||||
| (4) whether he/she has received any (4) whether he/she has received any |
|||||||||
| penalty from CSRC and other | penalty from CSRC and other | ||||||||
| relevant governmental authorities relevant governmental authorities |
|||||||||
| and any penalty and warning from and any penalty and warning from |
|||||||||
| the stock exchange. | the stock exchange. | ||||||||
| Election of every Director and | In addition to adopting |
the | |||||||
| Supervisor candidate shall be | cumulative voting system to elect | ||||||||
| conducted by | separate resolution. Directors and Supervisors, election |
||||||||
| of every Director and Supervisor | |||||||||
| candidate shall be conducted |
by | ||||||||
| separate resolution. |
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| Basis of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments | **Articles ** | after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | |||||||||
| Article 22 Shareholders may attend | Article 22 Shareholders may attend | Amended in | |||||||
| a general meeting in person or | a general meeting in person or | accordance | |||||||
| appoint a proxy to attend and vote | appoint a proxy to attend and vote | with Article | 61 | ||||||
| on their behalf. | on their behalf. | of the | |||||||
| Individual shareholders | attending a | Individual shareholders attending a | Guidelines on | ||||||
| general meeting in person shall | general meeting in person shall | Articles of | |||||||
| produce their identity cards or other | produce their identity cards or other | Association of | |||||||
| valid proof or evidence | of their | valid proof or evidence of their | Listed | ||||||
| identities, in the case of attendance | identities and stock account cards, | Companies | |||||||
| by proxies, the proxies shall | in the case of attendance by | ||||||||
| produce valid proof of their | proxies, the | proxies shall produce | |||||||
| identities and the proxy | forms from | valid proof of their identities and | |||||||
| shareholders. | the | proxy forms from shareholders. | |||||||
| Where a shareholder is | a legal | Where a shareholder is a legal | |||||||
| entity, its legal representative or a | entity, its legal representative or a | ||||||||
| proxy entrusted by such legal | proxy entrusted by such legal | ||||||||
| representative shall attend a general | representative shall attend a general | ||||||||
| meeting. In case of attendance by | meeting. In case of attendance by | ||||||||
| legal representatives, they shall | legal representatives, they shall | ||||||||
| produce their identity cards and | produce their identity cards and | ||||||||
| valid proof of their capacities as | valid proof of their capacities as | ||||||||
| legal representatives and, in the | legal representatives and, in the | ||||||||
| case of attendance by proxies of | case of attendance by proxies of | ||||||||
| such legal representatives, such | such legal representatives, such | ||||||||
| proxies shall produce their identity | proxies shall produce their identity | ||||||||
| cards and the letters of | cards and the letters of | ||||||||
| authorization duly issued by such | authorization duly issued by such | ||||||||
| legal representatives of | the | legal representatives of the | |||||||
| corporate shareholder. | corporate shareholder. |
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| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
|||||||
| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 39 The following matters Article 39 The following matters |
Amended in | ||||||
| shall be resolved by way of special shall be resolved by way of special |
accordance | ||||||
| resolutions at | a general meeting: resolutions at a general meeting: |
with Article 78 | |||||
| (1) increase or reduction of the (1) increase or reduction of the |
of the | ||||||
| registered capital of the Company registered capital of the Company |
Guidelines on | ||||||
| and issue of shares of any class, and issue of shares of |
any class, | Articles of | |||||
| stock warrants or other similar | stock warrants or other similar | Association of | |||||
| securities; | securities; | Listed | |||||
| (2) issuance of corporate bonds; (2) issuance of corporate bonds; |
Companies | ||||||
| (3) division, merger, dissolution (3) division, spin-off, |
merger, | ||||||
| and liquidation or change in the dissolution and liquidation or |
|||||||
| form of the Company; | change in the form of | the | |||||
| (4) external guarantees to be | Company; | ||||||
| provided by the Company; | (4) external guarantees to be | ||||||
| (5) purchase or disposal of major provided by the Company; |
|||||||
| assets of the Company within one (5) purchase or disposal of major |
|||||||
| year with the | transaction amount assets of the Company within one |
||||||
| exceeding 15% of the latest audited year with the transaction amount |
|||||||
| total assets of | the Company; | exceeding 15% of the | latest audited | ||||
| (6) amendments to the Articles | of total assets of the Company; |
||||||
| Association; | (6) amendments to the Articles of | ||||||
| (7) share incentive scheme; | Association; | ||||||
| (8) any other matters as required by (7) share incentive scheme; |
|||||||
| laws, administrative regulations, (8) any other matters as required by |
|||||||
| departmental rules, normative | laws, administrative regulations, | ||||||
| documents, listing rules of the | departmental rules, normative | ||||||
| place where the shares of the | documents, listing rules of the | ||||||
| Company are | listed or the Articles place where the shares of the |
||||||
| of Association and matters which, Company are listed or the Articles |
|||||||
| as resolved by way of an ordinary of Association and matters which, |
|||||||
| resolution at a general meeting, as resolved by way of an ordinary |
|||||||
| will have a material impact on | the resolution at a general meeting, |
||||||
| Company and | need be approved by will have a material impact on the |
||||||
| way of special resolutions. | Company and need be approved by | ||||||
| way of special resolutions. |
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX II
| Basis of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles before Amendments Articles after Amendments |
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| Amendments | |||||||
| Article 47 The general meeting Article 47 Lists of candidates for |
Amended in | ||||||
| shall vote on all the proposed Directors or Supervisors shall be |
accordance | ||||||
| resolutions separately; in the event put forward by way of proposal |
with Article 17 | ||||||
| of several proposed resolutions for at the general meetings for |
of the Code of | ||||||
| the same issue, such proposed voting. |
Corporate | ||||||
| resolutions shall be voted on in the **Where a single shareholder ** |
and | Governance for | |||||
| order of time at which they are its persons acting in concert are |
Listed | ||||||
| submitted. Unless the general interested in 30% or more of the |
Companies, | ||||||
| meeting is adjourned or | no shares of the Company, the |
Article 82 and | |||||
| resolution can be made for special cumulative voting system is |
Article 83 of | ||||||
| reasons such as force majeure, required to elect more than two |
the Guidelines | ||||||
| voting | of such proposed | resolutions Directors or Supervisors. |
on Articles of | ||||
| shall neither be shelved | nor refused The cumulative voting system as |
Association of | |||||
| at the general meeting. | stated in the preceding paragraph | Listed | |||||
| refers to the voting for the | Companies and | ||||||
| election of Directors or | Article 2.1.14, | ||||||
| Supervisors at the general | Article 2.1.15 | ||||||
| **meetings where each share ** | is | and Article | |||||
| entitled to the same number of | 2.1.16 of the | ||||||
| votes which equals to the total | Guidelines of | ||||||
| number of Directors or | the Shanghai | ||||||
| Supervisors to be elected, and | Stock | ||||||
| shareholders may consolidate | Exchange for | ||||||
| their voting rights when casting a | Self-discipline | ||||||
| vote. The Board of Directors shall | Supervision of | ||||||
| announce the biographical details | Listed | ||||||
| and basic information of the | Companies No. | ||||||
| Directors and Supervisors | 1 – | ||||||
| candidates to the shareholders. | Standardized | ||||||
| Where Directors are elected at | Operations | ||||||
| the general meeting under the | (《上海證券交 | ||||||
| cumulative voting system, the | 易所上市公司 | ||||||
| voting of the Independent | 自律監管指引 | ||||||
| Directors and Non-independent | 第1號–規範運 | ||||||
| Directors shall be carried out | 作》) | ||||||
| separately. The general meeting | |||||||
| shall determine the elected | |||||||
| Directors and Supervisors in a | |||||||
| descending order of the number | |||||||
| of votes obtained according to the | |||||||
| number of Directors and | |||||||
| Supervisors to be elected. | |||||||
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COMPARISON TABLE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURES FOR SHAREHOLDERS’ GENERAL MEETINGS OF CSC FINANCIAL CO., LTD.
APPENDIX II
| Basis of | ||||||||||
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| **Articles ** | **before ** | Amendments | Articles after Amendments | |||||||
| Amendments | ||||||||||
| Shareholders attending the | ||||||||||
| general meeting shall have the | ||||||||||
| same number of votes as the | ||||||||||
| number of directors or | ||||||||||
| supervisors to be elected under | ||||||||||
| each proposal group for each | ||||||||||
| share held in the proposal subject | ||||||||||
| to the cumulative voting system. | ||||||||||
| The number of votes held by | ||||||||||
| shareholders can be cumulatively | ||||||||||
| cast for one candidate or several | ||||||||||
| candidates. | ||||||||||
| Shareholders should vote within | ||||||||||
| the number of votes for each | ||||||||||
| proposal group. In the event that | ||||||||||
| the number of votes cast by the | ||||||||||
| shareholder exceeds the number | ||||||||||
| of the votes he/she holds, or the | ||||||||||
| shareholder casts votes in a | ||||||||||
| number exceeding the number of | ||||||||||
| candidates in the competitive | ||||||||||
| election, the vote on such | ||||||||||
| resolution shall be deemed | ||||||||||
| invalid. | ||||||||||
| Shareholders with multiple | ||||||||||
| shareholder accounts may vote | ||||||||||
| online through any one of their | ||||||||||
| accounts. The number of votes | ||||||||||
| they are entitled to is calculated | ||||||||||
| on the basis of the total shares of | ||||||||||
| **the same class under all of ** | their | |||||||||
| shareholder accounts. | ||||||||||
| In addition to the cumulative | ||||||||||
| voting system, the general meeting | ||||||||||
| shall vote on all the proposed | ||||||||||
| resolutions separately; in the | event | |||||||||
| of several proposed resolutions for | ||||||||||
| the same issue, such proposed | ||||||||||
| resolutions shall be voted on | in the | |||||||||
| order of time at which they are | ||||||||||
| submitted. Unless the general | ||||||||||
| meeting is adjourned or no | ||||||||||
| resolution can be made for special | ||||||||||
| reasons such as force majeure, | ||||||||||
| voting of such proposed resolutions | ||||||||||
| shall neither be shelved nor refused | ||||||||||
| at the general meeting. |
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NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL 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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(A joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 6066)
NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2022 second extraordinary general meeting (the “ EGM ”) of CSC Financial Co., Ltd. (the “ Company ”) will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Multifunction Hall, B1/F, Office Building of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., No.188 Chaonei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC, to consider and, if thought fit, approve the following resolution. Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in this notice shall have the same meaning as those defined in the circular of the Company dated November 3, 2022.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
To consider and approve:
- (I) the resolution on amendments to the Articles of Association and rules of procedures for Shareholders General Meetings.
By order of the Board CSC Financial Co., Ltd. Wang Changqing Chairman
Beijing, the PRC November 3, 2022
As at the date of this notice, the executive Directors of the Company are Mr. WANG Changqing and Mr. LI Geping; the non-executive Directors of the Company are Mr. YU Zhongfu, Mr. WANG Xiaolin, Ms. ZHANG Qin, Ms. ZHU Jia, Ms. ZHANG Wei, Mr. YANG Dong and Ms. WANG Hua; and the independent non-executive Directors of the Company are Mr. PO Wai Kwong, Mr. LAI Guanrong, Mr. ZHOU Chengyue, Mr. ZHANG Zheng and Mr. WU Xi.
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NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Notes:
1. ELIGIBILITY FOR ATTENDING THE EGM AND CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS
In order to determine the list Shareholders who are entitled to attend the EGM, the Company will close the register of members during the period from Thursday, November 17, 2022 to Tuesday, November 22, 2022 (both days inclusive), during which no registration of Shares will be made. Shareholders who wish to attend the EGM are required to send all the transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant Shares to 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), before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 to complete registration. At the close of business of the aforementioned date, H Shareholders registered in Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited are entitled to attend the EGM.
Where there are joint holders of any shares, the one whose name stands first on the register of members shall be entitled to attend and vote at the EGM in respect of such shares.
2.
PROXY
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(1) Any Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote at the meeting on his or her behalf. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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(2) The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing by the appointor or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
If the appointor is a legal entity, either under seal or signed by a director or a duly authorized attorney. To be valid, the proxy form together with the notarized power of attorney or other documents of authorization, if any, must be completed and delivered to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong (for H Shareholders), no later than 24 hours before the time fixed for the EGM (i.e. 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2022) or any adjournment thereof. The proxy form for the EGM is enclosed herewith.
Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude the Shareholders from attending and voting at the EGM or at any adjourned meeting if they so wish.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR ATTENDING THE EGM
Shareholder or his/her proxy shall produce proof of identity when attending the EGM:
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(1) Legal representatives of legal person shareholders who attend the meeting shall produce their own identity cards and effective proof of their capacity as legal representatives. Proxies of legal person shareholders shall produce their own identity cards and the form of proxy duly signed by the legal representatives of the legal person shareholders according to laws.
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(2) Individual Shareholders who attend the meeting in person shall produce their identity cards or other effective document or proof of identity. Proxies of individual Shareholders shall produce effective proof of identity and form of proxy.
4. VOTING BY POLL
According to Rule 13.39(4) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll. Accordingly, the resolution to be proposed at the EGM will be voted by poll. Results of the poll voting will be posted on the website of the Company at www.csc108.com and on the HKExnews website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk upon the conclusion of the EGM.
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NOTICE OF THE 2022 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
5. MISCELLANEOUS
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(1) The duration of the EGM is expected not to exceed half a day. Shareholders who attend the EGM shall arrange for their own transportation and accommodation at their own expenses.
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(2) The address of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited:
Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre 183 Queen’s Road East Wanchai, Hong Kong (For lodging share transfer documents) 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre 183 Queen’s Road East Wanchai, Hong Kong (For lodging proxy form) Tel: +852 2862 8555 Fax: +852 2865 0990
For the matters relating to the attendance of the EGM by A Shareholders, please refer to the notice of meeting and other relevant documents published by the Company on website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn).
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