CStone Pharmaceuticals — AGM Information 2015

Mar 27, 2015

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兗州煤業股份有限公司

YANZHOU COAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED

(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 1171)

NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2014 annual general meeting (the “ AGM ”) of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at 9:00 a.m. on 22 May 2015 at the headquarters of the Company, 298 South Fushan Road, Zoucheng, Shandong Province 273500, the People’s Republic of China (the “ PRC ”) for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions of the Company (unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this notice shall have the same meanings as those defined in the circular of the Company to be despatched on 2 April 2015 (the “ Circular ”)):

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS:

1. To consider and approve the working report of the Board for the year ended 31 December 2014, details of which are set out in the section headed “Board of Directors’ Report” in the 2014 annual report of the Company;

2. To consider and approve the working report of the Supervisory Committee for the year ended 31 December 2014 [(Note] 4) ;

3. To consider and approve the audited financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2014, details of which are set out in the 2014 annual report of the Company;

4. To consider and approve the proposed profit distribution plan of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2014 and to authorize the Board to distribute an aggregate cash dividend of RMB98,368,000 (tax inclusive), equivalent to RMB0.02 (tax inclusive) per Share to the Shareholders;

5. To consider and approve the remuneration of the Directors and Supervisors for the year ending 31 December 2015, details of which are set out in the announcement of the Company dated 27 March 2015 regarding the resolutions passed at the seventh meeting of the sixth session of the Board;

6. To consider and approve the “Proposal in relation to the renewal of the liability insurance of Directors, Supervisors and senior officers”;

7. To consider and approve the “Proposal in relation to the re-appointment and remuneration of external auditing firm for the year 2015”;

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS:

1. To consider and approve the “Proposal in relation to the amendments to the Articles of Association”, particulars of such amendments are set out in the Circular;

2. To consider and approve the “Proposal to authorise the Company to carry out domestic and overseas financing activities”;

3. To consider and approve the “Proposal in relation to the provision of financial guarantees to the Company’s subsidiaries and granting of authorization to Yancoal Australia and its subsidiaries to provide guarantees for the daily operation of the subsidiaries of the Company in Australia”;

4. To consider and approve the “Proposal regarding the general mandate authorizing the Board to issue H Shares”; and

“ THAT

• (a) the Board be and is hereby granted an unconditional general mandate to issue, allot and deal with additional H Shares in the share capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options in respect thereof, subject to the following terms:

• (i) such mandate shall not extend beyond the Relevant Period save that the Board may during the Relevant Period make or grant offers, agreements or options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

• (ii) the number of shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Board shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal value of H Shares in issue as at the date of this resolution; and

• (iii) the Board will only exercise its power under such mandate in accordance with the Company Law of the PRC and the Hong Kong Listing Rules (as amended from time to time) and only if all necessary approvals from the CSRC and/or other relevant PRC government authorities are obtained;

• (b) for the purpose of this resolution:

“ Relevant Period ” means the period from the passing of this resolution until the earliest of:

  - (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company following the passing of this resolution;

  - (ii) the expiration of a 12-month period following the passing of this resolution; or

  - (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this resolution is revoked or varied by a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company in a general meeting; and

• (c) contingent on the directors resolving to issue shares pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution, the Board be and is hereby authorized to approve, execute and do or procure to be executed and done, all such documents, deeds and things as it may consider relevant in connection with the issue of such new shares including, but not limited to, determining the time and place of issue, making all necessary applications to the relevant authorities and entering into an underwriting agreement (or any other agreement), to determine the use of proceeds and to make all necessary filings and registrations with the relevant PRC, Hong Kong and other authorities, and to make such amendments to the Articles of Association as it thinks fit so as to reflect the increase in registered capital of the Company and to reflect the new share capital structure of the Company under the intended allotment and issue of the shares of the Company pursuant to the resolution under paragraph (a) of this resolution.”

• To consider and approve the “Proposal regarding the general mandate authorizing the Board to repurchase H Shares”.

“ THAT

• (a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, the Relevant Period (as defined in paragraph (e) below) during which the Board may exercise the power of the Company to repurchase the issued H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and/or requirements of the governmental or regulatory body of securities in the PRC, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or of any other governmental or regulatory body be and is hereby approved;

• (b) the aggregate nominal value of H Shares authorized to be repurchased subject to the approval in paragraph (a) above during the Relevant Period shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal value of H Shares in issue of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution;

• (c) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall be conditional upon:

• (i) the passing of a special resolution with the same terms as the resolution set out in this paragraph (except for this sub-paragraph (c)(i)) at a class meeting for the A Shareholders to be held on 22 May 2015 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable) and the class meeting for H Shareholders to be held on 22 May 2015 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable) for such purpose;

• (ii) the approval of the relevant PRC regulatory authorities as may be required by laws, rules and regulations of the PRC being obtained by the Company if appropriate; and

• (iii) the Company not being required by any of its creditors to repay or to provide guarantee in respect of any amount due to any of them (or if the Company is so required by any of its creditors, the Company having, in its absolute discretion, repaid or provided guarantee in respect of such amount) pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of Association;

• (d) subject to the approval of all relevant PRC regulatory authorities for the repurchase of such H Shares being granted, the Board be hereby authorized to:

• (i) amend the Articles of Association as it thinks fit so as to reduce the registered share capital of the Company and to reflect the new capital structure of the Company and to reflect the new capital structure of the Company upon the repurchase of H Shares as contemplated in paragraph (a) above; and

• (ii) file the amended Articles of Association with the relevant governmental authorities of the PRC.

• (e) for the purpose of this special resolution, “ Relevant Period ” means the period from the passing of this special resolution until whichever is the earlier of:

• (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting following the passing of this special resolution;

• (ii) the expiration of a 12-month period following the passing of this special resolution; or

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this special resolution is revoked or varied by a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company in any general meeting or by a special resolution of H Shareholders and A Shareholders at their respective class meetings.”

By order of the Board Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited Li Xiyong Chairman

Zoucheng, Shandong, the PRC 27 March 2015

Notes:

1. Eligibility for attending the AGM

Holders of the Company’s overseas listed foreign invested shares (in the form of H Shares) whose names appear on the Company’s register of members of H Shares which is maintained by Hong Kong Registrars Limited at the close of business on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 are entitled to attend the AGM after completing the registration procedures for attending the AGM.

Holders of H Shares, who intend to attend the AGM, must deliver the completed reply slips for attending the AGM to the Office of the Secretary to the Board no later than Thursday, 30 April 2015.

Shareholders can deliver the necessary documents for registration to the Company in person, by post or by facsimile. Further details of the requirements of the instrument appointing the proxies are set out in note 2 below.

2. Proxy

Each holder of H Shares who has the right to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint in writing one or more proxies, whether a Shareholder or not, to attend and vote on his behalf at the AGM.

The proxies of a Shareholder who has appointed more than one proxy may only vote on a poll. The instrument appointing a proxy must be in writing under the hand of the appointer or his attorney duly authorized in writing, or if the appointer is a legal entity, either under seal or under the hand of a director or a duly authorized attorney. If that instrument is signed by an attorney of the appointer, the power of attorney authorizing that attorney to sign, or other documents of authorization, must be notarized.

For holders of H Shares, the power of attorney or other documents of authorization and proxy forms must be delivered to Hong Kong Registrars Limited (17M, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong) no less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the AGM or any adjournment thereof in order for such documents to be valid.

3. Closure of register of members

The H Share register of members of the Company will be closed , for the purpose of determining Shareholders’ entitlement to attend the AGM, from Wednesday, 22 April 2015 to Friday, 22 May 2015, (both days inclusive) , during which period no transfer of the Company’s H Shares will be registered. In order to attend the AGM, all share transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged for registration with the Company’s H Share Registrar, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, at 17M, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 for registration. H Shareholders whose names appear on the H Share register of members of the Company maintained by Hong Kong Registrars Limited on or before the above date will be eligible to attend the AGM.

To determine the identity of the Shareholders entitled to receive the final dividend, the Company’s H Share register of members will be closed from Friday, 12 June 2015 to Wednesday, 17 June 2015 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of H Shares will be registered. In order to be entitled to the final dividend, H Shareholders who have not registered the transfer documents are required to deposit the transfer documents together with the relevant Share certificates with the H Share Registrar of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, at 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 11 June 2015.

4. The supervisory committee of the Company (the “Supervisory Committee”) held five meetings in 2014, details of which are as follows:

1. the thirteenth meeting of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee was held on 21 March 2014. The 2013 Annual Report, the Financial Report for the Year 2013, the Profit Distribution Plan for the Year 2013, the Proposal for the change of Supervisory Committee, 2013 Social Responsibility Report, the Evaluation on Implementation of Information Disclosure Management System Report for the Year 2013, the Self-assessment Report on the Internal Control System for the Year 2013 and the proposal of amendments to the Rules of Supervisory Committee meetings were considered and approved at the meeting;

2. the fourteenth meeting of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee was held on 25 April 2014. “The First Quarterly Report of 2014 of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited” was considered and approved at the meeting;

3. the first meeting of the sixth session of the Supervisory Committee was held on 14 May 2014. The “Proposal for election of chairman and vice-chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited for the Year 2014” and the “Proposal for engagement of secretary of the Supervisory Committee of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited” was considered and approved at the meeting;

4. the second meeting of the sixth session of the Supervisory Committee was held on 22 August 2014. “The 2014 Interim Report of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited” and the “Proposal for changes in accounting policies and adjustment to related issues and amounts” was considered and approved at the meeting;

5. the third meeting of the sixth session of the Supervisory Committee was held on 24 October 2014. “The 2014 Third Quarterly Report of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited” was considered and approved at the meeting.

The Supervisory Committee had no disagreement on the matters supervised during the year of 2014.

5. Miscellaneous

• (1) The AGM is expected to last half a day. Shareholders attending the AGM are responsible for their own transportation and accommodation expenses.

• (2) All voting at the AGM will be conducted by a poll.

• (3) Details of the Office of the Secretary to the Board are as follows: 298 South Fushan Road Zoucheng Shandong Province 273500 PRC Tel: 86-537-5382319 Fax: 86-537-5383311

As at the date of this announcement, the directors of the Company are Mr. Li Xiyong, Mr. Yin Mingde, Mr. Wu Yuxiang, Mr. Zhang Baocai, Mr. Wu Xiangqian and Mr. Jiang Qingquan, and the independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Wang Lijie, Mr. Jia Shaohua, Mr. Wang Xiaojun and Mr. Xue Youzhi.