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Fosun International Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Apr 25, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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FOSUN 旨呈
復星國際有限公司
FOSUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00656)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting ("AGM") of Fosun International Limited (the "Company") will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 5 June 2025 at 39th Floor, Tower S1, the Bund Finance Center, 600 Zhongshan No. 2 Road (E), Huangpu District, Shanghai, China for the following purposes:
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To receive and consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") and of Auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024;
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To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024;
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(a) To re-elect Mr. Guo Guangchang as an executive director of the Company;
(b) To re-elect Mr. Chen Qiyu as an executive director of the Company;
(c) To re-elect Mr. Li Shupei as a non-executive director of the Company;
(d) To re-elect Mr. Li Fuhua as a non-executive director of the Company;
(e) To re-elect Ms. Tsang King Suen Katherine as an independent non-executive director of the Company; and
(f) To authorize the Board to fix the remuneration of the directors of the Company (the "Directors");
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To reappoint Ernst & Young as Auditors and to authorize the Board to fix their remuneration;
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- To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (b) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to purchase its shares, subject to and in accordance with the applicable laws, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the total shares of the Company to be purchased pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 10% of the total issued shares of the Company on the date of passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; and
(c) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and
(iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.”
- To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to paragraph (c) below, the exercise by the Directors during the Relevant Period (as defined below) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;
(b) the approval in paragraph (a) above shall authorize the Directors to make or grant offers, agreements and options during the Relevant Period which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;
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(c) the shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above shall not exceed 20% of the total issued shares of the Company on the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly, except in the following circumstances:
(i) a Rights Issue (as defined below);
(ii) the issue of shares under a share scheme that complies with Chapter 17 of Listing Rules; and
(iii) any scrip dividend scheme or similar arrangement providing for the allotment of shares in lieu of the whole or part of a dividend on shares of the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company,
(d) for the purposes of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(ii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and
(iii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held;
“Rights Issue” means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors to holders of shares of the Company or any class thereof on the register on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares or class thereof (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange).”
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- To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
conditional upon the passing of the resolutions set out in items 5 and 6 of the notice convening this meeting (the “Notice”), the general mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 6 of the Notice be and is hereby extended by the addition to the shares which may be allotted and issued or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted and issued by the Directors pursuant to such general mandate of an amount representing the shares purchased by the Company pursuant to the mandate referred to in the resolution set out in item 5 of the Notice, provided that such amount shall not exceed 10% of the total issued shares of the Company on the date of the passing of this resolution.”
- To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to the Companies Ordinance, the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Listing Rules”) and the terms and conditions of the share option scheme which was approved by the shareholders of the Company (“Shareholders”) on 16 March 2023 (“2023 Share Option Scheme”), the share option scheme which was approved by the Shareholders on 6 June 2017 and was terminated on 16 March 2023 (“2017 Share Option Scheme”), the share option scheme which was approved by the Shareholders on 19 June 2007 and expired on 18 June 2017 (“2007 Share Option Scheme”), a mandate be and is hereby unconditionally given to the Directors (i) to exercise all the powers of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) to grant options under the 2023 Share Option Scheme; and (ii) during and at any time after the Relevant Period, to issue and allot shares of the Company in respect of the exercise of any options granted under the 2023 Share Option Scheme, 2017 Share Option Scheme and 2007 Share Option Scheme;
(b) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the expiration of the 2023 Share Option Scheme;
(ii) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and
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(iv) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.”
- To consider as special business and, if thought fit, pass with or without amendments, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“THAT:
(a) subject to the Companies Ordinance, Listing Rules and the terms and conditions of the share award scheme which was approved by the Shareholders on 16 March 2023 (“2023 Share Award Scheme”), a mandate be and is hereby unconditionally given to the Directors (i) to exercise all the powers of the Company during the Relevant Period (as defined below) to grant award shares of the Company under the 2023 Share Award Scheme; and (ii) during and at any time after the Relevant Period, to issue and allot shares of the Company in respect of any award shares of the Company granted under the 2023 Share Award Scheme;
(b) for the purpose of this resolution, “Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
(i) the expiration of the 2023 Share Award Scheme;
(ii) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this resolution by ordinary resolution passed by the Company’s shareholders in general meeting; and
(iv) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable laws to be held.”
By Order of the Board
Guo Guangchang
Chairman
25 April 2025
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Notes:
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Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him/her. A proxy needs not to be a member of the Company. If more than one proxy is so appointed, the appointment shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such proxy is so appointed.
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To be effective, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any), under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority, must be deposited at the share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a member of the Company from attending and voting physically at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 2 June 2025 to Thursday, 5 June 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the AGM, all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates and other relevant documents, if any, must be lodged with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company, at Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong (the “Share Registrar”), for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 30 May 2025.
The register of members of the Company will also be closed from Friday, 13 June 2025 to Tuesday, 17 June 2025, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares will be effected. The ex-dividend date will be Wednesday, 11 June 2025. In order to qualify for the final dividend to be proposed at the AGM, all share transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates and other relevant documents, if any, must be lodged with the Share Registrar for registration no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 12 June 2025.
As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of the Company are Mr. Guo Guangchang, Mr. Wang Qunbin, Mr. Chen Qiyu, Mr. Xu Xiaoliang, Mr. Gong Ping, Mr. Huang Zhen and Mr. Pan Donghui; the non-executive directors are Mr. Li Shupei and Mr. Li Fuhua; and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. Zhang Shengman, Mr. Zhang Huaqiao, Mr. David T. Zhang, Dr. Lee Kai-Fu and Ms. Tsang King Suen Katherine.