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Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2022

Jun 7, 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 a stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, a bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.

If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited, you should at once hand this circular, together with the enclosed 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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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 華虹半導體有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1347)

PROPOSED RMB SHARE ISSUE UNDER SPECIFIC MANDATE AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

A notice convening an extraordinary general meeting (“ EGM ”) of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited to be held on 27 June 2022 at 2:00 p.m.,with the combination of a physical meeting at Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong and a virtual meeting online, is set out on pages EGM-1 to EGM-3 of this circular. A form of proxy for use by the Shareholders at the EGM is also enclosed herein. Such form of proxy is also published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.huahonggrace.com).

Whether or not you are able to attend the EGM, please complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong or via the designated URL (https://spot-emeeting.tricor.hk) using the username and password provided on the notification letter sent by the Company on 7 June 2022, as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the EGM or any adjournment thereof. In calculating the aforesaid 48 hours period, no account will be taken of any part of a day that is a public holiday. Accordingly, the form of proxy must be delivered not later than 2:00 p.m. on 24 June 2022. Completion and delivery of the form of proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting in person at the EGM if they so wish.

7 June 2022

CONTENTS

Page
DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
**LETTER ** **FROM ** THE BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. MATTERS TO BE RESOLVED AT THE EGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE RMB SHARE ISSUE. . . . . 18
4. THE EGM AND PROXY ARRANGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
APPENDIX I POLICY FOR STABILISATION OF THE PRICE OF
THE RMB SHARES FOR THE THREE YEARS AFTER
THE RMB SHARE ISSUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
APPENDIX II PROFITS DISTRIBUTION POLICY AND DIVIDEND
RETURN PLAN WITHIN THREE YEARS FOLLOWING
THE RMB SHARE ISSUE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II-1
APPENDIX III REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR THE DILUTION OF
IMMEDIATE RETURNS AFTER THE RMB SHARE
ISSUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
APPENDIX IV UNDERTAKINGS AND THE CORRESPONDING
BINDING MEASURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
RMB SHARE ISSUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-1
APPENDIX V AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION . . . V-1
APPENDIX VI POLICY GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR
THE HOLDING OF GENERAL MEETINGS
. . . . . . . . . . .
VI-1
APPENDIX VII POLICY GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR
THE HOLDING OF BOARD MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII-1
**NOTICE ** OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EGM-1

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DEFINITIONS

In this circular, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below:

“Announcement” the announcement dated 12 May 2022 made by the Company in relation to, among others, the RMB Share Issue, the Specific Mandate and related matters (including proposed amendments to the Articles) “Articles” the articles of association of the Company (as amended from time to time) “Board” the board of Directors of the Company

  • “Company” Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability on 21 January 2005, the shares of which are listed on Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

  • “CSDC” China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited

  • “CSRC” China Securities Regulatory Commission “Director(s)” director(s) of the Company

  • “EGM” the extraordinary general meeting of the Company to be held on 27 June 2022 at 2:00 p.m. to consider and, if thought fit, approve, among other things, the proposed RMB Share Issue, the Specific Mandate and related matters (including proposed amendments to the Articles), or any adjournment thereof

  • “Group” the Company and its subsidiaries

“Hong Kong” the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC

“Hong Kong Listing Rules” The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

“Hong Kong Share(s)” the existing ordinary Share(s) which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

“Hong Kong Stock Exchange” The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

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DEFINITIONS

  • “Latest Practicable Date”

  • “Over-allotment Option”

  • “PRC”

  • “Regulatory Approvals”

  • “RMB”

  • “RMB Share(s)”

  • “RMB Share Issue”

  • “Shanghai Stock Exchange”

  • “Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market Listing Rules”

  • “Share(s)”

  • “Shareholder(s)”

  • “Specific Mandate”

  • 1 June 2022, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information in this circular

  • the over-allotment option which may be exercised by the Company and the lead underwriter(s) in respect of such number of RMB Shares not exceeding 15% of the number of RMB Shares to be issued initially under the RMB Share Issue

  • the People’s Republic of China

  • the approvals or decisions from the relevant regulatory authorities and governmental departments in the PRC (including but not limited to the CSRC, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the CSDC)

  • Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC

  • the ordinary Share(s) to be subscribed for in RMB by target subscribers in the PRC, to be listed on the STAR Market and traded in RMB

  • the Company’s proposed issue of no more than 433,730,000 RMB Shares, which will be listed on the STAR Market

  • the Shanghai Stock Exchange

  • the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange 《上海證券交易所科創板股票上市規則》 (as amended from time to time)

  • issued share(s) of the Company

  • the holder(s) of the Shares of the Company

  • a specific mandate to be sought from the Shareholders at the EGM to allot and issue RMB Shares pursuant to the RMB Share Issue

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DEFINITIONS

“STAR Market” the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the
Shanghai Stock Exchange
“Takeovers Code” the Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-back
issued by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong
Kong (as amended from time to time)
“%” per cent

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 華虹半導體有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1347)

Executive Directors: Registered Office: Suxin Zhang (Chairman) Room 2212 Junjun Tang (President) Bank of America Tower 12 Harcourt Road Non-executive Directors: Central Guodong Sun Hong Kong

Non-executive Directors: Guodong Sun Jing Wang Jun Ye

Principal Place of Business in PRC: 288 Halei Road Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai, PRC Postcode: 201203

Independent Non-executive Directors: Stephen Tso Tung Chang Kwai Huen Wong, JP Long Fei Ye

No. 30, Xinzhou Road Xinwu District Wuxi, Jiangsu, PRC Postcode: 214000

7 June 2022

To the Shareholders

Dear Sir/Madam,

PROPOSED RMB SHARE ISSUE UNDER SPECIFIC MANDATE AND

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

1. INTRODUCTION

Reference is made to the announcement dated 21 March 2022 in respect of the Company’s proposed RMB Share Issue and the Announcement in relation to, among others, the RMB Share Issue, the Specific Mandate and related matters (including proposed amendments to the Articles).

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LETTER FROM THE BOARD

The purpose of this circular is to provide Shareholders with details of the resolutions proposed to be considered and approved by Shareholders at the EGM and relevant information to enable Shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against or abstain from voting at these resolutions. Such resolutions and information are set out in this letter from the Board.

2. MATTERS TO BE RESOLVED AT THE EGM

(i) Resolution on the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate subject to obtaining the necessary Regulatory Approvals.

Details of the RMB Share Issue are set out as follows:

  • (a) Class of RMB Ordinary shares to be subscribed for in RMB by the target Shares subscribers (as stated below), to be listed on the STAR Market and traded in RMB, forming the same class of ordinary shares as the Hong Kong Shares.

The RMB Shares do not have a par value pursuant to section 135 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

  • (b) Number of RMB Shares to be issued

  • The Company proposes to issue not more than 433,730,000 RMB Shares, representing approximately 33.32% of the share capital of the Company as at the Latest Practicable Date and not more than 25% of the enlarged share capital of the Company upon completion of the RMB Share Issue (including RMB Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option based on negotiations between the Company and the lead underwriters). The RMB Share Issue only involves issue of new Shares.

The final number of RMB Shares to be issued and matters in relation to the Over-allotment Option will be determined according to market conditions and communications with relevant regulatory authorities.

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  • (c) Target subscribers

  • Target subscribers of the RMB Share Issue are qualified offline investors and natural persons, legal persons and other institutional investors who maintain accounts with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (except for those prohibited by laws, regulations, and regulatory documents in the PRC from subscribing) or other target subscribers who comply with the relevant eligibility requirements of the CSRC and the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In the event that any of the aforementioned target subscribers of the RMB Share Issue are connected persons of the Company, the Company will take all reasonable measures to comply with the requirements of relevant regulatory authorities, including but not limited to Chapter 14A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

  • (d) Method of issuance The Company will adopt a combination of offline placement and online subscriptions, or such other methods of issuance as approved by relevant securities regulatory authorities in the PRC.

  • (e) Method of pricing The price for the RMB Shares will be determined by the Board and the lead underwriters, with reference to the domestic and overseas capital market conditions at the time of the RMB Share Issue, the actual circumstances of the Company and the interests of the Shareholders as a whole, by (i) ascertaining the price range via promotion to potential investors and preliminary price enquiries and (ii) determining the issue price in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and requirements of the relevant securities regulatory authorities in the PRC.

Pricing procedures shall be based on strict market and regulatory procedures and requirements, including but not limited to the following:

  1. Before publication of the preliminary pricing enquiry announcement, relevant documents including the announcement itself, the issuance plan, investment valuation report and strategic placement plan shall be submitted to the Shanghai Stock Exchange;

  2. The difference between the maximum and minimum initial subscription prices of the offline investors shall not exceed 20% of the minimum price;

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  1. The difference between the upper end and the lower end of the issue price range shall be determined by the Company and the lead underwriters after excluding a portion of the highest quotations and shall not exceed 20% of the lower end of the issue price range;

  2. If the issue price after the initial enquiry is not within the valuation range of the investment valuation report, the Company and the lead underwriters shall explain the reasons to the Shanghai Stock Exchange and notify the Securities Association of China; and

  3. The Company and the lead underwriters shall determine the issue price with prudence by methods of accumulative bidding enquiry or classified placement.

Apart from the requirements on the issuer and lead underwriters in relation to the determination of the range of preliminary price enquiry and the final issue price, there is no prescribed requirement on the minimum issue price pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.

The RMB Share Issue and the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market constitute important milestones of the Company in its pursuit of a new financing platform and continuous enhancement of value in the capital market and are in line with the Company’s sustainable development. Further, a fair issue price set in compliance with the relevant procedures and requirements is vital to and expected to be beneficial for the Company’s use of proceeds on its projects, satisfaction of its long-term capital needs and enhancement of value. As such, the Company will ensure that the issue price is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole by duly complying with the relevant rules and regulations governing the pricing procedures.

  • (f) Strategic placement

Based on needs of business cooperation and the scale of financing, the Company may implement strategic placement and place a part of the RMB Shares to relevant investors who meet the requirements of laws and regulations. In the event that the senior management of the Company establishes a specific asset management plan to participate in the strategic placement of the RMB Share Issue, the number of RMB Shares allotted to them shall not exceed 10% of the number of RMB Shares issued in the RMB Share Issue, and the senior management shall undertake to hold the RMB Shares allotted to them for a period of not less than 12 months, as agreed in the strategic placement agreement(s) to be executed by the parties.

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  • (g) Joint sponsors and lead underwriters

  • Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. and Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.

  • (h) Method of underwriting

The method of underwriting for the RMB Share Issue will be in the form of standby underwriting by the lead underwriters.

  • (i) Use of proceeds

The proceeds raised from the RMB Share Issue after deducting the issuance expenses are proposed to be used for the “Hua Hong Manufacturing (Wuxi) Project”, the “the 8-Inch Factory Optimisation and Upgrading Project”, the “Specialty Technological Innovation and Research and Development Project” and replenishment of working capital.

If the net proceeds actually raised from the RMB Share Issue exceed the capital requirements of the relevant projects, the surplus amount will be used in the Company’s principal business after performing necessary procedures in accordance with relevant regulations. If the net proceeds actually raised from the RMB Share Issue are less than the capital requirements of the relevant projects, the shortfall shall be covered by the Company with its own funds.

Before the proceeds to be raised from the RMB Share Issue are in place, the Company may make initial investments with its own funds according to the progress of the projects. After the proceeds are in place, the Company will first reimburse the initial investment funds and use the remaining proceeds to pay the outstanding investment amount of the projects.

  • (j) Distribution plan of The undistributed profits accumulated before the RMB accumulated Share Issue will be shared by existing and new Shareholders profits before the on a pro rata basis and in proportion to shareholding RMB Share Issue percentages after the RMB Share Issue.

  • (k) Place and board of The RMB Shares will be listed on the STAR Market of the listing of RMB Shanghai Stock Exchange. Shares

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(l) Share registers

The RMB Shares will be registered on a separate register of members maintained in the PRC (the “ PRC Share Register ”) and managed by the CSDC. The RMB Shares will not be registered on the existing register of members of the Company maintained in Hong Kong (the “ Hong Kong Share Register ”).

Tricor Investor Services Limited will continue to serve as the Hong Kong share registrar for the Hong Kong Shares traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Due to current restrictions under laws, rules and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to the Opinions on the Pilot Programmes of Innovative Enterprises Issuing Stocks or Depositary Receipts in the Mainland of China (《關於開 展創新企業境內發行股票或存託憑證試點若干意見》), the Implementing Measures of the Shanghai Stock Exchange for the Listing and Trading of Pilot Innovative Enterprises’ Stocks or Depositary Receipts (《上海證券交易所試點創新 企業股票或存托憑證上市交易實施辦法》), the stocks issued by innovative enterprises in the PRC shall be registered, deposited and settled by the CSDC, such that the RMB Shares to be issued by the Company under the proposed RMB Share Issue shall be registered on the PRC Share Register managed by the CSDC and no movement of Shares will be allowed between the Hong Kong Share Register and the PRC Share Register.

  • (m) RMB Shares cannot be moved outside of the PRC or to the Hong Kong Share Register

  • The RMB Shares are subscribed and traded in RMB and issued to investors in the PRC solely for trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The RMB Shares will not be able to be moved outside of the PRC for trading in Hong Kong or to the Hong Kong Share Register.

  • (n) Non-fungibility between the RMB Shares and the Hong Kong Shares

  • The RMB Shares and the Hong Kong Shares will not be fungible.

  • (o) Valid period of the The resolution on the RMB Share Issue will be valid for 12 resolution months from the date of approval at the general meeting.

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The issue of the RMB Shares pursuant to the RMB Share Issue is conditional upon: (1) the grant of the proposed Specific Mandate by the Shareholders to the Board having been obtained at the EGM; and (2) the necessary Regulatory Approvals for the RMB Share Issue having been obtained.

The Board may or may not proceed with the RMB Share Issue, depending on a number of factors, such as market conditions. Shareholders and potential investors are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company.

After the RMB Share Issue, subject to the Articles and exemptions from competent authorities, the Company will need to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations of the PRC including but not limited to the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (《中 華人民共和國證券法》), the Measures for the Administration of the Registration of IPO Stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (for Trial Implementation) (《科創板首次公 開發行股票註冊管理辦法(試行)》), the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market Listing Rules, the Measures on Ongoing Supervision over the Innovative Enterprises after Issuance of Shares or Depository Receipts (Trial Implementation) (《創新企業境內發行股票或存託憑證上市後持 續監管實施辦法(試行)》), the Opinions on the Pilot Programmes of Innovative Enterprises Issuing Stocks or Depositary Receipts in the Mainland of China (《關於開展創新企業境內發 行股票或存託憑證試點若干意見》) and other applicable regulations of the PRC. The Company’s PRC legal adviser and Hong Kong legal adviser are of the opinion that the RMB Share Issue would not contravene relevant laws, rules and regulations of the PRC (including Hong Kong), respectively.

(ii) Resolution on authorisation to the Board and its authorised persons to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the authorisation to the Board and its authorised persons, including but not limited to the Chairman of the Company, to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue.

At the EGM, authorisation will be granted to the Board and its authorised persons to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue, including but not limited to:

  • (1) within the scope of the RMB Share Issue to be considered and approved at the EGM, in accordance with the PRC laws and regulations and relevant rules of the securities regulatory authorities and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, to exercise full powers in respect of adjustments and implementation of the RMB Share Issue and to confirm the specific matters in relation to the RMB Share Issue on the basis of negotiations with the sponsors (lead underwriters), including but not limited to the determination of the time of issuance, issue size, target subscribers, methods of issuance, methods of pricing, the offer price (including the offer price range and the final offer price), place of listing, specific plan for the exercise of the Over-allotment Option, details of strategic placements including size, proportions and placees, and other matters

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relevant to the RMB Share Issue; approve the payment of necessary listing expenses; approve the estimate of listing expenses; publish announcements, circulars and disclosure documents relevant to the RMB Share Issue;

  • (2) to handle the matters in relation to the application for the RMB Share Issue, including but not limited to handling procedures including application, approval, registration or filing with, or obtaining approvals or consents from the relevant governmental departments, regulatory authorities, stock exchanges and clearing houses; to draft, modify, approve, execute, submit, publish, implement, revise or complete any applications, reports, statements, undertakings, confirmations, agreements, contracts, announcements, circulars or other necessary documents related to the RMB Share Issue (including but not limited to letters of intent, the prospectus, other application documents, sponsorship agreements, underwriting agreements, listing agreements, strategic investment agreements, placing agreements, relevant announcements, notices to Shareholders, connected/affiliated transactions agreements and service agreements with intermediaries), and to take all other actions as necessary, proper or appropriate in respect of the RMB Share Issue and the commencement of investment projects to which proceeds are applied in accordance with the opinions of the relevant government authorities or actual circumstances for the purpose of completing the RMB Share Issue; to make corresponding adjustments to matters relating to the specific plan for the RMB Share Issue (including adjustments of the use of proceeds as appropriate and suspension and termination of the implementation of the issuance plan), save for matters required to be voted again in a general meeting pursuant to the requirements of relevant laws, regulations, regulatory documents and the Articles;

  • (3) based on the actual circumstances of the RMB Share Issue, market conditions, adjustments of policies and opinions of regulatory authorities, under the premise of compliance with the relevant regulations and procedures, to make adjustments to the specific terms of the RMB Share Issue and details including investment projects to which proceeds are applied and use of proceeds and the proportion thereof, including specific uses of proceeds to be raised from the exercise of the Over-allotment Option; to ascertain matters including the progress of the investment projects to which proceeds are applied and the adjustments of the proportions; to approve and execute the material contracts during the course of operation of the investment projects to which proceeds are applied;

  • (4) to make the relevant undertakings, statements and confirmations in accordance with the PRC laws and regulations and the relevant rules of the securities regulatory authorities and actual needs of the RMB Share Issue;

  • (5) to modify the relevant documents including policies, undertakings, reports and plans considered and approved by the Board, in accordance with the PRC laws and regulations and the relevant rules of the securities regulatory authorities and actual needs of the RMB Share Issue;

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  • (6) to establish and determine the designated account for the deposit of proceeds to be raised before the RMB Share Issue as required and execute relevant documents;

  • (7) to adjust and modify the Articles, policies governing the procedures of meetings, and other corporate governance documents, relevant measures and undertakings as well as other application documents (including without limitation adjustments and modifications to expressions, sections, provisions and conditions of effect therein) that are amended or formulated for the purpose of the RMB Share Issue and have been considered and approved at the relevant Board meeting and the EGM, in accordance with the changes in the relevant laws, regulations and policies, the requirements and suggestions from the relevant government authorities and regulatory authorities, and the actual circumstances of the RMB Share Issue;

  • (8) to deal with share registration, settlement and other related procedures in accordance with the actual circumstances of the RMB Share Issue and applicable laws and regulations;

  • (9) to engage and appoint relevant intermediaries for the RMB Share Issue, determine their service fees and execute the engagement agreements;

  • (10) to make corresponding adjustments to the RMB Share Issue and related matters pursuant to any new regulations or policies in relation to RMB-share issuance of red-chip companies promulgated by relevant securities regulatory authorities;

  • (11) subsequent to the completion of the RMB Share Issue, to handle specific matters in relation to the RMB Share Issue and the listing on the STAR Market, including but not limited to making information disclosure in accordance with the laws and regulations relevant to listing and the rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange; and

  • (12) to authorise the Board and its authorised persons to deal with other matters that are considered necessary, proper or appropriate to the RMB Share Issue by the Board and its authorised persons but not specified above, provided that such matters are not in contravention of applicable domestic and overseas laws and regulations.

The resolution on the authorisation to the Board and its authorised persons to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue will be valid for 12 months from the date of approval at the EGM.

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(iii) Resolution on the plan for distribution of profits accumulated before the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the plan for distribution of profits of the Company accumulated before the RMB Share Issue.

The profits of the Company accumulated before the RMB Share Issue will be shared by existing and new Shareholders on a pro rata basis and in proportion to shareholding percentages after the RMB Share Issue.

(iv) Resolution on the plan for stabilisation of the price of the RMB Shares within three years following the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the plan for stabilisation of the price of the RMB Shares within three years following the RMB Share Issue.

The Company has formulated the plan for stabilisation of the price of the RMB Shares within three years following the RMB Share Issue in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents. Please refer to Appendix I to this circular for details.

(v) Resolution on the profits distribution policy and dividend return plan within three years following the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the Company’s profits distribution policy and dividend return plan within three years following the RMB Share Issue.

The Company has formulated the profits distribution policy and dividend return plan within three years following the RMB Share Issue in accordance with the Notice on Further Implementation of Matters Relevant to the Cash Dividend Distribution of Listed Companies (《關於進一步落實上市公司現金分紅有關事項的通知》), the Guidelines No. 3 on the Supervision and Administration of Listed Companies – Cash Dividend Distribution of Listed Companies (《上市公司監管指引第3號 – 上市公司現金分紅》), and other relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents and the Articles. Such profits distribution policy and dividend return plan will, upon approval by the Shareholders at the EGM, take effect upon the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market. Please refer to Appendix II to this circular for details.

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(vi) Resolution on the use of proceeds from the RMB Share Issue

In relation to the use of proceeds from the RMB Share Issue, it is proposed to be approved by the Shareholders for the use of all proceeds from the RMB Share Issue in the following manner after deducting the issuance expenses:

  • (1) approximately 70% (RMB12.5 billion) for the investment in the “Hua Hong Manufacturing (Wuxi) Project”, which is a project undertaken by a company to be established and controlled by the Company. The project aims at engaging in the design, research, manufacturing, testing, packaging and sale of integrated circuits fabricated on 12-inch (300mm) wafers. The Company expects to establish production facilities and make required purchases of various types of equipment, such as inspection equipment, furnaces and implanters. The chips are expected to be used in technical products such as high-density smart card integrated circuits, microcontrollers, smart power management systems and system-on-chips. Production is expected to commence in early 2025, with the monthly production capacity targeted to be 40,000 wafers by the second quarter of 2026. The Company expects that the project will be able to extend the existing technology and product strategy of the Company and capture opportunities presented by the increasing demands of 12-inch (300mm) wafers;

  • (2) approximately 11% (RMB2 billion) for the “the 8-Inch Factory Optimisation and Upgrading Project”, which is a project undertaken by Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The project aims at upgrading a part of logic technology platform production lines and power device technology platform production lines, with a view to matching the technological requirements of the relevant specialty platforms and enhancing the flexible manufacturing capability of the power device technology platform;

  • (3) approximately 13% (RMB2.5 billion) for the “Specialty Technological Innovation and Research and Development Project”, for the purpose of enhancing the Company’s proprietary innovation and research and development capabilities; and

  • (4) approximately 6% (RMB1 billion) for the replenishment of working capital.

Within the scope of the aforementioned projects, the Company may make adjustments to the sequence and specific amounts of the projects in accordance with the progress and capital requirements of the projects as appropriate. Upon approval by Shareholders at the EGM, the Company will negotiate the specific terms of the transactions with its partner(s) (if any) and perform the procedures in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and the Articles.

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If the net proceeds actually raised from the RMB Share Issue (after deducting the issuance expenses) exceed the capital requirements of the relevant projects, the surplus amount will be used in the Company’s principal business after performing necessary procedures in accordance with relevant regulations. If the net proceeds actually raised from the RMB Share Issue (after deducting the issuance expenses) are less than the capital requirements of the relevant projects, the shortfall shall be covered by the Company with its own funds.

In the event that the Over-allotment Option is exercised, the proceeds to be raised from the allotment and issuance of the additional RMB Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Over-allotment Option will be used for replenishing the Company’s working capital and other purposes permitted by applicable laws and regulations and the requirements of relevant securities regulatory authorities.

Before the proceeds to be raised from the RMB Share Issue are in place, the Company may make initial investments with its own funds according to the progress of the projects. After the proceeds are in place, the Company will first reimburse the initial investment funds and use the remaining proceeds to pay the outstanding investment amount of the projects.

(vii) Resolution on the remedial measures for the dilution of immediate returns after the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the remedial measures for the dilution of immediate returns after the RMB Share Issue.

For the purpose of the RMB Share Issue, the Company has formulated the remedial measures for the dilution of immediate returns after the RMB Share Issue. The remedial measures for the dilution of immediate returns after the RMB Share Issue will, upon approval by the Shareholders at the EGM, take effect upon the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market. Please refer to Appendix III to this circular for details.

(viii) Resolution on the undertakings and the corresponding binding measures in connection with the RMB Share Issue

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the Company’s undertakings with respect to the RMB Share Issue and the corresponding binding measures.

To better protect the interests of the holders of the RMB Shares, the Company will provide undertakings required with respect to the RMB Share Issue and propose corresponding binding measures in the event of failure to perform the relevant undertakings in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and regulatory documents. The relevant PRC laws and regulations include the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (《中華人民共和國 證券法》), the Opinions of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Further Promoting the IPO System Reform (《中國證監會關於進一步推進新股發行體制改革的意見》), the Standards for the Contents and Formats of Information Disclosure by Companies Offering Securities to the Public No. 41 – Prospectuses of Companies Listed on the Science and

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Technology Innovation Board (《公開發行證券的公司資訊披露內容與格式準則第41號 – 科創 板公司招股說明書》), the Standards for the Contents and Formats of Information Disclosure by Companies Offering Securities to the Public No. 42 – Application Documents for Initial Public Offerings and Listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board《公開發行證券 的公司資訊披露內容與格式準則第42號 – 首次公開發行股票並在科創板上市申請文件》and the Regulatory Guidelines for Listed Companies No. 4 – Undertakings of Listed Companies and their Related Parties (《上市公司監管指引第4號 – 上市公司及其相關方承諾》), and other requirements of the CSRC. Please refer to Appendix IV to this circular for details in respect of the undertakings and the binding measures. Such undertakings to be provided by the Company comply with the aforementioned laws, regulations and requirements.

Pursuant to the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China (《中華人民共和國證 券法》), where non-performance of the undertakings causes investors to suffer losses, the Company shall bear compensation liability. Pursuant to the Regulatory Guidelines for Listed Companies No. 4 – Undertakings of Listed Companies and Their Related Parties (《上市公司 監管指引第4號 – 上市公司及其相關方承諾》), if the party giving the undertakings breaches the undertakings, the CSRC shall take regulatory measures such as ordering to make correction, holding a regulatory talk, issuing a letter of warning and ordering public explanations, and record the relevant situation in the creditworthiness files of the party giving the undertaking. Based on the provisions above and the undertaking in relation to binding measures when failing to fulfill relevant undertakings to be provided by the Company, if the Company breaches such relevant undertakings or binding measures, it may be liable under the aforementioned provisions.

(ix) Resolution on the amendments to the Articles of Association

A special resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve, subject to and conditional upon the approval of the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate as described in the above paragraph headed “Resolution on the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate”, the proposed amendments to the Articles as set forth in Appendix V to this circular (the “ Proposed Amendments ”) and the adoption of the amended and restated Articles incorporating the Proposed Amendments.

Based on the reasons set out below and taking into account the actual circumstances of the Company, it is proposed that amendments, among others, be made to the Articles:

  • (1) to cater for the RMB Shares to be issued, provisions relating to the issue, listing, deposit, transfer and other matters relating to the RMB Shares are proposed to be added; and

  • (2) to satisfy the relevant requirements under the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market Listing Rules and other applicable regulations of the PRC that the overall level of investor protection offered by the Company should not be lower than what is required under the laws and regulations of the PRC, provisions relating to the

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respective authorities and duties of the Board and the general meetings of the Company, Shareholders’ rights to convene general meetings and other matters are proposed to be added or amended.

After the approval of the Proposed Amendments, the adoption of the amended and restated Articles will take effect upon the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market. Prior to that, the Articles currently in force shall apply. The relevant details of the Proposed Amendments are set forth in Appendix V to this circular.

(x) Resolution on the adoption of policy governing the procedures for the holding of general meetings

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the adoption of the policy governing the procedures for the holding of general meetings of the Company.

To satisfy the relevant requirements of laws, regulations and regulatory requirements in respect of the RMB Share Issue, a policy governing the procedures for the holding of general meetings of the Company is proposed to be adopted by the Shareholders. Such policy will take effect upon the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market. Please refer to Appendix VI to this circular for details.

(xi) Resolution on the adoption of policy governing the procedures for the holding of Board meetings

An ordinary resolution will be proposed at the EGM to approve the adoption of the policy governing the procedures for the holding of Board meetings.

To satisfy the relevant requirements of laws, regulations and regulatory requirements in respect of the RMB Share Issue, a policy governing the procedures for the holding of Board meetings is proposed to be adopted by the Shareholders. Such rules will take effect upon the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market. Please refer to Appendix VII to this circular for details.

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3. OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE RMB SHARE ISSUE

(i) Impact of the RMB Share Issue on the shareholding structure of the Company

For reference and illustration purposes only, assuming that the issue of all 433,730,000 RMB Shares is approved and carried out, the outstanding share options are not exercised, and all RMB Shares are issued to the public and there are no changes in the share capital of the Company after the Latest Practicable Date and prior to the completion of the RMB Share Issue, and to the best knowledge of the Directors after reasonable enquiry, the shareholding structure of the Company both as at the Latest Practicable Date and immediately after the completion of the RMB Share Issue is set out as follows:

RMB Shares to be issued under the
proposed RMB Share Issue
Hong Kong Shares
Held by core connected persons
– Shanghai Hua Hong
International, Inc.(1)
– Shanghai Alliance Investment
Limited(2)
– Xinxin (Hong Kong) Capital
Co., Limited(1)
Held by public
Total
As at Latest Practicable Date
Number of
Shares
Approximate
percentage of
the Company’s
issued share
capital


1,301,781,237
100.00%
718,068,172
55.16%
350,401,100
26.92%
188,961,147
14.52%
178,705,925
13.73%
583,713,065
44.84%
1,301,781,237
100.00%
Immediately after the
completion of the RMB Share
Issue (assuming the issue size
is 433,730,000 RMB Shares)
Number of
Shares
Approximate
percentage of
the Company’s
issued share
capital
433,730,000
25.00%
1,301,781,237
75.00%
718,068,172
41.37%
350,401,100
20.19%
188,961,147
10.89%
178,705,925
10.30%
583,713,065
33.63%
1,735,511,237
100.00%
Immediately after the
completion of the RMB Share
Issue (assuming the issue size
is 433,730,000 RMB Shares)
Number of
Shares
Approximate
percentage of
the Company’s
issued share
capital
433,730,000
25.00%
1,301,781,237
75.00%
718,068,172
41.37%
350,401,100
20.19%
188,961,147
10.89%
178,705,925
10.30%
583,713,065
33.63%
1,735,511,237
100.00%
100.00%

Notes:

  • (1) Shanghai Hua Hong International, Inc. and Xinxin (Hong Kong) Capital Co., Limited are direct shareholders of the Company.

  • (2) Shanghai Alliance Investment Limited is an indirect shareholder of the Company, which holds interests in the Company through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Sino-Alliance International, Ltd..

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  • (3) The figures above have been subject to rounding adjustments.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, according to the information publicly available to the Company, the public held no less than approximately 44.84% of the Shares issued by the Company. Assuming that the issue of all the 433,730,000 RMB Shares under the RMB Share Issue is approved, and all RMB Shares are issued to persons who are not connected persons of the Company, the percentage of RMB Shares held by the public with respect to the total number of Shares after the RMB Share Issue is expected to be approximately 25.00%, the percentage of Hong Kong Shares held by the public with respect to the total number of Shares after the RMB Share Issue is expected to be approximately 33.63%, and the percentage of Shares (both RMB Shares and Hong Kong Shares in aggregate) held by the public with respect to the total number of Shares after the RMB Share Issue is expected to be approximately 58.63%.

(ii) Fund raising activities in the past twelve months

The Company has not conducted any fund raising activities involving issue of equity securities in the past twelve months immediately preceding the Latest Practicable Date.

(iii) Application for Listing

Conditional upon the grant of the proposed Specific Mandate by the Shareholders to the Board having been obtained at the EGM, an application for the RMB Share Issue will be made to the CSRC. The Company will make another application to the Shanghai Stock Exchange for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the RMB Shares on the STAR Market after the CSRC approves the public offering of the RMB Shares. Pursuant to the waiver from strict compliance with the relevant provisions of the Hong Kong Listing Rules granted by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the RMB Shares will not be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. For further details of the waiver, please refer to the section headed “Grant of waivers from strict compliance with certain provisions of the Hong Kong Listing Rules – (1) One-off waiver relating to non-listing of the RMB Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange” in this circular below.

(iv) Reasons for and benefits of the RMB Share Issue

The Board considers that the RMB Share Issue will enable the Company to access the PRC capital market by way of equity financing and thus broaden the Company’s fund-raising channels and shareholder base and improve the Company’s capital structure. Also, the Board considers that the RMB Share Issue will be able to further strengthen the financial position of the Group and serve general corporate purposes and working capital needs of the Group, as well as to further enhance the Company’s corporate profile, visibility and market presence in the PRC market. Further, it is expected that the RMB Share Issue will enable the Company to enhance its production capacity and research and development capability which will then allow the Company to capture future growth opportunities and consolidate its position as a leading pure-play foundry in the PRC.

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The Board considers that the RMB Share Issue is in line with the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, and is beneficial to strengthening the sustainable development of the Company.

  • (v) Grant of waivers from strict compliance with certain provisions of the Hong Kong Listing Rules

For the purpose of the RMB Share Issue, the Company has applied for, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has granted, the following waivers from strict compliance with the relevant provisions of the Hong Kong Listing Rules:

(1) One-off waiver relating to non-listing of the RMB Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

As the RMB Shares will be of the same class as the Hong Kong Shares (i.e. both are ordinary Shares carrying the same rights) but will not be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Company has applied for, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has granted, a one-off waiver from strict compliance with Rules 8.20 and 13.26(1) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules so that there is no need to seek listing of the RMB Shares to be issued under the RMB Share Issue on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under Rules 8.20 and 13.26(1) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, on the following conditions:

  • (a) Rule 6.11 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules is modified such that the requirements of obtaining the prior approval of shareholders and holders of any other class of listed securities (where applicable) for voluntary withdrawal of listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange shall apply to holders of the Hong Kong Shares only;

  • (b) Rule 6.12 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules is modified such that the requirement of obtaining the prior approval of shareholders for voluntary withdrawal of listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by (i) at least 75% of the votes attaching to any class of listed securities held by holders voting either in person or by proxy at the meeting before voluntarily withdrawing its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and (ii) the number of votes cast against the resolution is not more than 10% of the votes attaching to any class of listed securities held by holders permitted under Rule 6.12(1) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules to vote in person or by proxy at the meeting, shall apply to holders of the Hong Kong Shares only;

  • (c) Rule 6.15 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules is modified such that the requirement of fulfilling shareholders’ approval requirements under the Takeovers Code for voluntary withdrawal of listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange shall apply to holders of Hong Kong Shares only;

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  • (d) Rule 13.36(2)(b) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules is modified such that the Shareholders (including both holders of Hong Kong Shares and holders of RMB Shares) can by ordinary resolution in a general meeting give a general mandate to the Directors under which (i) the aggregate number of Hong Kong Shares allotted or agreed to be allotted must not exceed 20% of the number of the issued Hong Kong Shares as of the date of the resolution granting the general mandate; and (ii) the aggregate number of RMB Shares allotted or agreed to be allotted must not exceed 20% of the number of the issued RMB Shares as of the date of the resolution granting the general mandate; and

  • (e) Rule 13.36(2)(b) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules is further modified such that the Shareholders (including both holders of Hong Kong Shares and holders of RMB Shares) can by ordinary resolution in general meeting give a repurchase mandate to the Directors under which (i) only the Hong Kong Shares may be repurchased; and (ii) the maximum number of Hong Kong Shares repurchased by the Company since the granting of the general mandate will be 10% of the number of the issued Hong Kong Shares as of the date of the resolution granting the repurchase mandate.

Given this is a one-off waiver for the RMB Share Issue only, the Company would need to apply for waiver from Rules 8.20 and 13.26 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules for any further issue of new RMB Shares.

(2) Waiver relating to corporate communications

Under the relevant PRC rules and regulations, (i) the publication of corporate communications, including circulars, on the websites of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Company and through other prescribed communication channels such as specified PRC newspapers would constitute effective delivery to the holders of the RMB Shares; and (ii) the Company is not required to (a) seek an express and positive written confirmation from each holder of the RMB Shares that corporate communications may be made available using electronic means; and (b) physically send a circular to the holders of the RMB Shares.

Accordingly, the Company has applied for, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has granted, a waiver from strict compliance with Rule 2.07A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules so that the requirements relating to corporate communications thereunder will apply only to the holders of the Hong Kong Shares.

(3) Waiver relating to requirements for certification of transfers

Pursuant to the relevant regulatory requirements, the RMB Shares shall be listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and be registered and deposited with and settled through the CSDC. Pursuant to the trading rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, trading in securities is conducted via a paperless, book entry based trading system, and there is

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no requirement under the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market Listing Rules to issue physical share certificates in respect of the RMB Shares as proof of title. The CSDC adopts an electronic securities registration system, conducts registration onto the register of securities holders pursuant to the record of the securities accounts. The record issued by the CSDC is the legal proof of security holders’ holding in shares.

Furthermore, the transfers of RMB Shares on the STAR Market (“ On-Exchange Transfers ”) can be conducted by (i) centralised trading transfers (meaning transfers pursuant to transactions conducted between two parties holding Shanghai Stock Exchange stock accounts through the paperless trading platform of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which does not involve any certificate, temporary documents or split renounceable documents); and (ii) non-centralised trading transfers (including but not limited to share transfers due to written agreements, inheritance, gift and property division, for which the relevant applicant must submit materials required by the CSDC to complete the transfer, and the CSDC will handle the transfer registration with respect to such non-centralised trading transfers of the RMB Shares.

Accordingly, the Company has applied for, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has granted, a waiver from strict compliance with Rule 13.58 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules so that the requirements relating to certification of transfers to be completed within certain timeframes thereunder will apply only to the Hong Kong Shares and any transfer of RMB Shares other than On-Exchange Transfers.

(4) Waiver relating to requirements for securities registration services

As the CSDC will provide securities registration services to holders of the RMB Shares, and there is no need for certificate registration service given that the RMB Shares can be traded electronically on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and will not require a share certificate to evidence title, the Company has applied for, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has granted, a waiver from strict compliance with Rules 13.59 and 13.60 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules so that the requirements relating to securities registration services thereunder will apply only to the Hong Kong Shares. To the best knowledge of the Company, the grant of the waiver would not impose undue risk to the Shareholders given the proposed RMB Share Issue is subject to Shareholders’ approval at the EGM.

4. THE EGM AND PROXY ARRANGEMENT

Approval of the Shareholders will be sought at the EGM for, among others, the proposed RMB Share Issue, the Specific Mandate and related matters (including proposed amendments to the Articles). A notice convening the EGM is set out on pages EGM-1 to EGM-3 of this circular.

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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will conduct a hybrid extraordinary general meeting with the combination of a physical meeting and a virtual meeting online. Shareholders will have the option of joining the EGM either (a) through the physical meeting at Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong; or (b) through the Internet by using their computer, tablet device or smartphone. The venue of the physical meeting will be subject to the social distancing and disease control measures in place in Shanghai and Hong Kong at the time. An announcement will be made by the Company in the event of a change of venue.

Registered Shareholders will be able to attend the EGM, vote and submit questions online. Each registered Shareholder’s personalized login and access code and/or the user guide for online voting will be sent to him or her under separate letter. Non-registered Shareholders whose Shares are held in the Central Clearing and Settlement System through banks, brokers, custodians or Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited may also be able to attend the EGM, vote and submit questions online. In this regard, they should consult directly with their banks, brokers or custodians (as the case may be) for the necessary arrangements.

For the purpose of ascertaining the Shareholders’ entitlement to attend and vote at the EGM, the register of members of the Company will be closed from 22 June 2022 (Wednesday) to 27 June 2022 (Monday) (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the EGM, unregistered holders of Shares should ensure all share transfer forms accompanied by the relevant Share certificate(s) must be lodged with the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on 21 June 2022 (Tuesday).

Pursuant to the Hong Kong Listing Rules and the Company’s Articles, any vote of Shareholders at a general meeting must be taken by poll except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands. An announcement on the poll vote results will be published by the Company after the EGM in the manner prescribed under Rule 13.39(5) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

A form of proxy for use at the EGM is published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (www.hkexnews.hk) and the Company (www.huahonggrace.com). To be valid, the form of proxy must be completed and signed in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and deposited at the Company’s Hong Kong share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong or via the designated URL (https://spot-emeeting.tricor.hk) using the username and password provided on the notification letter sent by the Company on 7 June 2022, as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for holding the EGM or any adjournment thereof. In calculating the aforesaid 48 hours period, no account will be taken of any part of a day that is a public holiday. Accordingly, the form of proxy must be delivered not later than 2:00 p.m. on 24 June 2022. Completion and delivery of the form of proxy will not preclude Shareholders from attending and voting at the EGM if they so wish.

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Registered Shareholders are requested to provide a valid email address of his or her proxy (except for appointment of “The Chairman of the Meeting”) for the proxy to receive the login and access code to participate online to the e-Meeting System.

To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief having made all reasonable enquiries, none of the Shareholders has any material interest in the RMB Share Issue and no Shareholder is required to abstain from voting if the Company were to convene a general meeting for the approval of the RMB Share Issue.

5. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD

The Directors are of the opinion that the resolutions mentioned above are in the best interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend that the Shareholders should vote in favour of such resolutions to be proposed at the EGM.

6. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

This circular, for which the Directors 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 enquiries, 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 deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.

Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of the Board Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited Mr. Suxin Zhang Chairman and Executive Director

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APPENDIX I

HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

POLICY FOR STABILISATION OF THE PRICE OF RMB ORDINARY SHARES (A SHARES) OF THE COMPANY WITHIN THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF THE A SHARES ON THE STAR MARKET OF THE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE

Whereas Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares (the “ Shares ”) and listing on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ Issue of A Shares ”), the Company has formulated this plan and made the following arrangements for stabilising the A-share price within three years after the Issue of A Shares, so as to protect the interests of investors:

I. Triggering Conditions for Launching the Stock Price Stabilisation Plan

Within three years from the date when the Company’s Shares are listed on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, if the closing price of the Shares is lower than the Company’s latest audited net assets per share (in case of any changes in the Company’s net assets or the total number of shares due to profit distribution, conversion of capital reserve into share capital, additional issuance, allotment of shares, etc., the net assets per share shall be adjusted accordingly) for 20 consecutive trading days not due to force majeure factors, the Company will initiate by itself or urge other entities involved in this plan to initiate the stock price stabilisation measures according to this plan.

II. Subjects of Responsibility

The subjects of responsibility for taking measures to stabilise the Company’s stock price include the Company, the controlling shareholder, the actual controller, the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding the independent non-executive directors, the same below) and senior executives.

The directors and senior executives who should take measures to stabilise the stock price include not only the directors and senior executives who take office at the time when the Company is listed, but also the newly-appointed directors and senior executives within three years after the Company is listed.

III. Major Stock Price Stabilisation Measures of the Company

The Company’s measures to stabilise the stock price include: The Company repurchases its shares from general public shareholders; the controlling shareholder or the actual controller increases its holdings of the Company’s shares; the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives increase their holdings of the Company’s shares. The above measures may be adopted separately or collectively. When choosing the above-mentioned measures, the following consequences shall be considered: (1) It cannot cause the Company’s failure to meet the statutory listing conditions on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange; and (2) It cannot compel the controlling shareholder or actual controller to perform the obligation of tender offer.

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APPENDIX I

When the triggering conditions of the plan are fulfilled, the Company shall take all or part of the following Measures to stabilise the Company’s stock price in accordance with the provisions of laws, regulations, normative documents, the “Articles of Association of HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED” (the “ Articles of Association ”) and relevant systems of the Company:

  • (I) Under the premise of not affecting the Company’s normal production and operation, the Company repurchases shares from the public shareholders upon deliberation and approval of the internal organization authorized by the Company in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and normative documents;

  • (II) When either of the following circumstances occurs: 1. The Company is unable to implement the share repurchase plan or the share repurchase proposal is not approved by the general meeting of shareholders, or 2. The closing price of the Company’s shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share after the implementation of the above-mentioned measures (I), the controlling shareholder or the actual controller shall increase its holdings of the Company’s shares;

  • (III) When the closing price of the Company’s shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share after completing the implementation of the plan for increasing the controlling shareholder or actual controller’s holdings of the Company’s shares, and the increase of the Company’s shares held by directors and senior executives will neither cause the Company’s failure to meet the statutory listing conditions nor trigger the tender offer obligations of the directors and senior executives, the Company’s directors and senior executives shall increase their holdings of the Company’s shares;

  • (IV) Other stock price stabilisation measures stipulated by other laws, regulations and normative documents and recognized by the China Securities Regulatory Commission or the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

IV. Procedures for Implementing the Plan for Share Repurchase by the Company

The repurchase of shares by the Company shall comply with the laws and regulations of Hong Kong, the regulatory rules of the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Authority and the stock exchange, and the “Articles of Association” of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) will formulate a specific plan for stabilising the Company’s stock price within a reasonable time from the date when the Company’s stock price triggers the conditions for launching the stock price stabilisation measures in this plan, and submit it to the Board and/or the general meeting of shareholders for approval. The specific repurchase plan shall be announced after the Board and/or the general meeting of shareholders makes a resolution on share repurchase.

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APPENDIX I

After the general meeting of shareholders and/or the Board considers and approves the share repurchase plan, the Company will notify the creditors (if necessary) according to law, submit relevant materials to the securities regulatory authority, the stock exchange and other competent departments, and go through the approval or filing procedures (if necessary).

The repurchase price of RMB shares by the Company shall not exceed the latest audited net assets per share (in case of any changes in the Company’s net assets or the total number of shares due to profit distribution, conversion of capital reserve into share capital, additional issuance, allotment of shares, etc., the net assets per share shall be adjusted accordingly). The way to repurchase shares includes centralized bidding, tender offer or other methods recognized by the securities regulatory authorities. If the Company’s stock price does not meet the triggering conditions of the plan before the implementation of the share repurchase plan, the Company shall have no need to continue implementing the plan.

When the Company conducts share repurchase to stabilise the stock price, the following principles shall also be complied with: the amount of funds used for a single repurchase of shares shall be no higher than 20% of the audited net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company in the previous fiscal year, and the total repurchase funds used to stabilise the stock price in a single fiscal year shall not exceed 40% of the audited net profit attributable to the parent company in the previous fiscal year; if the above standards are exceeded, the relevant stock price stabilisation measures will no longer be implemented in the current year.

If the Company’s stock price repeatedly triggers the initiation of stock price stabilisation measures specified in this plan in a certain fiscal year (excluding the circumstance that the closing price of the shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share during the period when the Company implements the stock price stabilisation measures and for 20 consecutive trading days after completing implementation of the current stock price stabilisation measures and after the announcement date), the Company will implement the stock price stabilisation measures respectively in accordance with this plan, unless in the event that the Company can suspend the implementation of the stock price stabilisation measures in the current year as stipulated in the share repurchase plan. When the Company suspends the implementation of stock price stabilisation measures in a certain fiscal year, if the circumstance that triggers the stock price stabilisation measures stipulated in this plan continues to occur in the next year, the Company will continue to implement this plan.

V. Procedures for Implementing the Plan for Increasing the Company’s Shares Held by the Controlling Shareholder or Actual Controller

(I) Initiation Procedures

  1. Under the circumstance that the conditions for triggering the initiation of stock price stabilisation measures are satisfied, provided that the Company is unable to implement the share repurchase plan or the share repurchase proposal is not approved by the general meeting of shareholders of the Company, and that the

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increase of the Company’s shares held by the controlling shareholder or actual controller will neither cause the Company’s failure to meet the statutory listing conditions nor trigger the tender offer obligations of the controlling shareholder or actual controller, the controlling shareholder or actual controller of the Company shall, on the date when the conditions for triggering the initiation of share price stabilisation measures are satisfied or when the general meeting of shareholders of the Company makes a resolution not to implement the share repurchase plan and within a reasonable period of time after performing relevant state-owned assets supervision obligations (if necessary) and the internal review procedures for the controlling shareholder or actual controller, submit a plan for increasing the Company’s shares to the Company, which will be announced by the Company.

  1. If the closing price of the Company’s shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share despite the implementation of the share repurchase plan, the controlling shareholder or actual controller of the Company shall, on the date of completion or termination of the Company’s share repurchase plan and within a reasonable period of time after performing relevant state-owned assets supervision obligations (if necessary) and the internal review procedures of the controlling shareholder or actual controller, submit a plan for increasing the Company’s shares to the Company, which will be announced by the Company.

  2. (II) Plan for Increasing the Company’s Shares Held by the Controlling Shareholder or Actual Controller

After performing the corresponding announcement obligations, the controlling shareholder or actual controller will increase its holdings of the Company’s shares in accordance with the price range and time limit specified in the plan when the statutory conditions are satisfied.

The amount of increased shares held by the controlling shareholder shall not exceed the dividends received by the controlling shareholder from the Company in the previous year, the amount of increased shares held by the actual controller shall not exceed the dividends he/she/it received from the controlling shareholder in the previous year, the price of the increased shares shall not exceed the latest audited net assets per share, and the number of increased shares in a single increase and/or for 12 consecutive months shall not exceed 2% of the Company’s total shares. The Company shall not provide financial support for the controlling shareholder or actual controller to increase its holdings of the Company’s shares.

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If the Company’s stock price repeatedly triggers the initiation of stock price stabilisation measures specified in this plan in a certain fiscal year (excluding the circumstance that the closing price of the shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share during the period when the controlling shareholder or actual controller implements the stock price stabilisation measures and for 20 consecutive trading days after completing implementation of the current stock price stabilisation measures and after the announcement date), the controlling shareholder or actual controller will continue to implement the above stock price stabilisation plan.

VI. Procedures for Increasing Shares Held by the Company’s Remunerated Directors (Excluding the Independent Non-executive Directors) and Senior Executives

When the closing price of the Company’s shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share after completing the implementation of the plan for increasing the controlling shareholder or actual controller’s holdings of the Company’s shares, and the increase of the Company’s shares held by directors and senior executives will neither cause the Company’s failure to meet the statutory listing conditions nor trigger the tender offer obligations of the directors and senior executives, the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives shall increase their holdings of the Company’s shares within a reasonable period of time according to the Company’s requirements.

If the remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives of the Company buy the Company’s shares from the secondary market through bidding, the purchase price shall not be higher than the Company’s latest audited net assets per share (in case of any changes in the Company’s net assets or the total number of shares due to profit distribution, conversion of capital reserve into share capital, additional issuance, allotment of shares, etc., the net assets per share shall be adjusted accordingly). However, if the Company’s stock price does not meet the triggering conditions of the plan prior to the increase of shareholdings, the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives may no longer implement the stock price stabilisation measures.

If the Company’s stock price repeatedly triggers the initiation of stock price stabilisation measures specified in this plan in a certain fiscal year (excluding the circumstance that the closing price of the shares is still lower than the latest audited net assets per share during the period when the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives implement the stock price stabilisation measures and for 20 consecutive trading days after completing implementation of the current stock price stabilisation measures and after the announcement date), the Company may separately require the Company’s remunerated directors (excluding independent non-executive directors) and senior executives to implement stock price stabilisation measures in accordance with this plan. However, the funds used by each person to stabilise the stock price in a single year shall, in no circumstance, exceed 10% of the after-tax cash remuneration received from the Company in the previous year. If the aforesaid standard is exceeded, the person may no longer implement the stock price stabilisation measures in the current year. However, in the event that the stock price stabilisation measures stipulated in this plan are triggered in the next year, the stock price stabilisation plan will continuously be implemented in accordance with the above principles.

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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

THE COMPANY’S PROFITS DISTRIBUTION POLICY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DIVIDEND RETURN PLAN WITHIN THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF RMB ORDINARY SHARES (A SHARES) ON THE STAR MARKET OF THE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE

Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”) plans to apply for the initial public offering and listing of Renminbi ordinary shares (hereinafter referred to as the “ RMB Shares ”) on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the PRC (hereinafter referred to as the “ RMB Share Issue ”).

In order to fully safeguard the legitimate rights of the Company’s shareholders such as asset returns, attach importance to the reasonable returns on investment of shareholders, enhance the transparency and operability of profit distribution decisions, establish a sustainable, stable and scientific return plan and mechanism for investors, and ensure the continuity and stability of the dividend distribution policy, the Company has prepared the “Profits Distribution Policy and Shareholders’ Dividend Return Plan within Three Years Following the Initial Public Offering and Listing of RMB Shares on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange” by comprehensively considering the Company’s strategic development planning, the Company’s actual situation and development goals, social capital cost, external financing environment and other factors in accordance with the “Notice of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Further Implementing Issues Concerning Cash Dividends of Listed Companies”, the “Guidelines for the Supervision of Listed Companies No. 3 – Cash Dividends of Listed Companies” and other relevant laws and regulations and the Articles of Association of the Company, with details as follows:

I. Principle of the Shareholder Dividend Return Planning

The Company adopts a continuous and stable profit distribution policy, so its profit distribution shall focus on the reasonable investment return of investors and take into account the Company’s sustainable development. The decision-making and demonstration process of the Board and the general meeting of shareholders of the Company on the profit distribution policy shall fully consider the opinions of independent non-executive directors and public investors.

II. Specific Scheme for the Shareholder Dividend Return Planning

(1) Profit Distribution Form of the Company

The Company may distribute profits in cash, stock, a combination of cash and stock, or other forms permitted by laws, regulations and normative documents. If the conditions for cash dividends are satisfied, the profit distribution method of cash dividends shall be prioritized.

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(2) Conditions for Cash Dividends of the Company

When the conditions for cash dividends are satisfied, the Company shall distribute profits by way of cash dividends. The conditions for cash dividends include:

  1. The accumulated undistributed profit of the Company is positive, the Company is profitable in the current year and the distributable profit realized in the current year is positive, and the Company’s cash flow can still meet the needs of its continuous operation and long-term development after cash dividends;

  2. The auditing body issues a standard unqualified audit report on the Company’s annual financial report;

  3. The Company has no significant external investment plans or major cash outlays in the next 12 months (except for the investment projects to which proceeds from this issue will be applied);

  4. Meet other cash dividend conditions stipulated by laws, regulations and normative documents.

(3) Proportion and Time Interval of Cash Dividends of the Company

On the premise of satisfying the conditions for cash dividends, the Company will, in principle, distribute cash dividends once a year. The profit distributed by the Company in cash every year shall be no less than 10% of the distributable profit realized in the current year, and the cumulative profit distributed by the Company in cash in the last three years shall be no less than 30% of the average annual distributable profit realized in the last three years.

The Board of the Company shall comprehensively consider factors such as the characteristics of the industry, development stage, its own business model, profitability and whether there are major capital expenditure arrangements. On the premise of satisfying the conditions for cash dividends, the Board shall distinguish the following circumstances and propose differentiated cash dividend policies in accordance with the procedures specified in the Articles of Association of the Company:

  1. When the Company is subject to the mature development stage and has no major capital expenditure arrangement, the minimum proportion of cash dividends in this profit distribution shall reach 80%;

  2. When the Company is subject to the mature development stage and has major capital expenditure arrangement, the minimum proportion of cash dividends in this profit distribution shall reach 40%;

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  1. When the Company is subject to the growth stage and has major capital expenditure arrangement, the minimum proportion of cash dividends in this profit distribution shall reach 20%;

When the development stage of the Company is difficult to distinguish but there are major capital expenditure arrangements, it can be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The proportion of cash dividends in this profit distribution shall be the cash dividends divided by the sum of cash dividends and stock dividends.

(4) Conditions for Distributing Stock Dividends

If the Company’s operation is in good condition, and the Board believes that the Company’s stock price does not match the scale of its share capital, the net assets per share are too high, and the distribution of stock dividends is beneficial to the overall interests of all shareholders of the Company, it may propose the implementation of a stock dividend distribution plan. When stock dividends are used for dividend distribution, real and reasonable factors such as the Company’s growth potential and the dilution of net assets per share shall be considered.

(5) Decision-making Procedures and Mechanism for Profit Distribution

When formulating the profit distribution plan, the Board of the Company shall carefully study and demonstrate the timing, conditions and minimum proportion of cash dividends, adjustment conditions and requirements for its decision-making procedures, etc., while the independent non-executive directors shall express clear opinions. Before the general meeting of shareholders deliberates on the profit distribution plan, the Company shall actively communicate and exchange opinions with shareholders (especially minority shareholders) through various channels, and fully listen to the opinions of minority shareholders.

(6) Decision-making Mechanism and Procedures for Adjustment of the Company’s Profit Distribution Policy

If the Company deems it necessary to adjust or change the profit distribution policy, it shall submit the revised profit distribution policy to the general meeting of shareholders for deliberation.

If the Company is unable to determine the profit distribution plan of the current year in accordance with the established cash dividend policy or the minimum cash dividend proportion under special circumstances, it shall comply with the relevant requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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III. Effectiveness Mechanism of the Shareholder Dividend Return Planning

After being deliberated and approved by the extraordinary general meeting of the Company, the shareholder dividend return planning will become effective and be implemented from the date of the Company’s initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR THE DILUTION OF IMMEDIATE RETURNS BY THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND LISTING OF RMB SHARES ON THE STAR MARKET OF THE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE

Considering that the initial public offering and listing of RMB ordinary shares (hereinafter referred to as the “ RMB Shares ”) of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”) on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the “ RMB Share Issue ”) may lead to reduced immediate return of the investors, the Company has devised the following measures to compensate for the diluted immediate return in accordance with the relevant requirements of the laws, regulations and regulatory documents, including the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Work of Protection of the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Minority Investors in the Capital Markets (G.B.F.[2013] No. 110) (《國務院辦公廳關於進一步 加強資本市場中小投資者合法權益保護工作的意見》(國辦發[2013]110號)), the Opinions of the State Council on Further Promoting the Sound Development of Capital Markets (《國務院 關於進一步促進資本市場健康發展的若干意見》) and the Guiding Opinions on Matters Concerning the Dilution of Immediate Return in Initial Public Offering, Refinancing and Material Asset Restructuring (Announcement No. 31 [2015] of the CSRC) (中國證券督管理委 員會《關於首發及再融資、重大資產重組攤薄即期回報有關事項的指導意見》(證監會公告 [2015]31號)):

In order to reduce the risk of dilution of the Company’s immediate returns after the initial public offering and enhance the Company’s ability to achieve sustainable returns, the Company plans to take the following measures to compensate for the diluted immediate returns:

  1. Based on the characteristics and patterns of the development of the industry, the Company will increase its investment in its principal business, strive to enhance market space and increase sales revenue, continue to set store by investments in research and development, enhance capabilities of sustainable profitability and alleviate the risk of dilution of immediate returns.

  2. Strengthen operation management, optimize decision-making procedures, and improve operation efficiency and profitability. Meanwhile, the Company will strengthen the construction of corporate governance structure, ensure that independent non-executive directors earnestly perform their duties and safeguard the interests of the Company and public shareholders.

  3. Promote the construction of investment projects to which proceeds are to be applied and improve the market prospect and economic benefits of the Company’s products, as well as improve the efficiency of use of proceeds and strictly implement the management policy of proceeds to ensure the smooth implementation of the projects. The implementation of investment projects to which proceeds are to be applied is conducive to better satisfying the needs of customers for the Company’s products, enhancing capabilities of sustainable profitability, and in line with the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

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  1. Improve the profit distribution policy, actively promote the profit distribution and cash dividends to investors considering the Company’s operation and development plan, and strive to improve the return to shareholders.

The Company will actively fulfill the measures to compensate for the diluted immediate returns. In case of violation of the relevant commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the “Letter of Undertaking on the Measures to Compensate for Diluted Immediate Returns after the Company’s Initial Public Offering of RMB Ordinary Shares”.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON STABILISING THE PRICE OF THE COMPANY’S RMB ORDINARY SHARES (A SHARES)

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, to protect the interests of investors, the Company has made the following commitments in accordance with relevant provisions of the Opinions on Further Promoting the IPO System Reform issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission:

  1. Subject to the relevant laws and regulations, the Company will strictly abide by and implement the Policy for Stabilisation of the Price of the RMB Ordinary Shares (A Shares) of the Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited for the Three Years after the Initial Public Offering and Listing of the A Shares on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ Stock Price Stabilisation Policy ”) considered and approved by the general meeting, and will perform its obligations of stabilising the Company’s A-share price in accordance with relevant provisions of the Stock Price Stabilisation Policy.

  2. While taking the aforementioned stock price stabilisation measures, the Company will perform its corresponding information disclosure obligations in accordance with the listing rules of the stock exchanges where its shares are listed and other applicable laws and regulations, and shall abide by, among others, the applicable laws and regulations as well as relevant provisions of the Company’s Articles of Association.

  3. The Company will strictly implement its commitments. If it fails to implement the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations as well as the requirements of the regulatory authorities.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON SHARE REPURCHASE

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company has made the share repurchase commitments relating to legal liability for compensations, fraudulent offering and listing and stock price stabilisation. To implement the aforementioned commitments, the Company has made the following commitments:

  1. The Company commits to repurchasing all the new shares issued under the RMB Share Issue in accordance with the laws and regulations, if the securities regulatory authorities or other competent authorities determine that the prospectus of the RMB Share Issue contains any misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions, such circumstances have had a major and substantive impact on determining whether or not the Company meets the conditions for issuance as prescribed by the laws, and the Company has fraudulently obtained registration of the issuance and has the shares listed.

  2. When the triggering conditions for stabilising the share price as set out in the Company’s Policy for Stabilisation of the Price of the RMB Ordinary Shares (A Shares) of the Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited for the Three Years after the Initial Public Offering and Listing of the A Shares on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange are fulfilled, the Company will perform its obligations of repurchasing its shares in accordance with the aforementioned policy.

In case of any violation of the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the separately issued “Letter of Commitment on Binding Measures When Failing to Fulfill Commitments”.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON REPURCHASE OF SHARES LISTED BY FRAUDULENT MEANS

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company has made the following commitments on repurchase of the RMB Shares listed by fraudulent means:

  1. The Company guarantees that the RMB Share Issue is not fraudulent;

  2. If the Company obtains registration of the issuance and listing by fraud, and has issued and listed shares when it does not meet the conditions for issuance and listing, the Company will start the share repurchase procedure within five working days after the securities regulatory authorities identify such facts of illegalities or decide to impose penalties, and will repurchase all the new shares issued under the RMB Share Issue in accordance with the laws and regulations.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR THE DILUTION OF IMMEDIATE RETURNS AFTER THE COMPANY’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF RMB ORDINARY SHARES

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”) and the RMB Share Issue may lead to a decline in investors’ immediate returns, the Company has made the following commitments in accordance with relevant provisions of the “Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Work of Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Minority Investors in the Capital Market” (Guo Ban Fa [2013] No. 110), “Guiding Opinions on Matters Related to Diluted Immediate Returns after IPO, Refinancing and Major Asset Restructuring” (CSRC Announcement [2015] No. 31) issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and other laws, regulations and regulatory documents:

  1. Based on the development characteristics and patterns of the industry, the Company will increase investment in the main business, strive to expand market space and increase sales revenue, continue to put emphasis on R&D investment, and enhance its sustainable profitability to mitigate the risk of dilution of immediate returns;

  2. The Company will strengthen operation management, optimize the decision-making process, and enhance operation efficiency and profitability. In the meantime, the Company will strengthen the construction of its governance structure to ensure that independent non-executive directors will earnestly perform their duties and safeguard the interests of the Company as a whole and of the public shareholders;

  3. The Company will press ahead with the construction of investment projects to which proceeds are to be applied and improve the market outlook and economic benefits of the Company’s products. In the meantime, the Company will improve the capital utilization efficiency and strictly implement the management policy of proceeds to ensure the successful implementation of the projects. The implementation of investment projects to which proceeds are to be applied will help better satisfy customer demand for the Company’s products and enhance the Company’s sustainable profitability, which is in line with the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders;

  4. The Company will improve profit distribution policy, actively push forward with the distribution of profits and payment of cash dividends to investors in light of the Company’s operation conditions and development plans, striving to improve shareholder returns.

In case of any violation of the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the separately issued “Letter of Commitment on Binding Measures When Failing to Fulfill Commitments”. In the meantime, it will make supplementary or alternative commitments to the investors to safeguard investors’ interests as much as possible, and will implement such commitments once they are deliberated and approved by the general meeting of the Company.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON PROFIT DISTRIBUTION POLICY

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), to fully safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the Company’s shareholders, provide stable and continuous investment returns to shareholders and maximize investment income of shareholders, the Company has made the following commitments:

After the RMB Share Issue, the Company will implement its profit distribution policy in strict accordance with the Notice on Further Implementation of Matters Relevant to the Cash Dividend Distribution of Listed Companies issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Articles of Association of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited, the Profits Distribution Policy and Dividend Return Plan of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited within Three Years Following the Initial Public Offering and Listing of RMB Ordinary Shares (A Shares) on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and other provisions.

In case of any violation of the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the “Letter of Commitment on Binding Measures When Failing to Fulfill Commitments” separately issued by the Company.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON LEGAL LIABILITY FOR COMPENSATIONS

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company has made the following commitments:

  1. The Company’s prospectus of the RMB Share Issue contains no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions, and the Company assumes the corresponding legal responsibilities for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the contents of the listing documents.

  2. If the Company’s prospectus of the RMB Share Issue contains misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions, which have had a major and substantive impact on determining whether or not the Company meets the conditions for issuance as prescribed by the laws, and if the Company obtains registration of the issuance and has the shares listed fraudulently, the Company will repurchase all the new shares issued under the RMB Share Issue in accordance with the laws and regulations after the securities regulatory authorities identify such facts of illegalities or decide to impose penalties.

  3. If the Company’s prospectus of the RMB Share Issue contains misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions that cause investors to suffer losses in securities transactions, the Company will compensate the investors for losses incurred in accordance with the laws and regulations after the securities regulatory authorities identify the aforementioned facts or decide to impose penalties by laws.

In case of any violation of the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the “Letter of Commitment on Binding Measures When Failing to Fulfill Commitments” separately issued by the Company.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON BINDING MEASURES WHEN FAILING TO FULFILL COMMITMENTS

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), to safeguard the rights and interests of the investors, in accordance with the relevant regulatory requirements, the Company commits to abiding by the following binding measures regarding the implementation of commitments disclosed in the prospectus of the RMB Share Issue:

  1. All the public commitments (the “ Commitments ”) made by the Company in the course of RMB Share Issue are the true expression of meaning of the Company and are binding on the Company. The Company voluntarily accepts supervision from the regulatory authorities and the public. The Company will strictly perform its various duties and responsibilities set out in the Commitments.

  2. If the Company fails to fully and effectively implement the Commitments for reasons other than force majeure, the Company commits to taking the following binding measures:

  3. (1) The Company may take corresponding remedial measures or make new commitments (the relevant commitments need to go through relevant approval, deliberation and information disclosure procedures in accordance with the laws, regulations, regulatory documents, the Company’s Articles of Association, and the provisions of its relevant internal control policies);

  4. (2) The Company will compensate investors for the corresponding losses in accordance with the laws and regulations within 30 days from the day on which the securities regulatory authorities or other competent authorities determine that the Company violates or fails to actually implement the Commitments or within 30 days from the day on which the securities regulatory authorities or other competent authorities determine that the Company’s violation or failure to fulfill the Commitments causes investors to suffer losses in securities transactions. The compensation amount shall be determined based on the amount negotiated between the Company and the investors, or in the way or based on the amount identified by the securities regulatory authorities or other competent authorities.

  5. With respect to the Company’s shareholders, directors and the senior management who fail to implement their commitments already made or cause the Company to fail to implement its commitments already made for their sake, the Company will immediately stop the distribution of cash dividends to them and stop the payout of remuneration and allowances to them until such personnel have implemented their relevant commitments.

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LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURT

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company has made the following commitments:

  1. Disputes arising from the Company’s initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares (A shares) and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and during the period of the Company’s listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China (for the purpose of the Letter of Commitment only, the People’s Republic of China does not include the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan) (“ PRC ”), and shall fall under the jurisdiction of the people’s courts with jurisdiction in the PRC. The Company will not raise objections to the aforementioned applicable laws and competent courts.

  2. “Disputes” set out in the above Article 1 shall include: (1) Derivative actions brought by shareholders individually or collectively holding more than 1% of the Company’s RMB ordinary shares (A shares) for over 180 consecutive days as directors or the senior management violate laws, regulations or the Company’s Articles of Association when performing corporate duties and cause losses to the Company or as others infringe the Company’s legitimate rights and interests and cause losses to the Company; (2) Civil compensation lawsuits filed by shareholders holding RMB ordinary shares (A shares) against the Company and other relevant responsible persons as the Company fails to disclose information in accordance with the provisions or its published securities offering documents, regular reports, ad hoc reports and other information disclosure materials contain misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions, which cause shareholders holding RMB ordinary shares (A shares) to suffer losses in securities transactions.

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APPENDIX IV

LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION DOCUMENTS AND RETAINED ORIGINAL COPY

To the Shanghai Stock Exchange:

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company commits that the electronic application documents concerning the RMB Share Issue sent to the Shanghai Stock Exchange are consistent with the retained original copy and contain no misrepresentations, misleading statements or material omissions and that the Company assumes the corresponding legal responsibilities for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the said documents.

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APPENDIX IV

LETTER OF COMMITMENT ON NON-INFLUENCE OVER AND NON-INTERFERENCE IN THE REVIEW

To the Shanghai Stock Exchange:

Whereas HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED (the “ Company ”) intends to apply for an initial public offering of RMB ordinary shares and listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “ RMB Share Issue ”), the Company has made the following commitments:

  1. During the application period of the RMB Share Issue, the Company promises that it will not directly or indirectly provide funds, articles or other interests to the reviewing agency, listing committee and other agencies or their personnel, promises that it will not directly or indirectly provide shares of the offering application under review to the reviewing agency, listing committee and other agencies or their personnel, and promises that it will not influence the judgment of the reviewing agency, listing committee and other agencies or their personnel about the issuer by using illicit means.

  2. The Company promises that it will not interfere in the review work of the reviewing agency, listing committee and other agencies or their personnel in any way.

  3. The Company promises that when answering queries from listing committee members at the listing committee meeting, its presentations will be true, objective, accurate and concise and will not contain contents irrelevant to the RMB Share Issue and the review.

  4. In case of any violation of the aforementioned commitments, the Company will assume all the legal responsibilities arising therefrom.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil THE COMPANIES Nil THE COMPANIES THE COMPANIES
ORDINANCE ORDINANCE ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 622) (CHAPTER 622) (CHAPTER 622)
Public Company Limited by Public Company Limited by Public Company Limited by
Shares Shares Shares
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
(As adopted by Special (As adopted by Special (As adopted by Special
Resolution passed on Resolution passed on 20 Resolution passed on 20
20 September 2014) September 2014, and amended September 2014, and amended
OF HUA HONG by Special Resolution passed on by Special Resolution passed on
SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED [●] [●] 2022, and to take effect [●] [●] 2022, and to take effect
華虹半導體有限公司 on the date when the Company’s on the date when the Company’s
shares are listed on the STAR shares are listed on the STAR
Market of the Shanghai Stock Market of the Shanghai Stock
Exchange) Exchange)
OF HUA HONG OF HUA HONG
SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
華虹半導體有限公司 華虹半導體有限公司
1(a) In these articles the following 1(a) In these articles the following In these articles the following
words shall have the following words shall have the following words shall have the following
meanings: meanings: meanings:
applicable laws and ~~“~~~~applicable laws ~~ ~~and~~ articlesandthese articles
regulations” includes the Listing ~~regulations” includes the Listing~~ mean the articles of the
Rules; ~~Rules;~~ Company in their present form
and all supplementary, amended
articles” means the articles of articlesandthese articles or substituted articles for the
the Company in their present mean~~s ~~the articles of the time being in force;
form and all supplementary, Company in their present form
amended or substituted articles and all supplementary, amended
for the time being in force; or substituted articles for the
time being in force;

1 As provisions are added or deleted, serial numbers of relevant provisions and cross references in these Articles have been adjusted accordingly, and are not described separately. Besides, provisions affected solely by (i) the replacement of “ Stock Exchange ” with “ HKSE ” to refer to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, (ii) the replacement of “ 投票權 ” with “ 表決權 ” in the Chinese version of these Articles to refer to “ voting rights ” in the English version of these Articles and (iii) the replacement of “ 股票 ” with “ 股份證明書 ” in the Chinese version of these Articles to refer to “ certificate(s) ” of Shares in the English version of the Articles are not described separately.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
associate”, in relation to any associate”, in relation to any associate”, in relation to any
director, has the meaning director, has the meaning director, has the meaning
ascribed to it in the Listing ascribed to it in the Listing ascribed to it in the Listing
Rules; Rules; Rules;
associated company” has the associated company” has the associated company” has the
meaning ascribed to it in section meaning ascribed to it in section meaning ascribed to it in section
2 of the Companies Ordinance; 2 of the Companies Ordinance; 2 of the Companies Ordinance;
Auditors” means the auditors Auditors” means the auditors Auditors” means the auditors
of the Company for the time of the Company for the time of the Company for the time
being; being; being;
business days” shall, save business days” shall, save business days” shall, save
where specified, mean any day where specified, mean any day where specified, mean any day
on which a recognised stock on which a recognised stock on which a recognised stock
market is open for the business market is open for the business market is open for the business
of dealing in securities in Hong of dealing in securities in Hong of dealing in securities in Hong
Kong; Kong; Kong;
clear days” means in relation clear days” means in relation clear days” means in relation
to the period of a notice, that to the period of a notice, that to the period of a notice, that
period excluding the day when period excluding the day when period excluding the day when
the notice is given or deemed to the notice is given or deemed to the notice is given or deemed to
be given and the day for which be given and the day for which be given and the day for which
it is given or on which it is to it is given or on which it is to it is given or on which it is to
take effect; take effect; take effect;
Clearing House” means a Clearing House means a Clearing House” means a
recognised clearing house within recognised clearing house within recognised clearing house within
the meaning of Schedule 1 of the the meaning of Schedule 1 of the the meaning of Schedule 1 of the
Securities and Futures Securities and Futures Securities and Futures
Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the
Laws of Hong Kong or a Laws of Hong Kong or a Laws of Hong Kong or a
Clearing House recognised by Clearing House recognised by Clearing House recognised by
the laws of the jurisdiction in the laws of the jurisdiction in the laws of the jurisdiction in
which the shares are listed or which the shares are listed or which the shares are listed or
quoted on a stock exchange in quoted on a stock exchange in quoted on a stock exchange in
such jurisdiction; such jurisdiction; such jurisdiction;

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before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Companies Ordinance” or China” or “PRC” means the China” or “PRC” means the
Ordinance” means the People’s Republic of China People’s Republic of China
Companies Ordinance (Chapter excluding, for the purpose of excluding, for the purpose of
622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) these articles only, the Hong these articles only, the Hong
and every other Ordinance Kong Special Administrative Kong Special Administrative
incorporated therewith, or any Region of the PRC, the Macao Region of the PRC, the Macao
Ordinance or Ordinances Special Administrative Region of Special Administrative Region of
substituted therefor, and in case the PRC and Taiwan of the PRC; the PRC and Taiwan of the PRC;
of any such substitution the
references in these Articles to Companies Ordinance” or Companies Ordinance” or
the provisions of the Companies Ordinance” means the Ordinance” means the
Ordinance shall be read as Companies Ordinance (Chapter Companies Ordinance (Chapter
references to the provisions 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
substituted therefor in the new and every other Ordinance and every other Ordinance
Ordinance or Ordinances; incorporated therewith, or any incorporated therewith, or any
Ordinance or Ordinances Ordinance or Ordinances
Company” means Hua Hong substituted therefor, and in case substituted therefor, and in case
Semiconductor Limited 華虹半導 of any such substitution the of any such substitution the
體有限公司; references in these~~A~~articles to references in these articles to the
the provisions of the Companies provisions of the Companies
connected entities”, in relation Ordinance shall be read as Ordinance shall be read as
to any director, has the meaning references to the provisions references to the provisions
ascribed to it in section 486 of substituted therefor in the new substituted therefor in the new
the Companies Ordinance; Ordinance or Ordinances; Ordinance or Ordinances;
corporate communication” has Company” means Hua Hong Company” means Hua Hong
the meaning ascribed to it in rule Semiconductor Limited 華虹半導 Semiconductor Limited 華虹半導
1.01 of the Listing Rules; 體有限公司; 體有限公司;
connected entities”, in relation connected entities”, in relation
to any director, has the meaning to any director, has the meaning
ascribed to it in section 486 of ascribed to it in section 486 of
the Companies Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance;
~~“~~~~corporate communication” has~~
~~the meaning ascribed to it ~~ ~~in rule~~
~~1.01 of the Listing Rules;~~

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corporation” includes both a corporation” includes both a
corporation” includes both a
company incorporated under the company incorporated under the
company incorporated under the
Companies Ordinance as well as Companies Ordinance as well as
Companies Ordinance as well as
a company incorporated outside a company incorporated outside
a company incorporated outside
Hong Kong; Hong Kong;
Hong Kong;
directors” and “board” mean CSRC” means the China
CSRC” means the China
the directors of the Company or Securities Regulatory
Securities Regulatory
the directors present at a meeting Commission;
Commission;
of directors of the Company at
which a quorum is present; directors” and “board” mean
directors” and “board” mean
the directors of the Company or
the directors of the Company or
electronic communication the directors present at a meeting
the directors present at a meeting
means a communication sent by of directors of the Company at
of directors of the
Company at
electronic transmission in any which a quorum is present;
which a quorum is
present;
form through any medium;
electronic communication
electronic communication
holder” means in relation to means a communication
means a communication
shares, the member whose name transferred, transmitted and
transferred, transmitted and
is entered in the register of received ~~sent ~~by electronic
received by electronic
members as the holder of the transmission in any form through
transmission in any form through
shares; any medium;
any medium;
listing document” has the “~~holder” ~~“electronic means” ~~in~~
electronic means” includes, but
meaning ascribed to it in the
Listing Rules and includes any
~~relation i~~ncludes, but is not
limited to ~~shares~~, website
is not limited to, website
address, webinar, webcast, video
supplemental listing document address, webinar, webcast, video
or any form of conference
and any subsequent amendment or any form of conference
calling
system (by telephone,
to the listing document; calling system (by telephone,
video, Internet or otherwise);
video, Internet or otherwise);
Listing Rules” means the Rules electronic general meeting
Governing the Listing of electronic general meeting
means a general meeting held
Securities on the Stock means a general meeting held
and conducted solely and
Exchange, as amended from time and conducted solely and
exclusively with the virtual
to time; exclusively with the virtual
presence and participation of
presence and participation
members and/or representatives
newspaper” means a newspaper ~~member whose name is entered~~
through electronic
means;
published daily and circulating ~~in the register ~~of members ~~as~~
generally in Hong Kong and
specified in the list of
and/or representatives through
electronic means ~~the holder of~~
HKSE” means The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong
newspapers issued and published ~~the shares~~;
Limited;
in the Gazette for the purposes
of Section 203 of the Companies
Ordinance by the Chief Secretary
“~~Stock Exchange~~HKSE” means
The Stock Exchange of Hong
hybrid meeting” means a
general meeting held and
for Administration; Kong Limited;
conducted (i) with
the in-person
presence and participation of
Office” means the registered members and/or representatives
office of the Company; at one or more meeting locations
and (ii) with the virtual presence
and participation of members
and/or representatives through
electronic means;

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register” means the register of hybrid meeting” means a Listing Rules means the Rules
members of the Company kept general meeting held and Governing the Listing of
pursuant to the Companies conducted (i) with the in-person Securities on the Stock Exchange
Ordinance and includes any presence and participation of of Hong Kong Limited and/or
branch register kept pursuant to members and/or representatives the Rules Governing the Listing
the Companies Ordinance; at one or more meeting locations of Stocks on the Science and
and (ii) with the virtual presence Technology Innovation Board of
reporting documents” has the and participation of members Shanghai Stock Exchange, as
meaning ascribed to it in Part 9 and/or representatives through applicable, and any amendments
of the Companies Ordinance; electronic means; thereto taking effect from time
to time;
responsible person” has the ~~“~~~~listing document” has the~~
meaning ascribed to it in section ~~meaning ascribed to it in the~~ meeting location(s)” means the
3 of the Companies Ordinance; ~~Listing Rules and includes any~~ place or places for general
~~supplemental listing document~~ meetings and any meeting
Seal” means the common seal ~~and any subsequent amendment~~ location(s) designated by the
of the Company or any official ~~to the listing document;~~ board in accordance with Article
seal that the Company may have 67 of these articles;
as permitted by the Companies Listing Rules” means the Rules
Ordinance; Governing the Listing of Office” means the registered
Securities on the Stock office of the Company;
secretary” means the secretary
of the Company or any other
Exchange~~, as amended ~~of Hong
Kong Limited and/or the Rules
ordinary resolution” has the
person appointed to perform the Governing the Listing of Stocks meaning ascribed to it in Section
duties of the secretary of the on the Science and Technology 563 of the Companies
Company, including a joint, Innovation Board of Shanghai Ordinance;
assistant or deputy secretary; Stock Exchange, as applicable,
and any amendments thereto physical meeting” means a
share” means a share in the taking effect from time to time; general meeting held and
capital of the Company; conducted with the in-person
~~“~~~~newspaper” means a newspaper~~ presence and participation of
Stock Exchange” means The ~~published daily and circulating~~ members and/or representatives
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ~~generally in Hong Kong and~~ at one or more meeting
Limited; ~~specified in the list of~~ location(s);
~~newspapers issued and published~~
substantial shareholder ~~in the Gazette for the purposes~~ principal meeting venue
means a person who is entitled ~~of Section 203 of the Companies~~ means the place of the general
to exercise, or to control the ~~Ordinance by the Chief Secretary~~ meeting or, if there are multiple
exercise of, 10% or more (or ~~for Administration;~~ meeting locations, the principal
such other percentage as may be place of the general meeting;
prescribed by the Listing Rules meeting location(s)” means the
from time to time) of the voting place or places for general register” means the register of
power at any general meeting of meetings and any meeting members of the Company kept
the Company; and location(s) designated by the pursuant to the Companies
board in accordance with Article Ordinance and includes any
67 of these articles; branch register kept pursuant to
the Companies Ordinance;
Office” means the registered
office of the Company; reporting documents” has the
meaning ascribed to it in Part 9
of the Companies Ordinance;

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ordinary resolution” has the responsible person” has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section meaning ascribed to it in section
563 of the Companies 3 of the Companies Ordinance;
Ordinance;
RMB” means the lawful
physical meeting” means a currency of the People’s
general meeting held and Republic of China;
conducted with the in-person
presence and participation of RMB ordinary shares” means
members and/or representatives the shares to be issued by the
at one or more meeting Company to the Chinese
location(s); investors, subscribed for and
traded in RMB and listed on the
principal meeting venue Shanghai Stock Exchange;
means the place of the general
meeting or, if there are multiple Seal” means the common seal
meeting locations, the principal of the Company or any official
place of the general meeting; seal that the Company may have
as permitted by the Companies
register” means the register of Ordinance;
members of the Company kept
pursuant to the Companies secretary” means the secretary
Ordinance and includes any of the Company or any other
branch register kept pursuant to person appointed to perform the
the Companies Ordinance; duties of the secretary of the
Company, including a joint,
reporting documents” has the assistant or deputy secretary;
meaning ascribed to it in Part 9
of the Companies Ordinance; share” means a share in the
capital of the Company;
responsible person” has the
meaning ascribed to it in section shareholder”, “member and
3 of the Companies Ordinance; holder” mean a holder of the
Company’s shares duly
RMB” means the lawful registered from time to time;
currency of the People’s
Republic of China;

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RMB ordinary shares” means
special resolution” has the
the shares to be issued by the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
Company to the Chinese
564 of the Companies
investors, subscribed for and
Ordinance;
traded in RMB and listed on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange;
Shanghai Stock Exchange
means the Stock Exchange of
Seal” means the common seal
Shanghai;
of the Company or any official
seal that the Company may have
Stock Exchange” or “Stock
as permitted by the Companies
Exchanges” means The Stock
Ordinance;
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
and/or the Shanghai Stock
secretary” means the secretary
Exchange, as applicable;
of the Company or any other
person appointed to perform the
duties of the secretary of the
Company, including a joint,
assistant or deputy secretary;
share” means a share in the
capital of the Company;
shareholder”, “member” and
holder” mean a holder of the
Company’s shares duly
registered from time to time;
special resolution” has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section
564 of the Companies
Ordinance;
Shanghai Stock Exchange
means the Stock Exchange of
Shanghai;
~~“~~~~substantial shareholder”~~
~~means a person who is entitled~~
~~to exercise, or to control the~~
~~exercise of, 10% or more (or~~
~~such other percentage as may be~~
~~prescribed by the Listing Rules~~
~~from time to time) of the voting~~
~~power at any general meeting of~~
~~the Company; and~~
Stock Exchange” or “Stock
Exchanges” means The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
and/or the Shanghai Stock
Exchange, as applicable;

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
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1(e) In these articles: 1(e) In these articles:
In these articles:
(i) references to writing shall (i) references to writing ~~shall~~
(i) references to writing include
include references to include ~~references to~~
all modes of expressing or
typewriting, printing, ~~typewriting, printing,~~
reproducing text in a visible
lithography, photography and any ~~lithography, photography and any~~
manner, including electronic
other mode of representing or
reproducing words in a legible
~~other a~~ll modes of ~~representing~~
expressing or reproducing ~~words~~
records, in a legible and non-
transitory form;
and non-transitory form, text in a visible manner,
including for the avoidance of including electronic records, in a
doubt an electronic record legible and non-transitory form~~,~~
(within the meaning of the ~~including for the avoidance of~~
Electronic Transactions ~~doubt an electronic record~~
Ordinance (Chapter 553 of the ~~(within the meaning of the~~
Laws of Hong Kong)); ~~Electronic Transactions~~
~~Ordinance (Chapter 553 of the~~
~~Laws of Hong Kong));~~
7 Subject to the provisions of the 7 ~~Subject to the provisions of the~~
Unless otherwise provided by
Companies Ordinance and
without prejudice to any special
~~Companies Ordinance U~~nless
otherwise provided by applicable
applicable laws and regulations,
the Listing Rules and the articles
rights attached to any existing laws and regulations, the Listing
and
without prejudice to any
shares, any share may be issued Rules and the articles and
special rights attached to any
with such rights or restrictions, without prejudice to any special
existing shares,
any share may
whether in regard to dividend, rights attached to any existing
be issued with such rights or
voting, return of capital or shares, any share may be issued
restrictions, whether in regard to
otherwise or be redeemable with such rights or restrictions,
dividend, voting, return of
whether at the option of the whether in regard to dividend,
capital or otherwise or be
Company or the holder as the voting, return of capital or
redeemable whether at the option
Company may by ordinary otherwise or be redeemable
of the Company or the holder as
resolution determine (or, if the whether at the option of the
the Company may by ordinary
Company has not so determined, Company or the holder as the
resolution determine.
as the directors shall determine). Company may by ordinary
resolution determine ~~(or, if the~~
~~Company has not so determined,~~
~~as the directors shall determine).~~
8 Subject to the provisions of the 8 ~~Subject to the provisions of the~~
Unless otherwise provided by
Companies Ordinance, any share
may be issued, with the sanction
~~Companies Ordinance, ~~Unless
otherwise provided by applicable
applicable laws and regulations,
the Listing Rules and the
of a special resolution, which is laws and regulations, the Listing
articles, any share may be
or is to be liable, to be redeemed Rules and the articles, any share
issued, with the sanction of a
at the option of the Company or may be issued, with the sanction
special resolution, which is or is
the holder on such terms and in of a special resolution, which is
to be liable, to
be redeemed at
such manner as may be provided or is to be liable, to be redeemed
the option of the Company or
by these articles. In the event of at the option of the Company or
the holder on such terms and in
purchase for redemption of the the holder on such terms and in
such manner as may be provided
redeemable share, the following such manner as may be provided
by these articles. In the event of
provisions shall apply: by these articles. In the event of
purchase for redemption of the
purchase for redemption of the
redeemable share, the following
redeemable share, the following
provisions shall apply:
provisions shall apply:

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9 Subject to the provisions of the 9 ~~Subject to the provisions of the~~ Unless otherwise provided by
Companies Ordinance and these ~~Companies Ordinance and~~ applicable laws and regulations,
articles, the shares in the
Company shall be at the disposal
~~theseU~~nless otherwise provided
by applicable laws and
the Listing Rules and the
articles, the shares in the
of the directors, who may offer, regulations, the Listing Rules Company shall be at the disposal
allot, grant options over or and the articles, the shares in the of the directors, who may offer,
otherwise dispose of them to Company shall be at the disposal allot, grant options over or
such persons and on such terms of the directors, who may offer, otherwise dispose of them to
as the directors think fit. allot, grant options over or such persons and on such terms
otherwise dispose of them to as the directors think fit.
such persons and on such terms
as the directors think fit.
10 The directors may, subject to the 10 ~~The directors may, subject to the~~ Unless otherwise provided by
approval by the members in Unless otherwise provided by applicable laws and regulations,
general meeting, issue warrants applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the articles
or other rights and grant options the Listing Rules and the articles and subject to the express
to subscribe for any class of and subject to the express authorisation or approval by the
shares or securities of the authorisation or approval by the members in general meeting, the
Company on such terms as the members in general meeting, the directors may issue warrants or
directors may from time to time directors may issue warrants or other rights and grant options to
determine. other rights and grant options to subscribe for any class of shares
subscribe for any class of shares or securities of the Company on
or securities of the Company on such terms as the directors may
such terms as the directors may from time to time determine.
from time to time determine.
11 The Company may exercise the 11 The Company may exercise the The Company may exercise the
powers of paying commissions powers of paying commissions powers of paying commissions
conferred by the Companies conferred by the Companies conferred by the Companies
Ordinance. Subject to the Ordinance. Subject to the Ordinance. Subject to the
provisions of the Companies
Ordinance, any such commission
provisions of applicable laws
and regulations, the ~~Companies~~
provisions of applicable laws
and regulations, the Listing
may be satisfied by the payment
of cash or by the allotment of
~~OrdinanceL~~isting Rules and the
articles, any such commission
Rules and the articles, any such
commission may be satisfied by
fully or partly paid shares or may be satisfied by the payment the payment of cash or by the
partly in one way and partly in of cash or by the allotment of allotment of fully or partly paid
the other. The Company may fully or partly paid shares or shares or partly in one way and
also on any issue of share capital partly in one way and partly in partly in the other. The Company
pay such brokerage as may be the other. The Company may may also on any issue of share
lawful and exercise all powers of also on any issue of share capital capital pay such brokerage
paying interest out of capital. pay such brokerage ~~as may be~~ unless otherwise provided by
~~lawful u~~nless otherwise provided
by applicable laws and
applicable laws and regulations,
the Listing Rules and the articles
regulations, the Listing Rules and exercise all powers of
and the articles and exercise all paying interest out of capital.
powers of paying interest out of
capital.

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before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
12 Except as required by law, no 12 Except as required by ~~law~~ Except as required by applicable
person shall be recognised by applicable laws and regulations, laws and regulations, the Listing
the Company as holding any the Listing Rules or by the Rules or by the articles, no
share upon any trust and (except articles, no person shall be person shall be recognised by
as otherwise provided by these recognised by the Company as the Company as holding any
articles or by law) the Company holding any share upon any trust share upon any trust and (except
shall not be bound by or and (except as otherwise as otherwise provided by
required to recognise (even when provided by ~~these articles ~~ ~~or by~~ applicable laws and regulations,
having notice thereof) any
equitable, contingent, future or
~~law ~~applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing Rules or
the Listing Rules or by the
articles) the Company shall not
partial interest in any share or in by the articles) the Company be bound by or required to
any fractional part of a share or shall not be bound by or recognise (even when having
any other rights in respect of any required to recognise (even when notice thereof) any equitable,
share except an absolute right to having notice thereof) any contingent, future or partial
the entirety of it in the registered equitable, contingent, future or interest in any share or in any
holder. partial interest in any share or in fractional part of a share or any
any fractional part of a share or other rights in respect of any
any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to
share except an absolute right to the entirety of it in the registered
the entirety of it in the registered holder.
holder.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
14 Subject to the provisions of the 14 Subject to the provisions of the Subject to the provisions of the
Companies Ordinance, if at any Companies Ordinance, if at any Companies Ordinance, if at any
time the capital of the Company time the capital of the Company time the capital of the Company
is divided into different classes is divided into different classes is divided into different classes
of shares, the rights attached to of shares, the rights attached to of shares, the rights attached to
any class (unless otherwise any class (unless otherwise any class (unless otherwise
provided by the terms of issue of provided by the terms of issue of provided by the terms of issue of
the shares of that class) may be the shares of that class) may be the shares of that class) may be
varied, either while the Company varied, either while the Company varied, either while the Company
is a going concern or during or is a going concern or during or is a going concern or during or
in contemplation of a winding- in contemplation of a winding- in contemplation of a winding-
up, either with the consent in up, either with the consent in up, either with the consent in
writing of the holders of three- writing of the holders of three- writing of the holders of three-
quarters of the total voting rights quarters of the total voting rights quarters of the total voting rights
of holders of shares in that class, of holders of shares in that class, of holders of shares in that class,
or with the sanction of a special or with the sanction of a special or with the sanction of a special
resolution passed at a separate resolution passed at a separate resolution passed at a separate
meeting of the holders of the meeting of the holders of the meeting of the holders of the
shares of that class, but not shares of that class, but not shares of that class, but not
otherwise. To every such otherwise. To every such otherwise. To every such
separate meeting the provisions separate meeting the provisions separate meeting the provisions
of these articles relating to of these articles relating to of these articles relating to
general meetings shall mutatis general meetings shall mutatis general meetings shall mutatis
mutandis apply, but so that the mutandis apply, but so that the mutandis apply, but so that the
necessary quorum at such necessary quorum at such necessary quorum at such
meeting (other than an adjourned meeting ~~(other than an adjourned~~ meeting shall be no less than
meeting) shall be no less than ~~meeting) s~~hall be no less than two persons together holding or
two persons together holding or two persons together holding or representing by proxy one-third
representing by proxy one-third representing by proxy one-third in the total voting rights of the
in the total voting rights of the in the total voting rights of the issued shares of the class in
issued shares of the class in issued shares of the class in question.
question and at any adjourned question ~~and at any adjourned~~
meeting two persons holding ~~meeting two persons holding~~
shares of that class or by proxy ~~shares of that class or by proxy~~
(whatever the number of shares ~~(whatever the number of shares~~
held by them), and that any ~~held by them), and ~~ ~~that any~~
holder of shares of the class ~~holder of shares of ~~ ~~the class~~
present in person or by proxy ~~present in person or by proxy~~
may demand a poll. ~~may demand a poll.~~

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
17(a) Every person whose name is
entered as a member in the
17(a) Subject to the following
requirements, every ~~Every ~~person
Subject to the following
requirements, every person
register shall be entitled without whose name is entered as a whose name is entered as a
payment to receive: member in the register shall be member in the register shall be
(i) within two months after entitled without payment to entitled without payment to
allotment or, (ii) within ten receive: (i) within two months receive: (i) within two months
business days of the lodgement after allotment or, (ii) within ten after allotment or, (ii) within ten
of an instrument of transfer duly business days of the lodgement business days of the lodgement
stamped, (or within such other of an instrument of transfer duly of an instrument of transfer duly
period as the terms of issue shall stamped, (or within such other stamped, (or within such other
provide), one certificate for all period as the terms of issue shall period as the terms of issue shall
his shares of any particular class, provide), one certificate for all provide), one certificate for all
or if he shall so request, upon his shares of any particular class, his shares of any particular class,
payment of a fee (not exceeding or if he shall so request, upon or if he shall so request, upon
the maximum amount as the payment of a fee (not exceeding payment of a fee (not exceeding
Stock Exchange may from time
to time permit) for every
the maximum amount as the
HKSE ~~Stock Exchange ~~may from
the maximum amount as the
HKSE may from time to time
certificate after the first, as the time to time permit) for every permit) for every certificate after
directors shall from time to time certificate after the first, as the the first, as the directors shall
determine, such number of directors shall from time to time from time to time determine,
certificates for shares in Stock determine, such number of such number of certificates for
Exchange board lots or multiples certificates for shares in HKSE shares in HKSE board lots or
thereof as he shall request and ~~Stock Exchange ~~board lots or multiples thereof as he shall
one for the balance (if any) of multiples thereof as he shall request and one for the balance
the shares in question, provided request and one for the balance (if any) of the shares in
that in the event of a member (if any) of the shares in question, provided that in the
transferring part of the shares question, provided that in the event of a member transferring
represented by a certificate in event of a member transferring part of the shares represented by
his name a new certificate in part of the shares represented by a certificate in his name a new
respect of the balance thereof a certificate in his name a new certificate in respect of the
shall be issued in his name certificate in respect of the balance thereof shall be issued in
without payment. balance thereof shall be issued in his name without payment.
his name without payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no certificate will be issued to
no certificate will be issued to the relevant shareholder in
the relevant shareholder in respect of the allotment or
respect of the allotment or transfer of such RMB ordinary
transfer of such RMB ordinary shares pursuant to the foregoing
shares pursuant to the foregoing provisions if no certificate is
provisions if no certificate is required to be delivered to the
required to be delivered to the RMB ordinary shareholder under
RMB ordinary shareholder under the terms of the issue of RMB
the terms of the issue of RMB ordinary shares.
ordinary shares.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
17(d) If at any time the share capital 17(d) If at any time the share capital If at any time the share capital
of the Company is divided into of the Company is divided into of the Company is divided into
different classes of shares, every different classes of shares, every different classes of shares, every
share certificate issued at that share certificate issued at that share certificate issued at that
time shall comply with the time shall comply with the time shall comply with the
provisions of the Companies provisions of the ~~Companies~~ provisions of the applicable laws
Ordinance, and no certificate
shall be issued in respect of
~~Ordinancea~~pplicable laws and
regulations, and no certificate
and regulations, and no
certificate shall be issued in
more than one class of shares. shall be issued in respect of respect of more than one class of
more than one class of shares. shares.
Nil Nil 18(a) The RMB ordinary shares issued The RMB ordinary shares issued
by the Company will be by the Company will be
registered, deposited and settled registered, deposited and settled
by the China Securities by the China Securities
Depository and Clearing Depository and Clearing
Corporation Limited in Corporation Limited in
accordance with Chinese laws accordance with Chinese laws
and regulations and the relevant and regulations and the relevant
regulations on securities regulations on securities
registration and settlement registration and settlement
management formulated by the management formulated by the
CSRC. Based on the certificates CSRC. Based on the certificates
provided by the Shanghai Stock provided by the Shanghai Stock
Exchange and the China Exchange and the China
Securities Depository and Securities Depository and
Clearing Corporation Limited Clearing Corporation Limited
and in accordance with the and in accordance with the
Ordinance, the Company shall Ordinance, the Company shall
establish a register of holders of establish a register of holders of
RMB ordinary shares in China, RMB ordinary shares in China,
and the register of RMB and the register of RMB
ordinary shareholders shall be ordinary shareholders shall be
the legal proof that RMB the legal proof that RMB
ordinary shareholders hold the ordinary shareholders hold the
Company’s RMB ordinary Company’s RMB ordinary
shares. The holders of RMB shares. The holders of RMB
ordinary shares registered with ordinary shares registered with
the China Securities Depository the China Securities Depository
and Clearing Corporation and Clearing Corporation
Limited shall have the Limited shall have the
shareholder rights stipulated in shareholder rights stipulated in
these articles, the Listing Rules these articles, the Listing Rules
and applicable laws and and applicable laws and
regulations. The holders of the regulations. The holders of the
Company’s RMB ordinary shares Company’s RMB ordinary shares
may trade in the manner may trade in the manner
permitted by the CSRC and the permitted by the CSRC and the
Shanghai Stock Exchange. Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 18(b) Subject to and to the extent Subject to and to the extent
permitted by applicable laws and permitted by applicable laws and
regulations and the Listing regulations and the Listing
Rules, the Company or the Rules, the Company or the
Directors on behalf of the Directors on behalf of the
Company, may cause to be kept Company, may cause to be kept
in any territory a branch register in any territory a branch register
of members resident in such of members resident in such
territory, and the Directors may territory, and the Directors may
make and vary such regulations make and vary such regulations
as they may think fit respecting as they may think fit respecting
the keeping of any such branch the keeping of any such branch
register. register.
19 The Company shall have a first 20 The Company shall have a first The Company shall have a first
and paramount lien on every and paramount lien on every and paramount lien on every
share (not being a fully paid share (not being a fully paid share (not being a fully paid
share) for all moneys (whether share) for all moneys (whether share) for all moneys (whether
presently payable or not) called presently payable or not) called presently payable or not) called
or payable at a fixed time in or payable at a fixed time in or payable at a fixed time in
respect of that share, and the respect of that share, and the respect of that share, and the
Company shall also have a first Company shall also have a first Company shall also have a first
and paramount lien on all shares and paramount lien on all shares and paramount lien on all shares
(other than fully paid shares) (other than fully paid shares) (other than fully paid shares)
standing registered in the name standing registered in the name standing registered in the name
of a member, (whether singly or of a member, (whether singly or of a member, (whether singly or
jointly with any other persons or jointly with any other persons or jointly with any other persons or
persons), for all moneys persons), for all moneys persons), for all moneys
presently payable by such presently payable by such presently payable by such
member or his estate to the member or his estate to the member or his estate to the
Company. The directors may Company. Unless otherwise Company. Unless otherwise
declare any share to be wholly provided by applicable laws and provided by applicable laws and
or in part exempt from the
provisions of this Article. The
regulations, the Listing Rules
and these articles, the ~~The~~
regulations, the Listing Rules
and these articles, the directors
Company’s lien on a share shall directors may declare any share may declare any share to be
extend to all amounts payable in to be wholly or in part exempt wholly or in part exempt from
respect of it. from the provisions of this the provisions of this Article.
Article. The Company’s lien on a The Company’s lien on a share
share shall extend to all amounts shall extend to all amounts
payable in respect of it. payable in respect of it.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
20 The Company may sell, in such 21 Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
manner as the directors think fit, applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
any shares on which the
Company has a lien, but no sale
the Listing Rules and these
articles, the ~~The C~~ompany may
the Listing Rules and these
articles, the Company may sell,
shall be made unless an amount sell, in such manner as the in such manner as the directors
in respect of which the lien directors think fit, any shares on think fit, any shares on which
exists is presently payable, nor which the Company has a lien, the Company has a lien, but no
until the expiration of fourteen but no sale shall be made unless sale shall be made unless an
days after notice in writing has an amount in respect of which amount in respect of which the
been given to the holder of the the lien exists is presently lien exists is presently payable,
share, or the person entitled to it payable, nor until the expiration nor until the expiration of
in consequence of the death or of fourteen days after notice in fourteen days after notice in
bankruptcy of the holder, writing has been given to the writing has been given to the
demanding payment and stating holder of the share, or the holder of the share, or the
that if the notice is not complied person entitled to it in person entitled to it in
with the shares may be sold. consequence of the death or consequence of the death or
bankruptcy of the holder, bankruptcy of the holder,
demanding payment and stating demanding payment and stating
that if the notice is not complied that if the notice is not complied
with the shares may be sold. with the shares may be sold.
21 To give effect to the sale the 22 Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
directors may authorise some applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
person to execute an instrument
of transfer of the share sold to,
the Listing Rules and these
articles, to ~~To g~~ive effect to the
the Listing Rules and these
articles, to give effect to the sale
or in accordance with the sale the directors may authorise the directors may authorise some
directions of, the purchaser and some person to execute an person to execute an instrument
may enter the name of the instrument of transfer of the of transfer of the share sold to,
purchaser or such transferee in share sold to, or in accordance or in accordance with the
the register as holder of the with the directions of, the directions of, the purchaser and
shares and the purchaser shall purchaser and may enter the may enter the name of the
not be bound to see to the name of the purchaser or such purchaser or such transferee in
application of the purchase transferee in the register as the register as holder of the
money, nor shall his title to the holder of the shares and the shares and the purchaser shall
shares be affected by any purchaser shall not be bound to not be bound to see to the
irregularity in or invalidity of see to the application of the application of the purchase
the proceedings in reference to purchase money, nor shall his money, nor shall his title to the
the sale. title to the shares be affected by shares be affected by any
any irregularity in or invalidity irregularity in or invalidity of
of the proceedings in reference the proceedings in reference to
to the sale. the sale.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
31 If a call or an instalment of a 32 If a call or an instalment of a If a call or an instalment of a
call remains unpaid after it has call remains unpaid after it has call remains unpaid after it has
become due and payable the become due and payable the become due and payable the
directors may give to the person directors may give to the person directors may give to the person
from whom it is due not less from whom it is due not less from whom it is due not less
than fourteen clear days’ notice than fourteen clear days’ notice than fourteen clear days’ notice
requiring payment of the amount requiring payment of the amount requiring payment of the amount
unpaid together with any interest unpaid together with any interest unpaid together with any interest
which may have accrued. The which may have accrued. The which may have accrued. The
notice shall name the place notice shall, subject to the notice shall, subject to the
where payment is to be made provisions of applicable laws provisions of applicable laws
and shall state that if the notice and regulations, the Listing and regulations, the Listing
is not complied with the shares Rules and these articles, name Rules and these articles, name
in respect of which the call was the place where payment is to be the place where payment is to be
made will be liable to be made and shall state that if the made and shall state that if the
forfeited. If the notice is not notice is not complied with the notice is not complied with the
complied with, any shares in shares in respect of which the shares in respect of which the
respect of which it was given call was made will be liable to call was made will be liable to
may, before the payment be forfeited. Unless otherwise be forfeited. Unless otherwise
required by the notice has been provided by applicable laws and provided by applicable laws and
made, be forfeited by a regulations, the Listing Rules regulations, the Listing Rules
resolution of the directors and and these articles, if ~~If ~~the notice and these articles, if the notice is
the forfeiture shall include all is not complied with, any shares not complied with, any shares in
dividends and other amounts in respect of which it was given respect of which it was given
payable in respect of the may, before the payment may, before the payment
forfeited shares and not paid required by the notice has been required by the notice has been
before such forfeiture. The made, be forfeited by a made, be forfeited by a
directors may accept the resolution of the directors and resolution of the directors and
surrender of any shares liable to the forfeiture shall include all the forfeiture shall include all
be forfeited hereunder and in dividends and other amounts dividends and other amounts
such cases references in these payable in respect of the payable in respect of the
articles to forfeiture shall include forfeited shares and not paid forfeited shares and not paid
surrender. before such forfeiture. The before such forfeiture. The
directors may accept the directors may accept the
surrender of any shares liable to surrender of any shares liable to
be forfeited hereunder and in be forfeited hereunder and in
such cases references in these such cases references in these
articles to forfeiture shall include articles to forfeiture shall include
surrender. surrender.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
32 Subject to the provisions of the 33 Subject to the provisions of
Subject to the provisions of
Companies Ordinance, any applicable laws and regulations,
applicable laws
and regulations,
shares so forfeited shall be
deemed to be the property of the
the ~~Companies Ordinance ~~Listing
Rules and these articles, any
the Listing Rules and these
articles, any shares so forfeited
Company and may be sold, re- shares so forfeited shall be
shall be deemed to be the
allotted or otherwise disposed of deemed to be the property of the
property of the
Company and
on such terms and in such Company and may be sold, re-
may
be sold, re-allotted or
manner as the directors think fit allotted or otherwise disposed of
otherwise disposed of on such
to any person and, at any time on such terms and in such
terms and in such manner as the
before the disposition, the manner as the directors think fit
directors think fit to any person
forfeiture may be cancelled on to any person and, at any time
and,
at any time before the
such terms as the directors before the disposition, the
disposition, the
forfeiture may be
determine. Where for the forfeiture may be cancelled on
cancelled on such terms as the
purposes of its disposal a such terms as the directors
directors determine. Where for
forfeited share is to be determine. Where for the
the purposes of
its disposal a
transferred to any person, the purposes of its disposal a
forfeited share is to be
directors may authorise someone forfeited share is to be
transferred to any person, the
to execute an instrument of transferred to any person, the
directors may authorise someone
transfer of the share to that directors may authorise someone
to execute an instrument of
person. to execute an instrument of
transfer of the share to that
transfer of the share to that
person.
person.
33 A person any of whose shares 34 Unless otherwise provided by
Unless otherwise provided by
have been forfeited shall cease applicable laws and regulations,
applicable laws
and regulations,
to be a member in respect of
them and shall surrender to the
the Listing Rules and these
articles, a ~~A~~person any of whose
the Listing Rules and these
articles, a person any of whose
Company for cancellation the shares have been forfeited shall
shares have been forfeited shall
certificate for the shares cease to be a member in respect
cease to be a member in respect
forfeited but shall remain liable of them and shall surrender to
of them and shall surrender to
to the Company for all amounts the Company for cancellation the
the Company for cancellation the
which at the date of forfeiture certificate for the shares
certificate for the shares
were presently payable by him to forfeited but shall remain liable
forfeited but shall remain liable
the Company in respect of those to the Company for all amounts
to the Company for all amounts
shares with interest at the rate at which at the date of forfeiture
which at the date of forfeiture
which interest was payable on were presently payable by him to
were presently payable by him to
those amounts before the the Company in respect of those
the Company in respect of those
forfeiture or, if no interest was shares with interest at the rate at
shares with interest at the rate at
so payable, at such rate not which interest was payable on
which interest was payable on
exceeding 10 per cent, per those amounts before the
those amounts before the
annum as the directors may forfeiture or, if no interest was
forfeiture or, if
no interest was
determine from the date of so payable, at such rate not
so payable, at such rate not
forfeiture until payment, but the exceeding 10 per cent, per
exceeding 10 per cent, per
directors may waive payment annum as the directors may
annum as the directors may
wholly or in part or enforce determine from the date of
determine from
the date of
payment without any allowance forfeiture until payment, but the
forfeiture until payment, but the
for the value of the shares at the directors may waive payment
directors may waive payment
time of forfeiture or for any wholly or in part or enforce
wholly or in part or enforce
consideration received on their payment without any allowance
payment without any allowance
disposal. for the value of the shares at the
for the value of
the shares at the
time of forfeiture or for any
time
of forfeiture or for any
consideration received on their
consideration received on their
disposal.
disposal.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
34 A statutory declaration in writing 35 Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
by a director or the secretary applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
that a share has been forfeited
on a specified date shall be
the Listing Rules and these
articles, a ~~A~~statutory declaration
the Listing Rules and these
articles, a statutory declaration
conclusive evidence of the facts in writing by a director or the in writing by a director or the
stated in it as against all persons secretary that a share has been secretary that a share has been
claiming to be entitled to the forfeited on a specified date forfeited on a specified date
share and the declaration shall shall be conclusive evidence of shall be conclusive evidence of
(subject to the execution of an the facts stated in it as against the facts stated in it as against
instrument of transfer if all persons claiming to be all persons claiming to be
necessary) constitute a good title entitled to the share and the entitled to the share and the
to the share and the person to declaration shall (subject to the declaration shall (subject to the
whom the share is disposed of execution of an instrument of execution of an instrument of
and he shall be registered as the transfer if necessary) constitute a transfer if necessary) constitute a
holder of the share and shall not good title to the share and the good title to the share and the
be bound to see to the person to whom the share is person to whom the share is
application of the consideration, disposed of and he shall be disposed of and he shall be
if any, nor shall his title to the registered as the holder of the registered as the holder of the
share be affected by any share and shall not be bound to share and shall not be bound to
irregularity in or invalidity of see to the application of the see to the application of the
the proceedings relating to the consideration, if any, nor shall consideration, if any, nor shall
forfeiture or disposal of the his title to the share be affected his title to the share be affected
share. by any irregularity in or by any irregularity in or
invalidity of the proceedings invalidity of the proceedings
relating to the forfeiture or relating to the forfeiture or
disposal of the share. disposal of the share.

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APPENDIX V

Article no.
before
revision
Before revision
Article no.
after
revision
1
After revision (with marks)
36 The instrument of transfer of any
share shall be in writing and in
any usual form or in any other
form which the directors approve
including the standard form of
transfer as prescribed by the
Stock Exchange and shall be
executed by or on behalf of the
transferor and by or on behalf of
the transferee. If the transferor
or transferee is a Clearing House
or its nominee, the instrument of
transfer shall be executed by
hand or by machine imprinted
signature(s) or by such other
manner of execution as the
directors may approve from time
to time. The transferor shall be
deemed to remain the holder of
the share(s) concerned until the
name of the transferee is entered
in the register in respect thereof.
Nothing in these articles shall
preclude the directors from
recognising a renunciation of the
allotment or provisional
allotment of any share by the
allottee in favour of some other
person.
37
Unless otherwise provided by
applicablelaws andregulations, the
ListingRules and these articles, the
~~The~~instrument of transfer of any
share shall be in writing and in any
usual form or in any other form
which the directors approve
including the standard form of
transfer as prescribed by the HKSE
~~Stock Exchange~~and shall be
executed by or on behalf of the
transferor and by or on behalf of
the transferee. If the transferor or
transferee is a Clearing House or
its nominee, the instrument of
transfer shall be executed by hand
or by machine imprinted
signature(s) or by such other
manner of execution as the
directors may approve from time to
time. The transferor shall be
deemed to remain the holder of the
share(s) concerned until the name
of the transferee is entered in the
register in respect thereof. Nothing
in these articles shall preclude the
directors from recognising a
renunciation of the allotment or
provisional allotment of any share
by the allottee in favour of some
otherperson.
Nil Nil
44
Holders of RMB ordinary shares
may transfer their shares in the
Company in the manner
permitted by the CSRC, the
Shanghai Stock Exchange and
the laws of Hong Kong. The
specific transfer requirements are
subject to relevant regulations
(including but not limited to the
relevant regulations of the
CSRC, the Shanghai Stock
Exchange and China Securities
Depository and Clearing
Corporation Limited).
51. The Company may by special
resolution reduce its share
capital in any manner and with,
and subject to, and incident
authorised, and consent required
by law.
53.
The Company may by special
resolution reduce its share
capital in any manner and with,
and subject to, and incident
authorised, and consent required
by law and regulation.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
52 The Company may exercise any 54 Subject to applicable laws and
Subject to applicable laws and
powers conferred or permitted by
the Companies Ordinance or any
regulations and the Listing
Rules, the ~~The C~~ompany may
regulations and the Listing
Rules, the Company may
other ordinance from time to ~~exercise any powers conferred or~~
purchase or otherwise acquire its
time to purchase or otherwise ~~permitted by the Companies~~
own shares (including any
acquire its own shares (including ~~Ordinance or any other~~
redeemable shares), or to give,
any redeemable shares), or to ~~ordinance from time to time to~~
directly or indirectly, by means
give, directly or indirectly, by purchase or otherwise acquire its
of a loan, guarantee, the
means of a loan, guarantee, the own shares (including any
provision of security or
provision of security or redeemable shares), or to give,
otherwise, financial assistance
otherwise, financial assistance directly or indirectly, by means
for the purpose of or in
for the purpose of or in of a loan, guarantee, the
connection with a purchase or
connection with a purchase or provision of security or
other
acquisition made or to be
other acquisition made or to be otherwise, financial assistance
made
by any person of any
made by any person of any for the purpose of or in
shares in the Company and
shares in the Company and connection with a purchase or
should the Company purchase or
should the Company purchase or other acquisition made or to be
otherwise acquire its own shares,
otherwise acquire its own shares, made by any person of any
neither the Company nor the
neither the Company nor the shares in the Company and
directors shall be required to
directors shall be required to should the Company purchase or
select
the shares to be purchased
select the shares to be purchased otherwise acquire its own shares,
or otherwise acquired rateably or
or otherwise acquired rateably or neither the Company nor the
in any other particular manner as
in any other particular manner as directors shall be required to
between the holders of shares of
between the holders of shares of select the shares to be purchased
the same class or as between
the same class or as between or otherwise acquired rateably or
them
and the holders of shares
them and the holders of shares in any other particular manner as
of any other class or in
of any other class or in between the holders of shares of
accordance with the rights as to
accordance with the rights as to the same class or as between
dividends or capital conferred by
dividends or capital conferred by them and the holders of shares
any class of shares provided
any class of shares provided of any other class or in
always that any such purchase or
always that any such purchase or accordance with the rights as to
other
acquisition or financial
other acquisition or financial dividends or capital conferred by
assistance shall only be made or
assistance shall only be made or any class of shares provided
given
in accordance with any
given in accordance with any always that any such purchase or
relevant rules or
regulations
relevant rules or regulations other acquisition or financial
issued by the HKSE, the Hong
issued by the Stock Exchange, assistance shall only be made or
Kong
Securities & Futures
the Securities & Futures given in accordance with any
Commission, the
Shanghai Stock
Commission or the relevant
regulator or authorities from
relevant rules or regulations
issued by the HKSE, ~~Stock~~
Exchange, CSRC or the relevant
regulator or authorities from
time to time in force. For the
purpose of this Article, “shares”
~~Exchange ~~the Hong Kong
Securities & Futures
time to time in force. For the
purpose of this Article, “shares”
includes shares, warrants and Commission, the Shanghai Stock
includes shares, warrants and
any other securities convertible Exchange, CSRC or the relevant
any other securities convertible
into shares which are issued regulator or authorities from
into shares which are issued
from time to time by the time to time in force. For the
from time to time by the
Company. purpose of this Article, “shares”
Company.
includes shares, warrants and
any other securities convertible
into shares which are issued
from time to time by the
Company.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 55 Subject to the provisions of Subject to the provisions of
applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
the Listing Rules and these the Listing Rules and these
articles, the general meeting of articles, the general meeting of
the Company may exercise the the Company may exercise the
following powers: following powers:
(a) to consider and approve (a) to consider and approve
the Company’s increase the Company’s increase
in the total number of in the total number of
outstanding shares outstanding shares
(including issued shares (including issued shares
(including preferred (including preferred
shares), securities shares), securities
convertible into shares, convertible into shares,
warrants and other warrants and other
securities that affect the securities that affect the
Company’s share capital); Company’s share capital);
(b) to cancel any shares that (b) to cancel any shares that
have not been subscribed have not been subscribed
for or agreed to subscribe for or agreed to subscribe
for by any person on the for by any person on the
date on which the date on which the
relevant resolution is relevant resolution is
passed; passed;
(c) to appoint and remove (c) to appoint and remove
any directors (except any directors (except
those who may be those who may be
appointed and removed appointed and removed
by the board of directors by the board of directors
as permitted by as permitted by
applicable laws and applicable laws and
regulations and these regulations and these
articles); articles);
(d) to approve the payment (d) to approve the payment
of any compensation to of any compensation to
any director or former any director or former
director for dismissal or director for dismissal or
retirement in addition to retirement in addition to
contractual entitlements; contractual entitlements;
(e) to consider and approve (e) to consider and approve
the Company’s dividend the Company’s dividend
distribution plan; distribution plan;

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revision revision 1
(f) to consider and approve (f) to consider and approve
the annual report of the the annual report of the
board of directors; board of directors;
(g) to determine fundamental (g) to determine fundamental
change of the Company’s change of the Company’s
business; business;
(h) to make a resolution on (h) to make a resolution on
the Company’s the Company’s
engagement and dismissal engagement and dismissal
of the auditor responsible of the auditor responsible
for the annual review; for the annual review;
(i) to consider and approve (i) to consider and approve
the external guarantees the external guarantees
that should be approved that should be approved
by the general meeting in by the general meeting in
accordance with accordance with
applicable laws and applicable laws and
regulations and the regulations and the
Listing Rules; Listing Rules;
(j) to consider and approve (j) to consider and approve
the Company’s equity the Company’s equity
incentive plan and incentive plan and
employee stock employee stock
ownership plan; ownership plan;
(k) to consider and approve (k) to consider and approve
major transactions that major transactions that
should be approved by should be approved by
the general meeting in the general meeting in
accordance with accordance with
applicable laws and applicable laws and
regulations and the regulations and the
Listing Rules; Listing Rules;
(l) to consider and approve (l) to consider and approve
connected or related connected or related
transactions that should transactions that should
be approved by the be approved by the
general meeting in general meeting in
accordance with accordance with
applicable laws and applicable laws and
regulations and the regulations and the
Listing Rules; Listing Rules;

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before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(m) to reduce the total (m) to reduce the total
number of outstanding number of outstanding
shares of the Company shares of the Company
(including any (including any
redemption or repurchase redemption or repurchase
of shares not covered by of shares not covered by
the general mandate the general mandate
granted by shareholders granted by shareholders
in general meetings), in general meetings),
subject to compliance subject to compliance
with applicable laws and with applicable laws and
regulations, these articles regulations, these articles
and other requirements of and other requirements of
the Companies the Companies
Ordinance; Ordinance;
(n) to approve amendments (n) to approve amendments
to these articles, or to to these articles, or to
adopt new articles of adopt new articles of
association of the association of the
Company; Company;
(o) to consider and approve (o) to consider and approve
the purchase or sale of the purchase or sale of
major assets of the major assets of the
Company that exceeds Company that exceeds
30% of the Company’s 30% of the Company’s
latest audited total assets latest audited total assets
within one year; within one year;
(p) to consider and approve (p) to consider and approve
the change of the use of the change of the use of
raised funds that should raised funds that should
be approved by the be approved by the
general meeting in general meeting in
accordance with accordance with
applicable laws and applicable laws and
regulations, regulatory regulations, regulatory
documents and the documents and the
Listing Rules; Listing Rules;
(q) to approve the merger, (q) to approve the merger,
division, spin-off, division, spin-off,
dissolution, liquidation or dissolution, liquidation or
change of corporate form change of corporate form
of the Company; of the Company;

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(r)
to approve any voluntary
(r)
to approve any voluntary
withdrawal of shares withdrawal of shares
from the existing stock from the existing stock
exchange, and to decide exchange, and to decide
not to trade on the not to trade on the
existing stock exchange, existing stock exchange,
or to apply for sale or or to apply for sale or
transfer on other stock transfer on other stock
exchanges; exchanges;
(s)
to consider and approve
(s)
to consider and approve
other matters that should other matters that should
be considered and be considered and
approved by the general approved by the general
meeting in accordance meeting in accordance
with applicable laws and with applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing regulations, the Listing
Rules, these articles and Rules, these articles and
others. others.
To the extent permitted by To the extent permitted by
applicable laws and regulations applicable laws and regulations
and the Listing Rules, the and the Listing Rules, the
general meeting may authorise general meeting may authorise
the board of directors to exercise the board of directors to exercise
relevant powers through relevant powers through
appropriate procedures. Where appropriate procedures. Where
applicable laws and regulations applicable laws and regulations
and the Listing Rules allow any and the Listing Rules allow any
matters to be approved in the matters to be approved in the
form of shareholders’written form of shareholders’ written
consent or resolution in lieu of consent or resolution in lieu of
the shareholders’general the shareholders’ general
meeting, this article shall not be meeting, this article shall not be
deemed to require such matters deemed to require such matters
to be approved by the to be approved by the
shareholders’general meeting. shareholders’ general meeting.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
The matters considered at the The matters considered at the
general meeting shall be passed general meeting shall be passed
by ordinary resolutions or by ordinary resolutions or
special resolutions as prescribed special resolutions as prescribed
by applicable laws and by applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing Rules, regulations, the Listing Rules,
these articles and the rules of these articles and the rules of
procedure for the general procedure for the general
meeting of the Company. meeting of the Company.
Notwithstanding any other Notwithstanding any other
provisions in these articles, provisions in these articles,
where applicable laws and where applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing Rules, regulations, the Listing Rules,
these articles or the rules of these articles or the rules of
procedure of the general meeting procedure of the general meeting
of the Company require that of the Company require that
certain resolutions shall be certain resolutions shall be
passed by the members of the passed by the members of the
Company entitled to vote at the Company entitled to vote at the
general meeting in person or (if general meeting in person or (if
a proxy is allowed) by proxy or a proxy is allowed) by proxy or
(if the member is a corporation) (if the member is a corporation)
by its duly authorised by its duly authorised
representative with not less than representative with not less than
two-thirds of the votes held by two-thirds of the votes held by
the shareholders present at the the shareholders present at the
meeting, such provision shall be meeting, such provision shall be
followed. followed.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 56 The following business may be The following business may be
transacted by shareholders of the transacted by shareholders of the
Company at a general meeting: Company at a general meeting:
(a) the matters set out in the (a) the matters set out in the
notice of general meeting notice of general meeting
(or any supplement (or any supplement
thereof) given by the thereof) given by the
board of directors (or any board of directors (or any
duly authorised duly authorised
committee) or at its committee) or at its
direction; direction;
(b) the matters referred to the (b) the matters referred to the
general meeting for general meeting for
handling by the board of handling by the board of
directors (or any duly directors (or any duly
authorised committee) or authorised committee) or
otherwise duly at its otherwise duly at its
direction; direction;
(c) the matters related to a (c) the matters related to a
shareholder’s request for shareholder’s request for
the Company to circulate the Company to circulate
a resolution for the a resolution for the
annual general meeting in annual general meeting in
accordance with Section accordance with Section
615 of the Companies 615 of the Companies
Ordinance; Ordinance;

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(d) provided that the holding (d) provided that the holding
of the general meeting as of the general meeting as
scheduled is not affected, scheduled is not affected,
the matters properly the matters properly
submitted in accordance submitted in accordance
with these articles to the with these articles to the
general meeting by the general meeting by the
shareholders where the shareholders where the
following requirements following requirements
are met: (i) all of such are met: (i) all of such
shareholders are the shareholders are the
shareholders of the shareholders of the
Company recorded in the Company recorded in the
register and individually register and individually
or jointly hold 3% or jointly hold 3%
(inclusive) or more of the (inclusive) or more of the
total number of voting total number of voting
shares issued by the shares issued by the
Company when they put Company when they put
forward the proposal to forward the proposal to
the Company in the Company in
accordance with these accordance with these
articles or other articles or other
regulations of the regulations of the
Company and when the Company and when the
date for determining the date for determining the
right to vote at the right to vote at the
relevant general meeting relevant general meeting
is recorded, and (ii) the is recorded, and (ii) the
proposal is submitted to proposal is submitted to
the board of directors in the board of directors in
writing 10 days prior to writing 10 days prior to
the general meeting; and the general meeting; and
(e) any other matters to be (e) any other matters to be
approved at any general approved at any general
meeting in accordance meeting in accordance
with applicable laws and with applicable laws and
regulations and the regulations and the
Listing Rules. Listing Rules.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
53 The Company shall, in respect of 57 In addition to any other general In addition to any other general
each financial year of the meeting, the Company is meeting, the Company is
Company, hold a general required by laws and regulations required by laws and regulations
meeting as its annual general
meeting in accordance with the
to hold a general meeting as an
annual general meeting in ~~The~~
to hold a general meeting as an
annual general meeting in each
requirements of the Companies ~~Company shall, in respect of~~ financial year of the Company,
Ordinance in addition to any each financial year of the and the notice of convening the
other meetings in that year, and Company, ~~hold a ~~ ~~general~~ meeting shall specify the
shall specify the meeting as such ~~meeting as its annual general~~ convening of the annual general
in the notices calling it. All ~~meeting in accordance with the~~ meeting. The annual general
general meetings other than ~~requirements of the Companies~~ meeting should be held within
annual general meetings shall be ~~Ordinance in addition to any~~ six months after the end of each
called extraordinary general ~~other meetings in that year, a~~nd financial year. All general
meetings. the notice of convening the meetings other than annual
meeting shall specify the general meetings shall be called
convening of the annual general extraordinary general meetings.
meeting. The annual general
meeting should be held within
six months after the end of each
financial year ~~meeting as such in~~
~~the notices calling it.~~All general
meetings other than annual
general meetings shall be called
extraordinary general meetings.
Nil Nil 58 The board may convene a The board may convene a
general meeting when they deem general meeting when they deem
appropriate, or may convene a appropriate, or may convene a
general meeting upon request by general meeting upon request by
shareholders in accordance with shareholders in accordance with
the Ordinance. The shareholders the Ordinance. The shareholders
who individually or jointly hold who individually or jointly hold
5% or more of the voting shares 5% or more of the voting shares
issued by the Company have the issued by the Company have the
right to request the board of right to request the board of
directors to convene a general directors to convene a general
meeting and add resolutions to meeting and add resolutions to
the meeting agenda, on a one the meeting agenda, on a one
vote per share basis. vote per share basis.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
54 The directors may, if they 59 The ~~directors may, if they~~ The general meetings can be
thought fit, convene a general ~~thought fit, convene a ~~general held in two or more places,
meeting at two or more places
using technology that enables
members attending the meeting
~~meetingm~~eetings ~~at c~~an be held
in two or more places, using
technology so that ~~enables~~
using technology so that
shareholders who are not in the
same place can listen, speak and
to exercise their right to listen,
speak and vote at the meeting.
~~members attending s~~hareholders
who are not in the same place
can ~~meeting to exercise their~~
vote at the meeting. Specifically,
the directors may, at their
absolute discretion, designate a
~~right to l~~isten, speak and vote at general meeting to be held in the
the meeting. Specifically, the form of a physical meeting, a
directors may, at their absolute hybrid meeting or an electronic
discretion, designate a general meeting. The board of directors
meeting to be held in the form shall, in accordance with the
of a physical meeting, a hybrid provisions of applicable laws
meeting or an electronic and regulations, the Listing
meeting. The board of directors Rules and these articles, provide
shall, in accordance with the convenient means for
provisions of applicable laws shareholders to participate in a
and regulations, the Listing general meeting by adopting a
Rules and these articles, provide safe, economical and convenient
convenient means for network-based mean or other
shareholders to participate in a means.
general meeting by adopting a
safe, economical and convenient
network-based mean or other
means.
55 The directors may, whenever Nil ~~The directors may, whenever~~ Nil
they think fit, convene an ~~they think fit, convene an~~
extraordinary general meeting, ~~extraordinary general meeting,~~
and extraordinary general ~~and extraordinary general~~
meetings shall also be convened ~~meetings shall also be convened~~
on such requisition, or in ~~on such requisition, or in~~
default, may be convened by ~~default, may be convened by~~
such requisitionists, as provided ~~such requisitionists, as provided~~
by the Companies Ordinance. If ~~by the Companies Ordinance. If~~
at any time there are not within ~~at any time there are not within~~
Hong Kong sufficient directors ~~Hong Kong sufficient directors~~
capable of acting to form a ~~capable of acting to form a~~
quorum, any director or any two ~~quorum, any director or any two~~
or more members of the ~~or more members of the~~
Company representing at least ~~Company representing at least~~
10% of the total voting rights of ~~10% of the total voting rights of~~
all members having a right to ~~all members having a right to~~
vote at general meetings, may ~~vote at general meetings, may~~
convene an extraordinary general ~~convene an extraordinary general~~
meeting in the same manner as ~~meeting in the same manner as~~
nearly as possible, as that in ~~nearly as possible, as that in~~
which meetings may be ~~which meetings may be~~
convened by the directors. ~~convened by the directors.~~

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
56 Subject to the provisions of the 60 Subject to the provisions of the
Subject to the provisions of the
Companies Ordinance, an annual Companies Ordinance, an annual
Companies Ordinance, an annual
general meeting shall be called general meeting shall be called
general meeting
shall be called
by notice in writing of at least by notice in writing of at least
by notice in writing of at least
twenty-one clear days (or such twenty-one clear days (or such
twenty-one clear days (or such
longer period as may be required longer period as may be required
longer period as may be required
by the Listing Rules), and an by the Listing Rules), and an
by the Listing Rules), and an
extraordinary general meeting extraordinary general meeting
extraordinary general meeting
shall be called by notice in shall be called by notice in
shall
be called by notice in
writing of at least fourteen clear writing of at least fourteen clear
writing of at least fourteen clear
days (or such longer period as days (or such longer period as
days
(or such longer period as
may be required by the Listing
Rules), shall be given in the
may be required by the Listing
Rules or Companies Ordinance)~~,~~
may be required by the Listing
Rules or Companies Ordinance).
manner mentioned in these ~~shall be given in the manner~~
The notice shall
specify the
Articles to all members, to the ~~mentioned in these Articles to all~~
place, the day and the time of
directors and to the Auditors. ~~members, to the directors and to~~
meeting (and if
the meeting is to
The notice shall specify the ~~the Auditors.~~ The notice shall
be held in 2 or more places, the
place, the day and the time of specify the place, the day and
principal meeting venue and the
meeting (and if the meeting is to the time of meeting (and if the
other meeting location(s)), the
be held in 2 or more places, the meeting is to be held in 2 or
agenda and details of the
principal place of the meeting more places, the principal ~~place~~
resolution and the general nature
and the other place or places of
the meeting) and, in the case of
special business the general
~~of the meeting m~~eeting venue
and the other meeting
location(s)), ~~place or places of~~
of such business, and in the case
of an annual general meeting
shall specify the meeting as
nature of such business, and in
the case of an annual general
meeting shall specify the
~~the meeting) and, in t~~he agenda
and details ~~case ~~of the resolution
and ~~special business ~~the general
such. If a resolution (whether or
not a special resolution) is
intended to be moved at the
meeting as such. If a resolution nature of such business, and in
meeting, the notice must include
(whether or not a special the case of an annual general
notice of the resolution, and
resolution) is intended to be meeting shall specify the
include or be accompanied by a
moved at the meeting, the notice meeting as such. If a resolution
statement containing any
must include notice of the (whether or not a special
information or explanation that
resolution, and include or be resolution) is intended to be
is reasonably necessary to
accompanied by a statement moved at the meeting, the notice
indicate the purpose of the
containing any information or must include notice of the
resolution. Notice of a general
explanation that is reasonably resolution, and include or be
meeting shall be given to such
necessary to indicate the purpose accompanied by a statement
persons as are, under these
of the resolution. Notice of a containing any information or
articles, entitled
to receive such
general meeting shall be given to explanation that is reasonably
notices from the Company. For
such persons as are, under these necessary to indicate the purpose
notice of a general meeting,
articles, entitled to receive such of the resolution. Notice of a
there shall appear on every such
notices from the Company. For general meeting shall be given to
notice with reasonable
notice of a general meeting, such persons as are, under these
prominence a statement that a
there shall appear on every such articles, entitled to receive such
member entitled to attend and
notice with reasonable notices from the Company. For
vote
is entitled to appoint one or
prominence a statement that a notice of a general meeting,
more proxies to
attend and, on a
member entitled to attend and there shall appear on every such
poll,
vote instead of him and
vote is entitled to appoint one or notice with reasonable
that a proxy need not be a
more proxies to attend and, on a prominence a statement that a
member of the Company.
poll, vote instead of him and member entitled to attend and
that a proxy need not be a vote is entitled to appoint one or
member of the Company. more proxies to attend and, on a
poll, vote instead of him and
that a proxy need not be a
member of the Company.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Subject to the provisions of the Subject to the provisions of the Subject to the provisions of the
Companies Ordinance, a meeting Companies Ordinance, a meeting Companies Ordinance, a meeting
of the Company shall, of the Company shall, of the Company shall,
notwithstanding that it is called notwithstanding that it is called notwithstanding that it is called
by shorter notice than that by shorter notice than that by shorter notice than that
specified in this Article, be specified in this Article, be specified in this Article, be
deemed to have been duly called deemed to have been duly called deemed to have been duly called
if it so agreed: if it so agreed: if it so agreed:
(a)
in the case of
an annual (a)
in the case of an annual
(a) in the case of an annual
general meeting, by all general meeting, by all general meeting, by all
the members entitled to the members entitled to the members entitled to
attend and vote thereat; attend and vote thereat; attend and vote thereat;
and and and
(b)
in the case of
any other (b)
in the case of any other
(b) in the case of any other
meeting, by a majority in meeting, by a majority in meeting, by a majority in
number of the members number of the members number of the members
having a right to attend having a right to attend having a right to attend
and vote at the meeting, and vote at the meeting, and vote at the meeting,
being a majority together being a majority together being a majority together
holding not less than holding not less than holding not less than
ninetyfive per cent of the ninetyfive per cent of the ninetyfive per cent of the
total voting rights at the total voting rights at the total voting rights at the
meeting of all the meeting of all the meeting of all the
members. members. members.
58 All business shall be deemed Nil ~~All business shall be deemed~~ Nil
special that is transacted at an ~~special that is transacted at an~~
extraordinary general meeting. ~~extraordinary general meeting.~~
All business that is transacted at ~~All business that is transacted at~~
an annual general meeting shall ~~an annual general meeting shall~~
also be deemed special, with the ~~also be deemed special, with the~~
exception of declaring dividends, ~~exception of declaring dividends,~~
the consideration of the ~~the consideration of the~~
accounts, balance sheet, and the ~~accounts, balance sheet, and the~~
reports of the directors and ~~reports of the directors and~~
auditors and other documents ~~auditors and other documents~~
required to be annexed to the ~~required to be annexed to the~~
balance sheet, the appointment ~~balance sheet, the appointment~~
of directors in the place of those ~~of directors in the place of those~~
retiring (whether by rotation or ~~retiring (whether by rotation or~~
otherwise) and the reappointment ~~otherwise) and the reappointment~~
of the retiring auditors (where ~~of the retiring auditors (where~~
special notice of the resolution ~~special notice of the resolution~~
for such reappointment is not ~~for such reappointment is not~~
required by the Companies ~~required by the Companies~~
Ordinance) and the fixing of the ~~Ordinance) and the fixing of the~~
remuneration of the auditors and ~~remuneration of the auditors and~~
of the directors. ~~of the directors.~~

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
60 If a quorum is not present within 63 If a quorum is not present within
If a
quorum is not present within
half an hour after the time half an hour after the time
half an hour after the time
appointed for holding the appointed for holding the
appointed for holding the
meeting, the meeting, if meeting, the meeting, if
meeting, the meeting, if
convened on the requisition of or convened on the requisition of or
convened on the requisition of or
by members, shall be dissolved. by members, shall be dissolved.
by members, shall be dissolved.
In any other case it shall stand In any other case it shall stand
In any other case it shall stand
adjourned to the same day in the adjourned to the same day in the
adjourned to the same day in the
next week at the same time and
place(s), or to such day, time
next week at the same time and
(if applicable) the same place~~(s),~~
next week at the same time and
(if applicable) the same place, or
and place as the directors may or to such day, time and place (if
to such day, time and (if
determine. If at the adjourned applicable) as the directors may
applicable) place as the directors
meeting a quorum is not present determine. If at the adjourned
may determine. If at the
within thirty minutes after the meeting a quorum is not present
adjourned meeting a quorum is
time appointed for holding the within thirty minutes after the
not
present within thirty minutes
meeting, the member or members time appointed for holding the
after the time appointed for
present in person or by proxy or meeting, the member or members
holding the meeting, the member
a duly authorised representative present in person or by proxy or
or members present in person or
of a corporation which is a a duly authorised representative
by proxy or a duly authorised
member shall be a quorum and of a corporation which is a
representative of a corporation
may transact the business for member shall be a quorum and
which is a member shall be a
which the meeting was called. may transact the business for
quorum and may transact the
which the meeting was called.
business for which the meeting
was called.
63 Without prejudice to any other 66 Without prejudice to any other
Without prejudice to any other
power of adjournment he may power of adjournment he may
power of adjournment he may
have under these articles or at have under applicable laws and
have under applicable laws and
common law, the chairman may, regulations, the Listing Rules, or
regulations, the Listing Rules, or
with the consent of a meeting at these articles ~~or at common law,~~
these articles, the chairman may,
which a quorum is present (and the chairman may, with the
with the consent of a meeting at
shall if so directed by the consent of a meeting at which a
which a quorum is present (and
meeting), adjourn the meeting quorum is present (and shall if
shall if so directed by the
from time to time and from so directed by the meeting),
meeting), adjourn the meeting
place(s) to place(s), but no adjourn the meeting from time to
from time to time and from
business shall be transacted at an time and from place(s) to
place(s) to place(s), but no
adjourned meeting other than place(s), but no business shall be
business shall be transacted at an
business which might properly transacted at an adjourned
adjourned meeting other than
have been transacted at the meeting other than business
business which
might properly
meeting had the adjournment not which might properly have been
have been transacted at the
taken place. When a meeting is transacted at the meeting had the
meeting had the adjournment not
adjourned for 30 days or more, adjournment not taken place.
taken place. When a meeting is
notice of the adjourned meeting When a meeting is adjourned for
adjourned for 30 days or more,
shall be given as in the case of 30 days or more, notice of the
notice of the adjourned meeting
an original notice. Save as adjourned meeting shall be given
shall be given as in the case of
aforesaid, it shall not be as in the case of an original
an original notice. Save as
necessary to give any notice of notice. Save as aforesaid, it shall
aforesaid, it shall not be
an adjourned meeting or the not be necessary to give any
necessary to give any notice of
business to be transacted thereat. notice of an adjourned meeting
an adjourned meeting or the
or the business to be transacted
business to be transacted thereat.
thereat.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 67 Subject to the generality of Subject to the generality of
Article 59 of these articles, the Article 59 of these articles, the
board of directors may, at its board of directors may, at its
sole discretion, arrange for sole discretion, arrange for
persons entitled to attend general persons entitled to attend general
meetings to attend and meetings to attend and
participate in general meetings participate in general meetings
by electronic means at one or by electronic means at one or
more location(s) designated by more location(s) designated by
the board of directors at its sole the board of directors at its sole
discretion from time to time. discretion from time to time.
Nil Nil 68 All general meetings are subject All general meetings are subject
to the following: to the following:
(a) Aphysical or hybrid (a) A physical or hybrid
meeting will be deemed meeting will be deemed
to have commenced if it to have commenced if it
has already commenced has already commenced
at the principal meeting at the principal meeting
venue; venue;
(b) A member in person (if (b) A member in person (if
the member is a the member is a
corporation, by its duly corporation, by its duly
authorised representative) authorised representative)
or by proxy: or by proxy:
(i)
attending and
(i)
attending and
participating in a participating in a
physical meeting physical meeting
or hybrid meeting or hybrid meeting
at one meeting at one meeting
location; and/or location; and/or
(ii)
attending and
(ii)
attending and
participating in an participating in an
electronic general electronic general
meeting or hybrid meeting or hybrid
meeting through meeting through
electronic means electronic means

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
shall be deemed to shall be deemed to
be present at and be present at and
counted in the counted in the
quorum of the quorum of the
meeting, and shall meeting, and shall
be entitled to vote be entitled to vote
at the meeting, at the meeting,
and the meeting and the meeting
shall be duly shall be duly
convened and its convened and its
proceedings shall proceedings shall
be valid, provided be valid, provided
that the chairman that the chairman
of the meeting of the meeting
shall be satisfied shall be satisfied
that sufficient that sufficient
electronic means electronic means
are available are available
during the meeting during the meeting
to ensure that to ensure that
members and/or members and/or
proxies at all proxies at all
meeting locations meeting locations
and members and members
and/or proxies and/or proxies
through electronic through electronic
means attending means attending
an electronic an electronic
general meeting or general meeting or
hybrid meeting are hybrid meeting are
able to participate able to participate
in the business of in the business of
the meeting held the meeting held
for this purpose; for this purpose;

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(c) If members and/or (c) If members and/or
proxies participate in the proxies participate in the
meeting by being present meeting by being present
at one of the meeting at one of the meeting
locations, and/or if locations, and/or if
members and/or proxies members and/or proxies
participate in an participate in an
electronic general electronic general
meeting or hybrid meeting or hybrid
meeting through meeting through
electronic means, but the electronic means, but the
electronic means or electronic means or
communication equipment communication equipment
fail to function for any fail to function for any
reason, or any other reason, or any other
arrangements fail to arrangements fail to
enable persons at the enable persons at the
meeting locations other meeting locations other
than the principal meeting than the principal meeting
venue to participate in venue to participate in
the business of the the business of the
meeting, or (in the case meeting, or (in the case
of an electronic general of an electronic general
meeting or hybrid meeting or hybrid
meeting) notwithstanding meeting) notwithstanding
sufficient electronic sufficient electronic
means provided by the means provided by the
Company, but one or Company, but one or
more members and/or more members and/or
proxies fail to access or proxies fail to access or
continue to access the continue to access the
electronic means, the electronic means, the
validity of the meeting or validity of the meeting or
the resolutions passed or the resolutions passed or
any business conducted at any business conducted at
the meeting or any action the meeting or any action
taken pursuant to such taken pursuant to such
business will not be business will not be
affected thereby, provided affected thereby, provided
that a sufficient quorum that a sufficient quorum
is present during the is present during the
meeting; and meeting; and
(d) References in these (d) References in these
articles to the provisions articles to the provisions
relating to the service and relating to the service and
giving of notices of giving of notices of
general meetings and the general meetings and the
time of delivery of letters time of delivery of letters
of proxy shall be based of proxy shall be based
on the date and time in on the date and time in
Hong Kong. Hong Kong.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 69 The board of directors and (at The board of directors and (at
any general meeting) the any general meeting) the
chairman of the meeting may chairman of the meeting may
from time to time at its sole from time to time at its sole
discretion make appropriate discretion make appropriate
arrangements (including but not arrangements (including but not
limited to issuing tickets or limited to issuing tickets or
certain other identification certain other identification
methods, passwords, methods, passwords,
reservations, electronic voting or reservations, electronic voting or
other methods) for the other methods) for the
management of attendance and/or management of attendance and/or
participation and/or voting at any participation and/or voting at any
meeting location and/or (in the meeting location and/or (in the
case of an electronic general case of an electronic general
meeting or hybrid meeting) meeting or hybrid meeting)
through electronic means, and through electronic means, and
may change any such may change any such
arrangements from time to time, arrangements from time to time,
provided that members entitled provided that members entitled
to attend the general meeting or to attend the general meeting or
adjourned meeting shall have the adjourned meeting shall have the
right to attend and participate in right to attend and participate in
the meeting in person (if the the meeting in person (if the
member is a corporation, by its member is a corporation, by its
duly authorised representative) duly authorised representative)
or by proxy at a meeting or by proxy at a meeting
location or through electronic location or through electronic
means; and the right of any means; and the right of any
member to attend the general member to attend the general
meeting or adjourned meeting at meeting or adjourned meeting at
relevant meeting location or relevant meeting location or
through electronic means will be through electronic means will be
subject to any relevant subject to any relevant
arrangements which may be in arrangements which may be in
force at the time and those force at the time and those
specified in the notice of the specified in the notice of the
meeting or adjourned meeting as meeting or adjourned meeting as
applicable to that meeting. applicable to that meeting.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 70 If the chairman of a general If the chairman of a general
meeting (or, if there is no meeting (or, if there is no
chairman, the board of directors) chairman, the board of directors)
considers: considers:
(a) in the case of a physical (a) in the case of a physical
meeting or a hybrid meeting or a hybrid
meeting, the electronic meeting, the electronic
means available for means available for
attendance at the attendance at the
principal meeting venue principal meeting venue
or other meeting location or other meeting location
are insufficient for the are insufficient for the
purposes set out in purposes set out in
Article 67 of these Article 67 of these
articles or otherwise articles or otherwise
insufficient to enable the insufficient to enable the
meeting to be conducted meeting to be conducted
substantially in substantially in
accordance with the accordance with the
provisions contained in provisions contained in
the notice of the meeting; the notice of the meeting;
(b) in the case of an (b) in the case of an
electronic general electronic general
meeting or hybrid meeting or hybrid
meeting, the electronic meeting, the electronic
means provided by the means provided by the
Company are insufficient; Company are insufficient;
(c) it is impossible or (c) it is impossible or
practicable to ascertain practicable to ascertain
the views of those present the views of those present
or to give all persons or to give all persons
entitled to communicate entitled to communicate
and/or vote at the and/or vote at the
meeting a reasonable meeting a reasonable
opportunity to do so; or opportunity to do so; or
(d) the occurrence of (d) the occurrence of
violence or threats of violence or threats of
violence, misconduct or violence, misconduct or
other disturbances at the other disturbances at the
meeting makes it meeting makes it
impossible or practicable impossible or practicable
to ensure the proper and to ensure the proper and
orderly conduct of the orderly conduct of the
meeting, meeting,

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
then without prejudice to any then without prejudice to any
other powers the chairman or the other powers the chairman or the
board may have under these board may have under these
articles or at common law, the articles or at common law, the
chairman or the board may, at its chairman or the board may, at its
absolute discretion, adjourn the absolute discretion, adjourn the
meeting (including adjournment meeting (including adjournment
indefinitely), before or after the indefinitely), before or after the
commencement of the meeting, commencement of the meeting,
without the consent of the without the consent of the
general meeting, regardless of general meeting, regardless of
whether the general meeting has whether the general meeting has
a sufficient quorum.All matters a sufficient quorum. All matters
handled at the meeting until the handled at the meeting until the
adjournment are valid. adjournment are valid.
Adjournment is subject to the Adjournment is subject to the
provisions of Article 66 of these provisions of Article 66 of these
articles regarding notice of articles regarding notice of
adjournment. adjournment.
Nil Nil 71 Subject toArticles 67 to 70 of Subject to Articles 67 to 70 of
these articles, a physical meeting these articles, a physical meeting
may also be held by telephone, may also be held by telephone,
electronic or other means of electronic or other means of
communication which allows all communication which allows all
persons participating in the persons participating in the
meeting to communicate with meeting to communicate with
each other simultaneously and each other simultaneously and
instantaneously, and participation instantaneously, and participation
in such meeting will constitute in such meeting will constitute
physical attendance at the physical attendance at the
meeting. meeting.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
64 Subject to the rules prescribed 72 ~~Subject to the rules prescribed~~ At any general meeting, the
by the Stock Exchange from ~~by the Stock Exchange from~~ shareholders may speak and vote
time to time, any vote of
shareholders at a general
~~time to time A~~t any general
meeting, ~~any vote of ~~the
in respect of any resolutions.
However, if permitted by the
meeting shall be taken by poll shareholders ~~at a general~~ Listing Rules of the relevant
except where the chairman, in ~~meeting shall be taken by poll~~ stock exchange, the chairman of
good faith, decides to allow a
resolution which relates purely
may speak and vote in respect of
any resolutions. ~~except where~~
the general meeting may in good
faith, allow a resolution which
to a procedural or administrative However, if permitted by the relates purely to a procedural or
matter to be voted on by a show Listing Rules of the relevant administrative matter to be
of hands. For the purposes of stock exchange, the chairman of decided by a show of hands. For
these articles, procedural and the general meeting may in good purposes of these articles,
administrative matters are those faith, ~~decides to ~~allow a procedural and administrative
that (i) are not on the agenda of resolution which relates purely matters are those that (i) are not
the general meeting or in any to a procedural or administrative on the agenda of the general
supplementary circular that may
be issued by the Company to its
matter to be ~~voted on ~~decided by
a show of hands. For ~~the~~
meeting or in any supplementary
circular that may be issued by
members; and (ii) relate to the purposes of these articles, the Company to its Members;
chairman’s duties to maintain the procedural and administrative and (ii) relate to the chairman’s
orderly conduct of the meeting matters are those that (i) are not duties to maintain the orderly
and/or allow the business of the on the agenda of the general conduct of the meeting and/or
meeting to be properly and meeting or in any supplementary allow the business of the
effectively dealt with, whilst circular that may be issued by meeting to be properly and
allowing all members a
reasonable opportunity to
the Company to its
Members~~members;~~ and (ii) relate
effectively dealt with, whilst
allowing all Members a
express their views. to the chairman’s duties to reasonable opportunity to
maintain the orderly conduct of express their views.
the meeting and/or allow the
business of the meeting to be
properly and effectively dealt
with, whilst allowing all
Members~~members a~~ reasonable
opportunity to express their
views.
65 On any resolution where a vote 73 On any resolution where a vote On any resolution where a vote
is not required under the is not required under the is not required under applicable
Companies Ordinance, the applicable laws and regulations laws and regulations, the Listing
Listing Rules or these articles to ~~Companies Ordinance,~~ the Rules or these articles to be held
be held on a poll, a poll may be Listing Rules or these articles to on a poll, a poll may be
demanded before or on the be held on a poll, a poll may be demanded before or on the
declaration of the result of the demanded before or on the declaration of the result of the
show of hands: declaration of the result of the show of hands:
show of hands:
... ...
...

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
70 (a) Subject to the provisions 78 (a) Subject to the provisions (a) Subject to the provisions
of the Companies of ~~the Companies~~ of applicable laws and
Ordinance and the Listing
Rules, a resolution in
~~Ordinance a~~pplicable
laws and regulations and
regulations and the
Listing Rules, a
writing signed by all the the Listing Rules, a resolution in writing
members who on the date resolution in writing signed by all the
of circulation of the signed by all the members who on the date
resolution in writing are members who on the date of circulation of the
entitled to attend and of circulation of the resolution in writing are
vote at general meetings resolution in writing are entitled to attend and
shall be as valid and entitled to attend and vote at general meetings
effective as if the same vote at general meetings shall be as valid and
had been passed at a shall be as valid and effective as if the same
general meeting of the effective as if the same had been passed at a
Company duly convened had been passed at a general meeting of the
and held. A written notice general meeting of the Company duly convened
of confirmation of such Company duly convened and held. A written notice
resolution in writing and held. A written notice of confirmation of such
signed by or on behalf of of confirmation of such resolution in writing
a member shall be resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of
deemed to be his signed by or on behalf of a member shall be
signature to such a member shall be deemed to be his
resolution in writing for deemed to be his signature to such
the purposes of this signature to such resolution in writing for
Article. Such resolution resolution in writing for the purposes of this
in writing may consist of the purposes of this Article. Such resolution
several documents each Article. Such resolution in writing may consist of
signed by or on behalf of in writing may consist of several documents each
one or more members. A several documents each signed by or on behalf of
resolution which is signed signed by or on behalf of one or more members. A
and sent by a member by one or more members. A resolution which is signed
facsimile message or resolution which is signed and sent by a member by
other electronic means and sent by a member by facsimile message or
shall be treated as being facsimile message or other electronic means
signed by him for the other electronic means shall be treated as being
purpose of this Article. shall be treated as being signed by him for the
signed by him for the purpose of this Article.
(b) Notwithstanding any purpose of this Article.
provisions contained in (b) Notwithstanding any
these Articles, a (b) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in
resolution in writing shall
not be passed for the
provisions contained in
these articles~~Articles,~~ a
these articles, a resolution
in writing shall not be
purpose of removing a resolution in writing shall passed for the purpose of
director before the not be passed for the removing a director
expiration of the purpose of removing a before the expiration of
director’s term of office director before the the director’s term of
or for the purpose of expiration of the office or for the purpose
removing the auditors director’s term of office of removing the auditors
before the end of the or for the purpose of before the end of the
auditor’s term of office. removing the auditors auditor’s term of office.
before the end of the
auditor’s term of office.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
71 Where any member is, under the 79 Where any member is, under the
Where any member is, under the
Listing Rules, required to abstain
from voting on any particular
~~Listing Rules r~~ules prescribed by
the HKSE and the Shanghai
rules prescribed by the HKSE
and the Shanghai Stock
resolution or restricted to voting Stock Exchange from time to
Exchange from time to time,
only for or only against any time, required to abstain from
required to abstain from voting
particular resolution, any votes voting on any particular
on any particular resolution or
cast by or on behalf of such resolution or restricted to voting
restricted to voting only for or
shareholder in contravention of only for or only against any
only
against any particular
such requirement or restriction particular resolution, any votes
resolution, any votes cast by or
shall not be counted. cast by or on behalf of such
on behalf of such shareholder in
shareholder in contravention of
contravention of
such
such requirement or restriction
requirement or restriction shall
shall not be counted.
not be counted.
Nil Nil 80 Shareholders have the right to
Shareholders have the right to
supervise the Company’s
supervise the Company’s
business operations and make
business operations and make
suggestions or inquiries in
suggestions or inquiries in
accordance with applicable laws
accordance with
applicable laws
and regulations, the Listing
and regulations,
the Listing
Rules and these articles.
Rules and these
articles.
Directors and officers shall
Directors and officers shall
provide explanations on
provide explanations on
reasonable inquiries and
reasonable inquiries and
suggestions of shareholders at
suggestions of shareholders at
the general meeting.
the general meeting.
77 No objection shall be raised to 86 Subject to the rules prescribed
Subject to the rules prescribed
the qualification of any voter or by the Stock Exchange and the
by the Stock Exchange and the
to the counting of, or failure to CSRC from time to time, only
CSRC from time to time, only
count, any vote, except at the the persons registered as
the persons registered as
meeting or adjourned meeting at shareholders of the Company on
shareholders of the Company on
which the vote objected to is the record date of any general
the record date of any general
given or tendered. Subject to any meeting are entitled to vote at
meeting are entitled to vote at
objection made in due time, such meeting. No objection shall
such
meeting. No objection shall
every vote counted and not be raised to the qualification of
be raised to the qualification of
disallowed at the meeting shall any voter or to the counting of,
any voter or to the counting of,
be valid and every vote or failure to count, any vote,
or failure to count, any vote,
disallowed or not counted except at the meeting or
except at the meeting or
whether given personally or by adjourned meeting at which the
adjourned meeting at which the
proxy shall be invalid. Any vote objected to is given or
vote objected to
is given or
objection as to voting made in tendered. Subject to any
tendered. Subject to any
due time shall be referred to the objection made in due time,
objection made in due time,
chairman whose decision shall every vote counted and not
every vote counted and not
be final and conclusive. disallowed at the meeting shall
disallowed at the meeting shall
be valid and every vote
be valid and every vote
disallowed or not counted
disallowed or not counted
whether given personally or by
whether given personally or by
proxy shall be invalid. Any
proxy shall be invalid. Any
objection as to voting made in
objection as to voting made in
due time shall be referred to the
due time shall be referred to the
chairman whose decision shall
chairman whose
decision shall
be final and conclusive.
be final and conclusive.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
78 On a poll votes may be given 87 Subject to the rules prescribed Subject to the rules prescribed
either personally or by proxy or
(in the case of a corporate
by the Stock Exchange and the
CSRC from time to time, on ~~On~~
by the Stock Exchange and the
CSRC from time to time, on a
member) by a duly authorised a poll votes may be given either poll votes may be given either
representative. A member personally or by proxy or (in the personally or by proxy or (in the
entitled to more than one vote case of a corporate member) by case of a corporate member) by
need not, if he votes, use all his a duly authorised representative. a duly authorised representative.
votes or cast all the votes he A member entitled to more than A member entitled to more than
uses the same way. one vote need not, if he votes, one vote need not, if he votes,
use all his votes or cast all the use all his votes or cast all the
votes he uses the same way. votes he uses the same way.
80 An instrument appointing a 89 An instrument appointing a An instrument appointing a
proxy shall be in writing and in proxy shall be in writing and in proxy shall be in writing and in
such form which the directors such form which the directors such form which the directors
may approve, provided that this may approve, provided that this may approve, provided that this
shall not preclude the use of the shall not preclude the use of the shall not preclude the use of the
two-way form. An instrument of two-way form. An instrument of two-way form. An instrument of
proxy shall be executed by or on proxy shall be executed by ~~or on~~ proxy shall be executed by the
behalf of the appointor. A
corporation may execute a form
~~behalf of ~~the appointor or by its
duly authorised representative.A
appointor or by its duly
authorised representative. A
of proxy either under its corporation may execute a form corporation may execute a form
common seal or under the hand of proxy either under its of proxy either under its
of a duly authorised officer. common seal or under the hand common seal or under the hand
Deposit of an instrument of of a duly authorised officer. of a duly authorised officer.
proxy shall not preclude a Deposit of an instrument of Deposit of an instrument of
member from attending and proxy shall not preclude a proxy shall not preclude a
voting at the meeting or at any member from attending and member from attending and
adjournment of it and, in such voting at the meeting or at any voting at the meeting or at any
event, the instrument appointing adjournment of it and, in such adjournment of it and, in such
a proxy shall be deemed to be event, the instrument appointing event, the instrument appointing
revoked. a proxy shall be deemed to be a proxy shall be deemed to be
revoked. revoked.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 91 The Company may at its sole
The
Company may at its sole
discretion from time to time
discretion from time to time
designate an electronic address
designate an electronic address
for receipt of any documents or
for receipt of any documents or
information relating to the proxy
information relating to the proxy
for general meetings. Where the
for general meetings. Where the
Company provides relevant
Company provides relevant
electronic address, it shall be
electronic address, it shall be
deemed to have agreed to any
deemed to have agreed to any
such document or information
such document
or information
(relating to the aforesaid proxy)
(relating to the
aforesaid proxy)
may be sent electronically to this
may be sent electronically to this
address, subject to the provisions
address, subject to the provisions
below and any other restrictions
below and any
other restrictions
and conditions specified by the
and
conditions specified by the
Company at the time of
Company at the time of
providing such relevant address.
providing such
relevant address.
The Company may determine,
The
Company may determine,
from time to time and without
from time to time and without
limitation, any relevant
limitation, any
relevant
electronic address may be used
electronic address may be used
generally for such matters or
generally for such matters or
exclusively for a particular
exclusively for
a particular
general meeting or purpose, and
general meeting or purpose, and
(if so) the Company may provide
(if so) the Company may provide
different electronic addresses for
different electronic addresses for
different purposes. The Company
different purposes. The Company
may also attach any conditions
may also attach any conditions
to the transmission and receipt
to the transmission and receipt
of such electronic
of such electronic
communications, including (for
communications, including (for
the avoidance of doubt) any
the
avoidance of doubt) any
security or encryption
security or encryption
arrangements that the Company
arrangements that the Company
may specify. If any document or
may specify. If
any document or
information required to be sent
information required to be sent
to the Company is sent to the
to the Company is sent to the
Company by electronic means
Company by electronic means
under this article, and if the
under this article, and if the
Company has not received such
Company has not received such
document or information at the
document or information at the
electronic address designated
electronic address designated
under this article or the
under this article or the
Company fails to designate an
Company fails
to designate an
electronic address for receiving
electronic address for receiving
such document or information,
such document
or information,
such documents or information
such documents or information
shall not be deemed to be
shall not be deemed to be
validly served on or deposited
validly served on or deposited
with the Company.
with the Company.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
82(a) The instrument appointing a 92(a) The instrument appointing a The instrument appointing a
proxy and any authority under proxy and any authority under proxy and any authority under
which it is executed or a copy of which it is executed or a copy of which it is executed or a copy of
the authority certified notarially the authority certified notarially the authority certified notarially
may: may: may:
(a)
be deposited at the Office
(a)
be deposited at the Office
(a) be deposited at the Office
or at such other place in or at such other place in or at such other place in
Hong Kong as is Hong Kong as is Hong Kong as is
specified in the notice specified in the notice specified in the notice
convening the meeting, convening the meeting or convening the meeting or
not less than 48 hours at the electronic address at the electronic address
before the time for specified by the Company specified by the Company
holding the meeting or under Article 91, not less under Article 91, not less
adjourned meeting at than 48 hours before the than 48 hours before the
which the person named time for holding the time for holding the
in the instrument meeting or adjourned meeting or adjourned
proposes to vote; or meeting at which the meeting at which the
person named in the person named in the
instrument proposes to instrument proposes to
vote; or vote; or
83 A vote given in accordance with 93 A vote given in accordance with A vote given in accordance with
the terms of an instrument of the terms of an instrument of the terms of an instrument of
proxy or power of attorney or by proxy or power of attorney or by proxy or power of attorney or by
the duly authorised the duly authorised the duly authorised
representative of a corporation representative of a corporation representative of a corporation
shall be valid notwithstanding shall be valid notwithstanding shall be valid notwithstanding
the previous death or insanity of the previous death or insanity of the previous death or insanity of
the principal or revocation of the the principal or revocation of the the principal or revocation of the
proxy or of the authority under proxy or of the authority under proxy or of the authority under
which the proxy was executed or which the proxy was executed or which the proxy was executed or
the transfer of shares in respect the transfer of shares in respect the transfer of shares in respect
of which the proxy is given, of which the proxy is given, of which the proxy is given,
provided no intimation in writing provided no intimation in writing provided no intimation in writing
of the death, insanity, revocation of the death, insanity, revocation of the death, insanity, revocation
or transfer shall have been or transfer shall have been or transfer shall have been
received by the Company at the received by the Company at the received by the Company at the
Office at least 24 hours before Office or by the electronic Office or by the electronic
the commencement of the address specified by the address specified by the
meeting or adjourned meeting at Company under Article 91 at Company under Article 91 at
which the proxy is used. least 24 hours before the least 24 hours before the
commencement of the meeting or commencement of the meeting or
adjourned meeting at which the adjourned meeting at which the
proxy is used. proxy is used.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
87 Without prejudice to the 97 Without prejudice to the
Without prejudice to the
generality of Article 86 if a generality of Article 96 if a
generality of Article 96 if a
Clearing House (or its nominee) Clearing House (or its nominee)
Clearing House (or its nominee)
is a member of the Company, it is a member of the Company, it
is a member of the Company, it
(or, as the case may be, its (or, as the case may be, its
(or, as the case may be, its
nominee) may authorise such nominee) may authorise such
nominee) may authorise such
person or persons as it thinks fit person or persons as it thinks fit
person or persons as it thinks fit
to act as its proxy or proxies or to act as its proxy or proxies or
to act
as its proxy or proxies or
its representative or its representative or
its representative
or
representatives at any meeting of representatives at any meeting of
representatives at any meeting of
the Company or at any meeting the Company or at any meeting
the Company or at any meeting
of any class of member of the of any class of member or
of any class of member or
Company provided that, if more meeting of creditors of the
meeting of creditors of the
than one person is so authorised, Company provided that, if more
Company provided that, if more
the instrument of proxy or than one person is so authorised,
than one person is so authorised,
authorisation shall specify the the instrument of proxy or
the instrument of
proxy or
number and class of shares in authorisation shall specify the
authorisation shall specify the
respect of which each such number and class of shares in
number and class of shares in
person is so authorised. A person respect of which each such
respect of which
each such
so authorised under the person is so authorised. A person
person is so authorised. A person
provisions of this Article will be so authorised under the
so authorised under the
deemed to have been duly provisions of this Article will be
provisions of this Article will be
authorised without the need of deemed to have been duly
deemed to have been duly
producing any documents of authorised without the need of
authorised without the need of
title, notarised authorisation producing any documents of
producing any documents of
and/or further evidence to title, notarised authorisation
title, notarised authorisation
substantiate that it is so and/or further evidence to
and/or further evidence to
authorised and shall be entitled substantiate that it is so
substantiate that it is so
to exercise the same powers on authorised and shall be entitled
authorised and shall be entitled
behalf of the Clearing House (or to exercise the same powers on
to exercise the same powers on
its nominee) which he represents behalf of the Clearing House (or
behalf of the Clearing House (or
as that Clearing House (or its its nominee) which he represents
its nominee) which he represents
nominee) could exercise as if as that Clearing House (or its
as that Clearing House (or its
such person were an individual nominee) could exercise as if
nominee) could exercise as if
member of the Company, and such person were an individual
such person were an individual
where a show of hands is member of the Company, ~~and~~
member of the Company,
allowed, each such person shall ~~where a show of hands is~~
including the right to speak and
be entitled to a separate vote
notwithstanding any contrary
~~allowed i~~ncluding the right to
speak and vote, and each such
vote, and each such person shall
be entitled to a separate vote
provision as provided in Article person shall be entitled to a
notwithstanding any contrary
72. separate vote notwithstanding
provision as provided in Article
any contrary provision as
81.
provided in Article 81.
90 The Company shall keep in 100 The Company shall keep in
The Company shall keep in
accordance with the Companies accordance with the Companies
accordance with the Companies
Ordinance a register containing Ordinance a register of directors
Ordinance a register of directors
the names and addresses of its containing the ~~names and~~
containing the details as required
directors and shall from time to
time notify to the Registrar of
~~addresses of its directors d~~etails
as required by the Companies
by the Companies Ordinance and
shall from time to time notify to
Companies any change that takes Ordinance and shall from time to
the Registrar of Companies any
place in such directors as time notify to the Registrar of
change that takes
place in such
required by the Companies Companies any change that takes
directors as required by the
Ordinance. place in such directors as
Companies Ordinance.
required by the Companies
Ordinance.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
99 The business of the Company 109 Subject to the provisions of Subject to the provisions of
shall be managed by the applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
directors who, subject to the the Listing Rules and these the Listing Rules and these
provisions of the Companies articles, and any directions given articles, and any directions given
Ordinance and these articles and by the Company at general by the Company at general
to any directions given by the
Company in general meeting,
meetings, the affairs of the
Company are ~~The business of the~~
meetings, the affairs of the
Company are managed by the
may exercise all the powers of
the Company. No alteration of
~~Company shall be ~~managed by
the board of directors ~~who,~~ and
board of directors, and the board
of directors may exercise all the
these articles and no such the board of directors may rights of the Company, including
direction shall invalidate any exercise all the rights of the but not limited to the following
prior act of the directors which Company, including but not powers:
would have been valid if that limited to the following powers:
alteration had not been made or (a) to convene and report to
that direction had not been (a) to convene and report to the general meeting;
given. The powers given by this the general meeting;
Article shall not be limited by (b) to implement the
any special power given to the (b) to implement the resolutions of the general
directors by these articles and a resolutions of the general meeting;
meeting of the directors at which meeting;
a quorum is present may (c) to formulate the
exercise all powers exercisable (c) to formulate the Company’s profit
by the directors. Company’s profit distribution plan and loss
distribution plan and loss recovery plan;
recovery plan;
(d) to formulate plans for the
(d) to formulate plans for the increase or decrease in
increase or decrease in the issued shares of the
the issued shares of the Company;
Company;
(e) to formulate plans for
(e) to formulate plans for major acquisitions,
major acquisitions, mergers, winding-up or
mergers, winding-up or changes of the
changes of the Company’s status
Company’s status (including changes from
(including changes from public company to private
public company to private company, etc.);
company, etc.);

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(f) subject to the provisions (f) subject to the provisions
of ~~the Companies~~ of applicable laws and
~~Ordinance and these~~ regulations, the Listing
~~articles and to any~~ Rules and these articles,
~~directions given by the~~ to decide the Company’s
~~Company in general~~ external investment,
~~meeting, may exercise all~~ acquisition and sale of
~~the powers of the~~ assets, asset mortgage,
~~Company. No alteration~~ external guarantee,
~~of ~~applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing
mandate wealth
management, connected
Rules and these articles, transactions, affiliated
to decide the Company’s transactions, external
external investment, donations, etc.;
acquisition and sale of
assets, asset mortgage, (g) to decide on the
external guarantee, appointment or dismissal
mandate wealth of the Company’s
management, connected president, other officers
transactions, affiliated and company secretary,
transactions, external and to decide on their
donations, etc.; remuneration, rewards
and punishments;
(g) to decide on the
appointment or dismissal (h) to propose to the general
of the Company’s meeting for the
president, other officers appointment or
and company secretary, replacement of the
and to decide on their auditor responsible for
remuneration, rewards the audit of the
and punishments; Company;
(h) to propose to the general (i) to formulate plans to
meeting for the amend these articles;
appointment or
replacement of the (j) to the extent permitted by
auditor responsible for applicable laws and
the audit of the regulations and the
Company; Listing Rules, to make
decisions on the issuance
(i) to formulate plans to of general bonds by the
amend these articles; Company (except for the
issuance of convertible
(j) to the extent permitted by bonds subject to
applicable laws and shareholders’ approval);
regulations and the
Listing Rules, to make (k) other powers prescribed
decisions on the issuance by applicable laws and
of general bonds by the regulations, the Listing
Company (except for the Rules and these articles.
issuance of convertible
bonds subject to
shareholders’approval);

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(k)
other powers prescribed
To the extent permitted by
by applicable laws and applicable laws and regulations
regulations, the Listing and the Listing Rules, the board
Rules and these articles. of directors may authorise the
management of the Company to
To the extent permitted by exercise relevant powers through
applicable laws and regulations appropriate procedures.
and the Listing Rules, the board
of directors may authorise the No amendment to these articles
management of the Company to shall invalidate anything done by
exercise relevant powers through the board of directors prior to
appropriate procedures. the amendment that would have
been valid if such amendment
had not been passed or made.
No amendment to these articles
~~and no such direction ~~shall The general powers conferred by
invalidate ~~any a~~nything done by
the board ~~prior act ~~of ~~the~~
this article are not limited or
restricted by any other content of
directors prior to the amendment
that ~~which ~~would have been
these articles or any special
authority or power conferred on
valid ~~if that alteration had not~~ the board of directors by any
~~been made or that direction i~~f
such amendment had not been
passed or made ~~given.~~
resolution of the Company at a
general meeting, and a board
meeting at which a quorum is
present may exercise all the
The general powers conferred powers that the directors can
~~given ~~by this article are ~~Article~~
~~shall ~~not ~~be ~~limited or restricted
exercise.
by any special authority or
power conferred on ~~given to ~~
the
board of directors by any
resolution of the Company at
~~these articles and a~~ general
meeting ~~of the directors,~~ and a
board meeting at which a
quorum is present may exercise
all the powers ~~exercisable by~~
that the directors can exercise.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
101 The directors may from time to 111 Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
time at their discretion exercise applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
all the powers of the Company
to raise or borrow or to secure
the Listing Rules and the
articles, the ~~The ~~directors may
the Listing Rules and the
articles, the directors may from
the payment of any sum or sums from time to time at their time to time at their discretion
of money for the purposes of the discretion exercise all the powers exercise all the powers of the
Company and to mortgage or of the Company to raise or Company to raise or borrow or
charge its undertaking, property borrow or to secure the payment to secure the payment of any
and uncalled capital or any part of any sum or sums of money sum or sums of money for the
thereof. The directors may raise for the purposes of the Company purposes of the Company and to
or secure the payment or and to mortgage or charge its mortgage or charge its
repayment of such sum or sums undertaking, property and undertaking, property and
in such manner and upon such uncalled capital or any part uncalled capital or any part
terms and conditions in all thereof. The directors may raise thereof. The directors may raise
respects as it thinks fit and, in or secure the payment or or secure the payment or
particular by the issue of repayment of such sum or sums repayment of such sum or sums
debentures, debenture stock, in such manner and upon such in such manner and upon such
bonds or other securities of the terms and conditions in all terms and conditions in all
Company, whether outright or as respects as it thinks fit and, in respects as it thinks fit and, in
collateral security for any debt, particular by the issue of particular by the issue of
liability or obligation of the debentures, debenture stock, debentures, debenture stock,
Company or of any third party. bonds or other securities of the bonds or other securities of the
Company, whether outright or as Company, whether outright or as
collateral security for any debt, collateral security for any debt,
liability or obligation of the liability or obligation of the
Company or of any third party. Company or of any third party.
102 Debentures, debenture stock, 112 Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
bonds and other securities may applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
be made assignable free from
any equities between the
the Listing Rules and the
articles, debentures ~~Debentures,~~
the Listing Rules and the
articles, debentures, debenture
Company and the person to debenture stock, bonds and other stock, bonds and other securities
whom the same may be issued. securities may be made may be made assignable free
Any debentures, debenture stock, assignable free from any equities from any equities between the
bonds of other securities may be between the Company and the Company and the person to
issued at a discount, premium or person to whom the same may whom the same may be issued.
otherwise and with any special be issued. Any debentures, Any debentures, debenture stock,
privileges as to redemption, debenture stock, bonds of other bonds of other securities may be
surrender, drawings, allotment of securities may be issued at a issued at a discount, premium or
shares, attending and voting at discount, premium or otherwise otherwise and with any special
general meetings of the and with any special privileges privileges as to redemption,
Company, appointment of as to redemption, surrender, surrender, drawings, allotment of
directors and otherwise. drawings, allotment of shares, shares, attending and voting at
attending and voting at general general meetings of the
meetings of the Company, Company, appointment of
appointment of directors and directors and otherwise.
otherwise.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
112 The directors may appoint a 122 The directors may appoint a
The
directors may appoint a
person who is willing to act to person who is willing to act to
person who is willing to act to
be a director, either to fill a be a director, either to fill a
be a director, either to fill a
vacancy or as an additional vacancy or as an additional
vacancy or as an additional
director, provided that the director, provided that the
director, provided that the
appointment does not cause the appointment does not cause the
appointment does not cause the
number of directors to exceed number of directors to exceed
number of directors to exceed
any number fixed as the any number fixed as the
any
number fixed as the
maximum number of directors. A maximum number of directors. A
maximum number of directors. A
director so appointed shall retire director so appointed shall retire
director so appointed shall retire
at the next following annual
general meeting and shall then
at the ~~next followingf~~irst annual
general meeting of the Company
at the first annual general
meeting of the Company after
be eligible for re-election, but after his appointment and shall
his appointment and shall then
shall not be taken into account then be eligible for re-election,
be eligible for re-election, but
in determining the directors who but shall not be taken into
shall not be taken into account
are to retire by rotation at the account in determining the
in determining
the directors who
meeting. directors who are to retire by
are to retire by
rotation at the
rotation at the meeting.
meeting.
113 The Company may, at any
general meeting convened and
123 The ~~Company s~~hareholders may,
at any general meeting convened
The shareholders may, at any
general meeting convened and
held in accordance with the and held in accordance with
held in accordance with
Companies Ordinance, by
ordinary resolution, remove a
applicable laws and regulations
and the Listing Rules~~the~~
applicable laws and regulations
and the Listing Rules, by
director (including a managing ~~Companies Ordinance,~~ by
ordinary resolution, remove a
director or executive director) at ordinary resolution, remove a
director (including a managing
any time before the expiration of director (including a managing
director or executive director) at
his period of office (but such director or executive director) at
any
time before the expiration of
removal shall be without any time before the expiration of
his period of office (but such
prejudice to any claim to his period of office (but such
removal shall be without
damages for breach of any removal shall be without
prejudice to any claim to
contract of service between the prejudice to any claim to
damages for breach of any
director and the Company) damages for breach of any
contract of service between the
provided that the notice of such contract of service between the
director and the Company)
meeting convened for the director and the Company)
provided that the notice of such
purpose of removing a director provided that the notice of such
meeting convened for the
shall contain a statement of the meeting convened for the
purpose of removing a director
intention so to do and be served purpose of removing a director
shall contain a
statement of the
on such director twenty eight shall contain a statement of the
intention so to
do and be served
(28) days before the meeting and intention so to do and be served
on such director twenty eight
on the members, at least fourteen on such director twenty eight
(28) days before the meeting and
(14) days before the meeting. At (28) days before the meeting and
on the members, at least fourteen
such meeting such director shall on the members, at least fourteen
(14) days before the meeting. At
be entitled to be heard on the (14) days before the meeting. At
such meeting such director shall
motion of his removal and, such meeting such director shall
be entitled to be heard on the
subject to these articles, the be entitled to be heard on the
motion of his removal and,
Company may, by ordinary motion of his removal and,
subject to these articles, the
resolution, appoint another subject to these articles, the
Company may,
by ordinary
person instead of him. A person Company may, by ordinary
resolution, appoint another
so appointed shall be subject to resolution, appoint another
person instead of him. A person
retirement at the same time as if person instead of him. A person
so appointed shall be subject to
he had become a director on the so appointed shall be subject to
retirement at the same time as if
day on which the director in retirement at the same time as if
he had become
a director on the
whose place he is appointed was he had become a director on the
day
on which the director in
last appointed or reappointed a day on which the director in
whose place he
is appointed was
director. whose place he is appointed was
last
appointed or reappointed a
last appointed or reappointed a
director.
director.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
117 A director (including his 127 A director (including his
A director (including his
connected entities) who is in any connected and affiliated entities)
connected and affiliated entities)
way, whether directly or who is in any way, whether
who is in any way, whether
indirectly, interested in a directly or indirectly, interested
directly or indirectly, interested
transaction, arrangement or in a transaction, arrangement or
in a transaction,
arrangement or
contract or proposed transaction, contract or proposed transaction,
contract or proposed transaction,
arrangement or contract with the arrangement or contract with the
arrangement or contract with the
Company shall declare the nature Company shall declare the nature
Company shall declare the nature
and extent of his interest or his and extent of his interest or his
and extent of his
interest or his
connected entities’ interest at a connected entities’ interest at a
connected entities’ interest at a
meeting of the directors at which meeting of the directors at which
meeting of the directors at which
the question of entering into the the question of entering into the
the question of entering into the
transaction, arrangement or transaction, arrangement or
transaction, arrangement or
contract is first taken into contract is first taken into
contract is first taken into
consideration, if he knows his consideration, if he knows his
consideration, if
he knows his
interest then exists, or in any interest then exists, or in any
interest then exists, or in any
other case as soon as reasonably other case as soon as reasonably
other
case as soon as reasonably
practicable, and in any event at practicable, and in any event at
practicable, and in any event at
the first meeting of directors the first meeting of directors
the first meeting
of directors
after he knows that he is or has after he knows that he is or has
after he knows that he is or has
become so interested, Such become so interested, Such
become so interested, Such
declaration shall be made in declaration shall be made in
declaration shall
be made in
accordance with the provisions accordance with the provisions
accordance with
the provisions
of the Companies Ordinance. A of the Companies Ordinance. A
of the Companies Ordinance. A
general notice given to the general notice given to the
general notice given to the
directors by a director to the directors by a director to the
directors by a director to the
effect that he is interested as a effect that he is interested as a
effect
that he is interested as a
member, director, officer, member, director, senior
member, director, senior
employee or otherwise in a management, officer, employee
management, officer, employee
specified company or firm (with or otherwise in a specified
or otherwise in a specified
such notice specifying the nature company or firm (with such
company or firm
(with such
and extent of the director’s notice specifying the nature and
notice specifying the nature and
interest), and is to be regarded extent of the director’s interest),
extent of the director’s interest),
as interested in any transaction, and is to be regarded as
and is to be regarded as
contract or arrangement or interested in any transaction,
interested in any
transaction,
dealing which may, after the date contract or arrangement or
contract or arrangement or
of the notice be entered into or dealing which may, after the date
dealing which may, after the date
made with that company or firm, of the notice be entered into or
of the notice be entered into or
shall be deemed to be a made with that company or firm,
made
with that company or firm,
sufficient declaration of interest shall be deemed to be a
shall be deemed
to be a
in relation to any transaction, sufficient declaration of interest
sufficient declaration of interest
contract, arrangement or in relation to any transaction,
in relation to any transaction,
proposed transaction, contract, arrangement or
contract, arrangement or
arrangement or contract or proposed transaction,
proposed transaction,
dealing so entered into or made, arrangement or contract or
arrangement or contract or
provided that no such notice dealing so entered into or made,
dealing so entered into or made,
shall be effective unless either it provided that no such notice
provided that no
such notice
is given at a meeting of the shall be effective unless either it
shall be effective unless either it
Directors or it is in writing and is given at a meeting of the
is given at a meeting of the
sent to the Company, and the Directors or it is in writing and
Directors or it is
in writing and
director takes reasonable steps to sent to the Company, and the
sent to the Company, and the
ensure that it is brought up and director takes reasonable steps to
director takes reasonable steps to
read at the next meeting of the ensure that it is brought up and
ensure that it is brought up and
directors after it is given. read at the next meeting of the
read at the next meeting of the
directors after it is given.
directors after it
is given.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
118 A director may: 128 A director may: A director may:
(a) hold any other office or (a) hold any other office or (a)
hold any other office or
place of profit under the place of profit under the place of profit under the
Company (other than the Company (other than the Company (other than the
office of auditor) in office of auditor) in office of auditor) in
conjunction with his conjunction with his conjunction with his
office of director, for office of director, for office of director, for
such period and on such such period and on such such period and on such
terms (as to remuneration terms (as to remuneration terms (as to remuneration
or otherwise) as the or otherwise) as the or otherwise) as the
directors may determine directors may determine directors may determine
and such extra and such extra and such extra
remuneration shall be in remuneration shall be in remuneration shall be in
addition to any addition to any addition to any
remuneration provided for remuneration provided for remuneration provided for
by or pursuant to any by or pursuant to any by or pursuant to any
other Article; other Article; other Article;
(b) act by himself or his firm (b) act by himself or his firm (b)
act by himself or his firm
in a professional capacity in a professional capacity in a professional capacity
for the Company for the Company for the Company
(otherwise than as (otherwise than as (otherwise than as
auditor), and he or his auditor), and he or his auditor), and he or his
firm shall be entitled to firm shall be entitled to firm shall be entitled to
remuneration for remuneration for remuneration for
professional services as if professional services as if professional services as if
he were not a director; he were not a director; he were not a director;
(c) continue to be or become (c)
continue to
be or become
a director or other senior a director or other senior
management or officer of, management or officer of,
or otherwise interested in, or otherwise interested in,
any company promoted any company promoted
by the Company or in by the Company or in
which the Company may which the Company may
be interested as a be interested as a
shareholder or otherwise, shareholder or otherwise,
and subject to ~~the~~ and subject to applicable
~~Companies~~ laws and regulations, the
~~Ordinancea~~pplicable laws
and regulations, the
Listing Rules, no such
director shall be
Listing Rules, no such accountable to the
director shall be Company for any
accountable to the remuneration or other
Company for any benefit received by him
remuneration or other as a director or senior
benefit received by him management or officer of,
as a director or senior or from his interest in,
management or officer of, such other company.
or from his interest in,
such other company.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
(c) continue to be or become The directors may The directors may
a director or other officer exercise the voting exercise the voting
of, or otherwise interested powers conferred by the powers conferred by the
in, any company shares in any other shares in any other
promoted by the company held or owned company held or owned
Company or in which the by the Company, or by the Company, or
Company may be exercisable by them as exercisable by them as
interested as a directors of such other directors of such other
shareholder or otherwise, company in such manner company in such manner
and subject to the in all respects as they in all respects as they
Companies Ordinance, no think fit (including the think fit (including the
such director shall be exercise thereof in favour exercise thereof in favour
accountable to the of any resolution of any resolution
Company for any appointing themselves or appointing themselves or
remuneration or other any of them directors, any of them directors,
benefit received by him managing directors, joint managing directors, joint
as a director or officer of, managing directors, managing directors,
or from his interest in, deputy managing deputy managing
such other company. The directors, executive directors, executive
directors may exercise the directors, managers, directors, managers,
voting powers conferred senior management or senior management or
by the shares in any other other officers of such other officers of such
company held or owned company) and any company) and any
by the Company, or director may vote in director may vote in
exercisable by them as favour of the exercise of favour of the exercise of
directors of such other such voting rights in the such voting rights in the
company in such manner manner aforesaid manner aforesaid
in all respects as they notwithstanding that he notwithstanding that he
think fit (including the may be, or is about to be may be, or is about to be
exercise thereof in favour appointed a director, appointed a director,
of any resolution managing director, joint managing director, joint
appointing themselves or managing director, deputy managing director, deputy
any of them directors, managing director, managing director,
managing directors, joint executive director, executive director,
managing directors, manager, senior manager, senior
deputy managing management or other management or other
directors, executive officer of such a officer of such a
directors, managers or company, and that as company, and that as
other officers of such such he is or may become such he is or may become
company) and any interested in the exercise interested in the exercise
director may vote in of such voting rights in of such voting rights in
favour of the exercise of manner aforesaid. manner aforesaid.
such voting rights in the
manner aforesaid
notwithstanding that he
may be, or is about to be
appointed a director,
managing director, joint
managing director, deputy
managing director,
executive director,
manager or other officer
of such a company, and
that as such he is or may
become interested in the
exercise of such voting
rights in manner
aforesaid.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
119 Subject to the Companies
Ordinance and these articles, no
129 Subject to applicable laws and
regulations, the ~~Companies~~
Subject to applicable laws and
regulations, the Listing Rules
director or intended director
shall be disqualified by his
~~OrdinanceL~~isting
these articles, no
Rules and
director or
and these articles, no director or
intended director shall be
office from contracting with the intended director shall be disqualified by his office from
Company either with regard to disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company
his tenure of any such other contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure
office or place of profit or as either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place
vendor, purchaser or otherwise, of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser
nor shall any such transaction, of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such
arrangement or contract, or any or otherwise, nor shall any such transaction, arrangement or
transaction, arrangement or transaction, arrangement or contract, or any transaction,
contract entered into by or on contract, or any transaction, arrangement or contract entered
behalf of the Company in which arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the
any director (including his into by or on behalf of the Company in which any director
connected entities) is in any way Company in which any director (including his connected entities)
interested be liable to be (including his connected entities) is in any way interested be liable
avoided, nor shall any director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any
so contracting or being so to be avoided, nor shall any director so contracting or being
interested be liable to account to director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account
the Company for any profit so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit
realised by any such transaction, to the Company for any profit realised by any such transaction,
arrangement or contract by realised by any such transaction, arrangement or contract by
reason of such director holding arrangement or contract by reason of such director holding
that office or of the fiduciary reason of such director holding that office or of the fiduciary
relation thereby established, that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established,
provided that such director shall relation thereby established, provided that such director shall
disclose the nature and extent of provided that such director shall disclose the nature and extent of
his (including his connected disclose the nature and extent of his (including his connected and
entities) interest in any his (including his connected and affiliated entities) interest in any
transaction, arrangement or affiliated entities) interest in any transaction, arrangement or
contract in which he is interested transaction, arrangement or contract in which he is interested
as required by and subject to the contract in which he is interested as required by and subject to the
provisions of the Companies as required by and subject to the provisions of applicable laws
Ordinance. provisions of ~~the ~~ ~~Companies~~ and regulations and the Listing
~~Ordinancea~~pplicable laws and
regulations and the Listing
Rules.
Rules.

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Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
120(a) Save as otherwise provided by 130(a) Save as otherwise provided by Save as otherwise provided by
these articles, a director and his applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
alternate shall not vote (nor shall the Listing Rules and these the Listing Rules and these
be counted in the quorum) at a articles, a director and his articles, a director and his
meeting of the directors on any alternate shall not vote (nor shall alternate shall not vote (nor shall
resolution approving any be counted in the quorum) at a be counted in the quorum) at a
transaction, contract or meeting of the directors on any meeting of the directors on any
arrangement or concerning a resolution approving any resolution approving any
matter in which he or any of his transaction, contract or transaction, contract or
associate(s) or any of his arrangement or concerning a arrangement or concerning a
connected entity(ies) has, matter in which he or any of his matter in which he or any of his
directly or indirectly, a material associate(s) or any of his associate(s) or any of his
interest (other than an interest in connected entity(ies) has, connected entity(ies) has,
shares, debentures or other directly or indirectly, a material directly or indirectly, a material
securities of, or otherwise in or interest (other than an interest in interest (other than an interest in
through, the Company), unless shares, debentures or other shares, debentures or other
his interest arises only because securities of, or otherwise in or securities of, or otherwise in or
the case falls within one or more through, the Company), unless through, the Company), unless
of the following sub-paragraphs: his interest arises only because his interest arises only because
the case falls within one or more the case falls within one or more
... of the following sub-paragraphs: of the following sub-paragraphs:
... ...

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 131 If a director has an affiliate If a director has an affiliate
relationship with the subject relationship with the subject
involved in the resolutions of the involved in the resolutions of the
board meeting, the affiliated board meeting, the affiliated
director (as defined in the Rules director (as defined in the Rules
Governing the Listing of Stocks Governing the Listing of Stocks
on the Science and Technology on the Science and Technology
Innovation Board of Shanghai Innovation Board of Shanghai
Stock Exchange) shall not vote Stock Exchange) shall not vote
on the relevant resolution, nor on the relevant resolution, nor
exercise voting rights on behalf exercise voting rights on behalf
of other directors. Resolutions of other directors. Resolutions
can only be passed if: (i) the can only be passed if: (i) the
board meeting is attended by board meeting is attended by
more than half of the non- more than half of the non-
affiliated directors and (ii) the affiliated directors and (ii) the
resolutions at the board meeting resolutions at the board meeting
are passed by more than half of are passed by more than half of
all non-affiliated directors. all non-affiliated directors.
Where there are less than three Where there are less than three
non-affiliated directors present at non-affiliated directors present at
the board meeting, the Company the board meeting, the Company
shall submit relevant matters to shall submit relevant matters to
the general meeting for the general meeting for
consideration. consideration.
For guarantees within the powers For guarantees within the powers
of the board of directors, in of the board of directors, in
addition to the approval by more addition to the approval by more
than half of all the directors, it than half of all the directors, it
should also be subject to the should also be subject to the
approval by more than two-thirds approval by more than two-thirds
of the directors present at the of the directors present at the
board meeting. board meeting.
Where the board of directors Where the board of directors
considers the matter of RMB considers the matter of RMB
ordinary share repurchase in ordinary share repurchase in
accordance with the provisions accordance with the provisions
of relevant Chinese laws and of relevant Chinese laws and
regulations or the authorisation regulations or the authorisation
of the general meeting, the of the general meeting, the
matter shall be subject to the matter shall be subject to the
approval by a resolution of the approval by a resolution of the
board of directors meeting board of directors meeting
attended by more than two-thirds attended by more than two-thirds
of the directors. of the directors.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
125 The directors may meet together 136 The directors may meet together
The directors may meet together
for the despatch of business, for the despatch of business,
for the despatch
of business,
adjourn, and otherwise regulate adjourn, and otherwise regulate
adjourn, and otherwise regulate
their meetings as they think fit. their meetings as they think fit.
their meetings as they think fit.
Questions arising at a meeting Questions arising at a meeting
Questions arising at a meeting
shall be decided by a majority of shall be decided by a majority of
shall be decided
by a majority of
votes. In case of an equality of votes. Any matters to be handled
votes. Any matters to be handled
votes, the chairman shall have a at a meeting shall be subject to
at a meeting shall be subject to
second or casting vote. A the approval by a majority of the
the approval by a majority of the
director may, and the secretary directors present at the meeting,
directors present
at the meeting,
on the requisition of a director unless otherwise stipulated by
unless otherwise
stipulated by
shall, call a meeting of the applicable laws and regulations,
applicable laws and regulations,
directors. A director who is also the Listing Rules and these
the Listing Rules and these
an alternate director shall be articles. The voting on the
articles. The voting on the
entitled in the absence of his resolutions of the board of
resolutions of the board of
appointor to a separate vote on directors shall implement the
directors shall implement the
behalf of his appointor in one-person-one-vote system. In
one-person-one-vote system. In
addition to his own vote; and an case of an equality of votes, the
case of an equality of votes, the
alternate director who is chairman shall have a second or
chairman shall have a second or
appointed by two or more casting vote. A director may, and
casting vote. A director may, and
directors shall be entitled to a the secretary on the requisition
the secretary on the requisition
separate vote on behalf of each of a director shall, call a meeting
of a director shall, call a meeting
of his appointors in the of the directors. A director who
of the directors. A director who
appointor’s absence. is also an alternate director shall
is also an alternate director shall
be entitled in the absence of his
be entitled in the absence of his
appointor to a separate vote on
appointor to a separate vote on
behalf of his appointor in
behalf of his appointor in
addition to his own vote; and an
addition to his own vote; and an
alternate director who is
alternate director who is
appointed by two or more
appointed by two or more
directors shall be entitled to a
directors shall be entitled to a
separate vote on behalf of each
separate vote on
behalf of each
of his appointors in the
of his appointors
in the
appointor’s absence.
appointor’s absence.
128 No business shall be transacted 139 No business shall be transacted
No business shall be transacted
at any meeting of the directors at any meeting of the directors
at any meeting of the directors
unless a quorum is present. The unless a quorum is present.
unless a quorum
is present.
quorum may be fixed by the Unless otherwise provided for by
Unless otherwise provided by
directors and unless so fixed at applicable laws and regulations,
applicable laws and regulations,
any other number shall be two.
An alternate director shall be
the Listing Rules and the
articles, the ~~The ~~quorum may be
the Listing Rules and the
articles, the quorum may be
counted in a quorum but, fixed by the directors and unless
fixed
by the directors and unless
notwithstanding that an alternate so fixed at any other number
so fixed at any other number
director is also a director or is shall be two. An alternate
shall be two. An
alternate
an alternate for more than one director shall be counted in a
director shall be
counted in a
director, he shall for quorum quorum but, notwithstanding that
quorum but, notwithstanding that
purposes count as only one an alternate director is also a
an alternate director is also a
director. director or is an alternate for
director or is an
alternate for
more than one director, he shall
more
than one director, he shall
for quorum purposes count as
for quorum purposes count as
only one director.
only one director.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
132 A resolution in writing signed by 143 A resolution in writing signed by A resolution in writing signed by
all the directors (or their all the directors (or their all the directors (or their
respective alternate directors as respective alternate directors as respective alternate directors as
the case may be) for the time the case may be) for the time the case may be) for the time
being entitled to receive notice being entitled to receive notice being entitled to receive notice
of a meeting of the directors or of a meeting of the directors or of a meeting of the directors or
of a committee of the directors of a committee of the directors of a committee of the directors
shall be as valid and effectual as shall be as valid and effectual as shall be as valid and effectual as
if it had been passed at a if it had been passed at a if it had been passed at a
meeting of the directors or (as meeting of the directors or (as meeting of the directors or (as
the case may be) of that the case may be) of that the case may be) of that
committee, duly convened and committee, duly convened and committee, duly convened and
held, and may consist of several held, and may consist of several held, and may consist of several
documents in the like form each documents in the like form each documents in the like form each
executed by one or more executed by one or more executed by one or more
directors, but a resolution directors, but a resolution directors, but a resolution
executed by an alternate director executed by an alternate director executed by an alternate director
need not also be executed by his need not also be executed by his need not also be executed by his
appointor and, if it is executed appointor and, if it is executed appointor and, if it is executed
by a director who has appointed by a director who has appointed by a director who has appointed
an alternate director, it need not an alternate director, it need not an alternate director, it need not
also be executed by the alternate also be executed by the alternate also be executed by the alternate
director in that capacity. A director in that capacity. A director in that capacity. A
resolution which is signed and resolution which is signed and resolution which is signed and
sent by a director or his alternate sent by a director or his alternate sent by a director or his alternate
director or a member of such director or a member of such director or a member of such
committee by cable, facsimile committee by cable, facsimile committee by cable, facsimile
message, telex message or other message, telex message or other message, telex message or other
electronic means shall be treated electronic means shall be treated electronic means shall be treated
as being signed by him for the as being signed by him for the as being signed by him for the
purpose of this Article. purpose of this Article. purpose of this Article.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
resolution in writing shall not be resolution in writing shall not be resolution in writing shall not be
passed in lieu of meeting of the passed in lieu of meeting of the passed in lieu of meeting of the
board for the purposes of board for the purposes of board for the purposes of
considering any matter or considering any matter or considering any matter or
business in which a substantial business in which a substantial business in which a substantial
shareholder of the Company or a shareholder of the Company (as shareholder of the Company (as
director has a conflict of interest defined in the Rules Governing defined in the Rules Governing
and the board has determined the Listing of Securities on The the Listing of Securities on The
that such conflict of interest to Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
be material. Limited) or a director has a Limited) or a director has a
conflict of interest and the board conflict of interest and the board
has determined that such conflict has determined that such conflict
of interest to be material. of interest to be material.

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Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
133 The directors shall cause minutes 144 The directors shall cause minutes The directors shall cause minutes
to be made in books kept for the to be made in books kept for the to be made in books kept for the
purpose: purpose: purpose:
(a)
of all appointments of
(a)
of all appointments of
(a)
of all appointments of
officers made by the senior management and senior management and
directors; and officers made by the officers made by the
directors; and directors; and
(b)
of all resolutions and
proceedings at meetings (b)
of all resolutions and
(b)
of all resolutions and
of the Company, of the proceedings at meetings proceedings at meetings
holders of any class of of the Company, of the of the Company, of the
shares in the Company, holders of any class of holders of any class of
and of the directors, and shares in the Company, shares in the Company,
of committees of the and of the directors, and and of the directors, and
directors, including the of committees of the of committees of the
names of the directors directors, including the directors, including the
present at each such names of the directors names of the directors
meeting. present at each such present at each such
meeting. meeting.
Any such minutes shall be
conclusive evidence of any such Any such minutes shall be Any such minutes shall be
proceedings if they purport to be conclusive evidence of any such conclusive evidence of any such
signed by the Chairman of such proceedings if they purport to be proceedings if they purport to be
meeting at which the signed by the Chairman of such signed by the Chairman of such
proceedings were held or by the meeting at which the meeting at which the
Chairman of the next succeeding proceedings were held or by the proceedings were held or by the
meeting. Chairman of the next succeeding Chairman of the next succeeding
meeting. meeting.
135 Subject to the provisions of the 146 Subject to the provisions of the Subject to the provisions of the
Companies Ordinance, the Companies Ordinance, the Companies Ordinance, the
secretary shall be appointed by secretary shall be appointed by secretary shall be appointed by
the directors for such term, at the directors for such term, at the directors for such term, at
such remuneration and on such such remuneration and on such such remuneration and on such
other conditions as they think other conditions as they think other conditions as they think
fit; and any secretary so fit; and any secretary so fit; and any secretary so
appointed may be removed by appointed may be removed by appointed may be removed by
them. Anything by the them. Anything by the them. Anything by the
Companies Ordinance or these Companies Ordinance or these Companies Ordinance or these
articles required or authorised to articles required or authorised to articles required or authorised to
be done by or to the secretary, if be done by or to the secretary, if be done by or to the secretary, if
the office is vacant or there is the office is vacant or there is the office is vacant or there is
for any other reason no secretary for any other reason no secretary for any other reason no secretary
capable of acting, may be done capable of acting, may be done capable of acting, may be done
by or to any assistant or deputy by or to any assistant or deputy by or to any assistant or deputy
secretary, or if there is no secretary, or if there is no secretary, or if there is no
assistant or deputy secretary assistant or deputy secretary assistant or deputy secretary
capable of acting, by or to any capable of acting, by or to any capable of acting, by or to any
officer of the Company senior management or officer of senior management or officer of
authorised generally or the Company authorised the Company authorised
specifically in that behalf of the generally or specifically in that generally or specifically in that
directors. behalf of the directors. behalf of the directors.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
138 The Company may have an 149 The Company may have an The Company may have an
official seal for use for sealing official seal for use for sealing official seal for use for sealing
certificates for shares or other certificates for shares or other certificates for shares or other
securities issued by the Company securities issued by the Company securities issued by the Company
as permitted by the provisions of as permitted by the provisions of as permitted by the provisions of
the Companies Ordinance (and the Companies Ordinance (and the Companies Ordinance (and
no signature of any director, no signature of any director, no signature of any director,
officer or other person and no senior management, officer or senior management, officer or
mechanical reproduction thereof other person and no mechanical other person and no mechanical
shall be required on any such reproduction thereof shall be reproduction thereof shall be
certificates or other document to required on any such certificates required on any such certificates
which such official seal so or other document to which such or other document to which such
affixed and such certificates or official seal so affixed and such official seal so affixed and such
other document shall be valid certificates or other document certificates or other document
and deemed to have been sealed shall be valid and deemed to shall be valid and deemed to
and executed with the authority have been sealed and executed have been sealed and executed
of the directors notwithstanding with the authority of the with the authority of the
the absence of any such directors notwithstanding the directors notwithstanding the
signature or mechanical absence of any such signature or absence of any such signature or
reproduction as aforesaid) and an mechanical reproduction as mechanical reproduction as
official seal for use abroad under aforesaid) and an official seal for aforesaid) and an official seal for
the provisions of the Companies use abroad under the provisions use abroad under the provisions
Ordinance where and as the of the Companies Ordinance of the Companies Ordinance
directors shall determine. where and as the directors shall where and as the directors shall
determine. determine.
141 The Company may by ordinary 152 Subject to applicable laws and Subject to applicable laws and
resolution declare dividends but regulations, the Listing Rules regulations, the Listing Rules
no dividend shall exceed the and compliance with any and compliance with any
amount recommended by the dividend distribution plan dividend distribution plan
directors. No dividend shall be approved by the shareholders by approved by the shareholders by
payable except out of the profits
or other distributable reserves of
ordinary resolutions in general
meeting, the~~The ~~Company may
ordinary resolutions in general
meeting, the Company may by
the Company available for by ordinary resolution declare ordinary resolution declare
distribution. dividends but no dividend shall dividends but no dividend shall
exceed the amount recommended exceed the amount recommended
by the directors. No dividend by the directors. No dividend
shall be payable except out of shall be payable except out of
the profits or other distributable the profits or other distributable
reserves of the Company reserves of the Company
available for distribution. available for distribution.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
142 The directors may pay interim 153 As authorised by applicable laws As authorised by applicable laws
dividends if it appears to them
that they are justified by the
and regulations and the general
meeting, the ~~The d~~irectors may
and regulations and the general
meeting, the directors may pay
profits of the Company available pay interim dividends if it interim dividends if it appears to
for distribution. If the share appears to them that they are them that they are justified by
capital is divided into different justified by the profits of the the profits of the Company
classes, the directors may pay Company available for available for distribution. If the
interim dividends on shares distribution. If the share capital share capital is divided into
which confer deferred or non- is divided into different classes, different classes, the directors
preferred rights with regard to the directors may pay interim may pay interim dividends on
dividend as well as on shares dividends on shares which confer shares which confer deferred or
which confer preferential rights deferred or non-preferred rights non-preferred rights with regard
with regard to dividend, and with regard to dividend as well to dividend as well as on shares
provided that the directors act as on shares which confer which confer preferential rights
bona fide they shall not incur preferential rights with regard to with regard to dividend, and
any liability to the holders of dividend, and provided that the provided that the directors act
shares conferring preferred rights directors act bona fide they shall bona fide they shall not incur
for any damage that they may not incur any liability to the any liability to the holders of
suffer by reason of the payment holders of shares conferring shares conferring preferred rights
of an interim dividend on any preferred rights for any damage for any damage that they may
shares having deferred or non- that they may suffer by reason of suffer by reason of the payment
preferred rights. The directors the payment of an interim of an interim dividend on any
may also resolve to pay at half- dividend on any shares having shares having deferred or non-
yearly or other suitable intervals deferred or non-preferred rights. preferred rights. The directors
to be settled by them any The directors may also resolve may also resolve to pay at half-
dividend which may be payable to pay at half-yearly or other yearly or other suitable intervals
at a fixed rate if they are of the suitable intervals to be settled by to be settled by them any
opinion that the reserves of the them any dividend which may be dividend which may be payable
Company justify the payment. payable at a fixed rate if they at a fixed rate if they are of the
are of the opinion that the opinion that the reserves of the
reserves of the Company justify Company justify the payment.
the payment.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
143 The directors may, before 154 The directors may, before The directors may, before
recommending any dividend, set recommending any dividend, set recommending any dividend, set
aside out of the profits of the aside out of the profits of the aside out of the profits of the
Company such sums as it thinks Company such sums as it thinks Company such sums as it thinks
fit as a reserve or reserves which fit as a reserve or reserves which fit as a reserve or reserves which
shall, at the discretion of the shall, subject to applicable laws shall, subject to applicable laws
directors, be applicable for any and regulations, the Listing and regulations, the Listing
purpose to which the profits of Rules and compliance with any Rules and compliance with any
the Company may be properly dividend distribution plan dividend distribution plan
applied, and pending such approved by the shareholders by approved by the shareholders by
application may, at the like ordinary resolutions in general ordinary resolutions in general
discretion, either be employed in meeting, at the discretion of the meeting, at the discretion of the
the business of the Company or directors, be applicable for any directors, be applicable for any
be invested in such investments purpose to which the profits of purpose to which the profits of
(other than shares of the the Company may be properly the Company may be properly
Company) as the directors may applied, and pending such applied, and pending such
from time to time think fit. The application may, at the like application may, at the like
directors may also without discretion, either be employed in discretion, either be employed in
placing the same to reserve carry the business of the Company or the business of the Company or
forward any profits which they be invested in such investments be invested in such investments
may think prudent not to (other than shares of the (other than shares of the
distribute by way of dividend. Company) as the directors may Company) as the directors may
from time to time think fit. The from time to time think fit. The
directors may also without directors may also without
placing the same to reserve carry placing the same to reserve carry
forward any profits which they forward any profits which they
may think prudent not to may think prudent not to
distribute by way of dividend. distribute by way of dividend.

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APPENDIX V

Article no. Article no. Article no.
before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
147 Any dividend or other money 158 Subject to compliance with any
Subject to compliance with any
payable in respect of a share dividend distribution plan
dividend distribution plan
may be paid by cheque or approved by the shareholders by
approved by the
shareholders by
warrant sent by post to the
registered address of the person
ordinary resolutions in general
meeting, any ~~Any d~~ividend or
ordinary resolutions in general
meeting, any dividend or other
entitled or, if two or more other money payable in respect
money payable in respect of a
persons are the holders of the of a share may be paid by
share
may be paid by cheque or
share or are jointly entitled to it cheque or warrant sent by post
warrant sent by post to the
by reason of the death or to the registered address of the
registered address of the person
bankruptcy of the holder, to the person entitled or, if two or
entitled or, if two or more
registered address of that one of more persons are the holders of
persons are the holders of the
those persons who is first named the share or are jointly entitled
share
or are jointly entitled to it
in the register of members or to to it by reason of the death or
by reason of the
death or
such person and to such address bankruptcy of the holder, to the
bankruptcy of the holder, to the
as the person or persons entitled registered address of that one of
registered address of that one of
may in writing direct. Every those persons who is first named
those
persons who is first named
cheque or warrant shall be made in the register of members or to
in the register of members or to
payable to the order of or to the such person and to such address
such person and
to such address
person or persons entitled or to as the person or persons entitled
as the person or
persons entitled
such other person as the person may in writing direct. Every
may in writing direct. Every
or persons entitled may in cheque or warrant shall be made
cheque or warrant shall be made
writing direct and payment of payable to the order of or to the
payable to the order of or to the
the cheque or warrant shall be a person or persons entitled or to
person or persons entitled or to
good discharge to the Company. such other person as the person
such other person as the person
Any such dividend or other or persons entitled may in
or persons entitled may in
money may also be paid by any writing direct and payment of
writing direct and payment of
other method (including direct the cheque or warrant shall be a
the cheque or warrant shall be a
debit or credit and bank transfer) good discharge to the Company.
good
discharge to the Company.
which the directors consider Any such dividend or other
Any such dividend or other
appropriate. Any joint holder or money may also be paid by any
money may also
be paid by any
other person jointly entitled to a other method (including direct
other
method (including direct
share as aforesaid may give debit or credit and bank transfer)
debit
or credit and bank transfer)
receipts for any dividend or which the directors consider
which the directors consider
other money payable in respect appropriate. Any joint holder or
appropriate. Any
joint holder or
of the share. The Company shall other person jointly entitled to a
other
person jointly entitled to a
not be liable or responsible for share as aforesaid may give
share
as aforesaid may give
any cheque or warrant lost in receipts for any dividend or
receipts for any dividend or
transmission nor for any other money payable in respect
other
money payable in respect
dividend or other monies lost to of the share. The Company shall
of the share. The Company shall
the member or person entitled not be liable or responsible for
not be liable or responsible for
thereto by the forged any cheque or warrant lost in
any cheque or warrant lost in
endorsement of any cheque or transmission nor for any
transmission nor
for any
warrant. dividend or other monies lost to
dividend or other monies lost to
the member or person entitled
the member or person entitled
thereto by the forged
thereto by the forged
endorsement of any cheque or
endorsement of any cheque or
warrant. The payment of
warrant. The payment of
dividends and other matters
dividends and other matters
related to the holders of RMB
related to the holders of RMB
ordinary shares of the Company
ordinary shares of the Company
shall comply with the
shall
comply with the
requirements of relevant laws
requirements of relevant laws
and regulations in China.
and regulations in China.

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151(a) The directors may: 162(a) Unless otherwise provided by Unless otherwise provided by
applicable laws and regulations, applicable laws and regulations,
... the Listing Rules and these
articles, the ~~The d~~irectors may:
the Listing Rules and these
articles, the directors may:
... ...
159 Subject as otherwise provided by 170 Subject as otherwise provided by Subject as otherwise provided by
the Companies Ordinance, the the Companies Ordinance, the the Companies Ordinance, the
remuneration of the auditors remuneration of the auditors remuneration of the auditors
shall be fixed by the Company shall be ~~fixed by the Company~~ shall be approved by ordinary
in general meeting, provided ~~in general meeting, provided~~ resolutions at a general meeting.
always that in respect of any ~~always that in respect of any~~
particular year the Company in ~~particular year the Company in~~
general meeting may delegate ~~general meeting may delegate~~
the fixing of such remuneration ~~the fixing of such remuneration~~
to the directors. ~~to the directors a~~pproved by
ordinary resolutions at a general
meeting.
161 The Company may, to the extent Nil ~~The Company may, to the extent~~ Nil
permitted by and in accordance ~~permitted by and in accordance~~
with applicable laws and ~~with applicable laws and~~
regulations, make copies of its ~~regulations, make copies of its~~
listing documents (together with ~~listing documents (together ~~ ~~with~~
the relative application forms) ~~the relative application forms)~~
available to the public: ~~available to the public:~~
(a)
in electronic format on
~~(a)~~
~~in electronic format ~~
~~on~~
CD ROM (together with ~~CD ROM (together ~~ ~~with~~
any related application ~~any related application~~
forms in electronic format ~~forms in electronic format~~
on the same CD ROM); ~~on the same CD ROM);~~
and/or ~~and/or~~
(b)
in electronic format
~~(b)~~
~~in electronic format~~
through publication of the ~~through publication ~~ ~~of the~~
listing document (together ~~listing document (together~~
with any related ~~with any related~~
application forms) on the ~~application forms) on the~~
Company’s own website ~~Company’s own website~~
on a continuous basis for ~~on a continuous basis for~~
at least five years from ~~at least five years from~~
the date of first ~~the date of first~~
publication. ~~publication.~~

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165 Subject to and to the extent not 175 Subject to and to the extent not Subject to and to the extent not
prohibited by law and in prohibited by law and in prohibited by law and in
accordance with the Ordinance, accordance with the Ordinance, accordance with the Ordinance,
the Listing Rules and other the Listing Rules and other the Listing Rules and other
applicable laws, rules and applicable laws, rules and applicable laws, rules and
regulations, the Company may regulations, the Company may regulations, the Company may
give notice to any member or give notice to any member or give notice to any member or
other entitled person: other entitled person: other entitled person:
(a) personally; (a) personally; (a) personally;
(b) by sending it by post in a (b) by sending it by post in a (b) by sending it by post in a
prepaid envelope or prepaid envelope or prepaid envelope or
wrapper addressed to the wrapper addressed to the wrapper addressed to the
member at his registered member at his registered member at his registered
address as appearing in address as appearing in address as appearing in
the register (or in the the register (or in the the register (or in the
case of any other entitled case of any other entitled case of any other entitled
person, to such address as person, to such address as person, to such address as
he may provide to the he may provide to the he may provide to the
Company for that Company for that Company for that
purpose); purpose); purpose);
(c) by delivering or leaving (c) by delivering or leaving (c) by delivering or leaving
it at such address as it at such address as it at such address as
aforesaid; aforesaid; aforesaid;
(d) by publishing such notice (d) by publishing such notice (d) by publishing such notice
in one English language in one English language in one English language
and one Chinese language and one Chinese language and one Chinese language
newspaper; newspaper; newspaper;
(e) by sending it in (e) by sending it in (e) by sending it in
accordance with accordance with accordance with
applicable legislation and applicable ~~legislation~~ applicable laws and
the Listing Rules as an laws and regulations and regulations and the
electronic communication the Listing Rules as an Listing Rules as an
to the member or the electronic communication electronic communication
entitled person at his to the member or the to the member or the
electronic address as he entitled person at his entitled person at his
may provide to the electronic address as he electronic address as he
Company; may provide to the may provide to the
Company; Company;
(f) by publishing it in
accordance with (f) by publishing it in (f) by publishing it in
applicable legislation and accordance with accordance with
the Listing Rules on the applicable ~~legislation~~ applicable laws and
Company’s computer laws and regulations and regulations and the
network (including the the Listing Rules on the Listing Rules on the
Company’s website); Company’s computer Company’s computer
network (including the network (including the
Company’s website) or Company’s website) or
the Stock Exchange’s the Stock Exchange’s
website; website;

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(g) subject to the applicable (g)
subject to the applicable
(g)
subject
to the applicable
legislation and the Listing
Rules, by any other
~~legislation l~~aws and
regulations and the
laws and regulations and
the Listing Rules, by any
means authorised in Listing Rules, by any other means authorised in
writing by the member or other means authorised in writing by the member or
the entitled person writing by the member or the entitled person
concerned; or the entitled person concerned; or
concerned; or
(h) by any means permitted (h)
by any means permitted
by applicable legislation (h)
by any means permitted
by applicable laws and
and the Listing Rules. by applicable ~~legislation~~ regulations and the
laws and regulations and Listing Rules.
the Listing Rules.
166(e) Any notice or document or 176(e) Any notice or document or Any notice or document or
corporate communication given corporate communication given corporate communication given
or issued by or on behalf of the or issued by or on behalf of the or issued by or on behalf of the
Company: ... (e) if published on Company: ... (e) if published on Company: ... (e) if published on
the Company’s computer the Company’s computer the Company’s computer
network (including the network (including the network (including the
Company’s website), shall be Company’s website) or the Stock Company’s website) or the Stock
deemed to have been served, Exchange’s website, shall be Exchange’s website, shall be
received or delivered 24 hours deemed to have been served, deemed to have been served,
after the later of (a) where it is received or delivered 24 hours received or delivered 24 hours
so published, (b) notification of after the later of (a) where it is after the later of (a) where it is
such publication is given by the so published, (b) notification of so published, (b) notification of
Company at the time as such publication is given by the such publication is given by the
prescribed by the Ordinance and Company at the time as Company at the time as
other applicable laws, rules and prescribed by the Ordinance and prescribed by the Ordinance and
regulations; ... other applicable laws, rules and other applicable laws, rules and
regulations; ... regulations; ...
Nil Nil 181 After RMB ordinary shares of After RMB ordinary shares of
the Company is listed on the the Company is listed on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the
company shall make company shall make
announcements in accordance announcements in accordance
with the requirements of the with the requirements of the
CSRC and the Shanghai Stock CSRC and the Shanghai Stock
Exchange. Notices issued by the Exchange. Notices issued by the
Company to the holders of its Company to the holders of its
RMB ordinary shares shall be RMB ordinary shares shall be
announced on the media announced on the media
designated by the CSRC. Once designated by the CSRC. Once
the announcement is made, it the announcement is made, it
will be deemed that all holders will be deemed that all holders
of RMB ordinary shares of the of RMB ordinary shares of the
Company have received the Company have received the
notice. Where the notice is to be notice. Where the notice is to be
sent to other shareholders at the sent to other shareholders at the
same time, the provisions of same time, the provisions of
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176 (a) Subject to the provisions 187 (a) Subject to the provisions (a) Subject to the provisions
of the Companies of the Companies of the Companies
Ordinance, but without Ordinance, but without Ordinance, but without
prejudice to any prejudice to any prejudice to any
indemnity to which a indemnity to which a indemnity to which a
director may otherwise be director may otherwise be director may otherwise be
entitled every director, entitled every director, entitled every director,
former director, former director, former director,
responsible person, responsible person, senior responsible person, senior
officer or auditor of the management, officer or management, officer or
Company shall be auditor of the Company auditor of the Company
indemnified out of the shall be indemnified out shall be indemnified out
assets of the Company of the assets of the of the assets of the
against any liability, loss Company against any Company against any
or expenditure incurred liability, loss or liability, loss or
by him in defending any expenditure incurred by expenditure incurred by
proceedings, whether him in defending any him in defending any
civil or criminal, which proceedings, whether proceedings, whether
relate to anything done or civil or criminal, which civil or criminal, which
omitted to be done or relate to anything done or relate to anything done or
alleged to have been done omitted to be done or omitted to be done or
or omitted to be done by alleged to have been done alleged to have been done
him as a director, former or omitted to be done by or omitted to be done by
director, responsible him as a director, former him as a director, former
person, officer or auditor director, responsible director, responsible
of the Company. person, senior person, senior
management, officer or management, officer or
(b) Paragraph (a) shall not auditor of the Company. auditor of the Company.
apply to:
(b) Paragraph (a) shall not (b) Paragraph (a) shall not
(i)
any
liability of the apply to: apply to:
director, former
director, (i)
any liability of the
(i)
any liability of the
responsible director, former director, former
person, officer or director, director,
auditor to pay: responsible responsible
(A) a fine
imposed in
criminal
proceedings;
person, senior
management,
officer or auditor
to pay:
person, senior
management,
officer or auditor
to pay:
or (A)
a fine
(A)
a fine
(B) a sum
payable by
way of a
penalty in
imposed in
criminal
proceedings;
or
imposed in
criminal
proceedings;
or
respect of (B)
a sum
(B)
a sum
non- payable by payable by
compliance way of a way of a
with any penalty in penalty in
requirement respect of respect of
of a non- non-
regulatory compliance compliance
nature; or with any with any
requirement requirement
of a of a
regulatory regulatory
nature; or nature; or

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(ii) any liability incurred by (ii) any liability incurred by (ii) any liability incurred by
the director, former the director, former the director, former
director, responsible director, responsible director, responsible
person, officer or auditor: person, senior person, senior
(A) in defending
criminal
management, officer or
auditor:
management, officer or
auditor:
proceedings in (A) in defending (A) in defending
which the director, criminal criminal
former director, proceedings in proceedings in
responsible which the director, which the director,
person, officer or former director, former director,
auditor is responsible responsible
convicted; person, senior person, senior
(B) in defending civil
proceedings
brought by the
management,
officer or auditor
is convicted;
management,
officer or auditor
is convicted;
Company, or an (B) in defending civil (B) in defending civil
associated proceedings proceedings
company of the brought by the brought by the
Company, in Company, or an Company, or an
which judgment is associated associated
given against the company of the company of the
director, former Company, in Company, in
director, which judgment is which judgment is
responsible given against the given against the
person, officer or director, former director, former
auditor; director, director,
(C) in defending civil
proceedings
brought on behalf
of the Company
responsible
person, senior
management,
officer or auditor;
responsible
person, senior
management,
officer or auditor;
by a member of (C) in defending civil (C) in defending civil
the Company or of proceedings proceedings
an associated brought on behalf brought on behalf
company of the of the Company of the Company
Company, in by a member of by a member of
which judgment is the Company or of the Company or of
given against the an associated an associated
director, former company of the company of the
director, Company, in Company, in
responsible which judgment is which judgment is
person, officer or given against the given against the
auditor; director, former director, former
director, director,
responsible responsible
person, senior person, senior
management, management,
officer or auditor; officer or auditor;

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(D) in defending civil (D)
in defending civil
(D) in defending civil
proceedings proceedings proceedings
brought on behalf brought on behalf brought on behalf
of an associated of an associated of an associated
company of the company of the company of the
Company by a Company by a Company by a
member of the member of the member of the
associated associated associated
company or by a company or by a company or by a
member of an member of an member of an
associated associated associated
company of the company of the company of the
associated associated associated
company, in which company, in which company, in which
judgment is given judgment is given judgment is given
against the against the against the
director, former director, former director, former
director, director, director,
responsible responsible responsible
person, officer or person, senior person, senior
auditor; or management, management,
(E) in connection with
an application for
officer or auditor;
or
officer or auditor;
or
relief under (E)
in connection with
(E) in connection with
section 903 or 904 an application for an application for
of the Companies relief under relief under
Ordinance in section 903 or 904 section 903 or 904
which the Court of the Companies of the Companies
refuses to grant Ordinance in Ordinance in
the director, which the Court which the Court
former director, refuses to grant refuses to grant
responsible the director, the director,
person, officer or former director, former director,
auditor relief. responsible responsible
person, senior person, senior
management, management,
officer or auditor officer or auditor
relief. relief.

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180 Any director or the secretary or 191 Any director or the secretary or Any director or the secretary or
other authorised officer of the other authorised senior other authorised senior
Company shall have power to management or officer of the management or officer of the
authenticate any documents Company shall have power to Company shall have power to
affecting the constitution of the authenticate any documents authenticate any documents
Company and any resolutions affecting the constitution of the affecting the constitution of the
passed by the Company or the Company and any resolutions Company and any resolutions
directors or any committee, and passed by the Company or the passed by the Company or the
any books, records, documents directors or any committee, and directors or any committee, and
and accounts relating to the any books, records, documents any books, records, documents
business of the Company, and to and accounts relating to the and accounts relating to the
certify copies thereof or extracts business of the Company, and to business of the Company, and to
therefrom as true copies or certify copies thereof or extracts certify copies thereof or extracts
extracts and, where any books, therefrom as true copies or therefrom as true copies or
records, documents or accounts extracts and, where any books, extracts and, where any books,
are elsewhere than at the Office, records, documents or accounts records, documents or accounts
the local manager or such other are elsewhere than at the Office, are elsewhere than at the Office,
officer of the Company having the local manager or such other the local manager or such other
the custody thereof shall be senior management, officer of senior management, officer of
deemed to be the authorised the Company having the custody the Company having the custody
officer of the Company as thereof shall be deemed to be thereof shall be deemed to be
aforesaid. A document purporting the authorised officer of the the authorised officer of the
to be a copy of a resolution or Company as aforesaid. A Company as aforesaid. A
an extract from the minutes of a document purporting to be a document purporting to be a
meeting of the Company or of copy of a resolution or an copy of a resolution or an
the directors or any local board extract from the minutes of a extract from the minutes of a
or committee which is certified meeting of the Company or of meeting of the Company or of
as aforesaid shall be conclusive the directors or any local board the directors or any local board
evidence in favour of all persons or committee which is certified or committee which is certified
dealing with the Company upon as aforesaid shall be conclusive as aforesaid shall be conclusive
the faith thereof that such evidence in favour of all persons evidence in favour of all persons
resolution has been duly passed, dealing with the Company upon dealing with the Company upon
or as the case may be, that any the faith thereof that such the faith thereof that such
minute so extracted is a true and resolution has been duly passed, resolution has been duly passed,
accurate record of proceedings at or as the case may be, that any or as the case may be, that any
a duly constituted meeting. minute so extracted is a true and minute so extracted is a true and
accurate record of proceedings at accurate record of proceedings at
a duly constituted meeting. a duly constituted meeting.

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revision revision 1
181 (a) Notwithstanding anything Nil ~~(a)~~
~~Notwithstanding anything~~
Nil
contained in these ~~contained in these~~
Articles, if the ~~Articles, if the~~
Companies Ordinance ~~Companies Ordinance~~
prohibits an act being ~~prohibits an act being~~
done, the act shall not be ~~done, the act shall not be~~
done. ~~done.~~
(b) Nothing contained in ~~(b)~~
~~Nothing contained in~~
these Articles prevents an ~~these Articles prevents an~~
act being done that the ~~act being done that the~~
Companies Ordinance ~~Companies Ordinance~~
requires to be done. ~~requires to be done.~~
(c) If any provision of these ~~(c)~~
~~If any provision of these~~
Articles is or becomes ~~Articles is or becomes~~
inconsistent with any ~~inconsistent with any~~
provision of the ~~provision of the~~
Companies Ordinance, ~~Companies Ordinance,~~
these Articles are deemed ~~these Articles are deemed~~
not to contain that ~~not to contain that~~
provision to the extent of ~~provision to the extent of~~
the inconsistency and to ~~the inconsistency and to~~
the extent it does not ~~the extent it does not~~
breach any provision of ~~breach any provision of~~
the Companies ~~the Companies~~
Ordinance. ~~Ordinance.~~
Nil Nil 192 The issuance, listing,
The issuance, listing,
registration, trading and other
registration, trading and other
matters of the Company’s RMB
matters of the Company’s RMB
ordinary shares are governed by
ordinary shares are governed by
the Chinese laws, regulations
the Chinese laws, regulations
and regulatory documents. If the
and regulatory documents. If the
Company maintains the listing of
Company maintains the listing of
its RMB ordinary shares on the
its RMB ordinary shares on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange, the
Shanghai Stock Exchange, the
Company shall comply with the
Company shall comply with the
Chinese laws and regulations and
Chinese laws
and regulations and
relevant requirements of the PRC
relevant requirements of the PRC
securities regulatory authorities
securities regulatory authorities
for red-chip enterprises and any
for red-chip enterprises and any
applicable Hong Kong law. The
applicable Hong Kong law. The
arrangements of the Company to
arrangements
of the Company to
protect the rights of holders of
protect the rights of holders of
its RMB ordinary shares as a
its RMB ordinary shares as a
whole shall not be less than the
whole shall not be less than the
requirements of Chinese laws,
requirements
of Chinese laws,
regulations and regulatory
regulations and regulatory
documents.
documents.

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before Before revision after After revision (with marks) After revision (clean)
revision revision 1
Nil Nil 193 Any dispute arising from the Any dispute arising from the
initial public offering and listing initial public offering and listing
of RMB Ordinary shares on the of RMB Ordinary shares on the
STAR Market of the Shanghai STAR Market of the Shanghai
Stock Exchange and during the Stock Exchange and during the
listing period of the Company on listing period of the Company on
STAR Market of the Shanghai STAR Market of the Shanghai
Stock Exchange shall be Stock Exchange shall be
governed by the laws of the governed by the laws of the
PRC, and be adjudicated by PRC, and be adjudicated by
competent courts in China. competent courts in China.
The “disputes” include: The “disputes” include:
(1) where Directors or senior (1) where Directors or senior
management personnel management personnel
violate laws and violate laws and
regulations or the regulations or the
provisions of these provisions of these
articles in performing articles in performing
their duties and cause their duties and cause
losses to the Company, or losses to the Company, or
others infringe on the others infringe on the
legal rights and interests legal rights and interests
of the Company and of the Company and
cause losses to the cause losses to the
Company, derivative Company, derivative
litigation filed by litigation filed by
shareholders who shareholders who
individually or individually or
collectively hold more collectively hold more
than 1% of the than 1% of the
Company’s RMB ordinary Company’s RMB ordinary
shares for more than 180 shares for more than 180
consecutive days; consecutive days;
(2) where the company fails (2) where the company fails
to disclose information in to disclose information in
accordance with accordance with
regulations, or there is regulations, or there is
misrepresentation, misrepresentation,
misleading statement or misleading statement or
material omission in material omission in
securities issuance securities issuance
documents, regular documents, regular
reports, interim reports reports, interim reports
and other information and other information
disclosure materials, disclosure materials,
which causes holders of which causes holders of
RMB ordinary shares to RMB ordinary shares to
suffer losses in securities suffer losses in securities
transactions, civil transactions, civil
lawsuits filed by holders lawsuits filed by holders
of RMB ordinary shares of RMB ordinary shares
against the Company and against the Company and
other responsible persons. other responsible persons.

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revision revision 1
Nil Nil 194 For matters not covered in these For matters not covered in these
articles or where any of these articles or where any of these
articles conflicts with the laws, articles conflicts with the laws,
administrative regulations, administrative regulations,
departmental rules, normative departmental rules, normative
documents promulgated from documents promulgated from
time to time, and the relevant time to time, and the relevant
provisions of the securities provisions of the securities
regulatory rules of the places regulatory rules of the places
where the Company’s shares are where the Company’s shares are
listed, the relevant laws, listed, the relevant laws,
administrative regulations, administrative regulations,
departmental rules, normative departmental rules, normative
documents and the securities documents and the securities
regulatory rules of the places regulatory rules of the places
where the Company’s shares are where the Company’s shares are
listed shall prevail. listed shall prevail.

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APPENDIX VI

HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

POLICY GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE HOLDING OF GENERAL MEETINGS

Chapter 1 General Provisions

  • Article 1. In order to protect the legitimate interests of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”) and its shareholders, clearly define the duties and powers of the general meetings of shareholders, improve the efficiency of discussion for general meetings, and ensure the general meetings can lawfully exercise duties and authorities, these Rules are specially formulated in accordance with the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (hereinafter referred to as the “ Companies Ordinance ”), the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the “ STAR Market Listing Rules” ), the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Stock Exchange Listing Rules ”, which, together with the STAR Market Listing Rules, are collectively referred to as the “ Listing Rules ”), and other laws, regulations and normative documents, the Articles of Association of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Articles of Association ”), as well as the actual circumstances of the Company.

  • Article 2. The Company, all shareholders, shareholders’ proxies, all Directors, senior management officers, relevant staffs of the general meetings, and other personnel present at the general meetings are bound by these Rules.

  • Article 3. The board of the Company shall comply strictly with the provisions related to the convening of the general meetings in applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, and the Articles of Association, and shall organize the general meetings earnestly and timely. All Directors of the Company shall bear the responsibility of integrity and diligence for normal convening of the general meetings. No Director shall hinder the general meetings from lawfully performing the duties thereof.

Chapter 2 Powers of the General Meeting

  • Article 4. Subject to the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, the general meeting of the Company may exercise the following powers:

  • (1) to consider and approve the Company’s increase in the total number of outstanding shares (including issued shares (including preferred shares), securities convertible into shares, warrants and other securities that affect the Company’s share capital);

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  • (2) to cancel any shares that have not been subscribed for or agreed to subscribe for by any person on the date on which the relevant resolution is passed;

  • (3) to appoint and remove any directors (except those who may be appointed and removed by the board as permitted by applicable laws and regulations and the Articles of Association);

  • (4) to approve the payment of any compensation to any director or former director for dismissal or retirement in addition to contractual entitlements;

  • (5) to consider and approve the Company’s dividend distribution plan;

  • (6) to consider and approve the annual report of the board;

  • (7) to determine fundamental change of the Company’s business;

  • (8) to make a resolution on the Company’s engagement and dismissal of the auditor responsible for the annual review;

  • (9) to consider and approve the external guarantees that should be approved by the general meeting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules;

  • (10) to consider and approve the Company’s equity incentive plan and employee stock ownership plan;

  • (11) to consider and approve major transactions that should be approved by the general meeting as stipulated in Article 5 of these Rules;

  • (12) to consider and approve connected or related transactions that should be approved by the general meeting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules;

  • (13) to reduce the total number of outstanding shares of the Company (including any redemption or repurchase of shares not covered by the general mandate granted by shareholders in general meetings), subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Articles of Association and other requirements of the Companies Ordinance;

  • (14) to approve amendments to the Articles of Association, or to adopt new Articles of Association of the Company;

  • (15) to consider and approve the purchase or sale of major assets of the Company that exceeds 30% of the Company’s latest audited total assets within one year;

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  • (16) to consider and approve the change of the use of raised funds that should be approved by the general meeting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, regulatory documents and the Listing Rules;

  • (17) to approve the merger, division, spin-off, dissolution, liquidation or change of corporate form of the Company;

  • (18) to approve any voluntary withdrawal of shares from the existing stock exchange, and to decide not to trade on the existing stock exchange, or to apply for sale or transfer on other stock exchanges;

  • (19) to consider and approve other matters that should be considered and approved by the general meeting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and others.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules, the general meeting may authorise the board to exercise relevant powers through appropriate procedures. Where applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules allow any matters to be approved in the form of shareholders’ written consent or resolution in lieu of the shareholders’ general meeting, this article shall not be deemed to require such matters to be approved by the shareholders’ general meeting.

The matters considered at the general meeting shall be passed by ordinary resolutions or special resolutions as prescribed by applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and this article. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this article, where applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and this article require that certain resolutions shall be passed by the members of the Company entitled to vote at the general meeting in person or (if a proxy is allowed) by proxy or (if the member is a corporation) by its duly authorised representative with not less than two-thirds of the votes held by the shareholders present at the meeting, such provision shall be followed.

  • Article 5. The following material transactions of the Company shall be subject to review and approval by the general meetings before implementation:

  • (1) According to the STAR Market Listing Rules, the transactions of the Company (except for providing guarantees) that meet any one of the following criteria should be submitted to the general meeting for consideration and approval after it is considered and approved by the board:

    • (a) The total amount of assets involved in the transaction (where both the book value and the assessed value exist, whichever is higher shall prevail) representing 50% or more of the Company’s most recent audited total assets of the Company in its latest financial period;

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  • (b) The transaction amount representing 50% or more of the market capitalization of the Company;

  • (c) The net assets of the transaction target (e.g. equity) in the most recent financial year representing 50% or more of the market value of the Company;

  • (d) The operating income related to the transaction target (e.g. equity) in the most recent financial year representing 50% or more of the audited operating income of the Company in the most recent financial year, and exceeding RMB50 million;

  • (e) The profits generated by the transaction representing 50% or more of the audited net profits of the Company in the most recent financial year, and exceeding RMB5 million;

  • (f) The net profits related to the transaction target (e.g. equity) in the most recent financial year representing 50% or more of the audited net profits of the Company in the most recent financial year, and exceeding RMB5 million.

The transaction amount mentioned above refers to the transaction amount paid and the debts and expenses incurred. If the transaction arrangement involves possible payment or collection of consideration in the future, and there is no specific amount or the amount is to be determined based on conditions, the maximum expected amount will be the transaction amount.

The market value specified above refers to the arithmetic average of the closing market price of 10 trading days before the transaction.

  • (2) If a transaction shall be submitted for consideration and approval by the shareholders at general meeting in accordance with the Stock Exchange Listing Rules, such transaction shall be so submitted to shareholders at general meeting for consideration and approval after the board has considered and approved the same.

Chapter 3 Convening of General Meetings

  • Article 6. In addition to any other general meeting, the Company is required by laws and regulations to hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting in each financial year of the Company, and the notice of convening the meeting shall specify the convening of the annual general meeting. The annual general meeting should be held within six months after the end of each financial year. All general meetings other than annual general meetings are called extraordinary general meetings.

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  • Article 7. The board may convene a general meeting when they deem appropriate, or may convene a general meeting upon request by shareholders in accordance with the Companies Ordinance.

  • Article 8. The general meetings can be held in two or more places, using technology so that shareholders who are not in the same place can listen, speak and vote at the meeting. Specifically, the directors may, at their absolute discretion, designate a general meeting to be held in the form of a physical meeting, a hybrid meeting or an electronic meeting. The board shall, in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, provide convenient means for shareholders to participate in a general meeting by adopting a safe, economical and convenient network-based mean or other means.

  • Article 9. The shareholders who individually or jointly hold 5% or more of the voting shares issued by the Company have the right to request the board to convene a general meeting and add resolutions to the meeting agenda, on a one vote per share basis. The board shall, issue a notice to convene a general meeting within the period stipulated in Company Ordinance and the changes made to the request by shareholders shall be subject to the consent of relevant shareholders. If the board fails to convene the general meeting within the period stipulated in Company Ordinance after receiving the request, the shareholders who request to convene the general meeting or the requesting shareholders who hold more than half of the total voting rights held by the requesting shareholders, may convene the general meeting by themselves.

The board and Company Secretary shall cooperate with respect to the general meeting convened by the shareholders. If the general meeting is convened by the shareholders as a result of the Board’ refusal to convene the same in response to the said request, any reasonable expenses incurred for the meeting shall be borne by the Company.

Chapter 4 Proposals at General Meetings

  • Article 10. The proposals for consideration at general meetings shall be within the scope of authorities and duties of the shareholders at general meetings, specific proposals and resolutions shall be provided in compliance with relevant requirements under applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association.

  • Article 11. The shareholders of the Company can handle the following matters at the general meeting:

  • (1) the matters set out in the notice of general meeting (or any supplement thereof) given by the board (or any duly authorised committee) or at its direction;

  • (2) the matters referred to the general meeting for handling by the board (or any duly authorised committee) or otherwise duly at its direction;

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  • (3) the matters related to shareholders’ request for the Company to circulate the resolutions of the annual general meeting in accordance with Section 615 of the Companies Ordinance;

  • (4) on the premise of not affecting the holding of the general meeting as scheduled, the matters properly submitted in accordance with the Articles of Association to the general meeting by the shareholders who meet the following requirements: (i) all of such shareholders are the shareholders of the Company recorded in the register and individually or jointly hold 3% (inclusive) or more of the total number of voting shares issued by the Company when they put forward the proposal to the Company in accordance with the Articles of Association or other regulations of the Company’s system and when the date for determining the right to vote at the relevant general meeting is recorded, and (ii) put forward a proposal and submit it to the board in writing 10 days prior to the general meeting; and

  • (5) any other matters to be approved at any general meeting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules.

  • Article 12. Subject to any other applicable provisions, in order to ensure proper submission of matters by shareholders to general meetings for processing, shareholders shall give appropriate notice in writing to the Corporate Securities Agency of the Company.

  • Article 13. To be in proper written form, a shareholder’s notice bringing in a proposal must set forth the following contents as to each matter shareholders proposes to bring before the general meeting:

  • (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the general meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the general meeting;

  • (2) the name and record address of such shareholder;

  • (3) the class or series and number of shares of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such shareholder;

  • (4) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder and any material interest of such shareholder in such business; and

  • (5) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the general meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

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Chapter 5 Notice of the General Meeting

  • Article 14. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, an annual general meeting shall be called by notice in writing of at least twenty-one clear days (or such longer period as may be required by the Listing Rules), and an extraordinary general meeting shall be called by notice in writing of at least fourteen clear days (or such longer period as may be required by the Listing Rules or Companies Ordinance). The notice shall specify the place, the day and the time of meeting (and if the meeting is to be held in 2 or more places, the principal place of the meeting and the other place or places of the meeting), the agenda and details of the resolution and the general nature of such business, and in the case of an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such. If a resolution (whether or not a special resolution) is intended to be moved at the meeting, the notice must include notice of the resolution, and include or be accompanied by a statement containing any information or explanation that is reasonably necessary to indicate the purpose of the resolution. Notice of a general meeting shall be given to such persons as are, under the Articles of Association, entitled to receive such notices from the Company. For notice of a general meeting, there shall appear on every such notice with reasonable prominence a statement that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote instead of him and that a proxy need not be a member of the Company. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, a meeting of the Company shall, notwithstanding that it is called by shorter notice than that specified in the Articles of Association and this Article, be deemed to have been duly called if it so agreed:

  • (1) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

  • (2) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninety-five per cent of the total voting rights at the meeting of all the members.

  • Article 15. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting or a resolution intended to be moved at a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting or a resolution intended to be moved at a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution(s) passed or the proceedings at that meeting. In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with notices, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution(s) passed the proceedings at that meeting.

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Chapter 6 Convening of the General Meeting

  • Article 16. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business and continues to be present until the conclusion of the meeting. Two persons entitled to vote upon the business to be transacted, each being a member or a proxy for a member or a duly authorised representative of a corporation which is a member, shall be a quorum.

  • Article 17. If a quorum is not present within half an hour after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the meeting, if convened on the requisition of or by members, shall be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and (if applicable) the same place, or to such day, time and (if applicable) place as the board may determine. If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within thirty minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the member or members present in person or by proxy or a duly authorised representative of a corporation which is a member shall be a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was called.

  • Article 18. The chairman (if any) of the board or, in his absence the vice-chairman (if any) or in the absence of both of them some other director nominated by the board shall preside as chairman of every general meeting of the Company but, if neither the chairman nor the vice-chairman nor such other director (if any) is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting and is willing to act, the directors present shall elect one of their number present to be chairman and, if there is only one director present and willing to act, he shall be chairman.

  • Article 19. If no director is willing to act as chairman or, if no director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman.

  • Article 20. Without prejudice to any other power of adjournment he may have under applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association or at common law, the chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place(s) to place(s), but no business shall be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than business which might properly have been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original notice. Save as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or the business to be transacted thereat.

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Article 21. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association, the board may, at its sole discretion, arrange for persons entitled to attend general meetings to attend and participate in general meetings by electronic means at one or more places designated by the board at its sole discretion from time to time.

Article 22. All general meetings are subject to the following:

  • (1) A physical or hybrid meeting will be deemed to have commenced if it has already commenced at the primary meeting venue;

  • (2) A member in person (if the member is a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy:

  • (i) attending and participating in a physical meeting or hybrid meeting at one meeting venue; and/or

  • (ii) attending and participating in an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting through electronic means

shall be deemed to be present at and counted in the quorum of the meeting, and shall be entitled to vote at the meeting, and the meeting shall be duly convened and its proceedings shall be valid, provided that the chairman of the meeting shall be satisfied that sufficient electronic means are available during the meeting to ensure that members and/or proxies at all meeting venues and members and/or proxies through electronic means attending an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting are able to participate in the business of the meeting held for this purpose;

  • (3) If members and/or proxies participate in the meeting by being present at one of the meeting venues, and/or if members and/or proxies participate in an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting through electronic means, but the electronic means or communication equipment fail to function for any reason, or any other arrangements fail to enable persons at the meeting venues other than the primary meeting venue to participate in the business of the meeting, or (in the case of an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting) notwithstanding sufficient electronic means provided by the Company, but one or more members and/or proxies fail to access or continue to access the electronic means, the validity of the meeting or the resolutions passed or any business conducted at the meeting or any action taken pursuant to such business will not be affected thereby, provided that a sufficient quorum is present during the meeting; and; and

  • (4) References in the Articles of Association to the provisions relating to the service and giving of notices of general meetings and the time of delivery of letters of proxy shall be based on the date and time in Hong Kong.

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  • Article 23. The board and (at any general meeting) the chairman of the meeting may from time to time at its sole discretion make appropriate arrangements (including but not limited to issuing tickets or certain other identification methods, passwords, reservations, electronic voting or other methods) for the management of attendance and/or participation and/or voting at any meeting venue and/or (in the case of an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting) through electronic means, and may change any such arrangements from time to time, provided that members entitled to attend the general meeting or adjourned meeting shall have the right to attend and participate in the meeting in person (if the member is a corporation, by its duly authorised representative) or by proxy at a meeting venue or through electronic means; and the right of any member to attend the general meeting or adjourned meeting at relevant meeting venue or through electronic means will be subject to any relevant arrangements which may be in force at the time and those specified in the notice of the meeting or adjourned meeting as applicable to that meeting.

  • Article 24. If the chairman of a general meeting (or, if there is no chairman, the board) considers:

  • (1) in the case of a physical meeting or a hybrid meeting, the electronic means available for attendance at the primary meeting venue or other meeting place of the meeting are insufficient for the purposes set out in the Articles of Association or otherwise insufficient to enable the meeting to be conducted substantially in accordance with the provisions contained in the notice of the meeting;

  • (2) in the case of an electronic general meeting or hybrid meeting, the electronic means provided by the Company are insufficient;

  • (3) it is impossible or practicable to ascertain the views of those present or to give all persons entitled to communicate and/or vote at the meeting a reasonable opportunity to do so; or

  • (4) the occurrence of violence or threats of violence, misconduct or other disturbances at the meeting makes it impossible or practicable to ensure the proper and orderly conduct of the meeting,

then without prejudice to any other powers the chairman or the board may have under the Articles of Association or at common law, the chairman or the board may, at its absolute discretion, adjourn the meeting (including adjournment indefinitely), before or after the commencement of the meeting, without the consent of the general meeting, regardless of whether the general meeting has a sufficient quorum. All matters handled at the meeting until the adjournment are valid. Adjournment is subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association.

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  • Article 25. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association, a physical meeting may also be held by telephone, electronic or other means of communication which allows all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such meeting will constitute physical attendance at the meeting.

Chapter 7 Voting and Resolution of the General Meeting

  • Article 26. At any general meeting, the shareholders may speak and vote in respect of any resolutions. However, if permitted by the Listing Rules of the relevant stock exchange, the chairman of the general meeting may in good faith, allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be decided by a show of hands. For the purposes of the Articles of Association, procedural and administrative matters are those that (i) are not on the agenda of the general meeting or in any supplementary circular that may be issued by the Company to its members; and (ii) relate to the chairman’s duties to maintain the orderly conduct of the meeting and/or allow the business of the meeting to be properly and effectively dealt with, whilst allowing all members a reasonable opportunity to express their views.

  • Article 27. On any resolution where a vote is not required under applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, or the Articles of Association to be held on a poll, a poll may be demanded before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands:

  • (1) by the chairman of the meeting; or

  • (2) by not less than five members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

  • (3) by a member or members present in person or by proxy, or a duly authorised representative of a corporation which is a member, representing not less than five percent (5%) of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

  • (4) by a member or members holding shares conferring a right to vote at the meeting on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right.

Where a resolution is voted on by a show of hands, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.

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  • Article 28. The demand for a poll may, before the poll is taken, be withdrawn but only with the consent of the chairman at any time before the close of the meeting or the taking of the poll, whichever is the earlier, and a demand so withdrawn shall not be taken to have invalidated the result of a show of hands declared before the demand was made.

  • Article 29. A poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and he may appoint scrutineers (who need not be members) and fix a time and place for declaring the result of the poll. The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.

  • Article 30. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall be entitled to a casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

  • Article 31. A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either forthwith or at such time and place as the chairman directs, not being more than thirty days after the poll is demanded. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll was demanded. If a poll is demanded before the declaration of the result of a show of hands and the demand is duly withdrawn, the meeting shall continue as if the demand had not been made.

  • Article 32. (1) Subject to the provisions of applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules, a resolution in writing signed by all the members who on the date of circulation of the resolution in writing are entitled to attend and vote at general meetings shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held. A written notice of confirmation of such resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of a member shall be deemed to be his signature to such resolution in writing for the purposes of this Article. Such resolution in writing may consist of several documents each signed by or on behalf of one or more members. A resolution which is signed and sent by a member by facsimile message or other electronic means shall be treated as being signed by him for the purpose of this Article.

  • (2) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in the Articles of Association, a resolution in writing shall not be passed for the purpose of removing a director before the expiration of the director’s term of office or for the purpose of removing the auditors before the end of the auditor’s term of office.

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  • Article 33. Where any member is, under the rules prescribed by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Shanghai Stock Exchange from time to time, required to abstain from voting on any particular resolution or restricted to voting only for or only against any particular resolution, any votes cast by or on behalf of such shareholder in contravention of such requirement or restriction shall not be counted.

  • Article 34. Shareholders have the right to supervise the Company’s business operations and make suggestions or inquiries in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association. Directors and officers shall provide explanations on the members’ reasonable inquiries and suggestions at the general meeting.

  • Article 35. Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, on a show of hands every member who (being an individual) is present in person or (being a corporation) is present by a duly authorised representative at any general meeting shall have one vote only, and on a poll every member shall have one vote for every fully paid-up share of which he is the holder.

  • Article 36. In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the register of members.

  • Article 37. Any person entitled under the Articles of Association to be registered as the holder of any shares may vote at any general meeting in respect thereof in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of such shares, provided that at least 48 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting (as the case may be) at which he proposes to vote, he shall satisfy the directors of his right to be registered as the holder of such shares or the board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect thereof.

  • Article 38. A member of unsound mind or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere) in lunacy may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee, receiver or curator bonis appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may, on a show of hands or on a poll, vote by proxy. If any member is a minor, he may vote by his guardian or one of his guardians who may give their votes personally or by proxy.

  • Article 39. No member shall have the right to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares, either in person or by representative or proxy, in respect of any share held by him unless all amounts presently payable by him in respect of that share have been paid.

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  • Article 40. Subject to the rules prescribed by the stock exchange(s) where shares of the Company are listed and the China Securities Regulatory Commission from time to time, only the persons registered as shareholders of the Company on the record date of any general meeting are entitled to vote at such meeting. No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter or to the counting of, or failure to count, any vote, except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered. Subject to any objection made in due time, every vote counted and not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid and every vote disallowed or not counted whether given personally or by proxy shall be invalid. Any objection as to voting made in due time shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

  • Article 41. Subject to the rules prescribed by the stock exchanges where shares of the Company are listed and the China Securities Regulatory Commission from time to time, on a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy or (in the case of a corporate member) by a duly authorised representative. A member entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses the same way.

  • Article 42. The following matters shall be approved by the shareholders by way of special resolution passed at a general meeting:

  • (1) subject to compliance with other requirements of applicable laws and regulations, to consider and approve any reduction of the number of issued shares of the Company(except for redemption or repurchase of shares under general mandate granted by shareholders of the Company at a general meeting);

  • (2) to consider and approve any amendment to the Articles of Association of the Company or adoption of new Articles of Association of the Company;

  • (3) to consider and approve any amalgamation, winding up or change of company status of the Company (including a change from a public company to a private company);

  • (4) other matters which are required to be passed by a special resolution in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, Listing Rules and the Articles of Association.

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Notwithstanding other requirements under the Articles of Association, the following matters shall be passed by votes representing not less than two-thirds of the voting rights held by the shareholders of the Company present at a general meeting who, being entitled to do so, vote either in person or (if a proxy is permitted) by proxy or (if the shareholder is a corporation) by its duly authorised representative at the meeting:

  • (1) to consider and approve any material purchase or disposal of assets, where the transaction amount within one year exceeds 30% of the latest audited total assets of the Company, as provided under applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules;

  • (2) to consider and approve any provision of guarantees by the Company, where the guaranteed amount within one year exceeds 30% of the latest audited total assets of the Company, as provided under applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules; and

  • (3) other matters that only require approval by two-thirds or more of voting rights held by shareholders attending the meeting pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules, and the Articles of Association.

Except as otherwise provided by applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, other matters shall be passed by an ordinary resolution at a general meeting.

Chapter 8 Proxies of Shareholders

  • Article 43. Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A member may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion. A proxy need not be a member.

  • Article 44. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and in such form which the board may approve, provided that this shall not preclude the use of the two-way form. An instrument of proxy shall be executed by the appointor or by its duly authorised representative. A corporation may execute a form of proxy either under its common seal or under the hand of a duly authorised officer. Deposit of an instrument of proxy shall not preclude a member from attending and voting at the meeting or at any adjournment of it and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

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  • Article 45. Any instrument of proxy issued to a member for use by him for appointing a proxy to attend and vote at an extraordinary general meeting or at an annual general meeting at which any business is to be transacted shall be such as to enable the member, according to his intention, to instruct the proxy to vote in favour of or against (or, in default of instructions, to exercise his discretion in respect of) each resolution dealing with any business; and unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

  • Article 46. The Company may at its sole discretion from time to time designate an electronic address for receipt of any documents or information relating to the proxy for general meetings. Where the Company provides relevant electronic address, it shall be deemed to have agreed to any such document or information (relating to the aforesaid proxy) may be sent electronically to this address, subject to the provisions below and any other restrictions and conditions specified by the Company at the time of providing such relevant address. The Company may determine, from time to time and without limitation, any relevant electronic address may be used generally for such matters or exclusively for a particular general meeting or purpose, and (if so) the Company may provide different electronic addresses for different purposes. The Company may also attach any conditions to the transmission and receipt of such electronic communications, including (for the avoidance of doubt) any security or encryption arrangements that the Company may specify. If any document or information required to be sent to the Company is sent to the Company by electronic means under this article, and if the Company has not received such document or information at the electronic address designated under this article or the Company fails to designate an electronic address for receiving such document or information, such documents or information shall not be deemed to be validly served on or deposited with the Company.

  • Article 47. The instrument appointing a proxy and any authority under which it is executed or a copy of the authority certified notarially may:

  • (1) be deposited at the Office or at such other place in Hong Kong as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or at the electronic address specified by the Company under the Articles of Association, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; or the electronic address specified by the Company under the Articles of Association; or

  • (2) in the case of a poll taken more than 48 hours after it was demanded, at least twenty four hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll;

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and an instrument of proxy which is not deposited or delivered in a manner so permitted shall be invalid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of twelve months from the date of its execution, except at an adjourned meeting in cases where the meeting was originally held within twelve months from such date.

  • Article 48. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy or power of attorney or by the duly authorised representative of a corporation shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed or the transfer of shares in respect of which the proxy is given, provided no intimation in writing of the death, insanity, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company at the Office or by the electronic address specified by the Company under the Articles of Association at least 24 hours before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the proxy is used.

  • Article 49. A proxy’s authority in relation to a resolution is to be regarded as revoked if the member who has appointed the proxy:

  • (1) attends in person the general meeting at which the resolution is to be decided; and

  • (2) exercises, in relation to the resolution, the voting right attached to the shares in respect of which the proxy is appointed.

  • Article 50. A member who is entitled to attend, speak or vote (either on a show of hands or on a poll) at a general meeting remains so entitled in respect of the meeting or any adjournment of it, even though a valid proxy notice has been delivered to the Company by or on behalf of the member.

  • Article 51. Any corporation which is a member of the Company may, by resolution of its board or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company, or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company. References in the Articles of Association to a member present in person at a meeting shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include a corporation which is a member represented at the meeting by such duly authorised representative.

  • Article 52. Without prejudice to the Articles of Association if a Clearing House (or its nominee) is a member of the Company, it (or, as the case may be, its nominee) may authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its proxy or proxies or its representative or representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting

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of any class of member of the Company or meeting of creditors provided that, if more than one person is so authorised, the instrument of proxy or authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such person is so authorised. A person so authorised under the Articles of Association or the provisions of this Article will be deemed to have been duly authorised without the need of producing any documents of title, notarised authorisation and/or further evidence to substantiate that it is so authorised and shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee) which he represents as that Clearing House (or its nominee) could exercise as if such person were an individual member of the Company, including the right to speak and vote, and each such person shall be entitled to a separate vote notwithstanding any contrary provision as provided in the Articles of Association.

Chapter 9 Minutes of the General Meeting

  • Article 53. The minutes of the general meetings shall be kept by the Secretary of the Company. The minutes shall include:

  • (1) the time and place of the meeting;

  • (2) the names of the Chairman of the meeting and the directors present or in attendance at the meeting;

  • (3) the list of shareholders and proxies present at the meeting and the total number of voting shares held;

  • (4) resolutions that are considered and the voting results;

  • (5) scrutineer and lawyers participated in the meeting.

The Secretary shall ensure that the minutes is true, accurate and complete. The Chairman of the meeting shall sign the minutes of the general meeting, and shall ensure that the minutes are true, accurate and complete. The minutes of the general meetings shall be kept with (if any) the register of shareholders and Directors present at the meeting, power of attorney for proxies, and certificate of voting results signed by the scrutineer for at least 10 years.

Chapter 10 Miscellaneous

  • Article 54. Any matter not specified in these Rules shall be subject to relevant laws, administrative regulations, other normative documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association. If there are any contraventions between the Rules and the laws, regulations, regulatory documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles

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  • of Association, the provisions of relevant laws, regulations, regulatory documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association shall prevail. Where the Rules conflict with any laws, regulations, normative documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed or the Articles of Association amended according to legal procedures, such laws, regulations, normative documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association shall prevail, in which case the Rules shall be amended forthwith and submitted to the general meeting for review and approval after stipulated by the board of the Company.

  • Article 55. These Rules have been prepared by the board and submitted to the general meeting for review and approval, and shall be effective from the date of the Company’s initial public offering and listing of the RMB-denominated ordinary shares on the STAR Market Listing Rules.

Article 56. These Rules shall be construed by the board.

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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

POLICY GOVERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE HOLDING OF BOARD MEETINGS

Chapter 1 General Provisions

  • Article 1. In order to further regulate the method of discussion and decision-making process of the board of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”), facilitate the directors and the board to perform their duties and responsibilities, and improve the level of standard operation and scientific decisionmaking of the board, these rules of procedure are formulated in accordance with the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the “ STAR Market Listing Rules” ), the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Stock Exchange Listing Rules” , which, together with the STAR Market Listing Rules, are collectively referred to as the “ Listing Rules ”), and other laws, regulations and normative documents, the Articles of Association of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “ Articles of Association” ), as well as the actual circumstances of the Company.

Chapter 2 Powers of the Board

  • Article 2. Subject to the provisions of the applicable law and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, the board of the Company may exercise the following powers:

  • to convene and report to the general meeting;

  • to implement the resolutions of the general meeting;

  • to formulate the Company’s profit distribution plan and loss recovery plan;

  • to formulate plans for increase or decrease in the issued shares of the Company;

  • to formulate plans for material acquisitions, mergers, winding-up, or changes of Company’s status (including changes from public company to private company, etc.);

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  1. subject to the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association, to decide the Company’s external investment, acquisition and sale of assets, asset mortgage, external guarantee, mandate wealth management, connected transactions, connected transactions, external donations, etc.;

  2. to decide on the appointment or dismissal of the Company’s president, other officers and company secretary, and to decide on their remuneration, rewards and punishments;

  3. to propose to the general meeting for the appointment or replacement of the auditor responsible for the audit of the Company;

  4. to formulate plans to amend the Articles of Association;

  5. to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations and the Listing Rules, to make decisions on the issuance of general bonds by the Company (except for the issuance of convertible bonds subject to shareholders’ approval); and

  6. other powers prescribed by applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations and the Rules of the Exchange, the board may authorize the management of the Company to exercise relevant powers through appropriate procedures.

No amendment to the Articles of Association shall invalidate any prior act of the board which would have been valid if the same had not been passed or made.

The general powers of the board given by the Articles of Association shall not be limited or restricted by any special authority or power given to the board by any other Article or by any resolution of the Company in general meeting, and a meeting of the directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the directors.

Chapter 3 Board Meetings

Article 3. Meeting Frequency

The board shall at least convene four meetings a year at approximately quarterly intervals.

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Article 4. Notice of Meeting

Notice of a meeting shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to him personally in writing or orally or sent to him at his last known address or any other address notified by him to the Company. A Director may waive notice of any meeting and any such waiver may be prospective or retrospective.

The Chairman of the board or any two directors may, and the secretary of the Company on the requisition of such persons, shall, at any time summon a meeting of the board by notice to each Director and alternate director by telephone, facsimile, electronic email, telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, or by sending notice in writing to each Director and alternate director by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least two days before the date of the meeting, which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held and provided further if notice is given in person, by telephone, facsimile, electronic email, telegraph or telex the same shall be deemed to have been given on the day it is delivered to the directors or transmitting organization as the case may be. Notice of at least fourteen days shall be given to each Director and alternate director for any regular board meeting. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting of the board to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.

Article 5. Quorum of Meeting

No business shall be transacted at any board meeting unless a quorum is present. Unless the applicable law and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association otherwise required, the quorum may be fixed by the directors and unless so fixed at any other number shall be two. An alternate director shall be counted in a quorum but, notwithstanding that an alternate director is also a director or is alternate for more than one director, he shall for quorum purposes count as only one director.

Article 6. Restrictions on Actions of the Board If the Quorum is not Met

The continuing directors or a sole continuing director may act notwithstanding any vacancies in their number, but, if the number of directors is less than the number fixed as the quorum, the continuing directors may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies or of calling a general meeting, but for no other purpose.

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Article 7. Chairman

The directors may elect from their number, and remove, a chairman and a vice chairman of the board. The chairman, or in his absence the vice chairman, shall preside at all board meetings, but if there is no chairman or vice chairman, or if at the meeting neither the chairman nor the vice chairman is present within ten minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, or if neither of them is willing to act as chairman, the directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

Article 8. Validity of Resolution Remains Unaffected by the Qualification of Directors

All acts done by a board meeting, or of a committee of the directors or by a person acting as a director, shall notwithstanding that it may afterwards be discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of any director or that any of them were disqualified from holding office or had vacated office, or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a director and had been entitled to vote.

Article 9. Manner of Convening Meetings

A board meeting may consist of a conference between directors some or all of whom are in different places provided at each director who participates is able:

  • (a) to hear each of the other participating directors addressing the meeting; and

  • (b) if he so wishes, to address each of the other participating directors simultaneously, whether directly, by conference telephone, electronic or other form of communications equipment (whether in use when the Articles of Association is adopted or developed subsequently) or by a combination of such methods. A quorum shall be deemed to be present if those conditions are satisfied in respect of at least the number of directors required to form a quorum.

Article 10. Validity of Written Resolutions Signed by All Directors

A resolution in writing signed by all the directors (or their respective alternate directors as the case may be) for the time being entitled to receive notice of a board meeting or of a committee of the directors shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a board meeting or (as the case may be) of that committee, duly convened and held, and may consist of several documents in the like form each executed by one or more directors, but a resolution executed by an alternate director need not also be executed by his appointor and, if it is executed by a director who has appointed an alternate director, it need not also be executed by the alternate

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director in that capacity. A resolution which is signed and sent by a director or his alternate director or a member of such committee by cable, facsimile message, telex message or other electronic means shall be treated as being signed by him for the purpose of the Articles of Association and Rules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a resolution in writing shall not be passed in lieu of meeting of the board for the purposes of considering any matter or business in which a substantial shareholder of the Company (as defined in the Stock Exchange Listing Rules) or a director has a conflict of interest and the board has determined that such conflict of interest to be material.

Article 11. Alternate Director

Any director (other than an alternate director) may appoint any other director, or any other person approved by resolution of the directors and willing to act, to be an alternate director and may remove from office an alternate director appointed by him. If such person is not another director, such appointment, unless previously approved by the directors, shall have effect only upon and subject to being so approved by the board.

An alternate director shall (unless he is absent from Hong Kong) be entitled to receive notices of board meetings and of committees of the directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at any such meeting at which the director appointing him is not present (in addition to his own vote if he is also a director) and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a director in his absence but shall not (unless the Company by ordinary resolution otherwise determines) be entitled to any fees for his services as an alternate director. If his appointor is for the time being absent from Hong Kong or otherwise not available or unable to act, his signature to any resolution in writing of the board or a committee of the board shall, unless the notice of his appointment provides to the contrary, be as effective as the signature of his appointor. An alternate director shall be entitled to be repaid expenses to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a director.

A director who is also an alternate director has an additional vote on behalf of each appointor who: (a) is not participating in a directors’ meeting; and (b) would have been entitled to vote if he or she were participating in it.

An alternate director must not be counted or regarded as more than one director for determining whether: (a) a quorum is participating; or (b) a directors’ written resolution is adopted.

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An alternate director shall cease to be an alternate director if his appointor ceases to be a director or when his appointor removes him as an alternate director; but, if a director retires by rotation or otherwise but is reappointed or deemed to have been reappointed at the meeting at which he retires, any appointment of an alternate director made by him which was in force immediately prior to his retirement shall continue after his reappointment.

Article 12. Voting at the Board Meeting

The directors may meet together for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. Any matters to be handled at a meeting shall be subject to the approval by a majority of the directors present at the meeting, unless otherwise stipulated by applicable laws and regulations, the Listing Rules and the Articles of Association. The voting on the resolutions of the board shall implement the one-person-one-vote system. In case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A director may, and the secretary on the requisition of a director shall, call a board meeting. A director who is also an alternate director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote; and an alternate director who is appointed by two or more directors shall be entitled to a separate vote on behalf of each of his appointors in the appointor’s absence.

If a director has an affiliate relationship with the subject involved in the resolutions of the board meeting, the affiliated director (as defined in the Rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange for the Listing of Stocks on the STAR Market) shall not vote on relevant resolution, nor shall he exercise voting rights on behalf of other directors. Resolutions can only be passed if: (i) the board meeting is attended by more than half of the non-affiliated directors and (ii) the resolutions at the board meeting must be are passed by more than half of all non-affiliated directors. Where there are less than three non-affiliated directors present at the board meeting, the Company shall submit relevant matters to the general meeting for consideration.

For the guarantees within the powers of the board, in addition to the approval by more than half of all the directors, it should also be subject to the approval by more than two-thirds of the directors present at the board meeting.

Where the board considers the matter of RMB ordinary share repurchase in accordance with the provisions of relevant Chinese laws and regulations or the authorisation of the general meeting, the matter shall be subject to the approval by a resolution of the board meeting attended by more than two-thirds of the directors.

A director shall not be counted in the quorum present at a meeting in relation to a resolution on which he is not entitled to vote.

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Article 13. Minutes

  • In respect of board meetings and meetings of committees of the board held physically or via video or telephone conference, the company secretary shall arrange the staff of the office of the company secretary to take minutes. In addition to the meeting minutes, the company secretary shall also arrange the staff of the office of the company secretary to make a concise summary of the meeting as needed, and make a separate resolution record for the resolutions adopted by the meeting on the basis of the statistical voting results. The minutes of the board and committees of the board shall record the matters considered and the decisions reached at the relevant board meeting in detail, specifying any concerns or objections raised by the directors. After conclusion of a board meeting, the first draft and final draft of the minutes shall be distributed to all directors within a reasonable period. The first draft shall be for the directors’ comments, and the final draft shall be kept by the directors for records. Meeting files of the board and committees of the board, including notices and materials of meetings, attendance books, powers of attorney granted by directors to their proxies, audio-records, votes, meeting minutes duly signed by the Chairman, written resolutions signed by all directors and other documents shall be kept by the company secretary. The minutes shall be made available for inspection by any director within any reasonable time of period upon reasonable notice.

Chapter 4 Miscellaneous

  • Article 14. Any matter not specified in these Rules shall be subject to relevant laws, administrative regulations, other normative documents, the rules where the shares of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association. If there are any contraventions between the Rules and the laws, regulations, regulatory documents, the rules where the shares of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association, the provisions of relevant laws, regulations, regulatory documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association shall prevail. Where the Rules conflict with any laws, regulations, normative documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed or the Articles of Association amended according to legal procedures, such laws, regulations, normative documents, the rules where the share of the Company are listed and the provisions of Articles of Association shall prevail, in which case the Rules shall be amended forthwith and submitted to the board for review and approval after stipulated by the board of the Company.

  • Article 15. These Rules have been prepared by the board and submitted to the general meeting for review and approval, and shall be effective from the date of the Company’s initial public offering and listing of the RMB-denominated ordinary shares on the STAR Market Listing Rules.

  • Article 16. These Rules shall be construed by the board.

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HUA HONG SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 華虹半導體有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1347)

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held on 27 June 2022 at 2:00 p.m., with the combination of a physical meeting at Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong and a virtual meeting online, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing, with or without modification, the following resolutions. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised terms used herein shall have the same meanings as ascribed to them in the circular dated 7 June 2022 issued by the Company (the “ Circular ”).

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

  1. To consider and approve the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate (including but not limited to the particulars as set out in the section headed “Resolution on the RMB Share Issue and the Specific Mandate” in the Circular).

  2. To consider and approve the authorisation to the Board and its authorised persons, including but not limited to the Chairman of the Company, to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue (including but not limited to the particulars as set out in the section headed “Resolution on authorisation to the Board and its authorised persons to exercise full powers to deal with all matters relating to the RMB Share Issue” in the Circular).

  3. To consider and approve the plan for distribution of profits accumulated before the RMB Share Issue (including but not limited to the particulars as set out in the section headed “Resolution on the plan for distribution of profits accumulated before the RMB Share Issue” in the Circular).

  4. To consider and approve the plan for stabilisation of the price of the RMB Shares within three years following the RMB Share Issue in the form as set forth in Appendix I to the Circular.

  5. To consider and approve the profits distribution policy and dividend return plan within three years following the RMB Share Issue in the form as set forth in Appendix II to the Circular.

  6. To consider and approve the use of proceeds from the RMB Share Issue (including but not limited to the particulars as set out in the section headed “Resolution on the use of proceeds from the RMB Share Issue” in the Circular).

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  1. To consider and approve the remedial measures for the dilution of immediate returns after the RMB Share Issue in the form as set forth in Appendix III to the Circular.

  2. To consider and approve the undertakings and the corresponding binding measures in connection with the RMB Share Issue in the form as set forth in Appendix IV to the Circular.

  3. To consider and approve the adoption of the policy governing the procedures for the holding of general meetings in the form as set forth in Appendix VI to the Circular which will become effective on the date of the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market.

  4. To consider and approve the adoption of the policy governing the procedures for the holding of Board meetings in the form as set forth in Appendix VII to the Circular which will become effective on the date of the listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market.

  5. To authorise any Director or officer of the Company to carry out and take all actions necessary and to sign all necessary documents in connection with or to give effect to the ordinary resolutions above.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

  1. To consider and approve the proposed amendments to the Articles:

THAT subject to and conditional upon the passing of ordinary resolution numbered “1” above:

  • (1) the proposed amendments to the Articles as set forth in Appendix V to the Circular be and are hereby approved and the same to take effect from the date of listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market;

  • (2) the articles of association of the Company reflecting the amendments referred to in sub- paragraph (1) above in the form tabled at the EGM, marked “A” and for the purpose of identification signed by a Director be approved and the same be adopted in substitution for and to the exclusion of the existing Articles with effect from the date of listing of the RMB Shares on the STAR Market; and

  • (3) any Director or officer of the Company be and is hereby authorised to carry out and take all actions necessary and to sign all necessary documents in connection with or to give effect to this special resolution.”

By Order of the Board Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited Mr. Suxin Zhang Chairman and Executive Director

Shanghai, PRC, 7 June 2022

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Notes:

  1. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will conduct a hybrid extraordinary general meeting with the combination of a physical meeting and a virtual meeting online. Shareholders will have the option of joining the EGM either (a) through the physical meeting at Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong, 64 Mody Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong; or (b) through the Internet by using their computer, tablet device or smartphone. The venue of the physical meeting will be subject to the social distancing and disease control measures in place in Shanghai and Hong Kong at the time. An announcement will be made by the Company in the event of a change of venue.

  2. Registered Shareholders will be able to attend the EGM, vote and submit questions online. Each registered Shareholder’s personalized login and access code will be sent to him or her under separate letter. Non-registered Shareholders whose Shares are held in the Central Clearing and Settlement System through banks, brokers, custodians or Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited may also be able to attend the EGM, vote and submit questions online. In this regard, they should consult directly with their banks, brokers or custodians (as the case may be) for the necessary arrangements.

  3. All resolutions at the meeting will be taken by poll (except where the chairman, in good faith, decides to allow a resolution which relates purely to a procedural or administrative matter to be voted on by a show of hands) pursuant to the Listing Rules. The results of the poll will be published on the websites of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules.

  4. Any Shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company. If more than one proxy is appointed, the number of Shares in respect of which each such proxy so appointed must be specified in the relevant form of proxy.

  5. In order to be valid, the form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a certified copy of that power of attorney or authority, must be deposited at the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong or via the designated URL (https://spot-emeeting.tricor.hk) using the username and password provided on the notification letter sent by the Company on 7 June 2022, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. In calculating the aforesaid 48 hours period, no account will be taken of any part of a day that is a public holiday. Accordingly, the form of proxy must be delivered not later than 2:00 p.m. on 24 June 2022. Delivery of the form of proxy shall not preclude a Shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in person at the meeting and, in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

  6. Registered Shareholders are requested to provide a valid email address of his or her proxy (except for appointment of “The Chairman of the Meeting”) for the proxy to receive the login and access code to participate online to the e-Meeting System.

  7. For determining the entitlement to attend and vote at the above meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from 22 June 2022 to 27 June 2022, both dates inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the EGM, unregistered holders of Shares of the Company shall ensure that all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant Share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Investor Services Limited, at Level 54, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for registration not later than 4:30 p.m. on 21 June 2022.

  8. Upon arrival at the venue of the EGM, voting slip(s) will be given to every Shareholder present in person (or in the case of a corporation by its authorized representative) or by proxy to cast his/her/its vote(s). Each Shareholder/authorized representative/proxy present in venue will have to access to the e-Meeting System via the QR Code given on the voting slip and cast his/her vote(s) on the e-Meeting System. If registered Shareholders would like to participate online, he/she can log on to the e-Meeting System using his/her personalized login and access code and cast his/her vote(s) on the e-Meeting System. Each Shareholders’ proxy authorization and instruction will be revoked if he/she attend in person at the EGM or attend via the e-Meeting System. For details, please refer to the Online Meeting User Guide available at the e-Meeting System.

  9. In view of the travelling restrictions imposed by various jurisdictions including Hong Kong to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, certain Director(s) may attend the EGM through telephone/video conference or similar electronic means.

  10. A circular containing further details concerning paragraphs 1 to 12 in this notice will be sent to all Shareholders of the Company.

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