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Medlive Technology Co., Ltd. — AGM Information 2005
May 4, 2005
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AGM Information
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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 licensed securities dealer, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited, you should at once hand this circular 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.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this circular, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this circular.
GUANGDONG KELON ELECTRICAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 0921)
GENERAL MANDATE TO REPURCHASE H SHARES AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Notices convening the AGM (as defined herein) and the H Shareholders EGM (as defined herein) to be held at [the conference room of the Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. respectively are set out on pages 26 to 46 of this circular and were published on 29 April, 2005. If you are not able to attend the said meetings, you are requested to complete the proxy form in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return the same to the Company’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Registrars Limited of Rooms 1712-1716, 17/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the relevant meetings. Completion and return of the proxy form will not prevent the Shareholders (as defined herein) from attending and voting in person at the AGM (as defined herein) and the H Shareholders EGM (as defined herein) should they so wish. Notice convening the Domestic Shareholders EGM (as defined herein) to be held at the conference room of the Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. was published on 29 April, 2005.
30 April, 2005
CONTENTS
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| DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| LETTER FROM THE BOARD | |
| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Conditions to repurchase H Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Repurchase Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| Annual General Meeting, H Shareholders EGM and | |
| Domestic Shareholders EGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
6 |
| Amendments to the Articles of Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
| Procedure to demand poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| APPENDIX I – EXPLANATORY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| APPENDIX II – PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO |
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| THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 12 |
| NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
| NOTICE OF H SHAREHOLDERS | |
| EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
44 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, the following expressions have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
| “AGM” | the annual general meeting of all shareholders of the |
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| Company to be held at the conference room of the | |
| Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan City, | |
| Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at 11:00 | |
| a.m. to approve, amongst other things, the Repurchase | |
| Mandate | |
| “Articles of Association” | the articles of association of the Company |
| “Board” | the board of Directors of the Company |
| “Company” | Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited, |
| the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange | |
| “Company Law” | the Company Law of the PRC |
| “Director(s)” | director(s) of the Company |
| “Domestic Shares” | domestic shares of nominal value of RMB1.00 each in the |
| capital of the Company | |
| “Domestic Shareholders” | registered holders of Domestic Shares of the Company |
| “Domestic Shareholders EGM” | the extraordinary general meeting of the holders of |
| Domestic Shares of the Company to be held at the | |
| conference room of the Company’s head office, Shunde | |
| District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, | |
| 28 June, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. to approve the Repurchase | |
| Mandate | |
| “Foreign Shares” | shares issued by the Company, the par value of which is |
| denominated in RMB, and which are subscribed for in a | |
| currency other than RMB | |
| “Group” | the Company and its subsidiaries |
| “H Share(s)” | overseas listed Foreign Share(s) of nominal value of |
| RMB1.00 each in the capital of the Company which are | |
| listed on the Stock Exchange and subscribed for in HK | |
| dollars |
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DEFINITIONS
| “H Shareholders” | registered holders of H Shares of the Company |
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| “H Shareholders EGM” | the extraordinary general meeting of the holders of H |
| Shares of the Company to be held at the conference room | |
| of the Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan | |
| City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at | |
| 10:30 a.m. to approve the Repurchase Mandate | |
| “Hong Kong” | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the |
| People’s Republic of China | |
| “Latest Practicable Date” | 27 April, 2005, being the latest practicable date for |
| ascertaining certain information in this circular prior to | |
| its publication | |
| “Listing Rules” | the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the |
| Stock Exchange | |
| “Mandatory Provisions” | The Mandatory Provisions for the Articles of Association |
| of Companies seeking a Listing outside the PRC | |
| “PRC” | The People’s Republic of China |
| “Relevant Period” | the period from the date of the passing of the resolution |
| for the Repurchase Mandate until whichever is the | |
| earliest of: |
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(a) the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2006;
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(b) the expiration of a period of twelve months following the passing of the special resolution for the Repurchase Mandate; or
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(c) the date on which the authority set out in the special resolution for the Repurchase Mandate is revoked or varied by a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company in any general meeting
“Repurchase Mandate” a general mandate to exercise the powers of the Company to repurchase up to 10% of the H Shares in issue of the Company as at the date of the said resolution “SAEC” State Administration for Control in the PRC
State Administration for Exchange Control in the PRC
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DEFINITIONS
| “Share(s)” | ordinary share(s) of RMB1.00 each in the share capital of |
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| the Company | |
| “Shareholder(s)” | registered Domestic Shareholders and H Shareholders of |
| the Company | |
| “Shenzhen Listing Rules” | Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shenzhen |
| Stock Exchange | |
| “Stock Exchange” | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
| “Supervisor(s)” | supervisor(s) of the Company |
| “Takeovers Code” | The Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers |
| “HK$” | Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong |
| “RMB” | Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC |
| “%” | per cent. |
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
GUANGDONG KELON ELECTRICAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 0921)
Executive Directors: Mr. Gu Chu Jun Mr. Liu Cong Meng Mr. Li Zhen Hua Mr. Yan You Song Mr. Zhang Hong Mr. Fang Zhi Guo
Independent Non-executive Directors:
Mr. Chan Pei Cheong, Andy Mr. Li Kung Man Mr. Xu Xiao Lu
Registered office: No. 8 Ronggang Road Ronggui Street, Shunde District Foshan City Guangdong Province China
Principal place of business in Hong Kong: Room 2502-2505, Harbour Centre 25 Harbour Road Wanchai Hong Kong
30 April, 2005
To the Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
GENERAL MANDATE TO REPURCHASE H SHARES AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with information relating to the special resolutions to be proposed at the forthcoming AGM to:
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(i) grant the Directors a general mandate to exercise the power of the Company to undertake repurchases of the Company’s fully paid-up H Shares not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of H Shares in issue of the Company as at the date of passing such special resolution; and
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(ii) amend the Articles of Association.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
The Company Law (to which the Company is subject) provides that a joint stock limited company incorporated in the PRC may not repurchase its shares unless such repurchase is effected for the purpose of reducing its share capital or, in connection with a merger between itself and another entity that holds its shares. The Company, if it effects a repurchase, at present intends to reduce its share capital. The Mandatory Provisions which the Company has followed in its Articles of Association provides that subject to obtaining the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities and compliance with its articles of association, share repurchases may be effected by a joint stock limited company listed outside the PRC for the purpose of reducing its share capital or in connection with a merger, between itself and another entity that holds its shares or in circumstances permitted by law or administrative regulations.
The Listing Rules permit shareholders of a PRC joint stock limited company to grant a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase H shares of such company that are listed on the Stock Exchange. Such mandate is required to be given by way of a special resolution passed by shareholders in general meeting and special resolution passed by holders of domestic shares and overseas listed Foreign Shares in separate meetings.
In addition, as the H Shares are traded on the Stock Exchange in Hong Kong dollars and the price payable by the Company upon any repurchase of H Shares will, therefore, be paid in Hong Kong dollars, the approval of the SAEC is also required.
In accordance with the requirements of Article 4.2 of the Articles of Association applicable to capital reduction, the Company will have to notify its creditors of the passing of a resolution approving a capital reduction and the reduction to the registered capital of the Company that would occur should the Directors decide to exercise the Repurchase Mandate. Such notification has to be given in writing to the Company’s creditors within 10 days after the passing of such resolution and also by way of the publication on at least 3 occasions of a press announcement within 30 days after the passing of such resolution. Creditors then have a period of up to 30 days after the Company’s written notification or, if no such notification has been received, up to 90 days after the first publication of the press announcement to require the Company to repay amounts due to them or to provide guarantees in respect of such amounts.
CONDITIONS TO REPURCHASE H SHARES
In order to ensure flexibility and discretion to the Directors in the event that it becomes desirable to repurchase any H Shares (including where such repurchase may lead to an enhancement of the net asset value per H Share and/or the earnings per H Share), approval is being sought from the Shareholders for a conditional general mandate to repurchase H Shares in issue. In accordance with the legal and regulatory requirements described above, the Directors will convene the AGM, the H Shareholders EGM and the Domestic Shareholders EGM. At each such meeting, a special resolution, amongst other things, will be proposed to grant to the Directors a conditional general mandate to repurchase H Shares in issue on the Stock Exchange with an aggregate nominal value not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal value of H Shares in issue of the Company as at the date of the passing of such resolution. The Repurchase Mandate will be conditional upon (a) the special resolution approving the grant of
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
the Repurchase Mandate being approved at each of the AGM, the H Shareholders EGM and the Domestic Shareholders EGM; (b) the approvals of the relevant regulatory authorities as required by the laws, rules and regulations of the PRC being obtained; and (c) the Company not being required by any of its creditors to repay or to provide guarantee in respect of any amount due to any of them (or if the Company is so required by any of its creditors, the Company having, in its absolute discretion, repaid or provided guarantee in respect of such amount) pursuant to the notification procedure under Article 4.2 of the Articles of Association as described above. If the Company determines to repay any amount to any of its creditors in circumstances described under condition (c), it expects to do so out of its internal resources. If the conditions are not fulfilled, the Repurchase Mandate will not be exercisable by the Directors.
REPURCHASE MANDATE
A special resolution, amongst other things, will be proposed at the AGM, H Shareholders EGM and Domestic Shareholders EGM to grant to the Directors the Repurchase Mandate, details of which are set out in special resolution numbered 11 of the notice of the AGM, special resolution in the notice of H Shareholders EGM and special resolution in the notice of the Domestic Shareholders EGM. The H Shares which may be repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Mandate shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal value of H Shares in issue of the Company as at the date of passing of the resolutions approving the Repurchase Mandate.
An explanatory statement giving certain information regarding the Repurchase Mandate, is set out in Appendix I to this circular.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, H SHAREHOLDERS EGM AND DOMESTIC SHAREHOLDERS EGM
The notices convening the AGM and H Shareholders EGM are set out in pages 26 to 46 of this circular and were published on 29 April, 2005. The notice convening the Domestic Shareholders EGM was published on 29 April, 2005.
AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Pursuant to the latest amendments to the Shenzhen Listing Rules and applicable laws and regulations in relation to, inter alia, the articles of association of the Company, the Board proposes to amend the Articles of Association accordingly. The proposed amendments are set out in Appendix II of this circular. The proposed amendments are aimed at improving corporate governance such as voting arrangements, independent requirements of independent nonexecutive directors, investor relationship management and constituents of supervisory committee.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
PROCEDURE TO DEMAND POLL
In accordance with article 8.23 of the Articles of Association, a poll may be demanded in any general meeting of the Company by:
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(a) the chairman of the meeting; or
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(b) at least two shareholders with voting rights or their representative; or
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(c) individual or a group of shareholders (including their representatives) holding 10% or more of the voting rights present in that general meeting.
RECOMMENDATION
The Directors consider that the granting of the Repurchase Mandate and amendments to Articles of Association are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders and accordingly recommend that all Shareholders vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at AGM and H Shareholders EGM.
Yours faithfully, By order of the Board of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited Gu Chu Jun
Chairman
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
In accordance with the Listing Rules, this appendix serves as an explanatory statement, to provide you with the requisite information reasonably necessary to enable you to make all informed decision on whether to vote for or, against special resolution numbered 11 to be proposed at the AGM and the special resolution to be proposed at the H Shareholders EGM.
SECURITIES REPURCHASE MANDATE
Reasons for Repurchase of H Shares
The Directors believe that the flexibility afforded by the Repurchase Mandate would be beneficial to and in the best interest of the Company and its Shareholders. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at such time, lead to an enhancement of the net asset value and/or earnings per Share of the Company. Such repurchases will only be made when the Directors believe that such repurchases will benefit the Company and its Shareholders.
Registered Capital
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the registered capital of the Company was RMB992,006,563 comprising of 459,589,808 H Shares of RMB1.00 each and 532,416,755 Domestic Shares of RMB1.00 each.
Exercise of the Repurchase Mandate
Subject to the passing of special resolution numbered 11 set out in the notice of AGM, the special resolution approving the grant to the Directors of the Repurchase Mandate in the H Shareholders EGM and Domestic Shareholders EGM respectively, the Directors will be granted the Repurchase Mandate until the end of the Relevant Period (as defined in special resolution numbered 11 in the notice of AGM). The exercise of the Repurchase Mandate is subject to the approvals of the relevant regulatory authorities as required by the laws, rules and regulations of the PRC being obtained and to the Company not being required by any of its creditors to repay or to provide guarantee in respect of any amount due to any of them (or, if the Company is so required by any of its creditors, the Company having, in its absolute discretion, repaid or provided guarantee in respect of such amount) pursuant to the notification procedure under Article 4.2 of the Articles of Association.
The exercise in full of the Repurchase Mandate (on the basis of 459,589,808 H Shares in issue and fully paid up as at the Latest Practicable Date) would result in up to 45,958,980 H Shares being repurchased by the Company during the Relevant Period.
Funding of Repurchases
In repurchasing its H Shares, the Company intends to apply funds from the Company’s internal resources (which may include surplus funds and retained profits) legally available for such purpose in accordance with the Articles of Association and the applicable laws, rules and regulations of the PRC.
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APPENDIX I
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
The Company is empowered by its Articles of Association to purchase its H Shares. All repurchases by the Company may only be made out of either the capital paid up on the relevant shares to be repurchased, or the funds of the Company that would otherwise be available for dividend of distribution or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for such purpose or from sums standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company. Under PRC laws, H Shares so repurchased will be treated as cancelled and the Company’s registered capital will be reduced by an amount equivalent to the aggregate nominal value of the H Shares so cancelled. The Company may not purchase securities on the Stock Exchange for a consideration other than cash or for settlement otherwise than in accordance with the trading rules of the Stock Exchange from time to time.
GENERAL
On the basis of the consolidated financial position of the Company as at 31st December, 2004 (being the date to which the latest published audited financial statements of the Company have been made up) and in particular the working capital position and gearing ratio of the Company, the Directors consider that there will not be any material adverse impact on the working capital or gearing position of the Company in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is to be exercised in full at any time during the proposed repurchase period. The number of H Shares to be repurchased on any occasion and the price and other terms upon which the same are repurchased will be decided by the Directors at the relevant time having regarded to the circumstances then prevailing and in the best interests of the Company.
The Directors have undertaken to the Stock Exchange that, so far as the same may be applicable, they will exercise the powers of the Company to make repurchases under the Repurchase Mandate in accordance with the Listing Rules, the Articles of Association and the applicable laws, rules and regulations of the PRC.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
APPENDIX I
H SHARES PRICES
The highest and lowest prices at which the H Shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange during each of the twelve months preceding the Latest Practicable Date were as follows:
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| Month | Highest | Lowest | |
| HK$ | HK$ | ||
| 2004 | |||
| April | 4.350 | 2.950 | |
| May | 3.275 | 2.650 | |
| June | 3.350 | 2.525 | |
| July | 3.400 | 2.700 | |
| August | 3.200 | 2.650 | |
| September | 3.125 | 2.650 | |
| October | 2.850 | 2.275 | |
| November | 2.500 | 1.990 | |
| December | 2.125 | 1.360 | |
| 2005 | |||
| January | 1.760 | 1.450 | |
| February | 2.400 | 1.560 | |
| March | 2.250 | 1.590 | |
| April (up to the Latest Practicable Date) | 1.850 | 1.050 |
H SHARE PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY
No purchase of H Shares has been made by the Company within 6 months preceding the date of this circular (whether on the Stock Exchange or otherwise).
DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS
If as a result of a share repurchase by the Company, a substantial shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purpose of the Takeovers Code. Accordingly, a shareholder, or group of shareholders acting in concert, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company or become obligated to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.
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APPENDIX I
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
As at the Latest Practicable Date, Greencool Enterprise Development Company Limited, whose interest in the Company is notifiable under Part XV (Disclosure of Interests) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), held directly or indirectly approximately 26.43% of the Company’s total registered capital . In the event that the Directors exercised in full the power to repurchase H Shares in accordance with the terms of the Repurchase Mandate to be proposed at the AGM, H Shareholders EGM and Domestic Shareholders EGM, the total interests of Greencool Enterprise Development Company Limited in the total registered capital of the Company would be increased to approximately 27.72%. The Directors are not aware of any consequences which will arise under the Takeovers Code and/or any similar applicable law, as a result of any purchases to be made under the Repurchase Mandate. Moreover, the Directors will not make share repurchase on the Stock Exchange if the result of the repurchase would be that less than 25% of the total registered capital of the Company would be in the public hands.
None of the Directors nor, to the best of their knowledge, having made all reasonable enquiries, any of their associates (as defined in the Listing Rules) presently intends to sell H Shares to the Company under the Repurchase Mandate in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is approved by the Shareholders and the conditions to which the Repurchase Mandate is subject are fulfilled.
The Company has not been notified by any connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company that they have a present intention to sell any H Shares to the Company, or, that they have undertaken not to sell any H Shares held by them to the Company in the event that the Repurchase Mandate is approved by its Shareholders and the conditions to which the Repurchase Mandate is subject are fulfilled.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX II
The proposed amendments to the Articles of Association are set out below.
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Article 7.6 be amended by inserting the following provision after provision (3).
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“(4) Controlling shareholders and beneficial controller of the Company have the obligations to act in good faith towards the Company and public shareholders of the Company. Controlling shareholders shall strictly exercise their rights as contributions in accordance with the laws. Controlling shareholders shall not take advantage of connected transactions, profit distribution, asset restructuring, external investment, capital appropriation and loan guarantee to the detrimental of the legal interests of the Company and public shareholders, nor shall they make use of their position as controlling shareholders to harm the interests of the Company and public shareholders.”
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Provision (14) of Article 8.2 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“(14) to consider and approve any external investment and asset disposal activities which meet any one of the following criterion:
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(a) the total assets involved in the transaction account for more than 50% of the Company’s total assets as set out in its latest audited consolidated financial statements, and where there is a book value or an appraised value of the total assets, the calculation will be based on the higher value;
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(b) the income of the principal business of the subject matter (e.g. shareholding) of the transaction in the latest accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the income of the principal business of the Company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 50,000,000;
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(c) the net profit of the subject matter (e.g. shareholding) of the transaction in the latest accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the net profit of the Company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 5,000,000;
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(d) the transacted amount (including obligation and expenses undertaken by the listed company) of the transaction accounts for more than 50% of the net assets of the listed company as set out in its latest audited consolidated financial statements, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 50,000,000;
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(e) the profit resulting from the transaction accounts for more than 50% of the net profit of the listed company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 5,000,000;
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX II
- (f) if the figures involved in the above calculation are negative, their absolute values shall be used for the calculation;
- (g) any other external investment and asset disposal activities which are required by laws and regulations to be examined by Shareholders’ General Meeting or which a Shareholders’ General Meeting considers it necessary to examine.”
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Article 8.9 be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:
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“Article 8.9 Under the circumstances as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association, after the Company has published the notice of Shareholders’ General Meeting, the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting shall be re-published within three days after the record date.”
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A new article be added as Article 8.10 after Article 8.9 as follows.
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“Article 8.10 Subsequent to the issue of the notice of meeting, the Board may not bring up any new motion concerning matters not listed in the notice of meeting. Any alteration to the original motion shall be notified to the shareholders at least 15 days before the holding of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, failing which the date of holding of the meeting shall be postponed to ensure an interval period of not less than 15 days.
When the Company convenes an annual Shareholders’ General Meeting, shareholders or supervisory committee holding 5% or more of the total voting shares of the Company shall have the right to propose new motions in writing to the Company, and in the event that these new motions are new matters unspecified in the notice of meeting of the Board while at the same time they are matters falling within “Opinions on the Standardization of Shareholders’ General Meetings of Listed Companies” (amended in 2000), the proposer of the motion shall submit such motion to the Board for examination and announcement by the Board ten days before the Shareholders’ General Meeting, and the Board shall place such motions on the agenda for such Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where the substantial shareholder proposes a new motion on profit distribution, the motion shall be submitted to the Board at least 10 days before the date of the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting for announcement by the Board. If the motion is submitted less than 10 days before the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting, the substantial shareholder shall not propose any new profit distribution motion at the forthcoming annual Shareholders’ General Meeting.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX II
Apart from the above, other motions may be submitted to the Board for its announcement before the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting or may be proposed at the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting directly.
Where the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting adopts the means of online voting, the motion put forward by the proposer shall be submitted to the Board at least ten days before holding of the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting for announcement by the Board. Motions proposed at the meeting or other motions which have not been announced shall not be included in the matters to be voted upon at the Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where amendments are made to motions proposed or new motions are added before the holding of a Shareholders’ General Meeting, the Company shall give supplemental notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting within the specified time to disclose the contents of the amended motions, or the name, shareholding percentage of the shareholder who requests to add new motions, and also the contents of the new motions.
Where motions are cancelled before the holding of a Shareholders’ General Meeting, the Company shall publish a notice of such cancellation five trading days before the date of the Shareholders’ General Meeting to disclose the specific reasons for such cancellation.”
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Existing Article 8.10 be renumbered as Article 8.11.
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Existing Article 8.11 be renumbered as Article 8.12 and the following be added to Article 8.11 as new Provision 3 and existing Provisions (3) to (10) be renumbered as Provisions (4) to (11).
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“(3) Where the Shareholders’ General Meeting is convened and an online voting system is provided for shareholders, the commencing time and ending time for online voting, the voting procedures and the matters to be considered shall be specified in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting;”
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
APPENDIX II
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The existing Article 8.14 be renumbered as Article 8.15 and be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 8.15 To effectively protect the right of public shareholders to take part in the Shareholders’ General Meeting, any shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at a Shareholders’ General Meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint one or more persons (whether a shareholder or not) as his proxy to attend and vote on his behalf. A proxy so appointed shall exercise the following rights pursuant to such authorization:
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(1) the shareholder’s right to speak at the meeting;
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(2) the right to demand or join in demand for a poll;
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(3) the right to vote by hand or on a poll, provided that when a shareholder has appointed more than one proxy, such proxies may only vote on a poll.”
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A new article be added as Article 8.16 after Article 8.15:
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“Article 8.16 The Board of Directors, independent directors and shareholders who meet the relevant stipulated conditions are entitled to collect voting rights from other shareholders at the Shareholders’ General Meeting. The collection of such voting rights shall be without consideration, and sufficient information shall be disclosed to the person from whom the rights are collected.”
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The existing Articles 8.15 to 8.21 be renumbered as new Articles 8.17 to 8.23.
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A new article be added as Article 8.24 after Article 8.23 as follows:
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“Article 8.24 The Company shall, subject to the Shareholders’ General Meetings being legally and validly held, encourage larger proportion of participation of public shareholders at Shareholders’ General Meetings through various means, including using modern information technology to establish an online voting platform.”
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A new article be added as Article 8.25 after Article 8.24 as follows:
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“Article 8.25 Where the Company convenes its Shareholders’ General Meeting, except for on-the-spot meeting, the Board shall decide whether to provide an online voting platform to the shareholders. However, where the Company convenes its Shareholders’ General Meeting to consider such matters as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association, online voting platform shall be provided to the shareholders.
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Relevant requirements issued by China Securities Regulatory Committee shall be complied with when implementing online voting for the Company’s its Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where online voting is adopted for the Shareholders’ General Meeting, all shareholders whose names appear on the register of members on the record date for the purpose of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, are entitled to exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, provided that the voting right of the same shares shall be exercised only by one of the following ways: on-the-spot voting, online voting or otherwise as specified. In the event that the voting right of the same share is repeatedly exercised by means of on-the-spot voting and online voting, the on-the-spot voting shall prevail.
Where shareholders of the Company or their authorized proxies exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, they shall participate in the voting within the effective time as stipulated in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Shareholders of the Company or their authorized proxies shall be entitled to examine their voting results through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting.”
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The existing Articles 8.22 to 8.27 be renumbered as new Articles 8.26 to 8.31.
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The existing Article 8.23 be deleted in its entirety and renumbered as New Article 8.27 and replaced with the following:
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“Article 8.27 At any Shareholders’ General Meeting, a resolution shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded before or after a vote is carried out by a show of hands:
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(1) by the chairman of the meeting;
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(2) by at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote thereat;
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(3) by one or more shareholders present in person or by proxy representing 10% or more of all shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting.
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Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been passed on a show of hands and the recording of such in the minutes of meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that such
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resolution has been passed. There is no need to provide evidence of the number or proportion of votes in favor of or against such resolution.
The demand for a poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded the same.”
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The following be added as new Article 8.32:
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“Article 8.32 Where online voting is provided to shareholders for the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the voting results shall be announced by the representative of the vote counter at the meeting only after the vote counter has consolidated and calculated the voting results for each resolution by means of on-the-spot voting, online voting and other means as specified. Where a Shareholders’ General Meeting is held to consider the matters as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association and the approval of public shareholders by separate voting shall be required, the total voting rights and the voting results of public shareholders shall be calculated separately as well.
Where there are many resolutions to be passed at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and one shareholder votes only upon one or some of such resolutions, the shareholder shall be deemed as present at the meeting and therefore be taken into account in calculating the total number of shareholders present at the meeting. Where the shareholder has not expressed any opinion on other resolutions, the shareholder shall be deemed as having abstained from voting.
Before the results of online voting are formally announced, the Company and substantial shareholders shall be under confidentiality in relation to the voting.”
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The existing Articles 8.28 to 8.29 be renumbered as new Articles 8.33 to 8.34 accordingly.
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The following be added as new Article 8.35:
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“Article 8.35 The following matters shall not be implemented or applied for unless they have been approved by special resolutions at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and passed by more than half of the voting rights of the public shareholders present at the Shareholders’ General Meeting:
- (1) the issue by the Company of additional new shares to the public (including the issue of overseas listed foreign shares or other certificates of securities nature), the issue of convertible bonds of
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the Company and placing of shares to existing shareholders (except for shares which controlling shareholders have undertaken to subscribe for in full wholly in cash before the Shareholders’ General Meeting is held);
- (2) any material assets restructuring of the Company in which the total consideration for the assets to be purchased exceeds the audited net book value of the assets purchased by 20% or more;
- (3) the repayment by shareholders of their debts due to the Company using their shareholding in the Company;
- (4) the overseas listing of subsidiaries of the Company which have a material impact on the Company;
- (5) any relevant matter in the development of the Company which will have material effect on the interests of the public shareholders.”
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The existing Articles 8.30 to 8.36 be renumbered as Articles 8.36 to 8.42.
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The following be added as new Article 8.43:
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“Article 8.43 The announcement for resolutions of a Shareholders’ General Meeting shall include the following:
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(1) the time, venue, voting manner, convener and chairman of the meeting, and descriptions on whether it is in compliance with the relevant laws, rules, regulations and the Articles of Association;
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(2) the number of attending shareholders (their proxies), the total number of shares represented and its proportion to the total number of voting shares of the Company, and descriptions on attendance of holders of listed and unlisted shares at the meeting respectively;
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(3) the way of voting on each resolution;
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(4) the voting results of each resolution, and the number of shares representing votes in favour of, against or abstained from voting with respect to each resolution by holders of listed and unlisted shares respectively. In the event that a resolution is voted at the meeting, the announcement shall state the name of proposing shareholders, the proportion of their shareholdings and content of such resolution. When voting on connected transactions at the meeting, the announcement shall include a statement on the related
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shareholders who abstain from voting. For resolutions required to be voted by holders of listed shares individually, the announcement shall include a special statement. In the event that any proposed resolution is not passed, or that any resolution previously passed is amended at the current Shareholders’ General Meeting, the announcement shall include a statement accordingly;
- (5) summarized legal opinion, or in the event that any resolution is added, voted against or amended at the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the whole text of such legal opinion shall be disclosed.
Where the Company convenes a Shareholders’ General Meeting to consider and approve the resolutions stated in Article 8.35, the announcement shall also set out the number of public shareholders voting at the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the total number of shares held by them, its proportion to the total number of shares held by the public shareholders, the voting results as well as the shareholdings of the 10 largest public shareholders voting at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and the voting results.”
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The existing Articles 8.37 to 8.38 be renumbered as new Articles 8.44 to 8.45.
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The existing Article 10.4 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 10.4 The Board of Directors of the Company shall before the date of the Shareholders’ General Meeting disclose details about the nominated directors in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting to ensure that shareholders have enough knowledge about the nominees when they cast their votes.
A nominated director shall make an undertaking in writing prior to the Shareholders’ General Meeting to the effect that he/she has accepted the nomination, and confirms that the information about him/her as disclosed to the public is true and complete and promises that he/she will duly perform the responsibilities as directors if he/she is elected a director of the Company.
New director shall sign a “Directors’ Declaration and Undertakings” and present it to the Board of Directors and the stock exchange where the shares of the Company are Listed for filing.”
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- The existing Article 10.14 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“The Company shall establish the Board of Directors which shall be accountable to the Shareholders’ General Meeting and report its work thereto. The Board of Directors shall comprise nine directors (the specific number of directors shall be approved at a Shareholders’ General Meeting), of which there shall be six executive directors who shall be responsible for dealing with the daily affairs designated by the Company, and three independent non-executive directors who shall not be responsible for the daily affairs. The Board of Directors shall have one Chairman.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be a director of the Company and he shall be elected and removed by more than one-half of all directors. The period of office of the Chairman shall be three years and he shall be eligible for re-election and re-appointment.”
- The existing Article 10.19 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“The Board of Directors shall hold meetings at least four times every year. The meeting shall be convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a written notice of meeting shall be given to all directors 14 days before the date of the meeting.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.32 after Article 10.31:
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“Article 10.32 The announcement for resolutions of a Board Meeting shall include the following:
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(1) the time and means of issue of notice of the meeting;
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(2) the time, venue and voting manner of the meeting, and descriptions on whether it is in compliance with the relevant laws, rules, regulations and the Articles of Association;
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(3) the number and names of directors present in person or by their representatives and absent at the meeting, the reasons for such absence and names of such representing directors;
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(4) the number of votes in favour of, against and abstained from voting with respect to each resolution, and the reasons for voting by the relevant directors against or abstained from voting with respect to each resolution;
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(5) for connected transactions, the announcement shall state the names of directors who shall abstain from voting, and reason and result thereof;
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- (6) where a prior consent of independent directors is required to be obtained or an individual opinion is required to be given by independent directors, the announcement shall include a statement on the prior consent or given opinion;
- (7) details of resolutions to be considered and approved and the resolutions passed at the meeting.”
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The existing Article 10.32 be renumbered as new Article 10.33.
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The existing Article 10.33 be deleted and renumbered as Article 10.34 and 10.35 as follows:
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“Article 10.34 The Board of Directors shall appoint independent directors.
Independent directors shall comprise one third or more of the Board of Directors of the Company, of whom there shall be at least one accounting professional. An independent director shall faithfully perform his duties and protect the Company’s interests, in particular, ensuring that the legal interests of public shareholders are not impaired.
An independent director shall discharge his duties independently without being affected by the majority shareholders of the Company, de facto controllers or units or individuals with a conflict of interest with the Company.
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Article 10.35 an independent director shall have his own independency. The following persons shall not act as an independent director:
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(1) any employee of the Company or its subsidiaries and that employee’s immediate relatives and principal associates (“immediate relatives” include spouse, parents and children and “principal associates” include brothers and sisters, parents-in-law, sons/daughters-in-law, the spouses of brothers and sisters and the brothers and sisters of the spouses);
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(2) any natural person shareholder, directly or indirectly, holds 1% or more of the issued shares in the Company or is one of the ten largest shareholders of the Company, and its respective immediate relatives;
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(3) any employee who, directly or indirectly, holds 5% or more of the issued shares in the Company or is one of the five largest shareholders of the Company, or its immediate relatives;
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- (4) any person who falls within any of the above three categories over the course of the most recent year;
- (5) any person who provides financial, legal or consultancy services to the Company or its subsidiaries.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.36:
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“Article 10.36 The Company’s Board of Directors, supervisory committee, shareholders individually or jointly holding more than 1 percent of the issued shares of the Company may nominate a candidate for independent director and a decision by voting will be made at the Shareholders’ General Meeting.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.37:
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“Article 10.37 Substantial connected transactions and appointment or dismissal of accountants of the Company shall be approved by more than one-half of the independent directors before submitting the proposal of the same to the Board of Directors for discussion. Proposal of the independent directors to the Board of Directors for the convening of Extraordinary General Meeting and Board meeting, and for open collection of voting rights from other shareholders before the Shareholders’ General Meeting shall be approved by more than one-half of the independent directors. If unanimously agreed by all independent directors, independent directors can independently appoint external auditors and consultancies to conduct auditing and make enquiries on specific matters at the expenses of the Company.”
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The following article be added as new Article 10.38:
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“Article 10.38 An independent director shall attend the meetings of the Board of Directors as scheduled, have an understanding of the production and operation of the Company, and take initiative to conduct investigation and obtain information necessary for decision-making. Independent directors shall submit their report to the Annual General Meeting of the Company, describing the discharge of their duties.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.39:
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“Article 10.39 The Company shall establish a system of work for independent directors with the secretary to the Board of Directors actively assisting the independent directors as to the fulfillment of their duties. The Company shall ensure that an independent director has the same rights to information as other directors, and shall provide independent directors with relevant materials and information in a timely manner, report on the performance of the Company regularly and, when necessary, arrange for independent directors to conduct on-site investigations.”
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The existing Article 10.34 be renumbered as new Article 10.40.
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The following be added as new Article 10.41:
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“Article 10.41 Independent directors may resign before expiry of their term. Independent directors shall submit to the Board of Directors a written report in relation to their resignation stating any situation relating to their resignation or which they consider to be necessary to draw to the attention of the shareholders and creditors of the Company.
- Shall the resignation of independent directors results in the number of independent directors or of members of the Board of Directors falling below the statutory or minimum requirement as stipulated in the Articles of Associations, independent directors shall continue to perform their duties in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and the Articles of Associations until the independent directors who are elected in the by-election assume their offices. The Board of Directors shall convene a Shareholders’ General Meeting within two months to elect independent directors. Independent directors may cease to perform their duties if a Shareholders’ General Meeting is not held within the two months’ period.”
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The existing Article 10.35 be renumbered as new Article 10.42 as follows:
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“Article 10.42 To fully utilize his function, an independent director shall, apart from the powers conferred on him under the Company Law and the relevant laws and regulations, also be conferred the following special functions and powers by the Company:
- (1) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to endorse material connected transactions (being such connected transactions between the Company and a connected person and total amount of which exceeds $3 million and 0.5% of
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the Company’s latest audited net asset value), to appoint or to dismiss certified accountants firms before submission to the Board of Directors for discussion;
- (2) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to propose to the Board of Directors to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting;
- (3) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to propose to convene the Board Meeting;
- (4) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to solicit votes from shareholders prior to the Shareholders’ General Meeting;
- (5) subject to the consent of all the independent directors, to independently engage external auditors and advisors to review and provide advice on specific matters at the expense of the Company.”
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The existing Articles 10.36 to 10.42 be renumbered as new Articles 10.43 to 10.49.
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The following be added as new Article 11.6 after Article 11.5:
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“Article 11.6 The Company shall take an active role in establishing an adequate system of investor relationship management and enhance communications between the Company and its shareholders, especially its public shareholders, through various channels. The Company Secretary shall be responsible for the management of investor relationships of the Company.”
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The existing Article 13.2 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 13.2 The supervisory committee shall comprise three members. The exact number of the supervisory committee is subject to the approval of the Shareholders’ General Meeting. One of the Supervisors shall act as the chairman of the supervisory committee. The appointment and removal of the chairman of the supervisory committee shall be made by a resolution passed by two-thirds or more of the members of the supervisory committee. The term of office for members of the supervisory committee shall be three years and the members shall be eligible for reelection.”
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The existing Article 13.3 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 13.3 The supervisory committee shall comprise two shareholders’ representatives who shall be elected or removed by the Shareholders’ General Meeting and one employee representative of the Company who shall be elected or removed by the employees democratically.”
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The following be added as new Article 13.4:
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“Article 13.4 Newly appointed supervisors shall sign the “Supervisors’ Declaration and Undertakings” and present it to the supervisory committee of the Company and the stock exchange where the shares of the Company are listed for filing within one month after their appointments are approved by the Shareholders’ General Meeting and employee representatives’ general meeting.”
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The existing Articles 13.4 to 13.9 be renumbered as new Articles 13.5 to 13.10.
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The following be added as a new Provision after Provision (9) of Article 14.1:
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“(10) a person under any of the circumstances specified in section 57 and 58 of the Companies Law and is designated by the Securities Regulatory Commission to be a person who may not enter into the market and such designation has not been discharged, and if the person is announced as unsuitable person by the stock exchange where the Company’s shares are listed where less than two years have elapsed since the announcement.”
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GUANGDONG KELON ELECTRICAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 0921)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an annual general meeting of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited (the “Company”) will be held at the conference room of the Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing with or without amendment, the following resolutions which will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and special resolutions of the Company:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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(1) To consider and approve the report of the Directors of Guandong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited for the year 2004.
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(2) To consider and approve the audited annual financial statements of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited for the year 2004.
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(3) To consider and approve the profit distribution proposal of the company for the year 2004.
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(4) To consider and approve the reappointment of Auditors of the Company presented by the Board of Directors and authorize the Directors to fix remuneration of the Auditors.
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(5) To consider and approve the proposed amendments to “The Rules and Regulations Governing Shareholders’ Meetings”.
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(6) To consider and approve the proposed amendments to “The Rules and Regulations Governing Directors’ Meetings”.
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(7) To consider and approve the proposed amendments to “The Rules and Regulations Governing Supervisors’ Meetings”.
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(8) To consider and approve the proposed amendments to “Regulations of Information Disclosure”.
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(9) To consider and approve the report of Supervisory Committee of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited for the year 2004.
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SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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(10) To consider and approve the proposed amendments to the Company’s Articles of Association set out below by way of a special resolution and to authorize the Board of Directors to present the Company’s amended Articles of Association to the relevant PRC government authorities.
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Article 7.6 be amended by inserting the following provision after provision (3).
- “(4) Controlling shareholders and beneficial controller of the Company have the obligations to act in good faith towards the Company and public shareholders of the Company. Controlling shareholders shall strictly exercise their rights as contributions in accordance with the laws. Controlling shareholders shall not take advantage of connected transactions, profit distribution, asset restructuring, external investment, capital appropriation and loan guarantee to the detrimental of the legal interests of the Company and public shareholders, nor shall they make use of their position as controlling shareholders to harm the interests of the Company and public shareholders.”
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Provision (14) of Article 8.2 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“(14) to consider and approve any external investment and asset disposal activities which meet any one of the following criterion:
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(a) the total assets involved in the transaction account for more than 50% of the Company’s total assets as set out in its latest audited consolidated financial statements, and where there is a book value or an appraised value of the total assets, the calculation will be based on the higher value;
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(b) the income of the principal business of the subject matter (e.g. shareholding) of the transaction in the latest accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the income of the principal business of the Company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 50,000,000;
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(c) the net profit of the subject matter (e.g. shareholding) of the transaction in the latest accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the net profit of the Company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 5,000,000;
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(d) the transacted amount (including obligation and expenses undertaken by the listed company) of the transaction accounts for
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more than 50% of the net assets of the listed company as set out in its latest audited consolidated financial statements, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 50,000,000;
- (e) the profit resulting from the transaction accounts for more than 50% of the net profit of the listed company as set out in its audited consolidated financial statements for the latest accounting year, and where the absolute value is more than Renminbi 5,000,000;
- (f) if the figures involved in the above calculation are negative, their absolute values shall be used for the calculation;
- (g) any other external investment and asset disposal activities which are required by laws and regulations to be examined by Shareholders’ General Meeting or which a Shareholders’ General Meeting considers it necessary to examine.”
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Article 8.9 be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:
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“Article 8.9 Under the circumstances as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association, after the Company has published the notice of Shareholders’ General Meeting, the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting shall be re-published within three days after the record date.”
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A new article be added as Article 8.10 after Article 8.9 as follows.
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“Article 8.10 Subsequent to the issue of the notice of meeting, the Board may not bring up any new motion concerning matters not listed in the notice of meeting. Any alteration to the original motion shall be notified to the shareholders at least 15 days before the holding of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, failing which the date of holding of the meeting shall be postponed to ensure an interval period of not less than 15 days.
When the Company convenes an annual Shareholders’ General Meeting, shareholders or supervisory committee holding 5% or more of the total voting shares of the Company shall have the right to propose new motions in writing to the Company, and in the event that these new motions are new matters unspecified in the notice of meeting of the Board while at the same time they are matters falling within “Opinions on the Standardization of Shareholders’ General Meetings of Listed Companies” (amended in 2000), the proposer of the motion shall submit such motion to the Board for examination and
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announcement by the Board ten days before the Shareholders’ General Meeting, and the Board shall place such motions on the agenda for such Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where the substantial shareholder proposes a new motion on profit distribution, the motion shall be submitted to the Board at least 10 days before the date of the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting for announcement by the Board. If the motion is submitted less than 10 days before the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting, the substantial shareholder shall not propose any new profit distribution motion at the forthcoming annual Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Apart from the above, other motions may be submitted to the Board for its announcement before the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting or may be proposed at the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting directly.
Where the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting adopts the means of online voting, the motion put forward by the proposer shall be submitted to the Board at least ten days before holding of the annual Shareholders’ General Meeting for announcement by the Board. Motions proposed at the meeting or other motions which have not been announced shall not be included in the matters to be voted upon at the Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where amendments are made to motions proposed or new motions are added before the holding of a Shareholders’ General Meeting, the Company shall give supplemental notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting within the specified time to disclose the contents of the amended motions, or the name, shareholding percentage of the shareholder who requests to add new motions, and also the contents of the new motions.
Where motions are cancelled before the holding of a Shareholders’ General Meeting, the Company shall publish a notice of such cancellation five trading days before the date of the Shareholders’ General Meeting to disclose the specific reasons for such cancellation.”
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Existing Article 8.10 be renumbered as Article 8.11.
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Existing Article 8.11 be renumbered as Article 8.12 and the following be added to Article 8.11 as new Provision 3 and existing Provisions (3) to (10) be renumbered as Provisions (4) to (11).
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“(3) Where the Shareholders’ General Meeting is convened and an online voting system is provided for shareholders, the commencing time and ending time for online voting, the voting procedures and the matters to be considered shall be specified in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting;”
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The existing Article 8.14 be renumbered as Article 8.15 and be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 8.15 To effectively protect the right of public shareholders to take part in the Shareholders’ General Meeting, any shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at a Shareholders’ General Meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint one or more persons (whether a shareholder or not) as his proxy to attend and vote on his behalf. A proxy so appointed shall exercise the following rights pursuant to such authorization:
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(1) the shareholder’s right to speak at the meeting;
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(2) the right to demand or join in demand for a poll;
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(3) the right to vote by hand or on a poll, provided that when a shareholder has appointed more than one proxy, such proxies may only vote on a poll.”
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A new article be added as Article 8.16 after Article 8.15:
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“Article 8.16 The Board of Directors, independent directors and shareholders who meet the relevant stipulated conditions are entitled to collect voting rights from other shareholders at the Shareholders’ General Meeting. The collection of such voting rights shall be without consideration, and sufficient information shall be disclosed to the person from whom the rights are collected.”
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The existing Articles 8.15 to 8.21 be renumbered as new Articles 8.17 to 8.23.
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A new article be added as Article 8.24 after Article 8.23 as follows:
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“Article 8.24 The Company shall, subject to the Shareholders’ General Meetings being legally and validly held, encourage larger proportion of participation of public shareholders at Shareholders’ General Meetings through various means, including using modern information technology to establish an online voting platform.”
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- A new article be added as Article 8.25 after Article 8.24 as follows:
“Article 8.25 Where the Company convenes its Shareholders’ General Meeting, except for on-the-spot meeting, the Board shall decide whether to provide an online voting platform to the shareholders. However, where the Company convenes its Shareholders’ General Meeting to consider such matters as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association, online voting platform shall be provided to the shareholders.
Relevant requirements issued by China Securities Regulatory Committee shall be complied with when implementing online voting for the Company’s its Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Where online voting is adopted for the Shareholders’ General Meeting, all shareholders whose names appear on the register of members on the record date for the purpose of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, are entitled to exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, provided that the voting right of the same shares shall be exercised only by one of the following ways: on-the-spot voting, online voting or otherwise as specified. In the event that the voting right of the same share is repeatedly exercised by means of on-the-spot voting and online voting, the on-the-spot voting shall prevail.
Where shareholders of the Company or their authorized proxies exercise their voting rights through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, they shall participate in the voting within the effective time as stipulated in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Shareholders of the Company or their authorized proxies shall be entitled to examine their voting results through the online voting system of the Shareholders’ General Meeting.”
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The existing Articles 8.22 to 8.27 be renumbered as new Articles 8.26 to 8.31.
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The existing Article 8.23 be deleted in its entirety and renumbered as New Article 8.27 and replaced with the following:
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“Article 8.27 At any Shareholders’ General Meeting, a resolution shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is demanded before or after a vote is carried out by a show of hands:
- (1) by the chairman of the meeting;
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(2) by at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote thereat;
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(3) by one or more shareholders present in person or by proxy representing 10% or more of all shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting.
Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been passed on a show of hands and the recording of such in the minutes of meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that such resolution has been passed. There is no need to provide evidence of the number or proportion of votes in favor of or against such resolution.
The demand for a poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded the same.”
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The following be added as new Article 8.32:
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“Article 8.32 Where online voting is provided to shareholders for the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the voting results shall be announced by the representative of the vote counter at the meeting only after the vote counter has consolidated and calculated the voting results for each resolution by means of on-the-spot voting, online voting and other means as specified.
Where a Shareholders’ General Meeting is held to consider the matters as set out in Article 8.35 of these Articles of Association and the approval of public shareholders by separate voting shall be required, the total voting rights and the voting results of public shareholders shall be calculated separately as well.
Where there are many resolutions to be passed at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and one shareholder votes only upon one or some of such resolutions, the shareholder shall be deemed as present at the meeting and therefore be taken into account in calculating the total number of shareholders present at the meeting. Where the shareholder has not expressed any opinion on other resolutions, the shareholder shall be deemed as having abstained from voting.
Before the results of online voting are formally announced, the Company and substantial shareholders shall be under confidentiality in relation to the voting.”
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The existing Articles 8.28 to 8.29 be renumbered as new Articles 8.33 to 8.34 accordingly.
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The following be added as new Article 8.35:
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“Article 8.35 The following matters shall not be implemented or applied for unless they have been approved by special resolutions at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and passed by more than half of the voting rights of the public shareholders present at the Shareholders’ General Meeting:
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(1) the issue by the Company of additional new shares to the public (including the issue of overseas listed foreign shares or other certificates of securities nature), the issue of convertible bonds of the Company and placing of shares to existing shareholders (except for shares which controlling shareholders have undertaken to subscribe for in full wholly in cash before the Shareholders’ General Meeting is held);
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(2) any material assets restructuring of the Company in which the total consideration for the assets to be purchased exceeds the audited net book value of the assets purchased by 20% or more;
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(3) the repayment by shareholders of their debts due to the Company using their shareholding in the Company;
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(4) the overseas listing of subsidiaries of the Company which have a material impact on the Company;
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(5) any relevant matter in the development of the Company which will have material effect on the interests of the public shareholders.”
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The existing Articles 8.30 to 8.36 be renumbered as Articles 8.36 to 8.42.
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The following be added as new Article 8.43:
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“Article 8.43 The announcement for resolutions of a Shareholders’ General Meeting shall include the following:
- (1) the time, venue, voting manner, convener and chairman of the meeting, and descriptions on whether it is in compliance with the relevant laws, rules, regulations and the Articles of Association;
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(2) the number of attending shareholders (their proxies), the total number of shares represented and its proportion to the total number of voting shares of the Company, and descriptions on attendance of holders of listed and unlisted shares at the meeting respectively;
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(3) the way of voting on each resolution;
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(4) the voting results of each resolution, and the number of shares representing votes in favour of, against or abstained from voting with respect to each resolution by holders of listed and unlisted shares respectively. In the event that a resolution is voted at the meeting, the announcement shall state the name of proposing shareholders, the proportion of their shareholdings and content of such resolution. When voting on connected transactions at the meeting, the announcement shall include a statement on the related shareholders who abstain from voting. For resolutions required to be voted by holders of listed shares individually, the announcement shall include a special statement. In the event that any proposed resolution is not passed, or that any resolution previously passed is amended at the current Shareholders’ General Meeting, the announcement shall include a statement accordingly;
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(5) summarized legal opinion, or in the event that any resolution is added, voted against or amended at the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the whole text of such legal opinion shall be disclosed.
Where the Company convenes a Shareholders’ General Meeting to consider and approve the resolutions stated in Article 8.35, the announcement shall also set out the number of public shareholders voting at the Shareholders’ General Meeting, the total number of shares held by them, its proportion to the total number of shares held by the public shareholders, the voting results as well as the shareholdings of the 10 largest public shareholders voting at the Shareholders’ General Meeting and the voting results.”
- The existing Articles 8.37 to 8.38 be renumbered as new Articles 8.44 to 8.45.
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The existing Article 10.4 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 10.4 The Board of Directors of the Company shall before the date of the Shareholders’ General Meeting disclose details about the nominated directors in the notice of the Shareholders’ General Meeting to ensure that shareholders have enough knowledge about the nominees when they cast their votes.
A nominated director shall make an undertaking in writing prior to the Shareholders’ General Meeting to the effect that he/she has accepted the nomination, and confirms that the information about him/her as disclosed to the public is true and complete and promises that he/she will duly perform the responsibilities as directors if he/she is elected a director of the Company.
New director shall sign a “Directors’ Declaration and Undertakings” and present it to the Board of Directors and the stock exchange where the shares of the Company are Listed for filing.”
- The existing Article 10.14 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“The Company shall establish the Board of Directors which shall be accountable to the Shareholders’ General Meeting and report its work thereto. The Board of Directors shall comprise nine directors (the specific number of directors shall be approved at a Shareholders’ General Meeting), of which there shall be six executive directors who shall be responsible for dealing with the daily affairs designated by the Company, and three independent non-executive directors who shall not be responsible for the daily affairs. The Board of Directors shall have one Chairman.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be a director of the Company and he shall be elected and removed by more than one-half of all directors. The period of office of the Chairman shall be three years and he shall be eligible for re-election and re-appointment.”
- The existing Article 10.19 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“The Board of Directors shall hold meetings at least four times every year. The meeting shall be convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a written notice of meeting shall be given to all directors 14 days before the date of the meeting.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.32 after Article 10.31:
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“Article 10.32 The announcement for resolutions of a Board Meeting shall include the following:
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(1) the time and means of issue of notice of the meeting;
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(2) the time, venue and voting manner of the meeting, and descriptions on whether it is in compliance with the relevant laws, rules, regulations and the Articles of Association;
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(3) the number and names of directors present in person or by their representatives and absent at the meeting, the reasons for such absence and names of such representing directors;
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(4) the number of votes in favour of, against and abstained from voting with respect to each resolution, and the reasons for voting by the relevant directors against or abstained from voting with respect to each resolution;
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(5) for connected transactions, the announcement shall state the names of directors who shall abstain from voting, and reason and result thereof;
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(6) where a prior consent of independent directors is required to be obtained or an individual opinion is required to be given by independent directors, the announcement shall include a statement on the prior consent or given opinion;
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(7) details of resolutions to be considered and approved and the resolutions passed at the meeting.”
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The existing Article 10.32 be renumbered as new Article 10.33.
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The existing Article 10.33 be deleted and renumbered as Article 10.34 and 10.35 as follows:
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“Article 10.34 The Board of Directors shall appoint independent directors.
Independent directors shall comprise one third or more of the Board of Directors of the Company, of whom there shall be at least one accounting professional. An independent director shall faithfully perform his duties and protect the Company’s interests, in particular, ensuring that the legal interests of public shareholders are not impaired.
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An independent director shall discharge his duties independently without being affected by the majority shareholders of the Company, de facto controllers or units or individuals with a conflict of interest with the Company.
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Article 10.35 an independent director shall have his own independency. The following persons shall not act as an independent director:
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(1) any employee of the Company or its subsidiaries and that employee’s immediate relatives and principal associates (“immediate relatives” include spouse, parents and children and “principal associates” include brothers and sisters, parents-in-law, sons/daughters-in-law, the spouses of brothers and sisters and the brothers and sisters of the spouses);
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(2) any natural person shareholder, directly or indirectly, holds 1% or more of the issued shares in the Company or is one of the ten largest shareholders of the Company, and its respective immediate relatives;
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(3) any employee who, directly or indirectly, holds 5% or more of the issued shares in the Company or is one of the five largest shareholders of the Company, or its immediate relatives;
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(4) any person who falls within any of the above three categories over the course of the most recent year;
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(5) any person who provides financial, legal or consultancy services to the Company or its subsidiaries.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.36:
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“Article 10.36 The Company’s Board of Directors, supervisory committee, shareholders individually or jointly holding more than 1 percent of the issued shares of the Company may nominate a candidate for independent director and a decision by voting will be made at the Shareholders’ General Meeting.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.37:
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“Article 10.37 Substantial connected transactions and appointment or dismissal of accountants of the Company shall be approved by more than one-half of the independent directors before
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submitting the proposal of the same to the Board of Directors for discussion. Proposal of the independent directors to the Board of Directors for the convening of Extraordinary General Meeting and Board meeting, and for open collection of voting rights from other shareholders before the Shareholders’ General Meeting shall be approved by more than one-half of the independent directors. If unanimously agreed by all independent directors, independent directors can independently appoint external auditors and consultancies to conduct auditing and make enquiries on specific matters at the expenses of the Company.”
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The following article be added as new Article 10.38:
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“Article 10.38 An independent director shall attend the meetings of the Board of Directors as scheduled, have an understanding of the production and operation of the Company, and take initiative to conduct investigation and obtain information necessary for decision-making. Independent directors shall submit their report to the Annual General Meeting of the Company, describing the discharge of their duties.”
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The following be added as new Article 10.39:
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“Article 10.39 The Company shall establish a system of work for independent directors with the secretary to the Board of Directors actively assisting the independent directors as to the fulfillment of their duties. The Company shall ensure that an independent director has the same rights to information as other directors, and shall provide independent directors with relevant materials and information in a timely manner, report on the performance of the Company regularly and, when necessary, arrange for independent directors to conduct on-site investigations.”
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The existing Article 10.34 be renumbered as new Article 10.40.
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The following be added as new Article 10.41:
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“Article 10.41 Independent directors may resign before expiry of their term. Independent directors shall submit to the Board of Directors a written report in relation to their resignation stating any situation relating to their resignation or which they consider to be necessary to draw to the attention of the shareholders and creditors of the Company.
Shall the resignation of independent directors results in the number of independent directors or of members of the Board of
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Directors falling below the statutory or minimum requirement as stipulated in the Articles of Associations, independent directors shall continue to perform their duties in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and the Articles of Associations until the independent directors who are elected in the by-election assume their offices. The Board of Directors shall convene a Shareholders’ General Meeting within two months to elect independent directors. Independent directors may cease to perform their duties if a Shareholders’ General Meeting is not held within the two months’ period.”
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The existing Article 10.35 be renumbered as new Article 10.42 as follows:
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“Article 10.42 To fully utilize his function, an independent director shall, apart from the powers conferred on him under the Company Law and the relevant laws and regulations, also be conferred the following special functions and powers by the Company:
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(1) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to endorse material connected transactions (being such connected transactions between the Company and a connected person and total amount of which exceeds $3 million and 0.5% of the Company’s latest audited net asset value), to appoint or to dismiss certified accountants firms before submission to the Board of Directors for discussion;
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(2) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to propose to the Board of Directors to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting;
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(3) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to propose to convene the Board Meeting;
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(4) subject to the consent of half or more of all the independent directors, to solicit votes from shareholders prior to the Shareholders’ General Meeting;
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(5) subject to the consent of all the independent directors, to independently engage external auditors and advisors to review and provide advice on specific matters at the expense of the Company.”
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The existing Articles 10.36 to 10.42 be renumbered as new Articles 10.43 to 10.49.
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The following be added as new Article 11.6 after Article 11.5:
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“Article 11.6 The Company shall take an active role in establishing an adequate system of investor relationship management and enhance communications between the Company and its shareholders, especially its public shareholders, through various channels. The Company Secretary shall be responsible for the management of investor relationships of the Company.”
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The existing Article 13.2 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 13.2 The supervisory committee shall comprise three members. The exact number of the supervisory committee is subject to the approval of the Shareholders’ General Meeting. One of the Supervisors shall act as the chairman of the supervisory committee. The appointment and removal of the chairman of the supervisory committee shall be made by a resolution passed by two-thirds or more of the members of the supervisory committee. The term of office for members of the supervisory committee shall be three years and the members shall be eligible for reelection.”
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The existing Article 13.3 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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“Article 13.3 The supervisory committee shall comprise two shareholders’ representatives who shall be elected or removed by the Shareholders’ General Meeting and one employee representative of the Company who shall be elected or removed by the employees democratically.”
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The following be added as new Article 13.4:
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“Article 13.4 Newly appointed supervisors shall sign the “Supervisors’ Declaration and Undertakings” and present it to the supervisory committee of the Company and the stock exchange where the shares of the Company are listed for filing within one month after their appointments are approved by the Shareholders’ General Meeting and employee representatives’ general meeting.”
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The existing Articles 13.4 to 13.9 be renumbered as new Articles 13.5 to 13.10.
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The following be added as a new Provision after Provision (9) of Article 14.1:
- “(10) a person under any of the circumstances specified in section 57 and 58 of the Companies Law and is designated by the Securities Regulatory Commission to be a person who may not enter into the market and such designation has not been discharged, and if the person is announced as unsuitable person by the stock exchange where the Company’s shares are listed where less than two years have elapsed since the announcement.”
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(11) “ THAT
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(i) subject to sub-paragraph (ii) and (iii) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to repurchase the overseas-listed foreign shares (“H shares”) in issue of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and/or requirements of the governmental or regulatory body of securities in the PRC, the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, or of any other governmental or regulatory body be and is hereby approved;
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(ii) the aggregate nominal amount of the H Shares of the Company which the directors of the Company are authorised to repurchase pursuant to the approval in subparagraph (i) of this resolution shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the H Shares of the Company in issue on the date of passing this resolution; and
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(iii) the approval in sub-paragraph (i) above shall be conditional upon:
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(a) the passing of a special resolution in the same terms as the resolution set out in this paragraph (except for this sub-paragraph (iii)(a) at (1) the extraordinary general meeting for holders of H Shares to be held on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable); and (2) the extraordinary general meeting for holders of domestic shares of the Company to be held on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable);
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(b) the approvals of the regulatory authorities as required by the laws, rules and regulations of the PRC being obtained by the Company if appropriate; and
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(c) the Company not being required by any of its creditors to repay or to provide guarantee in respect of any amount due to them (or if the Company is so required by any of its creditors, the Company having, in its absolute discretion, repaid or provided guarantee in respect of such
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amount) pursuant to the notification procedure set out in Article 4.2 of the articles of association of the Company;
- (iv) for the purpose of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(b) the expiration of a period of twelve months following the passing of this special resolution; or
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(c) the date on which the authority set out in this special resolution is revoked or varied by a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company in any general meeting; and
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(v) subject to approval of all relevant governmental authorities in the PRC for the repurchase of such H Shares being granted, the Board be hereby authorized to:
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(a) make such amendments to the articles of association accordingly as it thinks fit so as to reduce the registered share capital of the Company and to reflect the new capital structure of the Company upon the repurchase of H Shares of the Company as contemplated in paragraph (i) above; and
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(b) file the amended articles of association of the Company with the relevant government authorities of the PRC.”
By order of the Board of
Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited
Gu Chu Jun
Chairman
Foshan City, Guangdong, the PRC, 28 April, 2005
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Notes:
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from 28 May, 2005 to 28 June, 2005, both days inclusive, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To qualify for attendance at the extraordinary general meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Branch Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Registrars Limited of Rooms 1712-1716, 17/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, no later than 4:00 p.m. on 27 May, 2005, for registration.
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Shareholders intending to attend the annual general meeting shall give written notice of the same to the Company, which shall be lodged at the registered office of the Company on or before 4:00 p.m. on 8 June, 2005.
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Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting are entitled to appoint one or more persons (whether or not a shareholder of the Company) as their proxy to attend and vote on behalf of themselves.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy, together with a duly notarised power of attorney or other document of authority, if any, under which the form is signed must be deposited at the registered office of the Company not later than 24 hours before the time for holding the extraordinary general meeting.
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The registered address of the Company is: No. 8 Ronggang Road, Ronggui Street, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province.
Postal code: 528303 Tel: (86) 757 28362570 Fax: (86) 757 28361055 Contact person: Li Lin, Yu Wan Li
As at the date of this notice, the Company’s executive directors are Mr. Gu Chu Jun, Mr. Liu Cong Meng, Mr. Li Zhen Hua, Mr. Yan You Song, Mr. Zhang Hong and Mr. Fang Zhi Guo; and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. Chan Pei Cheong, Andy, Mr. Li Kung Man and Mr. Xu Xiao Lu.
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GUANGDONG KELON ELECTRICAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 0921)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an extraordinary general meeting for holders of H shares of Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited (the “Company”) will be held at the conference room of the Company’s head office, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 28 June, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing with or without amendment, the following resolution which will be proposed as a special resolution of the Company:
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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(i) subject to sub-paragraph (ii) and (iii) of this resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all powers of the Company to repurchase the overseas-listed foreign shares (“H shares”) in issue of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) or on any other stock exchange on which the securities of the Company may be listed and recognised by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange for this purpose, subject to and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and/or requirements of the governmental or regulatory body of securities in the PRC, the Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, or of any other governmental or regulatory body be and is hereby approved;
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(ii) the aggregate nominal amount of the H Shares of the Company which the directors of the Company are authorised to repurchase pursuant to the approval in subparagraph (i) of this resolution shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate nominal amount of the H Shares of the Company in issue on the date of this resolution; and
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(iii) the approval in sub-paragraph (i) above shall be conditional upon:
- (a) the passing of a special resolution in the same terms as the resolution set out in this paragraph (except for this sub-paragraph (iii)(a) at (1) the annual general meeting for all shareholders to be held on 28 June, 2005 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable); and (2) the extraordinary general meeting for holders of domestic shares of the Company to be held on 28 June, 2005 (or on such adjourned date as may be applicable);
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(b) the approvals of the regulatory authorities as required by the laws, rules and regulations of the PRC being obtained by the Company if appropriate; and
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(c) the Company not being required by any of its creditors to repay or to provide guarantee in respect of any amount due to them (or if the Company is so required by any of its creditors, the Company having, in its absolute discretion, repaid or provided guarantee in respect of such amount) pursuant to the notification procedure set out in Article 4.2 of the articles of association of the Company;
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(iv) for the purpose of this resolution:
“Relevant Period” means the period from the date of the passing of this resolution until whichever is the earliest of:
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(a) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;
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(b) the expiration of a period of twelve months following the passing of this special resolution; or
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(c) the date on which the authority set out in this special resolution is revoked or varied by a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company in any general meeting; and
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(v) subject to approval of all relevant governmental authorities in the PRC for the repurchase of such H Shares being granted, the Board be hereby authorized to:
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(a) make such amendments to the articles of association accordingly as it thinks fit so as to reduce the registered share capital of the Company and to reflect the new capital structure of the Company upon the repurchase of H Shares of the Company as contemplated in paragraph (i) above; and
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(b) file the amended articles of association of the Company with the relevant government authorities of the PRC.”
By order of the Board of
Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited Gu Chu Jun
Chairman
Foshan City, Guangdong, the PRC, 28 April, 2005
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Notes:
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The register of members of the Company will be closed from 28 May, 2005 to 28 June, 2005, both days inclusive, during which period no share transfers will be registered. To qualify for attendance at the extraordinary general meeting, all transfers accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s Branch Share Registrar in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Registrars Limited of Rooms 1712-1716, 17/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, no later than 4:00 p.m. on 27 May, 2005, 2005, for registration.
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Shareholders intending to attend the H shareholders extraordinary general meeting shall give written notice of the same to the Company, which shall be lodged at the registered office of the Company on or before 4:00 p.m. on 8 June, 2005.
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Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the H shareholders extraordinary general meeting are entitled to appoint one or more persons (whether or not a shareholder of the Company) as their proxy to attend and vote on behalf of themselves.
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In order to be valid, the form of proxy, together with a duly notarised power of attorney or other document of authority, if any, under which the form is signed must be deposited at the registered office of the Company not later than 24 hours before the time for holding the H shareholders extraordinary general meeting.
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The registered address of the Company is: No. 8 Ronggang Road, Ronggui, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province.
Postal code: 528303 Tel: (86) 757 28362570 Fax: (86) 757 28361055 Contact person: Li Lin, Yu Wan Li
As at the date of this notice, the Company’s executive directors are Mr. Gu Chu Jun, Mr. Liu Cong Meng, Mr. Li Zhen Hua, Mr. Yan You Song, Mr. Zhang Hong and Mr. Fang Zhi Guo; and the independent non-executive directors are Mr. Chan Pei Cheong, Andy, Mr. Li Kung Man and Mr. Xu Xiao Lu.
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