New City Development Group Limited — AGM Information 2017

Mar 30, 2017

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CHINA EVERBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 中國光大國際有限公司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 257)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of China Everbright International Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at Island Ballroom, Level 5, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong on Wednesday, 24th May, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements and the report of the directors and independent auditor’s report for the year ended 31st December, 2016.

2. To declare a final dividend of HK13.0 cents per share for the year ended 31st December, 2016.

3. (a) To re-elect Mr. Cai Yunge as an executive director of the Company.

4. (b) To re-elect Mr. Wang Tianyi as an executive director of the Company.

5. (c) To re-elect Mr. Cai Shuguang as an executive director of the Company.

6. (d) To re-elect Mr. Tang Shuangning as a non-executive director of the Company.

7. (e) To re-elect Mr. Zhai Haitao as an independent non-executive director of the Company.

8. (f) To authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix the remuneration of the directors for the year ending 31st December, 2017.

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1. To re-appoint Ernst & Young as auditors and to authorize the board of directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.

2. To consider as special businesses and, if thought fit, pass the following Ordinary Resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

(1) “ THAT :

• (A) subject to paragraph (C) of this Resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company (“ Directors ”) during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with shares of the Company (“ Shares ”) and to make or grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which would or might require Shares to be allotted be and hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

• (B) the approval in paragraph (A) above shall authorize the Directors during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make and grant offers, agreements and options (including warrants, bonds, debentures, notes and other securities which carry rights to subscribe for or are convertible into Shares) which would or might require Shares to be allotted after the end of the Relevant Period;

• (C) the aggregate number of Shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) above, otherwise than pursuant to (i) a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined); or (ii) an issue of Shares pursuant to any scrip dividends or similar arrangement providing for allotment of Shares in lieu of the whole or part of the dividend on Shares in accordance with the articles of association of the Company, shall not exceed 20 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing this Resolution provided that if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of Shares is effected, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same and such maximum number of Shares shall be adjusted accordingly; and

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• (D) for the purpose of this Resolution,

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

• (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or

• (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of Hong Kong to be held; or

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting; and

“Rights Issue” means an offer of Shares or issue of options, warrants or other securities giving the right to subscribe for Shares, open for a period fixed by the Directors to the holders of Shares, or any class of Shares, whose name appear on the register of members of the Company (and, where appropriate, to holders of other securities of the Company entitled to the offer) on a fixed record date in proportion to their holdings of such Shares (or, where appropriate, such other securities) as at that date (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognized regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory outside Hong Kong applicable to the Company).”

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(2) “ THAT :

• (A) subject to paragraph (B) of this Resolution, the exercise by the directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to buy back shares of the Company (“ Shares ”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“ the Stock Exchange ”) or on any other stock exchange on which the Shares 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 and the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange or of any other stock exchange as amended from time to time, be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

• (B) the aggregate number of the Shares to be bought back by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (A) of this Resolution shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the total number of issued Shares as at the date of passing this Resolution provided that if any subsequent consolidation or subdivision of Shares is effected, the maximum number of Shares that may be bought back pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) above as a percentage of the total number of issued Shares immediately before and after such consolidation or subdivision shall be the same and such maximum number of Shares shall be adjusted accordingly; and

• (C) for the purposes of this Resolution,

“Relevant Period” means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

• (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; or

• (ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the articles of association of the Company or any applicable laws of Hong Kong to be held; or

• (iii) the date on which the authority set out in this Resolution is revoked or varied by an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.”

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• (3) “ THAT the general mandate granted to the directors of the Company to exercise the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of the Company (“ Shares ”) pursuant to the Ordinary Resolution No.(1) set out in item 5 in the notice convening this meeting be and is hereby extended by the addition thereto of an amount representing the aggregate number of Shares bought back by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to the Ordinary Resolution No.(2) set out in the notice convening this meeting, provided that such extended number shall not exceed 10 per cent. of the aggregate number of the issued Shares as at the date of passing the Ordinary Resolution No.(2) set out in item 5 in the notice convening this meeting.”

By Order of the Board China Everbright International Limited POON Yuen Ling Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 31st March, 2017

Registered Office:

Room 2703, 27th Floor Far East Finance Centre 16 Harcourt Road

Hong Kong

Notes:

1. Any member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and speak and, on a poll, to vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

2. To be valid, a proxy form together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

3. Where there are joint holders of any share in the Company, any one of such joint holders may vote at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the meeting, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and, for the purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.

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1. The register of members will be closed from Friday, 19th May, 2017 to Wednesday, 24th May, 2017, both days inclusive, on which no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to qualify for attendance of annual general meeting, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 18th May, 2017.

2. The register of members will also be closed from Thursday, 1st June, 2017 to Monday, 5th June, 2017, both days inclusive, on which no transfer of shares will be effected. In order to qualify for the proposed final dividend, all transfer forms accompanied by the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Tricor Tengis Limited at Level 22, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 31st May, 2017.

3. With regard to item 3 in this notice, the board of directors of the Company proposed that the retiring directors, namely Messrs. Cai Yunge, Wang Tianyi, Cai Shuguang, Tang Shuangning and Zhai Haitao be re-elected as directors of the Company. Details of these retiring directors proposed for re-election are set out in Appendix II of the circular to shareholders dated 31st March, 2017.

As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises: (i) five executive directors, namely Mr. Cai Yunge (Chairman), Mr. Chen Xiaoping (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Wang Tianyi, Mr. Wong Kam Chung, Raymond and Mr. Cai Shuguang; (ii) a non-executive director, namely Mr. Tang Shuangning; and (iii) four independent non-executive directors, namely Mr. Fan Yan Hok, Philip, Mr. Mar Selwyn, Mr. Li Kwok Sing, Aubrey and Mr. Zhai Haitao.

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