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Orient Overseas (International) Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2009
Jan 20, 2009
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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江蘇寧滬高速公路股份有限公司 JIANGSU EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability as a joint-stock limited company)
(Stock Code: 177)
Proxy form for holders of H Shares for use at the 2009 First Extraordinary General Meeting and any adjournment thereof
I/We[(] [note][1][)]
of ( note 1 ) being the registered holders of ( note 2 ) H shares in JIANGSU EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED (the “Company”), HEREBY APPOINT ( note 3 ) the Chairman of the meeting or failing him of
as my/our proxy to attend and act for me/us at the 2009 First Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held at the Conference Room, 6 Maque Road, Nanjing, the PRC at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 (and at any adjourment thereof) (the “EGM”) and to exercise all rights conferred on proxies under law, regulation and the Articles of Association of the Company in respect of any other business to be considered in the EGM. I/We wish my/our proxy to vote as indicated below in respect of the resolutions to be proposed at the EGM as hereunder indicated, or if no such indication is given, as my/our proxy thinks fit.
| SPECIAL RESOLUTION | For (note 4) | Against (note 4) | ||||||
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| 1. | The insertion of the following new articles to the Articles of Association of the | |||||||
| Company pursuant to the requirements of the Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau | ||||||||
| of | the China Securities Regulatory Commission to establish a long-standing | |||||||
| mechanism | for further regulation of capital flows between the listed company and | |||||||
| its major shareholders or other connected parties be approved: | ||||||||
| (1) | **The ** | following new articles will be appended to Article 8: Obligations of | ||||||
| the Controlling Shareholder towards Other Shareholders: | ||||||||
| “8.5 | For transactions in respect of capital, commodities, services, |
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| guarantees or other assets between the Company and the controlling | ||||||||
| shareholder or de facto controller or connected parties, the Company | ||||||||
| shall perform the process of consideration by the Board and the | ||||||||
| general meeting in strict compliance with the decision-making |
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| procedures inrelation to connected transactions so as to prevent the | ||||||||
| misappropriation of assets by the Company’s controlling shareholder, | ||||||||
| de facto controller or connected parties. | ||||||||
| 8.6 | The Company’s controlling shareholder or de facto controller shall not | |||||||
| make use of its controlling position to misappropriate the assets of the | ||||||||
| Company. The Company shall establish a “freezing upon |
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| misappropriation” mechanism for shares held by the controlling | ||||||||
| shareholder. That is to say, if the controlling shareholder is found to | ||||||||
| have misappropriated any assets, the Company shall immediately | ||||||||
| apply for judicial freezing, so that if a compensation in cash is not | ||||||||
| effected, the misappropriated assets shall be compensated through a | ||||||||
| realization of equity interests.” | ||||||||
| (2) | **The ** | following new article will be appended to Article 16: Qualifications | ||||||
| **and ** | Obligations of the Company’s Directors, Supervisors, Managers and | |||||||
| Other Senior Management Members: | ||||||||
| “16.19 The Company’s directors, supervisors and senior management |
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| members have statutory obligations of ensuring the safety of the | ||||||||
| Company’s capital. The Company’s directors, supervisors and senior | ||||||||
| management members are the responsible officers of the “freezing | ||||||||
| upon misappropriation” mechanism. The Company’s directors, |
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| supervisors, senior management members and other relevant informed | ||||||||
| parties shall report to the Company’s chairman and secretary to the | ||||||||
| Board on the day they learn about the misappropriation of the | ||||||||
| Company’s assets by the Company’s controlling shareholder or de | ||||||||
| facto controller and its subsidiaries. The secretary to the Board shall | ||||||||
| inform all directors and other relevant parties of the Company on the | ||||||||
| same day and immediately initiate the following procedures: | ||||||||
| (1) On the day the secretary to the Board receives the report on the |
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| misappropriation of the Company’s assets by the Company’s | ||||||||
| controlling shareholder or de facto controller or its |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTION | For (note 4) | Against (note 4) | ||||||||
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| subsidiaries, he/she shall immediately notify and ask the audit | ||||||||||
| committee to conduct an audit on the misappropriation of the | ||||||||||
| Company’s assets by the Company’s controlling shareholder | ||||||||||
| or de facto controller or its subsidiaries. The audit committee | ||||||||||
| shall verify the misappropriation of the Company’s assets by | ||||||||||
| the Company’s controlling shareholder or de facto controller | ||||||||||
| or its subsidiaries on the same day, including the |
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| misappropriated amount and the responsible parties. If it is | ||||||||||
| found that the Company’s directors or senior management | ||||||||||
| members have assisted in or connived at the misappropriation | ||||||||||
| of the Company’s assets by the controlling shareholder or its | ||||||||||
| subsidiaries, the audit committee shall specify in the report the | ||||||||||
| names of the directors or senior management members |
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| involved as well as the details of how they have assisted in or | ||||||||||
| connived at the misappropriation of the Company’s assets by | ||||||||||
| the controlling shareholder or its subsidiaries. | ||||||||||
| (2) After receiving the reports from the Company’s directors, |
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| supervisors, senior management members or other relevant | ||||||||||
| informed parties and the verification report from the audit | ||||||||||
| committee, the chairman shall immediately call and convene a | ||||||||||
| meeting. The Board shall consider and approve a resolution | ||||||||||
| including but not limited to the following content: | ||||||||||
| 1. To confirm the fact of misappropriation and the |
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| responsible parties; | ||||||||||
| 2. The Company shall request the controlling shareholder |
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| to make compensation within two days from the date | ||||||||||
| of the discovery of the misappropriation; | ||||||||||
| 3. The Company shall authorize the secretary to the |
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| Board to apply to the relevant judicial authority for | ||||||||||
| freezing the equity interests held by the controlling | ||||||||||
| shareholder in the Company within two days from the | ||||||||||
| date of the discovery of the misappropriation by the | ||||||||||
| controlling shareholder; | ||||||||||
| 4. If full compensation is not made by the controlling |
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| shareholder within the above deadline, the Company | ||||||||||
| shall authorize the secretary to the Board to apply to | ||||||||||
| the relevant judicial authority for the realization of the | ||||||||||
| shares on hold to compensate for the misappropriated | ||||||||||
| assets; | ||||||||||
| 5. Directors or senior management members who are held |
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| responsible shall be issued warnings or demoted and a | ||||||||||
| monetary penalty equivalent to 0.5%-1% of the |
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| amount of the misappropriated assets shall be |
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| imposed; | ||||||||||
| 6. A proposal shall be made to the general meeting to |
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| remove directors taking significant responsibilities | ||||||||||
| from their office. For directors or senior management | ||||||||||
| members not doing their best in execution, they shall | ||||||||||
| be subject to punishment with reference to the |
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| penalties imposed on those directors or senior |
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| management members who are responsible. | ||||||||||
| (3) The secretary to the Board shall disclose information in |
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| accordance with the “Measures for the Administration of | ||||||||||
| Information Disclosure” and report to the securities regulatory | ||||||||||
| authorities in a timely manner.” | ||||||||||
| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | For (note 4) | Against (note 4) | ||||||||
| 2. | The appointment of Mr. Qian Yong Xiang as an executive Director of the Company | |||||||||
| be and is hereby | approved and that an executive director services contract be entered | |||||||||
| into with | Mr. Qian with a tenure commencing from the date of the 2009 First | |||||||||
| Extraordinary General Meeting and ending on the date of the 2008 Annual General | ||||||||||
| Meeting; | ||||||||||
| 3. | The appointment of Mr. Yang Gen Lin as a Supervisor of the Company be and is | |||||||||
| hereby approved and that a supervisor appointment letter be entered into with Mr. | ||||||||||
| Yang with a tenure commencing from the date of the 2009 First Extraordinary | ||||||||||
| General Meeting and ending on the date of the 2008 Annual General Meeting. |
Date:
, 2009
Signature(s)[(] [note][5][)] :
Notes:
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Please insert full name(s) and address(es) in block capitals.
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Please indicate clearly the number of H shares in the Company registered in your name(s) in respect of which the proxy is so appointed. If no such number is inserted, the proxy will be deemed to be appointed in respect of all the H shares in the Company registered in your name(s).
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A shareholder is entitled to appoint a proxy of his own choice. Where the proxy appointed is not the Chairman of the EGM, please cross out “the Chairman of the meeting”, and fill in the name(s) and address(es) of the proxy in the space provided. Each shareholder is entitled to appoint one or more than one proxy to attend and vote at the EGM on his behalf. The proxy needs not be a member of the Company. The person who signs this proxy form shall initial against any alteration in it.
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Important: if you wish to vote for any resolution, tick in the box marked “For”. If you wish to vote against any resolution, tick in the box marked “Against”. Failure to tick any box will entitle your proxy to cast your vote at his discretion.
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This form of proxy must be signed by you or your attorney duly authorised in writing (in this case, the power of attorney must be notarially certified) or, in the case of a corporation or institution, either under the common seal or under the hand of any director or attorney duly authorised in writing.
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To be valid, this proxy form and, if such proxy form is signed by a person under a power of attorney or other authority on behalf of the appointor, a notarially certified copy of that power of attorney or other authority (if applicable), must be deposited at the Company not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the EGM.