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TOM Group Limited — Board/Management Information 2007
Aug 21, 2007
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Board/Management Information
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(Stock Code: 2383)
RE-DESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR
The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Wang Lei Lei has been re-designated as an executive director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2007.
The board of directors (the “Board”) of TOM Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Wang Lei Lei (“Mr. Wang”) has been re-designated as an executive director of the Company with effect from 1 September 2007.
Mr. Wang, aged 34, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since 9 December 2002. He is also the chief executive officer and an executive director of TOM Online Inc. (“TOM Online”) in charge of the overall management since September 2003. Mr. Wang was appointed as a director of Beijing Super Channel Network Limited (“Beijing Super Channel”) in December 2002, a general manager of Beijing Super Channel in November 2000, a director of Shanghai Super Channel Network Limited in March 2003, a director of Shenzhen Freenet Information Technology Company Limited in April 2001, an executive director of Beijing Lei Ting Wan Jun Network Technology Limited (“Beijing Lei Ting”) in November 2000, and the chairman of the board of directors and president of Beijing Lei Ting in August 2002. Mr. Wang joined the Company in August 1999 and was made Head of TOM’s online operations in October 2001. Mr. Wang graduated in 1996 from the Electronic Engineering Department of Tsinghua University with a B.S. in Electronic Technology and Information.
Mr. Wang has personal interests in 300,000 shares and 15,930,000 share options of the Company, and 139,264,000 share options of TOM Online within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”). In addition, he also has short positions in 20% of the equity interests in Beijing Lei Ting, the associated corporation of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO (such interests are held as nominee for a subsidiary of the Company).
Mr. Wang has entered into a continuous service contract with TOM Online commencing from 1 January 2004. The term of the contract is fixed at three years and thereafter will be continuous unless terminated by not less than three months’ notice served by either party on the other. The aforesaid service contract was not terminated upon the expiry of the initial term of three years and remains continuous. Mr. Wang is entitled to the annual basic salary of HK$1,054,000 and certain benefits. In addition, he is entitled to an annual bonus payable for each twelve months period completed
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commencing on 1 January of the calendar year immediately following the date enters into his service contract. The amount of the bonus shall be determined at the discretion of the board of directors of TOM Online. He is also entitled to receive a director’s fee of HK$50,000 per annum, which was determined having regard to his duties in the Company.
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company and there is no other information which is discloseable pursuant to any of the requirements set out in Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
By Order of the Board TOM GROUP LIMITED Angela Mak Executive Director
Hong Kong, 21 August 2007
As at the date hereof, the directors of the Company are:
Executive Directors: Non-executive Directors: Ms. Tommei Tong Mr. Frank Sixt (Chairman) Ms. Angela Mak Ms. Debbie Chang Mrs. Susan Chow Mr. Edmond Ip Mrs. Angelina Lee Mr. Wang Lei Lei
Independent non-executive Directors: Mr. Henry Cheong Ms. Anna Wu Mr. James Sha
- for identification purpose
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