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Water Oasis Group Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016
Oct 26, 2016
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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THIS CIRCULAR IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of this circular or as to the action to be taken, you should consult your stockbroker or other registered dealer in securities, bank manager, solicitor, professional accountant or other professional adviser.
If you have sold or transferred all your shares in Shenzhen Expressway 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 affected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this circular, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly 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.
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深圳高速公路股份有限公司 SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00548)
PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME AND GRANT OF RESTRICTED SHARES TO CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS (CONNECTED TRANSACTION) PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE SUPERVISOR NOTICE OF EGM AND NOTICE OF CLASS MEETINGS
Independent Financial Adviser to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders
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A letter from the Independent Board Committee is set out on pages 29 to 30 of this circular. A letter from First Shanghai Capital Limited, the Independent Financial Adviser, is set out on pages 31 to 44 of this circular.
The third extraordinary general meeting 2016 (“ EGM ”), the second class meeting 2016 of holders of A shares (“ ACM ”), the second class meeting 2016 of holders of H shares (“ HCM ”) of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited (“ Company ”) are to be held consecutively at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 November 2016. An extract of the notices of the EGM and the HCM dated 29 September 2016 are set out on pages 97 to 105 of this circular. The notices of the EGM and the HCM, the reply slips and the proxy forms for the EGM and the HCM have been published and despatched to the shareholders of the Company on 29 September 2016.
Whether or not you intend to attend the said meetings, you are requested to complete the proxy forms in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return the same to the registrar of H shares of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, at Floor 17M, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong (for the holders of H shares) or to the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China (for the holders of A shares) as soon as possible and in any event not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the relevant meetings. Completion and return of the proxy forms will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the relevant meetings or any adjourned meeting(s) should you so wish.
27 October 2016
CONTENTS
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| Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| Letter from the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
| Letter from the Independent Board Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| Letter from the Independent Financial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Appendix I – The Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
45 |
| Appendix II – The Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures |
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| for the Incentive Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 84 |
| Appendix III – General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
92 |
| Notice of the EGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
| Notice of the HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
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DEFINITIONS
In this circular, the following expressions shall have the meanings set out below unless the context requires otherwise:
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“A Share(s)” Renminbi-denominated ordinary shares of the Company which were issued in the PRC and subscribed in RMB and are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
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“ACM” the Second Class Meeting 2016 of the Holders of A Shares of the Company to be held at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC, on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 after 2 p.m. (immediately after the conclusion of the EGM), or any adjournment thereof
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“Articles” the articles of association of the Company (as amended from time to time)
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“Board” the board of Directors “Company” Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited, a joint stock limited company incorporated in the PRC with limited liability, the H Shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange and the A Shares of which are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
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“Company Law” the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China “Connected Participant(s)” a Participant(s), who as at the Latest Practicable Date is and/or in the last 12 months was, a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company and/or its subsidiaries (i.e. a connected person of the Company)
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“connected person” has the meaning ascribed thereto under the Listing Rules “CSRC” China Securities Regulatory Commission “Director(s)” the director(s) of the Company “EGM” the Third Extraordinary General Meeting 2016 of the Company to be held at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC, on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 at 2 p.m., or any adjournment thereof
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“Grant Date” the date (a trading day) on which the Restricted Shares are granted to the Participants pursuant to the Incentive Scheme
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“Grant Price” the price of each Restricted Share granted to the Participants
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DEFINITIONS
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“H Share(s)” Overseas-listed foreign shares of the Company which were issued in Hong Kong and subscribed in HK$ and are listed on the Stock Exchange
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“HCM” the Second Class Meeting 2016 of the Holders of H Shares of the Company to be held at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC, on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 after 2 p.m. (immediately after the conclusion of the ACM), or any adjournment thereof
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“Hong Kong” Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
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“Incentive Scheme” or “Restricted the Restricted Share Incentive Scheme of the Company (draft) A Share Incentive Scheme”
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“Independent Board Committee” the independent board committee of the Company comprising Mr. Au Sing Kun, Mr. Lin Chu Chang, Mr. Hu Chun Yuan and Mr. Chen Tao, being all the independent non-executive Directors, established for the purpose of advising the Independent Shareholders in respect of the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants pursuant to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme
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“Independent Financial Adviser” First Shanghai Capital Limited, a licensed corporation to carry on type 6 regulated activity (advising on corporate finance) under the SFO and the independent financial adviser to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders
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“Independent Participant(s)” a Participant(s), who is independent of the Company and its connected person(s)
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“Independent Shareholder(s)” Shareholders who are independent of the Connected Participants and its associates and are not required to abstain from voting on the relevant resolution at the general meeting of the Company
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“Latest Practicable Date”
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24 October 2016, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this circular for ascertaining certain information herein
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“Listing Rules” the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange
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“Participant(s)” the person(s) to be granted Restricted Share(s) under the Incentive Scheme, including the Company’s senior management members, middle and core management and key technicians
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DEFINITIONS
| “PRC” | the People’s Republic of China, which for the purpose of this |
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| circular only, excludes Hong Kong, Macau Special Administrative | |
| Region of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan | |
| “Proposed Grant” or “Grant” | the proposed grant of the Restricted Shares to the Participants |
| (including Connected Participants) pursuant to the Incentive | |
| Scheme | |
| “Restricted Shares” | the 16,990,607 A Shares to be granted to the Participants by the |
| Company under the Incentive Scheme | |
| “RMB” | Renminbi, the lawful currency of the PRC |
| “Securities Law” | the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China |
| “SFO” | Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) |
| “Shareholder(s)” | holder(s) of the Shares |
| “Share(s)” | share(s) of the Company, including A Share(s) and H Share(s), |
| unless specified otherwise | |
| “Shenzhen SASAC” | the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration |
| Commission of Shenzhen | |
| “Stock Exchange” | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited |
| “Supervisor(s)” | supervisor(s) of the Company |
| “Supervisory Committee” | the supervisory committee of the Company |
| “Unlocking Conditions” | conditions required to be fulfilled for unlocking the Restricted |
| Shares of the Participants pursuant to the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Unlocking Date” | the date when the Restricted Shares held by the Participants are |
| unlocked upon fulfillment of the Unlocking Conditions pursuant to | |
| the requirements under the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Unlocking Period” | the period during which the Restricted Shares held by the |
| Participants are unlocked and become tradable on the Shanghai | |
| Stock Exchange upon fulfillment of the Unlocking Conditions | |
| pursuant to the requirements under the Incentive Scheme |
Notes:
In this circular, the English names are translation of their Chinese names, and are included herein for identification purpose only. In the event of any inconsistency, the Chinese names shall prevail.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
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深圳高速公路股份有限公司 SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00548)
Executive Directors: Mr. HU Wei (Chairman) Mr. WU Ya De Mr. WANG Zeng Jin
Non-executive Directors: Mr. LI Jing Qi Mr. ZHAO Jun Rong Mr. TSE Yat Hong Ms. ZHANG Yang
Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. AU Sing Kun Mr. LIN Chu Chang Mr. HU Chun Yuan Mr. CHEN Tao
Legal Address: Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, PRC
Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong: Room 1603, 16/F, China Building, 29 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
27 October 2016
To the Shareholders
Dear Sirs or Madams,
PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME AND GRANT OF RESTRICTED SHARES TO CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS (CONNECTED TRANSACTION) PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE SUPERVISOR NOTICE OF EGM AND NOTICE OF CLASS MEETINGS
INTRODUCTION
Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 26 September 2016 in relation to, among other things, the proposed adoption of the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme and Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants (connected transaction) and the proposed appointment of the Directors and the shareholders’ representative Supervisor.
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LETTER FROM THE BOARD
The purpose of this circular is to provide you with, among other things, (i) further details of the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme and Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants (connected transaction); (ii) further details of the candidates of the Directors; (iii) further details of the candidate of the Supervisor; and (iv) other information required under the Listing Rules.
THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME AND GRANT OF RESTRICTED SHARES TO CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS (CONNECTED TRANSACTION)
Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 15 January 2016, 9 May 2016, 24 June 2016 and the circular of the Company dated 30 May 2016. As disclosed in the aforesaid documents, the Company had convened an extraordinary general meeting and the class meetings to consider the resolutions in relation to the then proposed restricted A Shares incentive scheme on 24 June 2016. The said resolutions were passed in the second extraordinary general meeting 2016 and the first class meeting 2016 of holders of A Shares but were not approved in the first class meeting 2016 of holders of H Shares. It came to the Company’s notice that certain shareholders in the H share market had certain misunderstandings on the avoidance of conflict of interest mechanism of the Company. Therefore, the Company has conducted explanatory works on the corporate governance practices of the Company and the relevant Listing Rules requirement in relation to avoidance of conflict of interest through roadshows, telephone conference and other means in compliance with the applicable laws and rules and respecting the market in the H share market. As covered by such explanatory works, the Company has been endeavor to improve its governance structure, establish and improve the rules of operation and continue to enhance the effectiveness of corporate governance. The Company understands that to avoid conflicts of interest in the decision making process is a fundamental requirement under relevant laws, rules and regulations, which include but not limited to the PRC Company Law, the Listing Rules and the Articles. In particular, Rules 2.15, 14A.36, 14A.68 and 14A.70 of the Listing Rules have stipulated that a director or shareholder of a listed company who has material interest in the transaction or arrangement shall abstain from voting on the relevant resolutions in the board meeting or general meeting, respectively. The Company has formulated its remuneration policy and incentive mechanism. Through the independent operation of the remuneration committee of the Board which mainly comprising and chaired by the independent non-executive Directors, and the measures which requires avoidance of conflict of interest in the process of remuneration determination and performance assessment, it is assured that no Directors, senior management or their respective associates can determine his or her own remuneration. The Connected Participant, Mr. Wu Ya De, being an executive Director and President, has already declared his interest in the Incentive Scheme and abstained from voting on the resolutions in relation to the Incentive Scheme in the Board meeting. The Company will carry out appropriate arrangements (including but not limited to require relevant personnel to abstain from the Board resolutions in relation to the Grant of the Restricted Shares), to ensure that future implementation and management of the Incentive Scheme will continue to follow the aforesaid principles and avoid any conflict of interest between the Company and all Shareholders and any of the Participants.
Based on the proper communications work done in the H share market, the Company has updated and improved its Restricted A Shares Incentive Scheme in accordance with the requirements under the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies (上市公司股權激勵管理辦法) newly promulgated by the CSRC and the changes in the Participants, and proposed the relevant resolutions be considered and approved in the EGM, ACM and HCM. In view of the importance of a comprehensive incentive mechanism to the development of the Company, and in the interests of all the Shareholders, the Company has been striving to implement a medium and long term incentive mechanism in line with the
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development needs of the Company. If the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme was not implemented ultimately due to any reasons, the Company will continue to explore other feasible medium and long term incentive proposals.
(1) The Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme
On 26 September 2016, the Board passed the resolutions in respect of the proposed adoption of the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme, to further establish and improve long-term corporate incentive systems of the Company, attract and retain talent, fully mobilise the motivation of senior management members, middle and core management and key technicians of the Company, effectively tie the interests of the Shareholders, the Company and the management of the Company and enable the respective parties to become aware of the Company’s long-term development, and to promote the realisation of the development strategies of the Company. The Incentive Scheme adopts Restricted Shares as the motivational tool. The source of the underlying Shares to be granted shall be ordinary A Shares issued to the Participants by the Company. The total number of Shares that may be granted under the Incentive Scheme shall be 16,990,607 A Shares, representing approximately 0.78% of the Company’s total share capital of 2,180,770,326 Shares as at the Latest Practicable Date.
The Board agreed to convene the EGM, the ACM and the HCM to approve the Proposed Grant of 16,990,607 Restricted Shares to 74 Participants (representing approximately 1.5% of the total number of the staff of the Company and its subsidiaries) under the Incentive Scheme.
Among the Proposed Grant of the 16,990,607 Restricted Shares:
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(i) 8,042,893 Restricted Shares will be granted to 31 Connected Participants; and
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(ii) 8,947,714 Restricted Shares will be granted to 43 Independent Participants.
The Incentive Scheme shall be effective for five years from the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares.
(2) Administrative Bodies of the Incentive Scheme
The General Meeting, as the institution vested with the supreme authority of the Company, is responsible for consideration and approval of the implementation, change and termination of the Incentive Scheme.
The Board is the institution in charge of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme, and its subordinate Remuneration Committee is responsible for drafting and revising the Incentive Scheme, submitting the same to the General Meeting of the Company for approval and to the competent department for review, and handling the matters related to the Incentive Scheme within the authorisation by the General Meeting.
The Supervisory Committee is the supervisory institution of the Incentive Scheme and is responsible for reviewing the list of Participants, performing supervision over the compliance of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme with relevant laws, administrative regulations, department rules and the business rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, providing opinions on whether the
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Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, and expressing its views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
Independent Directors shall issue independent opinions on whether the Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, solicit proxy voting from all Shareholders in relation to the Incentive Scheme, and express their views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
(3) Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Participants
The 74 Participants are elected and approved by the Board after considering their respective positions and contributions to the Group. In determining the number of Restricted Shares allocated to each of the Participants, the Board has considered: (i) the relevant requirements of the SASAC which stipulated that the number of Restricted Shares issued to any Participant shall not exceed 1% of the Company’s total issued share capital; (ii) the standards for determining the number of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants and the independent Participants are the same; (iii) the number of Restricted Shares granted to the Participants corresponds with his or her salary positions in the Group; and (iv) the importance and contribution of the Participant’s work to the Group, including the scope, responsibilities, difficulties, admission requirements of his/her position.
(a) Connected Participants
As each of the 31 Connected Participants is a connected person of the Company, the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants will constitute connected transactions of the Company under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
The Company proposed to grant 8,042,893 Restricted Shares to the following Connected Participants:
| Percentage to | |||||
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| Percentage to | the total | ||||
| Number of | the total | number of | |||
| Reason for | Restricted | number of | Shares in issue | ||
| being a | Shares to be | Restricted | as at the Latest | ||
| connected | granted | Shares to be | Practicable | ||
| Number | Name | person* | (share) | granted | Date |
| 1 | Wu Ya De | (i), (ii) | 382,038 | 2.25% | 0.018% |
| 2 | Liao Xiang Wen | (ii), (iv) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 3 | Sun Ce | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 4 | Huang Bi Nan | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 5 | Gong Tao Tao | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 6 | Wu Xian | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
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| Percentage to | |||||
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| Percentage to | the total | ||||
| Number of | the total | number of | |||
| Reason for | Restricted | number of | Shares in issue | ||
| being a | Shares to be | Restricted | as at the Latest | ||
| connected | granted | Shares to be | Practicable | ||
| Number | Name | person* | (share) | granted | Date |
| 7 | Li Jian | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 8 | Sun Bin | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 9 | Gao Jiang Ping | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 10 | Luo Kun | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 11 | Fang Jie | (ii), (iii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 12 | Wang Hui Hong | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 13 | He Fang | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 14 | Zhou Yuan | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 15 | Lin Wen Xin | (iv) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 16 | He Cheng Hui | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 17 | Lian Dan Dong | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 18 | Li LiRong | (ii) | 140,751 | 0.83% | 0.006% |
| 19 | Chao De Zhi | (ii), (iv) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 20 | Zhang Jun Rui | (ii) | 321,716 | 1.89% | 0.015% |
| 21 | Jin Bo | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 22 | LüRui | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 23 | Lei Yu Hong | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 24 | Du Ya Fan | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 25 | Cai Cheng Guo | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 26 | Liang Bing | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 27 | Zhao Gui Ping | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 28 | Nie Xin Yue | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 29 | Xu Qi Fu | (ii) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| 30 | Xue Hai Feng | (ii) | 261,394 | 1.54% | 0.012% |
| 31 | Xu Chang Chun | (iv) | 201,072 | 1.18% | 0.009% |
| Total: 31 | 8,042,893 | 47.34% | 0.369% |
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The reason for the Participants being connected persons includes him/her being (i) a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company; (ii) a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company’s subsidiary(ies); (iii) a person who was a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company in the last 12 months; and (iv) a person who was a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company’s subsidiary(ies) in the last 12 months.
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- The number of Restricted Shares to be granted is determined by the positions held by the relevant Participants which can be mainly classified into the following categories (ranked from the category granted with highest number of Restricted Shares): (i) president level; (ii) vice-president level; (iii) middle manager level; (iv) middle deputy manager level; and (v) business backbone level.
The Connected Participants, Mr. Wu Ya De, being an executive Director and the president of the Company, has declared his interests in the Incentive Scheme and abstained from voting on the relevant board resolutions in relation to the Incentive Scheme. Save for Mr. Wu Ya De, there is no other Director who is required to abstain from voting on the board resolutions for approval of the Incentive Scheme.
(b) Independent Participants
The Company proposed to grant 8,947,714 Restricted Shares to 43 Independent Participants. The Independent Participants are the Company’s key employees, including middle managers and business backbones of the Company’s headquarters and leading team members (vice presidents or above) of the Company’s subsidiaries.
To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief, having made all reasonable enquiries, the Independent Participants are third parties independent of the Company and its connected persons.
(4) Grant Price
The Grant Price of Restricted Shares to be granted to the Participants (including the Connected Participants) shall be RMB5.35 per Share. Upon fulfillment of the conditions of Grant, each Participant is entitled to purchase A Share newly issued to the Participants by the Company at the price of RMB5.35 per Share.
Pursuant to the approval on the Company’s Incentive Scheme granted by Shenzhen SASAC, the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares shall be RMB5.35 per Share, which is not lower than 50% of the average trading price of the A Shares on the trading day preceding the date of announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme; and 50% of the average trading price of the A Shares for the last 120 trading days preceding the date of announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme (the total transaction value for the last 120 trading days/total volume of the A Shares of the Company traded for the last 120 trading days).
Having considered that: (i) the requirements in relation to the issue price of new shares under incentive schemes pursuant to the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies (上市公司股權激勵管理辦法) promulgated by the CSRC; (ii) the pricing discount of the Incentive Scheme is lower than the discounts in similar incentive schemes adopted by comparable companies; (iii) the issue size of the Restricted Shares represents a relatively small percentage of the number of total issued share capital of the Company and will not have a material impact on the share capital of the Company; and (iv) the Incentive Scheme can align the interests of the key staff of the Group with that of the Shareholders to enhance the performance and the value of the Company, the Board is of the view that the Grant Price is fair and reasonable and in the interest of the Shareholders as a whole.
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During the period from the announcement date of the draft of the Incentive Scheme to completion of the registration of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants, in the event of any dividend distribution, conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, consolidation or rights issue of Shares of the Company, adjustment to the Grant Price shall be made by the Company accordingly. The methods of adjustment are set out below:
Circumstances
Adjustment to the Grant Price
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(a) Conversion of capital reserve, bonus P=P0/(1+n) issue and sub-division of Shares
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(b) Rights Issue P=P0×(P1+=P0×(P1+P0×(P1+0×(P1+×(P1+1++P2×n)/P1×(1+n)
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P=P0×(P1+=P0×(P1+P0×(P1+0×(P1+×(P1+1++P2×n)/P1×(1+n) P=P0/n
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(c) Consolidation of Shares
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(d) Distribution of dividend
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P=P0–V and P>1 Not applicable The adjustment to the Grant Price shall be considered and passed by the Board and subject to Shareholders’ approval at the general meeting.
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(e) Issue of additional Shares
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(f) Other circumstances
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P represents the Grant Price after adjustment.
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P0 represents the Grant Price before adjustment.
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P1 represents the closing price as at the record date.
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P2 represents the price of the rights issue.
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V represents the dividend entitled to each Share.
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n represents, depending on the circumstances, (a) increase per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of Shares; (b) ratio of the rights issue; or (c) ratio of the consolidation of Shares
(5) Restricted Shares
The information on the 16,990,607 Restricted Shares to be granted to the Participants (including the Connected Participants) pursuant to the Incentive Scheme are set out in the following:
- (i) Securities to be issued:
An aggregate of 16,990,607 Restricted Shares, comprising 8,042,893 Restricted Shares to be granted to 31 Connected Participants, and 8,947,714 Restricted Shares to be granted to 43 Independent Participants.
- (ii) Percentage of Restricted Shares in the share capital of the Company:
An aggregate of 16,990,607 Restricted Shares represent approximately 0.779% (the Restricted Shares to be granted to the Connected Participants represent approximately 0.369%) of the total number of Shares in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date and approximately 0.773%
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(the Restricted Shares to be granted to the Connected Participants represent approximately 0.366%) of the total number of Shares in issue as enlarged by the issue of the Restricted Shares, assuming the Restricted Shares are issued in full to all Participants.
(iii) Market value of Restricted Shares:
Based on the closing price of RMB8.79 per A Share as quoted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as at the Latest Practicable Date, the market values of the 16,990,607 Restricted Shares are approximately RMB149,347,435.53, including the 8,042,893 Restricted Shares to be granted to the Connected Participants being approximately RMB70,697,029.47.
- (iv) Status of Restricted Shares:
The Restricted Shares granted to the Participants shall carry the rights of such Shares after due registration of the transfer, such rights include but not limited to the rights to dividend, the rights of offerings, the rights to vote, etc.
The Restricted Shares granted to the Participants (including the Connected Participants) pursuant to the Incentive Scheme shall not be transferred, pledged for guarantees or used for repayment of debt within 24 months from the Grant Date. All dividend or Shares as a result of conversion of capital reserve, dividend distribution, bonus issue, sub-division received by the Participants as a result of the Restricted Shares granted to them will be locked up in accordance with the Incentive Scheme and all such Shares are subject to the same Lock-up Period as the Restricted Shares, whereas all dividend payable in cash which the Participants are entitled to as a result of the Restricted Shares granted to them will be kept by the Company, and will be paid to the Participants when the Restricted Shares are unlocked in accordance with the Incentive Scheme.
During the Unlocking Period, the Company shall assist the Participants who have fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions to arrange for the Restricted Shares to be unlocked, while the Company shall repurchase and cancel the Restricted Shares held by the Participants who have not fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions. The specific unlocking arrangements are as follows:
| Unlocking | Proportion of | |
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| Arrangement | Unlocking Date | Unlocking |
| First Unlocking | From the first trading day after 24 months from the | 40% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 36 months | ||
| from the Grant Date | ||
| Second Unlocking | From the first trading day after 36 months from the | 30% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 48 months | ||
| from the Grant Date | ||
| Third Unlocking | From the first trading day after 48 months from the | 30% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 60 months | ||
| from the Grant Date |
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Where the Participant is a Director or member of the senior management, the transfer of Shares by him/her should also comply with the requirements under relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the Company Law, the Securities Law and the Articles of Associations.
- (v) Issue of Restricted Shares:
The Restricted Shares will be issued directly to the relevant Participants (including the Connected Participants).
- (vi) Adjustment to the number of Restricted Shares:
During the period from the announcement date of the draft of the Incentive Scheme to completion of the registration of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants, in the event of any conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, consolidation or rights issue in relation to the Shares of the Company, adjustment to the number of Restricted Shares to be granted to the Participants (including the number of Restricted Shares to be granted to the Connected Participants) shall be made by the Company in accordance with the Incentive Scheme as follows:
Circumstances
Adjustment to the Number of Shares
(a) Conversion of capital reserve, bonus Q=Q0×(1+n) issue and sub-division of Shares (b) Rights Issue Q=Q0×P1×(1+n)/(P1+P2×n) (c) Consolidation of Shares Q=Q0×n (d) Issue of additional Shares Not applicable (e) Other circumstances The adjustment to the number of Shares shall be considered and passed by the Board and subject to Shareholders’ approval at the general meeting.
Notes:
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P1 represents the closing price as at the record date.
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P2 represents the price of the rights issue.
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Q represents the amount of Restricted Shares after adjustment.
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Q0 represents the amount of Restricted Shares before adjustment.
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n represents, depending on the circumstances, (a) ratio per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of Shares; (b) ratio of the rights issue; or (c) ratio of the consolidation of Shares
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(6) Conditions of Grant of the Restricted Shares
When the following conditions are fulfilled, the Company shall grant the Restricted Shares to the Participants, on the contrary, if the conditions are not fulfilled, the Participants shall not be granted Restricted Shares. The Company shall, within 60 days upon the fulfillment of the conditions, complete the relevant procedures of the grant, registration and announcement.
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(i) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Company:
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(a) issue of the Company’s financial and accounting report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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(b) issue of the Company’s financial internal control report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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(c) the Company has not distributed profit pursuant to the laws and regulations, articles of associations or public undertakings within the most recent 36 months;
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(d) the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is forbidden by the laws and regulations; and
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(e) other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
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(ii) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Participant:
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(a) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange in the most recent 12 months;
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(b) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions in the most recent 12 months;
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(c) such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations in the most recent 12 months;
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(d) occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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(e) such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies;
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(f) other circumstances as determined by the CSRC; and
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(g) other material breach of relevant requirements of the Company as determined by the Board.
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(iii) The Company has achieved the following business performance:
Pursuant to the approval granted by Shenzhen SASAC, the average return on net assets attributable to shareholders of the company, revenue growth and cash dividend payout ratio of the Company during 2014 shall not be less than the actual value during the financial year of 2013 and the average value of the most recent three years (from the financial years of 2011 to 2013), deducting the effects on the performance indicators by reason of the government (including but not limited to repurchase of the management rights of the highway by the government).
(7) Grant Date
The Grant Date of the Restricted Shares shall be determined by the Board upon obtaining the approval of the Incentive Scheme by the Shareholders at general meeting of the Company. The Grant Date must be a trading day and must not fall within any of the following periods:
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(i) within the period commencing from 30 days prior to the publication of periodic reports of the Company to the second trading day after publication of such periodic reports (in case of postponement of publication of the periodic reports, commencing from 30 days prior to the intended publication date);
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(ii) within the period commencing from 10 trading days prior to the publication of the announcement of results forecast and results express of the Company to the second trading day after the publication of such announcement;
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(iii) within the period commencing from the time at which a major transaction or major event is subject to decision to the second trading day after such transaction or event is announced; and
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(iv) within the period commencing from the date of occurrence of any material events which may affect the price of Shares to the second trading day after such information is announced.
The “major transactions”, “material events” and “material events which may affect the price of Shares” mentioned above shall be the discloseable transactions or other material events of the Company pursuant to the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Shares of Shanghai Stock Exchange. Within 60 days after approval of the Incentive Scheme by the Shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting and class meetings of the Company, the Board shall in accordance with the provisions of the Incentive Scheme conduct a meeting to grant the Restricted Shares to the Participants, and complete the relevant registration and announcement procedures. The Participants (including the Connected Participants) should pay for the Restricted Shares granted to them by way of a one-off cash payment (Grant Price x number of Restricted Shares granted).
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(8) Black-out Period of the Incentive Scheme
The black-out period of the Incentive Scheme shall follow laws, regulations and regulatory documents like the Company Law and the Securities Law, as well as the Articles of Association. The relevant regulations are set out as follows:
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(i) Where the Participant is a Director or member of the senior management, the number of Shares which may be transferred by the Participant per year during his/her tenure of office shall not exceed 25% of the total number of the Shares held by him/her.
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(ii) Where the Participant is a Director or a member of senior management, all gains from the sale of Shares within six months of purchase or from the purchase of Shares within six months of sale by the Participant shall belong to the Company and to be collected by the Board.
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(iii) If, during the validity period of the Incentive Scheme, there is any amendment to the requirements regarding the Share transfer by a Director and senior management of the Company under relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the Company Law, the Securities Law and the Articles of Association, the transfer of the Shares held by the Participant shall comply with the provisions of relevant amended laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the Company Law and the Securities Law and the Articles of Association at the time of the transfer.
(9) Unlocking Conditions of the Restricted Shares
The following conditions must be fulfilled before the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants (including the Connected Participants) can be unlocked:
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(i) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Company before each unlocking:
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(a) issue of the Company’s financial and accounting report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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(b) issue of the Company’s financial internal control report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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(c) the Company has not distributed profit pursuant to the laws and regulations, articles of associations or public undertakings within the most recent 36 months;
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(d) the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is forbidden by the laws and regulations; and
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(ii) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Participant before each unlocking:
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(a) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange in the most recent 12 months;
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(b) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions in the most recent 12 months;
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(c) such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations in the most recent 12 months;
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(d) occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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(e) such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies;
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(f) other circumstances as determined by the CSRC; and
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(g) other material breach of relevant requirements of the Company as determined by the Board.
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- (iii) Unlocking Conditions pursuant to the performance level of the Company:
The following performance requirements must be fulfilled for unlocking of the Restricted Shares:
- Performance indicators First unlocking Second unlocking Third unlocking Return on Equity Average ROE not lower than Average ROE not lower than Average ROE not lower than (ROE) 9.8% for the financial years 10.3% for the financial years 10.8% for the financial years of 2015-2016, and not lower of 2015-2017, and not lower of 2015-2018, and not lower than the listed expressway than the listed expressway than the listed expressway companies’ average ROE for companies’ average ROE for companies’ average ROE for the financial years of 2015the financial years of 2015the financial years of 20152016. 2017. 2018; and average ROE for the financial year of 2018 not lower than a ‘merit’ standard for expressway industry as published in the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission’s “Corporate Performance Standards” for that year.
| Revenue | Growth | Average revenue growth not | Average Revenue Growth not | Average Revenue Growth not |
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| lower than 11% for the | lower than 12% for the | lower than 13% for the | ||
| financial years of 2015-2016, | financial years of 2015-2017, | financial years of 2015-2018, | ||
| and not lower than the listed | and not lower than the listed | and not lower than the listed | ||
| expressway companies’ | expressway companies’ | expressway companies’ | ||
| average revenue growth for | average revenue growth for | average revenue growth for | ||
| the financial years of 2015- | the financial years of 2015- | the financial years of 2015- | ||
| 2016. | 2017. | 2018. | ||
| Dividend | Payout | Dividend payout ratio not lower | Dividend payout ratio not lower | Dividend payout ratio not lower |
| Ratio | than 43% for the financial | than 43% for the financial | than 43% for the financial | |
| years of 2015-2016. | year of 2017. | year of 2018. |
Note: (a) deducting the effects on the performance indicators by reason of the government (including but not limited to repurchase of the management rights of the highway by the government); (b) deducting the effects of equity financing on the performance indicators; and (c) when calculating the average performance of the listed expressway companies, deducting the extreme sample with material deviation.
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- (iv) Assessments at the Participant level
The annual appraisal results of the Participant will be used as the basis of unlocking of the Restricted Shares granted by the Incentive Scheme. The Restricted Shares could only be unlocked if the Participant passed the appraisal for the previous year.
- (v) Cancellation of the Restricted Shares
If the Company did not fulfill the performance requirements or the Participant did not pass the appraisal and fulfil the Unlocking Conditions, the Restricted Shares granted to the Participant could not be unlocked for the respective years and shall be cancelled by the Company upon repurchase at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
(10) Re-designation of Participant’s Employment Position and Termination of Employment Relationship
If a Participant is re-designated to another position and remain to be employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, the grant, lock-up and unlocking of his or her Restricted Shares will remain to be carried out pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Scheme.
If the employment relationship between the Company and a Participant is terminated as a result of objective reasons such as relocation, removal, retirement, death or civil incapacitation, the right to the Restricted Shares (provided that the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have been met in that year) shall be exercisable by the Participant within six months after the date of such termination, or else the rights lapse within six months. If the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have not been met, the Participant shall in principle not exercise the right to the Restricted Shares. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased for cancellation by the Company at the Grant Price.
If the employment relationship is terminated as a result of resignation or other personal reasons, the Participant’s right to the Restricted Shares shall no longer be exercisable. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased by the Company at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
(11) Rights and Obligations of the Company and the Participants
(i) Rights and Obligations of the Company
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(a) The Company shall have the right to construe and execute the Scheme and shall evaluate the performance of Participants based on the Scheme, and supervise and review if the Participants have the right to execute.
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(b) The Company has the right to require the Participants shall, perform their responsibilities based on the requirement of the position. If the Participants are incompetency in performing his duties or failure in appraisal, the unlocked Restricted Shares of the Participants shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company according to the Scheme upon the approval of the Board.
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(c) If the Participants violate the laws and professional ethics, leak confidential information of the Company, and are negligent or gross misconduct in performance of duties, which may cause serious damage to the interests or reputation of the Company, the unlocked Restricted Shares of the Participants shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company according to the Scheme upon the approval of the Board.
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(d) The Company shall not provide any loans or any other forms of financial assistance for Participants (including providing guarantee for their loans) to acquire the Restricted Shares of the Scheme in accordance with the Restricted Shares Incentive Scheme.
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(e) The Company shall pay individual income tax and other taxation on behalf of the Participants in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (國家稅收法規).
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(f) The Company shall discharge its obligations in relation to timely reporting and information disclosure under the Scheme in accordance with the relevant requirements.
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(g) The Company shall proactively procure the unlocking of Restricted Shares for Participants who have satisfied with the conditions for unlocking the Restricted Shares pursuant to the Scheme and the relevant requirements of the CSRC, SSE and the depository and clearing corporation. The Company shall not be held liable for losses incurred by the Participants who fail to unlock their Restricted Shares due to reasons caused by the CSRC, SSE and the depository and clearing corporation.
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(h) Other relevant rights and obligations as stipulated under the laws and regulations.
(ii) Rights and Obligations of Participants
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(a) Participants shall, based on the requirement of the position, perform their responsibilities diligently in compliance with professional ethic and strive to contribute to the development of the Company.
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(b) Participants shall lock up their granted Restricted Shares according to the requirements of the Scheme.
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(c) The source of funding of Participants shall derive from their own funds.
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(d) Upon completion of registration by the depository and clearing corporation, the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants shall have the same rights as shares, including but not limited to the rights to dividend, rights to rights issue and voting right conferred by such shares. However, any bonus shares, shares by conversion of capital
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reserve, rights issue shares and the shares placed to original shareholders upon issuance of new shares which are acquired by the Participants due to grant of Restricted Shares during the Lock-up Period, shall be locked simultaneously, and shall not be sold in the secondary market or otherwise transferred. The ending date of the Lock-up Period of such shares is the same as that of the Restricted Shares;
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(e) When the Company declares cash dividends, the cash dividends which should be enjoyed by the Participants in connection with the granted Restricted Shares will be received by the Company after withholding and paying the individual income tax, and later will be returned to the Participants once such part of Restricted Shares are unlocked; If such part of Restricted Shares cannot be unlocked, the Company will cancel such part of Restricted Shares upon repurchase and make corresponding accounting treatment in accordance with the Scheme.
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(f) During the validity period of the Scheme, the maximum gain which the Participants can obtain from the share option incentives shall not exceed 40% of their remuneration level (inclusive of the gain from the share option incentives). In the event that the gain from the share option incentive changes, the adjusted policy will be applied.
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(g) The gains acquired by the Participants as a result of the Incentive Scheme shall be subject to individual income tax and other taxes and fees according to tax laws and regulations of the PRC.
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(h) When the Participant no longer meets the conditions under the Incentive Scheme, or in other circumstances where the Company shall repurchase or cancel the Restricted Shares, the Participant shall cooperate with the Company to complete the repurchase of the Shares.
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(i) Other relevant rights and obligations as stipulated under the laws and regulations.
(12) Repurchase of Unlocked Restricted Shares
If the Company repurchases the unlocked Restricted Shares pursuant to the requirements of the Incentive Scheme, the procedure of which shall be conducted in compliance with the requirements of the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies (上市公司股權激勵管理辦法) and the Incentive Scheme. The Company shall pay the Participant the repurchase amount, complete the transfer procedures for such Shares through the Shanghai Branch of China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, and cancel such Shares within a reasonable period after the completion of transfer.
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(13) The full text of the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme is set out in the Appendix I to this circular.
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(14) The Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme
With an aim to further improve the share incentives administration and assessment system of the Company, ensure the successful implementation of the Incentive Scheme, the Board proposed the Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme to the general meetings for approval. The full text of the Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme is set out in the Appendix II to this circular.
- (15) Shareholders’ Meeting to authorize the Board to deal with the matters pertaining to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme of the Company
The authorization grant by the Shareholders’ Meeting to the Board includes:
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(i) the Shareholders’ Meeting authorizing the Board to implement the following matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme:
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(a) to determine the qualifications and conditions of the participation in the Incentive Scheme, to determine the list of the Participants and the respective number of Restricted Shares to be granted to each of the Participant, and to determine the Grant Price;
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(b) to determine the date of grant of the Restricted Shares and to procure the granting to and unlocking of the Restricted Shares of the Participants when the conditions have been fulfilled;
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(c) to review and confirm the unlocking qualifications and conditions of the Participants and to procure the unlocking of Restricted Shares for the Participants who are qualified under the Incentive Scheme;
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(d) if the number of shares and Grant Price need to be adjusted due to the Company’s exright, ex-dividend and any other reasons, to adjust the same in accordance with the principle and method under the Incentive Scheme;
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(e) to procure the repurchasing and cancelling of the locked Restricted shares held by the Participants which are required to be repurchased and cancelled under the Incentive Scheme, however, such repurchase and cancellation shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if the laws, regulations or the relevant regulatory authorities so require;
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(f) to formulate or amend the provisions for management and implementation of the Incentive Scheme from time to time on the basis that the terms of the Incentive Scheme remains unchanged, however, such amendments shall be approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting and/or regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
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(g) to pass the resolution to terminate the implementation of the Incentive Scheme when the Board thinks fit, however, such termination shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if the laws, regulations or the relevant regulatory authorities so require;
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(h) to sign, implement, amend or terminate any agreements in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
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(i) to implement all necessary procedures and matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme, except for those clearly stipulated by relevant documents belong to the rights of the Shareholders’ Meeting;
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(ii) to authorize the Board, in relation to the Incentive Scheme, to approach the relevant government or regulatory authorities for any approval, registration, filing, authorization and consent; to sign, implement, amend or complete all documents to be submitted to the relevant government, authorities, organizations or persons; to amend the articles of association of the Company, to register the change of issued share capital of the Company; and to do all other things that are necessary, fit and proper in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
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(iii) to approve the validity period of the authorization given to the Board be the same as the validity period of the Incentive Scheme.
(16) Reasons for and Benefits of the Implementation of the Incentive Scheme (including the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants)
Despite the Incentive Scheme may bring along a slight dilution of less than 1% to the profit of the Group and incur an estimated share-based payment cost in the total amount of approximately RMB51 million during the validity period of the Incentive Scheme, having considered the purpose of the Incentive Scheme, i.e. to further establish and improve long-term corporate incentive systems of the Company, attract and retain talent, fully mobilise the motivation of senior management members, middle and core management and key technicians of the Company, effectively tying the interests of the Shareholders, the Company and the management of the Company and enabling the respective parties to become aware of the Company’s long-term development, and to promote the realisation of the development strategies of the Company, the Board is of the view that the implementation of the Incentive Scheme will realise the aforesaid goals, and the terms and conditions of the Incentive Scheme are normal commercial terms, and are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
(17) Information on the Group
The Company and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the investment, construction, operation and management of toll highways and roads, as well other urban and transportation infrastructure facilities.
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(18) Implications of the Listing Rules
As each of the Connected Participants as at the Latest Practicable Date is and/or in the last 12 months was, a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, each of the Connected Participants is a connected person of the Company pursuant Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules, and the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants will constitute connected transactions of the Company and are subject to the reporting, announcement and independent shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
The Company has established the Independent Board Committee comprising all independent nonexecutive Directors (none of the independent non-executive Director is interested in the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants) to provide its recommendation on the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants to the Independent Shareholders, and the Company has engaged First Shanghai Capital Limited (a licensed corporation to carry on type 6 regulated activity (advising on corporate finance) under the SFO) as Independent Financial Adviser to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in this regards.
The Incentive Scheme and the Proposed Grant contemplated thereunder may or may not be approved by the Shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting and the class meetings. Even if the Incentive Scheme and the Proposed Grant contemplated thereunder are approved, the numbers of Participants and Restricted Shares to be granted as set out herein are the maximum limit under the Incentive Scheme, the actual number of Restricted Shares to be granted may be less than the proposed number. The Company will further announce the details of the actual grant of the Restricted Shares to the Participants, Shareholders and Investors of the Company are advised to exercise caution when dealing in the securities of the Company.
PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
The Company recently received letters from its shareholders Xin Tong Chan Development (Shenzhen) Company Limited (新通產實業開發(深圳)有限公司) and China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. (招商局公路網路科技控股股份有限公司), wherein Xin Tong Chan Development (Shenzhen) Company Limited proposed Mr. Li Jing Qi cease to act as a Director and Mr. Liu Ji and Mr. Liao Xiang Wen be nominated as candidates for the Directors; and China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. proposed Ms. Zhang Yang ceased to act as a Director and Mr. Chen Yuan Jun be nominated as a candidate for the Director.
Pursuant to the Articles and its schedules, Shareholder(s) individually or collectively holding more than 1% of the issued share capital of the Company may nominate candidates for the Director. As at the Latest Practicable Date, each of Xin Tong Chan Development (Shenzhen) Company Limited and China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. holds 30.03% and 4.00% of the total issued shares of the Company. Accordingly, the Company shall consider their written requisitions.
In the Board meeting of the Company held on 26 September 2016, the Board approved that Mr. Liu Ji, Mr. Liao Xiang Wen, and Mr. Chen Yuan Jun be nominated as the candidates for the Directors and be proposed to the general meeting of the Company for election.
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The biographical details of the candidates for the Directors are set out as follows:
Mr. LIU Ji, born in 1975, obtained a Master degree in Science from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has years of experience in capital markets, merger and acquisition and property management. Mr. Liu had worked in Shenzhen Shenhua Real Estate Engineering Development Company, Shenzhen Construction Investment Holding Company, Shenzhen State Owned Assets Management Office and Shenzhen SASAC. He joined Shenzhen International Holdings Limited (a Hong Kong listed company) in August 2006 and had successively worked as the secretary of the executive committee of the board, the general manager of the information technology engineering department, general manager of the administration department and general manager of corporate management department. Since August 2014, he has been served as the general manager of the merger and acquisition department of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited. Mr. Liu currently also serves as the directors or chairman of the supervisory committee of several investee companies of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited, and as the mediator of South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
Mr. LIAO Xiang Wen, born in 1968, obtained a Doctor degree in Laws from Southwest University of Political Science and Law. He has extensive experience in toll highway management, legal affairs and human resource management. Mr. Liao had worked in the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality. He joined the Company in November 2004 and had successively worked as the deputy general manager of the public relations department and the general manager of the human resources department, etc. Since August 2009, he has been served as a vice president of the Company. Mr. Liao currently also serves as the executive director and general manager of Shenzhen Airport-Heao Expressway (Eastern Section) Company Limited and Shenzhen Meiguan Expressway Company Limited, both of which are subsidiaries of the Company, and a director of Guangdong United Electronic Toll Collection Inc., an investee company of the Company.
Mr. CHEN Yuan Jun, born in 1961, holds professional titles of Senior Economist and Engineer, obtained a Master degree in Business Administration. He has extensive experience in transportation infrastructure construction and business management. Mr. Chen has worked in Qinhuangdao Port Authority of Ministry of Transport, China Merchants Group Company Limited and China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited. He has been served as the deputy general manager and the chief operating officer of China Merchants Holdings (Pacific) Limited (a Singapore listed company) and the deputy general manager of China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. since December 2004 and February 2013, respectively. Mr. Chen currently also serves as a director of Huabei Expressway Company Limited (a PRC listed company) and as deputy general manager, general manager, director and/or chairman of several investee companies of China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. He is also a director of “Year Book of China Transportation and Communications” and a director of the Operation and Management Association of Chinese Expressway.
Upon approval of the general meeting, the appointment of Mr. Liu Ji, Mr. Liao Xiang Wen, and Mr. Chen Yuan Jun will be effective immediately, with the term of office ending on 31 December 2017. The Company will enter into a director’s service contract with each of Mr. Liu Ji, Mr. Liao Xiang Wen, and Mr. Chen Yuan Jun.
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As approved by the previous general meeting of the Company, the Company will not fix or pay any director’s fee to the executive Directors who held management positions in the Company. The salary of the executive Directors will be calculated, approved and paid with reference to the actual circumstances of their respective positions and in accordance with the Company’s remuneration and benefit policies. Mr. Liao Xiang Wen currently serves as the vice president of the Company. Pursuant to the Company’s remuneration and benefit policies, his position salary is RMB40,000 per month. The determination, adjustment and approval of his total amount of salary will be made pursuant to the Remuneration Management Procedures of the Company and disclosed regularly in the annual reports of the Company. The Company will not fix or pay any director’s fee to the non-executive Directors who receives salary in Shareholders’ entities. In addition, Directors who attend or observe the relevant meetings shall obtain meeting subsidy. The standard of meeting subsidy for attending each meeting will be RMB1,000 (after tax) and the standard of meeting subsidy for observing each meeting will be RMB500 (after tax).
Save as disclosed above, each of the candidates of Directors confirms that (i) he did not hold any other directorships in any other listed public companies in the last three years; (ii) he has no relationship with any Directors, Supervisors, senior management or substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company; and (iii) he has no interest in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
Save as disclosed above, the Company considers that there is no information which is discloseable nor is/ was any of the above persons involved in any of the matters required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of the provisions under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules, and there is no other matter relating to the nomination of the above persons that needs to be notified the Shareholders.
PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE SUPERVISOR
Mr. He Sen, a Shareholders’ representative Supervisor, has filed his resignation as a Supervisor due to work change. As Mr. He’s resignation would result the number of Supervisors fall below the statutorily requirement, Mr. He will continue to perform his duties according to the laws and regulations and the Articles prior to the election and appointment of the new Supervisor.
The Company has received a letter from its promoter shareholder Guangdong Roads and Bridges Construction Development Company Limited (廣東省路橋建設發展有限公司), wherein it has nominated Mr. Liang Xin as the candidate for the Shareholder’s representative Supervisor.
Pursuant to the Articles and its schedules, promoter shareholder(s) may nominate candidates for the Shareholders’ representative Supervisor and in the event of filling the causal vacancy, the original nominating party shall nominate candidates. Guangdong Roads and Bridges Construction Development Company Limited is a promoter shareholder of the Company and the original nominating party of Mr. He. Accordingly, the Company shall consider its written requisition.
In the meeting of the Supervisory Committee held on 26 September 2016, the Supervisory Committee approved that Mr. Liang Xin be nominated as the candidate for the Shareholders’ representative Supervisor and be proposed to the general meeting of the Company for election.
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The biographical details of Mr. Liang Xin are set out as follows:
Mr. Liang Xin, born in 1967, holds professional titles of Senior Accountant, obtained a Master degree in Business Administration from Jinan University. He has extensive experience in financial accounting and business management. Mr. Liang has served in various subsidiaries of Guangdong Provincial Communication Group Company Limited, including the chief accountant of Guangdong Nanyue Logistics Company Limited from June 2008 to March 2013, the deputy general manager and chief accountant of Guangdong Litong Technology Investment Company Limited from April 2013 to February 2015. He has served as the chief accountant and a director of Guangdong Roads and Bridges Construction Development Company Limited since March 2015 and June 2016, respectively. Mr. Liang currently also serves as the director, chairman or general manager of various subsidiaries of Guangdong Roads and Bridges Construction Development Company Limited.
Upon approval of the general meeting, the appointment of Mr. Liang Xin will be effective immediately, with the term of office ending on 31 December 2017. The Company will not enter into any supervisor’s service contract with Mr. Liang Xin.
As approved by the previous general meeting of the Company, the Company will not fix or pay any supervisor’s fee to the Supervisor who receives salary in Shareholders’ entities. In addition, Supervisors who attend or observe the relevant meetings may obtain meeting subsidy. The standard of meeting subsidy for attending each meeting will be RMB1,000 (after tax) and the standard of meeting subsidy for observing each meeting will be RMB500 (after tax).
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Liang Xin confirms that (i) he did not hold any other directorships in any other listed public companies in the last three years; (ii) he has no relationship with any Directors, Supervisors, senior management or substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company; and (iii) he has no interest in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
Save as disclosed above, the Company considers that there is no information which is discloseable nor is/ was Mr. Liang involved in any of the matters required to be disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of the provisions under Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules, and there is no other matter relating to the nomination of Mr. Liang that needs to be notified the Shareholders.
EGM, ACM AND HCM
The Company will convene the EGM, the ACM and the HCM consecutively at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC at 2 p.m. on 23 November 2016 (Wednesday). Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules and/or the Articles, voting at the EGM, the ACM and the HCM will be taken by poll.
The notices of the EGM, and the HCM, together with the reply slips and the proxy forms of the EGM and the HCM have been published and despatched to the Shareholders on 29 September 2016. An extract of the notices of the EGM and the HCM are set out on pages 97 to 105 of this circular.
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The EGM, the ACM and the HCM are to consider and, if thought fit, to approve the resolutions in relation to the Incentive Scheme and the Proposed Grant (including the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants). To the best of the Directors’ knowledge, information and belief, having made all reasonable enquiries, no Shareholder will be required to abstain from voting on the resolutions for approval of the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants at the EGM, the ACM and the HCM. In accordance with relevant provisions of the Administration Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies, Mr. Au Sing Kun, an independent non-executive director of the Company was appointed by other independent non-executive directors as the soliciting party to solicit voting rights from all shareholders of the Company in connection with abovementioned resolutions to be considered at the EGM, the ACM and the HCM. For details related, please refer to the Announcement on the Solicitation of Voting Rights by the Independent Director dated 28 September 2016.
Whether or not you intend to attend abovementioned meetings, you are requested to complete the proxy forms in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return the same to the registrar of H shares of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong (for H Shareholders) or to the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC (for A Shareholders) as soon as possible and in any event not later than 24 hours before the time appointed for holding the relevant meetings. Completion and return of the proxy form will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the relevant meetings or any adjourned meeting(s) should you so wish.
RECOMMENDATION
Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Independent Board Committee and the letter from Independent Financial Adviser, respectively, which set out their recommendations in respect of the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to the Connected Participants and the principal factors considered by them in arriving at their recommendations.
The Board (including all the independent non-executive Directors) considers that the terms of the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants are on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned, the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board (including all the independent non-executive Directors) recommends the Independent Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the general meetings (including EGM, ACM and HCM).
The Board considers that the proposed appointment of Directors and the Shareholders’ representative Supervisor is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole and recommends the Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolution to be proposed at the EGM.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Your attention is drawn to the additional information set out in the appendices to this circular.
Yours faithfully, By Order of the Board of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited HU Wei
Chairman
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT BOARD COMMITTEE
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深圳高速公路股份有限公司 SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00548)
27 October 2016
To the independent Shareholders
CONNECTED TRANSACTION
THE PROPOSED GRANT OF RESTRICTED SHARES TO CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS
PURSUANT TO THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
Dear Sir or Madam,
We refer to the circular of the Company dated 27 October 2016 (the “ Circular ”), in which this letter forms part. Unless the context requires otherwise, capitalized terms used in this letter will have the same meanings as defined in the Circular.
We have been appointed as members of the Independent Board Committee to advise you in relation to the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants pursuant to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme.
We wish to draw your attention to the letter from Independent Financial Adviser set out on pages 31 to 44 of the Circular and the letter from the Board set out on pages 4 to 28 of the Circular.
Having taken into account the principal factors and reasons considered by First Shanghai Capital Limited, the Independent Financial Adviser, regarding the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants pursuant to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme and its conclusion and advice, we concur with the view of First Shanghai Capital Limited and consider that the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants are in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Company and the terms thereunder are on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned, the Proposed Grant of Restricted Shares to Connected Participants is in the
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interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. We therefore recommend the Independent Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the general meetings (including EGM, ACM and HCM).
Yours faithfully, AU Sing Kun LIN Chu Chang HU Chun Yuan CHEN Tao
Independent Board Committee
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR
The following is the text of the letter of advice to the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders from First Shanghai Capital Limited in respect of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants for the purpose of incorporation into this circular.
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19th Floor, Wing On House 71 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong
27 October 2016
To the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders
Dear Sir or Madam,
CONNECTED TRANSACTION
THE PROPOSED GRANT OF RESTRICTED SHARES TO CONNECTED PARTICIPANTS PURSUANT TO THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
INTRODUCTION
We refer to our engagement to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in respect of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants, details of which are set out in the circular of the Company to the Shareholders dated 27 October 2016 (the “ Circular ”), of which this letter forms part. Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this letter shall have the same meanings as those defined in the Circular.
According to the announcement of the Company dated 26 September 2016 (the “ Announcement ”), the Board passed a resolution on 26 September 2016 in respect of the proposed adoption of the Incentive Scheme and the Proposed Grant thereunder. Some of the Participants are connected persons of the Company, therefore the Grant to such participants will constitute a connected transaction for the Company. Hence, the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants is subject to, among other requirements, the approval by the Independent Shareholders. According to the Announcement, the Board has agreed to convene the EGM, the ACM and the HCM (collectively, the “ Meetings ”) to approve, among other things, the Proposed Grant.
The Independent Board Committee, comprising all the independent non-executive Directors, namely Mr. AU Sing Kun, Mr. LIN Chu Chang, Mr. HU Chun Yuan and Mr. CHEN Tao, has been formed to advise the Independent Shareholders in respect of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants. We, First Shanghai Capital Limited, have been appointed to advise the Independent Board Committee and the Independent Shareholders in this regard.
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Within the past two years from the Latest Practicable Date, apart from this engagement in respect of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants, we were engaged by the Company as independent financial adviser in respect of a proposed connected transaction as detailed in the circular of the Company dated 30 May 2016. Given (i) our independent role in this previous engagement; and (ii) our fee for this previous engagement represented an insignificant percentage of the revenue of our parent group, we consider this previous engagement would not affect our independence to form our opinion in respect of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants.
In putting forth our opinion and recommendation, we have relied on the accuracy of the information and representations included in the Circular and provided to us by the management of the Group. We have assumed that all such information and representations made or referred to in the Circular and provided to us by the management of the Group were true at the time they were made and continue to be true up to the date of the Circular. We have also assumed that all statements of belief, opinion and intention made in the Circular were reasonably made after due enquiry. We have no reason to doubt the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information and representations provided to us by the management of the Group and have been advised that no material facts have been withheld or omitted from the information provided and referred to in the Circular. We consider that we have reviewed sufficient information to reach an informed view and to justify reliance on the accuracy of the information contained in the Circular and to provide a reasonable basis for our advice. We have not, however, conducted any independent verification of the information included in the Circular and provided to us by the management of the Group nor have we conducted any form of investigation into the business, affairs or future prospects of the Group.
PRINCIPAL FACTORS AND REASONS CONSIDERED
In formulating our opinion on the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants, we have taken into account the following principal factors and reasons:–
1. Background and benefits of the Incentive Scheme
I. Background information on the Group
The Company is principally engaged in the investment, construction, operation and management of toll highways and roads in the PRC. The table below contains an overview of the historical financial performance of the Group based on the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015.
| **For the ** | **year ended 31 ** | December | |
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| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| RMB million | RMB million | RMB million | |
| Revenue | 3,279 | 3,620 | 3,421 |
| of which: toll revenue | 2,898 | 3,008 | 3,014 |
| Net profit attributable to owners of the | |||
| Company | 720 | 2,187 | 1,553 |
| Return on equity excluding non-recurring | |||
| items | 8.5% | 8.9% | 4.4% |
| Dividend payout ratio | 48.5% | 44.9% | 47.8% |
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We understand the Group was profitable for the recent years and, with reference to the annual reports of the Company, (i) the higher net profit of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2014 was attributable to, among other factors, the record of non-operating income from gain on disposal of certain assets of the Meiguan Expressway of approximately RMB1,496 million; and (ii) the higher net profit of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2015 was attributable to, among other factors, the record of investment income from the consolidation of uncommon control arising from equity shares acquired before the acquisition date recalculated per fair value of approximately RMB904 million.
The table below contains an overview of the historical financial position of the Group based on the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015.
| Non-current assets Current assets Total assets Non-current liabilities Current liabilities Total liabilities Net assets attributable to owners of the Company Minority interests Net assets |
As at 31 December 2015 RMB million 23,246 8,425 |
|---|---|
| 31,671 | |
| 12,599 4,111 |
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| 16,710 | |
| 12,369 2,592 |
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| 14,961 |
We understand that, as at 31 December 2015, (i) the key assets of the Group are its noncurrent assets related to expressways; (ii) the Group had net assets attributable to owners of the Company of approximately RMB12,369 million; and (iii) the Group had net current assets of approximately RMB4,314 million.
In respect of the prospect of the general economy and the automobile industry of the PRC, we have reviewed (i) economic projections published on the website of the International Monetary Fund; and (ii) industry information published on the website of Roland Berger, which is a global consultancy firm with over 2,000 employees working in over 30 countries. With reference to the World Economic Outlook Database (April 2016) published on the website of the International Monetary Fund, we understand the real gross domestic product of the PRC is expected to experience annual growths of approximately 6.5%, 6.2% and 6.0% for each of the years ending 31 December 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. With reference to the report titled 2015 Chinese auto consumer insights (2015 中國汽車消費者洞察報告 ) dated November 2015 and published on the website of Roland Berger, we understand (i) the sales of automobile
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in the PRC market has reached a mature stage; and (ii) the annual growth rate of the sales of automobile in the PRC market is expected to be within 7% for 2015 and the years after. We understand, for the upcoming years, the general economy and the automobile industry of the PRC may continue to grow, which may be beneficial to the business of the Group.
II. Background and benefits of the Incentive Scheme
In view of the importance of a comprehensive incentive mechanism to the development of the Company, and in the interests of all the Shareholders, the Company has been striving to implement a medium and long term incentive mechanism in line with the development needs of the Company.
Reference is made to the announcements of the Company dated 15 January 2016, 9 May 2016, 24 June 2016 and the circular of the Company dated 30 May 2016. As disclosed in the aforesaid documents, the Company had convened an extraordinary general meeting and class meetings to consider the resolutions in relation to the then proposed restricted A Shares incentive scheme on 24 June 2016 (the “ Previous Resolutions ”). The Previous Resolutions were passed in the second extraordinary general meeting 2016 and the first class meeting 2016 of holders of A Shares but were not approved in the first class meeting 2016 of holders of H Shares. As stated in the letter from the Board in the Circular, the Company noticed that the H share market had certain misunderstandings on the Previous Resolutions. Therefore, the Company has, in compliance with the applicable laws and rules and respecting the market, conducted explanatory works on the Previous Resolutions (the “ Explanatory Works ”) through roadshows, telephone conference and other means. We have reviewed records of correspondences and information in respect of the Explanatory Works and, based on our review of such records and information and the advices by the management of the Group, we understand the Company had conducted the Explanatory Works on the Previous Resolutions with an aim to clarify previous misunderstandings in the market.
According to the Announcement, on 26 September 2016, the Board passed a resolution in respect of the proposed adoption of the Incentive Scheme and the Proposed Grant thereunder. The Proposed Grant involves the granting of the Restricted Shares, which are A Shares, to the Participants. The total number of Shares that may be granted under the Incentive Scheme shall be 16,990,607 A Shares, representing approximately 0.78% of the total share capital of the Company as at the Latest Practicable Date. The total number of the Participants is 74, which include directors, senior management and key employees of the Group. None of the Participants would be entitled to a significant share of the Restricted Shares, where each of the Participants has a share of less than 2.5% of the total number of Restricted Shares to be granted.
The Incentive Scheme shall be effective for five years from the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares. The Unlocking Conditions, including requirements in connection with the financial performance of the Group and the annual appraisal results of the Participants, have to be fulfilled before the Restricted Shares can be unlocked. Given the Participants would hold the Restricted Shares and would expect the Unlocking Conditions to be fulfilled, the Incentive Scheme can align the interests of the key staff of the Group with that of the Shareholders to enhance the performance and the value of the Company. The Incentive Scheme can also retain talent for the long term development of the business of the Group.
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Having primarily considered (i) the Incentive Scheme can align the interests of the key staff of the Group with that of the Shareholders to enhance the performance and the value of the Company; (ii) the maximum number of Restricted Shares to be granted represents less than 0.8% of the total number of share capital of the Company; (iii) none of the Participants would be entitled to a significant share of the Restricted Shares; (iv) the financial effects of the Incentive Scheme are acceptable as discussed below; and (v) the market had misunderstandings on the Previous Resolutions and the Company has accordingly conducted explanatory works through roadshows, telephone conference and other means, we are of the view that the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants, which is part of the Incentive Scheme, is in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
2. Principal terms of the Incentive Scheme
We are advised by the management of the Group that the terms of the Grant under the Incentive Scheme are the same for the Connected Participants and for the Independent Participants. The principal terms of the Incentive Scheme include the Grant Price, the adjustment mechanism, the issue size and share allocation and the unlocking arrangement.
I. The Grant Price
The Grant Date of the Restricted Shares shall be determined by the Board upon obtaining all the necessary approval(s) of the Incentive Scheme (including but not limited to the approval by the Independent Shareholders). The Grant Price shall be RMB5.35 per Restricted Share, where the Participants shall be entitled to purchase the Restricted Shares newly issued by the Company at such price upon fulfillment of the relevant conditions.
The Grant Price is governed by, among other regulations, 上市公司股權激勵管理辦法 (Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies) issued by 中國證券監督 管理委員會 (China Securities Regulatory Commission) (the “ New CSRC Regulation ”). The New CSRC Regulation came into effect on 13 August 2016 (the “ Regulation Effect Date ”). We understand, pursuant to the New CSRC Regulation, the grant price of restricted shares under incentive schemes shall not be lower than the benchmark price (the “ Benchmark Price ”), where the Benchmark Price shall be the higher of the 50% of the following:
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(a) the average price of the A shares for the last trading day preceding the date of the announcement of the incentive scheme proposal (being the total transaction value for the last trading day divided by the total volume of the A shares traded for the last trading day) (the “ LTD Price ”); and
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(b) the average price of the A shares for the last 20, 60 or 120 trading days preceding the date of the announcement of the incentive scheme proposal (being the total transaction value for these 20, 60 or 120 trading days divided by the total volume of the A shares traded for these 20, 60 or 120 trading days) (the “ 20-Day Price ”, the “ 60-Day Price ” and the “ 120-Day Price ”, respectively).
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For our assessment of the Grant Price, we have reviewed comparable incentive schemes which (i) were first proposed by companies listed in the PRC during the period between the Regulation Effective Date and the date of the Announcement; (ii) were approved by shareholders during the period between the Regulation Effective Date and the date of the Announcement; and (iii) involved the issue of restricted A shares to directors (the “ Comparable Schemes ”). Details of the Comparable Schemes are set out as follows:–
| The grant price represents | The grant price represents | The grant price represents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **premium/(discount) ** | over/to | ||||
| LTD | 20-Day | 60-Day | 120-Day | Benchmark | |
| Issuer | Price | Price | Price | Price | Price |
| 南京全信傳輸科技股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Nanjing Quanxin Cable Technology | |||||
| Co., Ltd) (300447 CH) | (50%) | (48%) | (44%) | (42%) | 0% |
| 重慶藍黛動力傳動機械股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Chongqing Landai Powertrain Corp., | |||||
| Ltd.) (002765 CH) | (50%) | (49%) | (49%) | (46%) | 0% |
| 廣州市昊志機電股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Guangzhou Haozhi Industrial | |||||
| Co.,Ltd.) (300503 CH) | (50%) | (49%) | (47%) | (36%) | 0% |
| 天夏智慧城市科技股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Teamax Smart City Technology | |||||
| Corporation Limited) (000662 CH) | (50%) | (48%) | (47%) | (44%) | 0% |
| 遠光軟件股份有限公司(YGSOFT Inc.) | |||||
| (002063 CH) | (47%) | (52%) | (50%) | (50%) | 0% |
| 浙江醫藥股份有限公司(Zhejiang | |||||
| Medicine Co., Ltd.) (600216 CH) | (50%) | (50%) | (49%) | (48%) | 0% |
| 重慶市迪馬實業股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Chongqing Dima Industry Co. Ltd) | |||||
| (600565 CH) | (50%) | (50%) | (49%) | (53%) | 0% |
| 深圳市惠程電氣股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Shenzhen Hifuture Electric Co., | |||||
| Ltd.) (002168 CH) | (50%) | (50%) | (48%) | (43%) | 0% |
| 石家莊通合電子科技股份有限公司 | |||||
| (Shijiazhuang Tonhe Electronics | |||||
| Technologies Co., Ltd.) (300491 CH) | (50%) | (53%) | (57%) | (49%) | 0% |
| Maximum | (47%) | (48%) | (44%) | (36%) | 0% |
| Mean | (50%) | (50%) | (49%) | (46%) | 0% |
| Median | (50%) | (50%) | (49%) | (46%) | 0% |
| Minimum | (50%) | (53%) | (57%) | (53%) | 0% |
| The Company | (37%) | (37%) | (36%) | (36%) | 26% |
Source: Bloomberg and the announcements in respect of the Comparable Schemes
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With reference to the above table, we note that (i) the Grant Price of the Incentive Scheme overall represents a lesser discount to the LTD Price, the 20-Day Price, the 60-Day Price and the 120-Day Price as compared with those under the Comparable Schemes; and (ii) all of the Comparable Schemes adopt the Benchmark Price as the grant price, whereas the Grant Price of the Incentive Scheme represents a premium of approximately 26% to the Benchmark Price.
Taking into account, particularly, (i) the Grant Price is equally applicable to both the Connected Participants and the Independent Participants; (ii) the pricing discount of the Incentive Scheme is less than those of the Comparable Schemes and complies with the pricing requirement under the New CSRC Regulation; and (iii) the intention of the Incentive Scheme is to provide incentives to the key staff of the Group to enhance the performance and the value of the Company rather than to purely raise fund, we consider the Grant Price of the Incentive Scheme to be acceptable.
II. The adjustment mechanism
During the period from the date of the announcement of the proposed adoption of the Incentive Scheme to the completion of the registration of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants, adjustments to the number of Restricted Shares and the Grant Price shall be made under certain scenarios. The following table summarises such adjustment mechanism, the details of which are set out in the letter from the Board in the Circular.
| Adjustment to | **Adjustment to ** | the number of | ||
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| Scenario | the Grant Price | the Restricted Shares | ||
| (a) | Conversion of capital reserve, | P=P0/(1+n) | Q=Q0× (1+n) | |
| bonus issue and sub-division of | ||||
| the Shares | ||||
| (b) | Rights issue | P=P0×(P1+P2×n)/(P1×(1+n)) | Q=Q0×P1×(1+n)/(P1+P2×n) | |
| (c) | Consolidation of the Shares | P=P0/n | Q=Q0 × n | |
| (d) | Dividend distribution | P=P0 – V; and P>1 | Not applicable | |
| (e) | Issue of additional Shares | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| (f) | Other scenarios | Adjustment to the Grant Price or the number of the Restricted Shares | ||
| shall be considered and passed by the Board and | subject to the | |||
| approval by the Shareholders at the general meeting |
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P represents the adjusted Grant Price.
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P0 represents the Grant Price before the adjustment.
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P1 represents the closing price as at the record date.
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P2 represents the price of the rights issue.
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Q represents the adjusted number of the Restricted Shares.
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Q0 represents the number of Restricted Shares before the adjustment.
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V represents the dividend per Share.
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n represents, as the case may be, (i) the ratio of the increase per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of the Shares; (ii) ratio of the rights issue; or (iii) the ratio of the consolidation of the Shares.
We understand and are advised by the management of the Group that, for scenarios (a), (b) and (c) in the above table, (i) the purposes of the adjustments to the Grant Price are to reflect the dilution or consolidation effect to the price of the Shares on a proportionate basis; (ii) the purposes of the adjustments to the number of the Restricted Shares is to reflect the changes to the number of issued Shares; and (iii) the subscription amount of the Restricted Shares (being the Grant Price multiplied by the number of the Restricted Shares) after the adjustment would remain the same as that before the adjustment. For scenario (d) in the above table, the adjustment to the Grant Price resembles the theoretical ex-dividend reduction to the price of the Shares and, as advised by the management of the Group, the Grant Price cannot be lower than the par value of RMB1 per A Share in accordance with regulations in the PRC. For scenario (e) in the above table, the Grant Price and the number of the Restricted Shares will not be adjusted. In addition, based on our review of the Comparable Schemes, we note that the aforementioned adjustment mechanism of the Incentive Scheme is similar to those of the Comparable Schemes.
Taking into account the above analysis, we consider the adjustment mechanism of the Incentive Scheme to be acceptable.
III. The issue size and share allocation
The total number of Shares that may be granted under the Incentive Scheme shall be 16,990,607 A Shares, representing approximately 0.78% of the total share capital of the Company as at the Latest Practicable Date. The total number of the Participants is 74, which include directors, senior management and key employees of the Group as summarised in the following table.
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| No. Name Reason for being a connected person 1. Wu Ya De (i) & (ii) 2. Liao Xiang Wen (ii) & (iv) 3. Sun Ce (ii) 4. Huang Bi Nan (ii) 5. Gong Tao Tao (ii) 6. Wu Xian (ii) 7. Li Jian (ii) 8. Sun Bin (ii) 9. Gao Jiang Ping (ii) 10. Luo Kun (ii) 11. Fang Jie (ii) & (iii) 12. Wang Hui Hong (ii) 13. He Fang (ii) 14. Zhou Yuan (ii) 15. Lin Wen Xin (iv) 16. He Cheng Hui (ii) 17. Lian Dan Dong (ii) 18. Li Li Rong (ii) 19. Chao De Zhi (ii) & (iv) 20. Zhang Jun Rui (ii) 21. Jin Bo (ii) 22. Lu Rui (ii) 23. Lei Yu Hong (ii) 24. Du Ya Fan (ii) 25. Cai Cheng Guo (ii) 26. Liang Bing (ii) 27. Zhao Gui Ping (ii) 28. Nie Xin Yue (ii) 29. Xu Qi Fu (ii) 30. Xue Hai Feng (ii) 31. Xu Chang Chun (iv) The above 31 Connected Participants The 43 Independent Participants Total of the 74 Participants* |
Number of Restricted Shares to be granted 382,038 321,716 321,716 321,716 321,716 321,716 321,716 261,394 261,394 261,394 261,394 261,394 261,394 201,072 201,072 201,072 201,072 140,751 321,716 321,716 261,394 261,394 261,394 261,394 261,394 201,072 201,072 201,072 201,072 261,394 201,072 8,042,893 8,947,714 16,990,607 |
Percentage to the total number of Restricted Shares to be granted 2.25% 1.89% 1.89% 1.89% 1.89% 1.89% 1.89% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.18% 1.18% 1.18% 1.18% 0.83% 1.89% 1.89% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.54% 1.18% 1.18% 1.18% 1.18% 1.54% 1.18% 47.34% 52.66% 100.00% |
Percentage to the total number of Shares in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date 0.018% 0.015% 0.015% 0.015% 0.015% 0.015% 0.015% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.006% 0.015% 0.015% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.012% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.012% 0.009% |
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| 0.369% 0.410% |
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| 0.779% |
* Note: The reason for the Participant being a connected person of the Company includes him/her being (i) a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company; (ii) a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the subsidiary(ies) of the Company; (iii) a person who was a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the Company in the last 12 months; and (iv) a person who was a director, supervisor or the chief executive of the subsidiary(ies) of the Company in the last 12 months.
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For our assessment of the issue size and share allocation of the Incentive Scheme, we have reviewed those under the Comparable Schemes, which are summarised in the following table.
| Number of | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| restricted shares | restricted shares | ||
| Number of | issued to | issued to | |
| restricted | individual | individual senior | |
| shares as a | directors as a | management as a | |
| percentage of | percentage of | percentage of | |
| total issued | total issued share | total issued share | |
| Issuer | share capital | capital | capital |
| 南京全信傳輸科技股份有限公司(Nanjing | 0.76% | Range from | Range from |
| Quanxin Cable Technology Co., Ltd) | 0.019% to 0.031% | 0.006% to 0.062% | |
| (300447 CH) | |||
| 重慶藍黛動力傳動機械股份有限公司 | 3.13% | Range from | Range from |
| (Chongqing Landai Powertrain Corp., Ltd.) | 0.087% to 0.096% | 0.087% to 0.192% | |
| (002765 CH) | |||
| 廣州市昊志機電股份有限公司(Guangzhou | 2.00% | 0.034% | Range from |
| Haozhi Industrial Co., Ltd.) (300503 CH) | 0.060% to 0.151% | ||
| 天夏智慧城市科技股份有限公司(Teamax | 4.99% | Range from | 0.150% |
| Smart City Technology Corporation Limited) | 0.030% to 0.990% | ||
| (000662 CH) | |||
| 遠光軟件股份有限公司(YGSOFT Inc.) | 3.04% | Range from | Range from |
| (002063 CH) | 0.034% to 0.051% | 0.034% to 0.042% | |
| 浙江醫藥股份有限公司(Zhejiang Medicine | 3.20% | 0.053% | Range from |
| Co., Ltd.) (600216 CH) | 0.032% to 0.048% | ||
| 重慶市迪馬實業股份有限公司(Chongqing | 3.79% | 0.171% | Range from |
| Dima Industry Co. Ltd) (600565 CH) | 0.060% to 0.077% | ||
| 深圳市惠程電氣股份有限公司(Shenzhen | 5.21% | Range from | Range from |
| Hifuture Electric Co., Ltd.) (002168 CH) | 0.371% to 0.768% | 0.128% to 0.666% | |
| 石家莊通合電子科技股份有限公司 | 1.32% | 0.125% | 0.188% |
| (Shijiazhuang Tonhe Electronics | |||
| Technologies Co., Ltd.) (300491 CH) | |||
| Maximum | 5.21% | 0.990% | 0.666% |
| Mean | 3.05% | n/a | n/a |
| Median | 3.13% | n/a | n/a |
| Minimum | 0.76% | 0.019% | 0.006% |
Source: The announcements in respect of the Comparable Schemes
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR
With reference to the above table, we note that (i) the issue size of the Incentive Scheme of approximately 0.78% of the total issued share capital of the Company is close to the low end of those of the Comparable Schemes; (ii) Mr. Wu Ya De, who is a Director and the president of the Company, is allocated the most Restricted Shares, representing approximately 0.018% of the total issued share capital, and such issue size is comparable with the low-end of the issues to individual directors under the Comparable Schemes; and (iii) the other Connected Participants are individually allocated Restricted Shares representing approximately 0.006% to 0.015% of the issued share capital of the Company and such issue size is within the range of the issues to individual senior management under the Comparable Schemes.
We are advised by the management of the Group that the position of the Participant in the Group, which reflects the importance and contribution of the Participant, is a major factor considered for the allocation of the Restricted Shares. We have reviewed the list consisting the name, position, length of service and number of allotted Restricted Shares of all of the Participants (including the Connected Participants and also the Independent Participants) and, based on our review and advices by the management of the Group, we understand (i) the Participants are classified into five categories based on the position, importance and contribution of the Participants; (ii) the first category is the highest and is allocated the most number of Restricted Shares, followed by the second, third, fourth and fifth categories correspondingly; (iii) the only Participant in the first category is Mr. Wu Ya De (a Director and the president of the Company), where he was allocated Restricted Shares representing approximately 0.018% of the total issued share capital as analysed in the above paragraph regarding the Comparable Schemes; (iv) all of the Participants in the second category are Connected Participants and each of them were allocated Restricted Shares representing approximately 0.015% of the total issued share capital, which is lower than that for the first category but higher than those for the third to the fifth categories; and (v) the Connected Participants in the third to the fifth categories are allocated the same number of Restricted Shares as those for the Independent Participants falling under the same category of approximately 0.012%, 0.09% and 0.06% of the total issued share capital, respectively.
Taking into account, particularly, (i) the issue size and share allocation of the Incentive Scheme are not excessive in scale as compared with the Comparable Schemes as aforesaid; (ii) the issue size represents a small percentage of the number of the total issued share capital of the Company, which will not have a material impact on the share capital of the Company; (iii) the maximum number of Restricted Shares to be granted represents less than 0.8% of the total number of share capital of the Company; (iv) none of the Participants would be entitled to a significant share of the Restricted Shares; (v) the importance and contribution of the Participant is considered for the allocation of the Restricted Shares; (vi) the first category is the highest and is allocated the most number of Restricted Shares, followed by the second, third, fourth and fifth categories correspondingly; (vii) for the first category, the issue size to Mr. Wu Ya De, who is a Director and the president of the Company, is comparable with the low-end of the issues to individual directors under the Comparable Schemes; (viii) the Connected Participants in the third to the fifth categories are respectively allocated the same number of Restricted Shares as those for the Independent Participants in the same category; and (ix) the
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Incentive Scheme can align the interests of the key staff of the Group with that of the Shareholders to enhance the performance and the value of the Company, we consider the issue size and the allocation of the Incentive Scheme to be acceptable and fair and reasonable.
IV. The unlocking arrangement
According to the Incentive Scheme, the Restricted Shares granted will be locked up for 24 months from the Grant Date, where the Restricted Shares shall not be transferred, pledged for guarantees or used for repayment of debt during such lock-up period.
The Incentive Scheme has three unlocking periods. The first unlocking period is within the 24 to 36 months after the Grant Date, where 40% of the Restricted Shares will be unlocked. The second unlocking period is within the 36 to 48 months after the Grant Date, where 30% of the Restricted Shares will be unlocked. The third unlocking period is within the 48 to 60 months after the Grant Date, where 30% of the Restricted Shares will be unlocked. The Unlocking Conditions include but not limited to the financial performance of the Group and the annual appraisal results of the Participants, the details of which are set out in the letter from the Board in the Circular.
If the unlocking conditions could not be satisfied, the Restricted Shares granted to the Participant could not be unlocked for the respective years and shall be cancelled by the Company upon repurchase at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
Taking into account, particularly, (i) the unlocking conditions set goals for the Participants, who are the key staff of the Group, to work on and achieve; (ii) in case the unlocking conditions could not be satisfied, the repurchase by the Company would be at the Grant Price or the then market price, whichever is lower; and (iii) the unlocking arrangements can help to retain talent for the Group, we consider the aforementioned unlocking arrangements to be acceptable.
V. Conclusion
Having collectively considered our above analysis and that the terms of the Grant under the Incentive Scheme are the same for the Connected Participants and for the Independent Participants, we are of the view that the terms of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants are on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned.
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3. Possible financial and dilution effects of the Incentive Scheme
I. Profits
The following table sets out the estimated costs in accordance with the PRC accounting standards for the implementation of the Incentive Scheme, the details of the which are set out in Appendix I to the Circular.
For the year ending 31 December
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total | |||||||
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| _RMB _ | million | _RMB _ | million | _RMB _ | million | _RMB _ | million | _RMB _ | million | _RMB _ | million | |
| Cost | 2 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 51 |
The estimated total cost for the upcoming years in connection with the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is approximately RMB51 million. We note that such total cost represents around 7%, 2% and 3% of the net profit attributable to owners of the Company for each of the years ended 31 December 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The Independent Shareholders should note that the successful implementation of the Incentive Scheme depends on whether the unlocking conditions, including financial performance targets, have been fulfilled. Given the magnitude of the implementation cost and the requirement on the achievement of the financial performance targets, we expect the implementation of the Incentive Scheme will not have a material adverse impact on the profits of the Group.
II. Cash position and net assets
We are advised by the management of the Group that (i) the Incentive Scheme could raise a maximum fund of approximately RMB91 million, being the total number of the Restricted Shares of 16,990,607 multiplied by the Grant Price of RMB5.35 per Restricted Share, for the Group; and (ii) therefore, the cash position and net assets of the Group could be enhanced accordingly upon the implementation of the Incentive Scheme.
III. Dilution
The implementation of the Incentive Scheme could involve the issue of 16,990,607 new A Shares, representing approximately 0.78% of the total share capital of the Company as at the Latest Practicable Date. Accordingly, the equity interests of the Shareholders (other than the Participants) in the Company could be slightly diluted.
IV. Conclusion
Taking into account, particularly, (i) the Incentive Scheme can align the interests of the key staff of the Group with that of the Shareholders to enhance the performance and the value of the Company; (ii) the cost and dilution effect of the Incentive Scheme are not material; and (iii) the Incentive Scheme can enhance the cash position and net assets of the Group, we consider the possible financial and dilution effects of the Incentive Scheme to be acceptable.
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LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR
RECOMMENDATION
Having considered the above principal factors and reasons, we are of the view that the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants is in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group and is in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole and the terms of the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants are on normal commercial terms and are fair and reasonable so far as the Independent Shareholders are concerned. Accordingly, we advise the Independent Board Committee to recommend, and we ourselves recommend, the Independent Shareholders to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the Meetings to approve the Proposed Grant to the Connected Participants.
Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of
First Shanghai Capital Limited
| **Fanny ** | Lee | Allen Wang |
|---|---|---|
| _Managing _ | Director | Director |
Note: Ms. Fanny Lee and Mr. Allen Wang have been responsible officers of Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activity under the SFO since 2006 and 2014, respectively. Both of them have participated in the provision of independent financial advisory services for transactions involving share issuance and/or companies dual-listed in Hong Kong and the PRC.
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APPENDIX I THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The following is the full text of the proposal of Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme for the purpose of incorporation in this circular. The Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme was prepared in Chinese only and set out below is an English translation of such report. In case of any discrepancies between the Chinese and the English versions of this report, the Chinese version shall prevail.
RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
(Proposal)
September 2016
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APPENDIX I
DISCLAIMER
The Company and all its Directors and Supervisors guarantee that no false statements, misleading representation or material omissions are contained in the Incentive Scheme and its draft, and shall assume several and joint legal liability for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the contents thereof.
SPECIAL NOTICE
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I. The Incentive Scheme is formulated in accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “ PRC ”) (the “ Company Law ”), the Securities Law of the PRC (the “ Securities Law ”), the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies, the Trial Measures on Implementation of Share Incentives by State-owned and Controlled Listed Companies (Domestic) 《國有控股上市公司(境內)實施股權激勵試行辦法》( ), the Notice on Several Issues on Regulating the Share Incentive Program of the State-owned and Controlled Listed Companies 《關於規範國有控( 股上市公司實施股權激勵制度有關問題的通知》) and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, as well as the “Written Reply of the Shenzhen SASAC to the Implementation of Long-term Incentive Scheme by Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd.” [S.G.Z.W.H. [2016] No. 120] issued by the Shenzhen SASAC and the Articles of Association of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited. The Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) is responsible for drafting the scheme.
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II. The incentive form adopted by the Incentive Scheme is Restricted Shares. The source of the shares shall be ordinary A Shares issued to the Participants by the Company.
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III. The total number of Shares that may be granted under the Scheme shall not exceed 16.99 million Shares, representing 0.78% of the Company’s total share capital of 2,180.77 million Shares as at the date of the announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme. The aggregate number of shares to be issued to any Participant pursuant to the Incentive Scheme does not exceed 1% of the Company’s total share capital before the Incentive Scheme is proposed at the General Meeting for approval.
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IV. The total number of Participants under the first grant pursuant to the scheme is 74. The Participants include Directors (excluding independent Directors, non-executive Directors), senior management, middle managers and key management and technical employees of the Company. At present, in addition to this scheme, none of the Participants has joined in share incentive schemes of other listed companies, and other substantial shareholders or de-facto controllers holding more than 5% of the shares of the Company or their spouses or parents or children do not join in the Incentive Scheme of Restricted Shares. The Participants satisfy Section 8 and relevant provisions of the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies.
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V. The Grant Price of the Restricted Shares under the Grant shall be RMB5.35 per share (based on written reply on the Incentive Scheme issued by the Shenzhen SASAC). In case of conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, or consolidation, rights issue, dividend distribution, or other ex dividends or ex rights events of the Company in the period from the date of the announcement of the Incentive Scheme to the date of completing registration of Participants, the grant price and size of the Restricted Shares shall be subject to adjustments according to the provisions under the draft of the Incentive Scheme.
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THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
When the Company declares cash dividends in the period from the date of the announcement of the Incentive Scheme to the date of completing registration of Restricted Shares by the Participants, the cash dividends which shall be enjoyed by the Participants in connection with the granted Restricted Shares will be received by the Company after withholding and paying the individual income tax, and the later will be returned to the Participants once such part of Restricted Shares are unlocked; If such part of Restricted Shares cannot be unlocked, then the cash dividends received will not be deducted when the Company repurchases such part of Restricted Shares according to the provisions under the draft of the Incentive Scheme, and the Company will make corresponding accounting treatment.
- VI. The Incentive Scheme shall be effective within 5 years from the date of grant of the Restricted Shares.
VII. The Restricted Shares will be locked up for 24 months from the grant date. During the lock-up period, the Restricted Shares held by the Participants pursuant to the Incentive Scheme shall not be transferred, pledged for guarantees or used for repayment of debt in any form. The unlocking period follows the expiry of the lock-up period. The unlocking period and the unlocking arrangements of the Restricted Shares granted are as follows:
| Proportion of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Arrangement | Unlocking Date | Unlocking |
| First Unlocking | From the first trading day after 24 months from the | 40% |
| grant date to the last trading day within 36 months | ||
| from the grant date | ||
| Second Unlocking | From the first trading day after 36 months from the | 30% |
| grant date to the last trading day within 48 months | ||
| from the grant date | ||
| Third Unlocking | From the first trading day after 48 months from the | 30% |
| grant date to the last trading day within 60 months | ||
| from the grant date |
During the lock-up period, the Participants are not entitled to the following rights of the Restricted Shares granted, including but not limited to, right to obtain benefits from controlling such Restricted Shares by pledge, charge or any other ways. Cash dividends to be received by Participants from the Restricted Shares granted shall be held in escrow by the Company and shall be distributed to the Participants upon unlocking; The share dividends which the Participants are entitled to as a result of the Restricted Shares granted to them shall remain locked and shall not be disposed of or transferred in any manner in the secondary market. All such share dividends are subject to the same lock-up period as the Restricted Shares.
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APPENDIX I
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VIII. None of the following circumstances under which the implementation of the share incentive shall not be conducted as stipulated in Article 7 of Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies has occurred to the Company:
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issue of the Company’s financial and accounting report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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issue of the Company’s financial internal control report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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the Company has not distributed profit pursuant to the laws and regulations, articles of associations or public undertakings within the most recent 36 months;
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the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is forbidden by the laws and regulations; and
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
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IX. None of the following circumstances existed as for the Participant under the scheme that shall not be qualified as the Participant according to Section 8 of the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies:
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations in the most recent 12 months;
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occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies;
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC; and
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other material breach of relevant requirements of the Company as determined by the Board.
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X. The Company undertakes that it shall not provide loans, guarantee for loans and any other forms of financial assistance to the Participants for acquiring the Restricted Shares under the Incentive Scheme.
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XI. The implementation of the Incentive Scheme is subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions: upon approval at the General Meeting of the Company.
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XII. The Company shall hold the board meetings according to relevant requirements to make grants to Participants and complete relevant procedures such as registration and announcement within 60 days commencing from the date of the consideration and approval of the Incentive Scheme at the General Meeting of the Company.
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XIII. The implementation of the share incentive scheme will not result in the Company not being able to meet the listing conditions due to its equity distribution.
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APPENDIX I
CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise specified, capitalised terms shall have the same meanings as those hereinafter defined:
| “Company” | Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited |
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| “Incentive Scheme” or “this | the Restricted Share Incentive Scheme of Shenzhen Expressway |
| Scheme” | Company Limited |
| “Assessment Measures” | Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the |
| Incentive Scheme of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited | |
| “Restricted Shares” | Certain shares of the Company to be granted to the Participants by |
| the Company under the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Participant(s)” | the person(s) to be granted Restricted Share(s) under the Incentive |
| Scheme, including the Company’s senior management members, | |
| middle and core management and key technicians | |
| “Grant Date” | the date (a trading day) on which the Restricted Shares are granted |
| to the Participants | |
| “Grant Price” | the price of each Restricted Share granted to the Participants |
| “Lock-up Period” | the period during which Participants are restricted to transfer the |
| Restricted Shares in accordance with the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Unlocking Period” | the period during which the Restricted Shares of the Participants |
| are unlocked and can be transferred upon the fulfillment of the | |
| Unlocking Conditions specified in the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Unlocking Date” | the date on which the Restricted Shares of the Participants are |
| unlocked upon fulfillment of the Unlocking Conditions specified in | |
| the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Unlocking Conditions” | the conditions to the unlocking of the Restricted Shares of the |
| Participants under the Incentive Scheme | |
| “Validity Period” | the five-year period during which the Incentive Scheme remains |
| effective, from the Grant Date to the date on which all Restricted | |
| Shares are unlocked or repurchased and cancelled | |
| “Company Law” | the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China |
| “Securities Law” | the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China |
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THE RESTRICTED A SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
“Administrative Measures” the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies “Articles of Association” the articles of association of the Company “Shenzhen SASAC” the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shenzhen Municipal Government “CSRC” the China Securities Regulatory Commission “Shanghai Stock Exchange” the Shanghai Stock Exchange “RMB” Renminbi
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APPENDIX I
CHAPTER 2 THE PURPOSE AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The purpose of the Incentive Scheme is to further establish and improve long-term corporate incentive systems of the Company, attract and retain talent, fully mobilise the motivation of senior management members, middle and core management and key technicians of the Company, effectively tying the interests of the Shareholders, the Company and the management of the Company and enabling the respective parties to become aware of the Company’s long-term development, and to promote the realisation of the development strategies of the Company. On the condition that the interests of the shareholders are fully protected, the Incentive Scheme has been formulated based on principles of income and contributions and in accordance with laws, regulations and regulatory documents including the Company Law, the Securities Law, the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies 《上市公司股權激勵管理辦( 法》), the Trial Measures on Implementation of Share Incentives by State-owned and Controlled Listed Companies (Domestic) 《國有控股上市公司(境內)實施股權激勵試行辦法》( ), the Notice on Several Issues on Regulating the Share Incentive Program of the State-owned and Controlled Listed Companies 《關於規( 範國有控股上市公司實施股權激勵制度有關問題的通知》), as well as the “Written Reply of the Shenzhen SASAC to the Implementation of Long-term Incentive Scheme by Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd.” [S.G.Z.W.H. [2016] No. 120] issued by the Shenzhen SASAC and the Articles of Association, integrating the existing remuneration system and performance appraisal system of the Company.
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CHAPTER 3 ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
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I. The General Meeting, as the institution vested with the supreme authority of the Company, is responsible for consideration and approval of the implementation, change and termination of the Incentive Scheme.
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II. The Board is the institution in charge of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme, and its subordinate Remuneration Committee is responsible for drafting and revising the Incentive Scheme, submitting the same to the General Meeting of the Company for approval and to the competent department for review, and handling the matters related to the Incentive Scheme within the authorisation by the General Meeting.
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III. The Supervisory Committee is the supervisory institution of the Incentive Scheme and is responsible for reviewing the list of Participants and to provide opinion on the list of Participants as at the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares, it is also responsible for performing supervision over the compliance of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme with relevant laws, administrative regulations, department rules and the business rules of the Stock Exchange, providing opinions on whether the Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, and expressing its views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
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IV. Independent Directors shall issue independent opinions on whether the Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the shareholders as a whole, solicit proxy voting from all shareholders in relation to the scheme, and express their views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
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APPENDIX I
CHAPTER 4 BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME AND THE SCOPE OF PARTICIPANTS
I. BASIS OF DETERMINING THE PARTICIPANTS
1. Legal basis for determining the Participants
The Participants of the Scheme is determined after taking into account the circumstances of the Company and in accordance with the Company Law, the Securities Law, the Administrative Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies 《上市公司股權激勵管理辦法》( ) as well as the relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents and the Articles.
2. Functional basis for determining the Participants
The Participants of the Incentive Scheme include Directors, senior management, middle managers, core managers and business backbones of the Company (excluding Independent Directors, supervisors, external Directors, and Executive Directors, senior management and business backbones who have participated in the share option incentive scheme of the controlling Shareholder of the Company, Shenzhen International Holdings Limited).
II. SCOPE OF PARTICIPANTS
The total number of Participants under the Incentive Scheme is 74 (representing approximately 1.5% of the total number of the staff of the Company and its subsidiaries), including:
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Directors (excluding independent Directors, non-executive Directors) and other senior managements of the Company;
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Middle managers and business backbones of the Company’s headquarters;
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Leading team members (vice presidents or above) of the Company’s subsidiaries;
Independent Directors, supervisors of the Company, external Directors, Shareholders holding 5% of the Shares or above, or the de facto controllers, as well as their spouses, parents and children; and Executive Directors, senior managements and other key business staff who have participated in the share option incentive scheme of the controlling Shareholder of the Company, Shenzhen International Holdings Limited, are not included in the scope of Participants of the Incentive scheme. The rest of the Directors and senior management must be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company. All Participants must be employees of the Company or its holding subsidiaries and wholly-owned subsidiaries, who have entered into labor contracts with the Company or its holding subsidiaries and wholly-owned subsidiaries. All Participants under the Incentive Scheme shall not concurrently participate in any other share option incentives schemes of any other listed companies. Participants who have already participated in any other incentive schemes of any other listed companies, shall not concurrently participate in the Incentive Scheme.
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III. VERIFICATION OF PARTICIPANTS
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After the Board has reviewed and approved the Incentive Scheme but before the general meeting is convened, the Company shall internally publish the names and the positions of the Participants through its website or other channels for a period of no less than 10 days.
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The Supervisory Committee of the Company shall verify the list of the Participants and thoroughly consider opinions from the public. The Company shall publish the opinions of the Supervisory Committee on the verify and the public opinions in relation to the list of the Participants 5 days before the Incentive Scheme is considered at a general meeting of the Company. Any adjustments to the lists of Participants made by the Board shall also be subject to verification by the Supervisory Committee of the Company.
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CHAPTER 5 GRANT PRICE OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES AND THE BASIS OF DETERMINATION
I. GRANT PRICE OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
The Grant Price of the Restricted Shares under the Grant shall be RMB5.35 per Share. Upon fulfillment of Grant conditions, each Participant is entitled to purchase Share newly issued to the Participants by the Company at the price of RMB5.35 per Share.
II. GRANT PRICE AND THE BASIS OF DETERMINATION
Pursuant to the approval on the Company’s Incentive Scheme granted by Shenzhen SASAC, the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares shall be RMB5.35 per Share, which is not lower than 50% of the average trading price of the A Shares on the trading day preceding the date of announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme; and 50% of the average trading price of the A Shares for the last 120 trading days preceding the date of announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme (the total transaction value for the last 120 trading days/total volume of the A Shares of the Company traded for the last 120 trading days).
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CHAPTER 6 SOURCE, NUMBER AND ALLOCATION OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
I. SOURCE OF SHARES UNDER THE RESTRICTED SHARES INCENTIVE SCHEME
The shares under the Incentive Scheme shall be directional ordinary A Shares additionally issued to the Participants by the Company.
II. NUMBER OF SHARES UNDER THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
According to the above method, the number of Restricted Shares that may be granted under the Incentive Scheme shall be 16.99 million Shares, representing 0.78% of the Company’s total share capital of 2,180.77 million Shares as at the date of this announcement of the draft summary of the Scheme, not exceeding 1% of the Company’s total share capital.
III. ALLOCATION OF RESTRICTED SHARES GRANTED TO PARTICIPANTS UNDER THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
Allocation of Restricted Shares to be granted to each Participant is as follows:
| Percentage | ||||
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| to the total | ||||
| Percentage | number of | |||
| Number of | to the total | Shares in | ||
| Restricted | number of | issue as at | ||
| Shares to be | Restricted | the date of | ||
| granted | Shares to be | this circular | ||
| Name | Position | (share) | granted (%) | (%) |
| Wu Ya De | Executive Director, President | 382,038 | 2.25 | 0.018 |
| Liao Xiang Wen | Vice President | 321,716 | 1.89 | 0.015 |
| Sun Ce | Vice President | 321,716 | 1.89 | 0.015 |
| Huang Bi Nan | Vice President | 321,716 | 1.89 | 0.015 |
| Gong Tao Tao | Financial Controller | 321,716 | 1.89 | 0.015 |
| Middle managers | and business backbones of the | |||
| Company’s headquarters | 11,280,150 | 66.39 | 0.517 | |
| Leading team members (vice presidents or | ||||
| above) of the Company’s subsidiaries | 4,041,555 | 23.79 | 0.185 | |
| Total | 16,990,607 | 100 | 0.779 |
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Notes:
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Name and other information of the Participants of the Incentive Scheme which include Directors (excluding independent Directors and non-executive Directors), senior management, middle managers and key management and technical employees of the Company will be disclosed on the website designated by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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None of the Participants has joined in two or more share incentive schemes of listed companies, and none of the Participants is a substantial shareholder or de-facto controller (or their spouses or parents or children) holds more than 5% of the Shares of the Company.
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None of the above Participant will be issued with more than 1% Shares of the Company under the Incentive Scheme.
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CHAPTER 7 VALIDITY PERIOD, GRANT DATE, LOCK-UP PERIOD AND UNLOCKING PERIOD AND BLACK-OUT PERIOD OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
I. VALIDITY PERIOD OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The Incentive Scheme shall be effective for five years from the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares.
II. GRANT DATE OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
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The Grant Date of the Incentive Scheme shall be determined by the Board upon obtaining the approval of the Incentive Scheme by the Shareholders at the general meeting of the Company. The Grant Date must be a trading day and must not fall within any of the following periods:
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(1) Within the period commencing from 30 days prior to the publication of periodic reports of the Company to the second trading day after publication of such periodic reports (in case of postponement of publication of the periodic reports, commencing from 30 days prior to the intended publication date);
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(2) Within the period commencing from 10 trading days prior to the publication of the announcement of results forecast and results express of the Company to the second trading day after the publication of such announcement;
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(3) Within the period commencing from the time at which a major transaction or major event is subject to decision to the second trading day after such transaction or event is announced; and
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(4) Within the period commencing from the date of occurrence of any material events which may affect the price of Shares to the second trading day after such information is announced.
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The “major transactions”, “material events” and “material events which may affect the price of Shares” mentioned above shall be the disclosable transactions or other material events of the Company pursuant to the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Shares of Shanghai Stock Exchange 《上海證券交易所股票上市規則》( ).
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Within 60 days after the approval of the Incentive Scheme at the General Meeting, the Company shall in accordance with the provisions of the Incentive Scheme conduct a board meeting to grant the Restricted Shares to the Participants, and complete the relevant registration and announcement procedures.
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III. LOCK-UP PERIOD AND UNLOCKING PERIOD OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
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The Restricted Shares granted pursuant to the Incentive Scheme will be locked up for 24 months from the Grant Date. During the Lock-up Period, the Restricted Shares held by the Participants pursuant to the Incentive Scheme shall not be transferred, pledged for guarantees or used for repayment of debt.
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All dividend or Shares as a result of conversion of capital reserve, dividend distribution, bonus issue, sub-division received by the Participants as a result of the Restricted Shares granted to them will be locked up in accordance with the Incentive Scheme and all such Shares are subject to the same Lock-up Period as the Restricted Shares, whereas all dividend payable in cash which the Participants are entitled to as a result of the Restricted Shares granted to them will be kept by the Company, and will be paid to the Participants when the Restricted Shares are unlocked in accordance with the Incentive Scheme.
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During the Unlocking Period, the Company shall assist the Participants who have fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions to arrange for the Restricted Shares to be unlocked, while the Company shall repurchase and cancel the Restricted Shares held by the Participants who have not fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions. The specific unlocking arrangements are as follows:
| Unlocking | Proportion | |
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| Arrangement | Unlocking Date | of unlocking |
| First Unlocking | From the first trading day after 24 months from the | 40% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 36 months | ||
| from the Grant Date | ||
| Second Unlocking | From the first trading day after 36 months from the | 30% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 48 months | ||
| from the Grant Date | ||
| Third Unlocking | From the first trading day after 48 months from the | 30% |
| Grant Date to the last trading day within 60 months | ||
| from the Grant Date |
IV. BLACK-OUT PERIOD OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The Black-out Period of the Incentive Scheme shall follow laws, regulations and regulatory documents like the Company Law and the Securities Law, as well as the Articles of Association. The relevant regulations are set out as follows:
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Where the Participant is a Director or member of the senior management, the number of Shares which may be transferred by the Participant per year during his/her tenure of office shall not exceed 25% of the total number of the Shares held by him/her.
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Where the Participant is a Director or a member of senior management, all gains from the sale of Shares within six months of purchase or from the purchase of Shares within six months of sale by the Participant shall belong to the Company and to be collected by the Board.
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If, during the Validity Period of the Incentive Scheme, there is any amendment to the requirements regarding the Share transfer by a Director and senior management of the Company under relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the Company Law, the Securities Law and the Articles of Association, the transfer of the Shares held by the Participant shall comply with the provisions of relevant amended laws, regulations and regulatory documents such as the Company Law and the Securities Law and the Articles of Association at the time of the transfer.
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CHAPTER 8 CONDITIONS OF GRANT AND UNLOCKING OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
I. CONDITIONS OF GRANT OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
When the following conditions are fulfilled, the Company shall grant the Restricted Shares to the Participants, on the contrary, if the conditions are not fulfilled, the Participants shall not be granted Restricted Shares. The Company shall, within 60 days upon the fulfillment of the conditions, complete the relevant procedures of the grant, registration and announcement.
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(I) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Company:
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issue of the Company’s financial and accounting report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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issue of the Company’s financial internal control report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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the Company has not distributed profit pursuant to the laws and regulations, articles of associations or public undertakings within the most recent 36 months;
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the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is forbidden by the laws and regulations; and
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
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(II) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Participant:
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations in the most recent 12 months;
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occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies;
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC; and
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other material breach of relevant requirements of the Company as determined by the Board.
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(III) The Company has achieved the following business performance:
Pursuant to the approval granted by Shenzhen SASAC, the average return on net assets attributable to shareholders of the company, revenue growth and cash dividend payout ratio of the Company during 2014 shall not be less than the actual value during the financial year of 2013 and the average value of the most recent three years (from the financial years of 2011 to 2013), deducting the effects on the performance indicators by reason of the government (including but not limited to repurchase of the management rights of the highway by the government).
II. CONDITIONS OF UNLOCKING OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
The following conditions must be fulfilled before the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants can be unlocked:
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(I) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Company before each unlocking:
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issue of the Company’s financial and accounting report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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issue of the Company’s financial internal control report for the most recent accounting year in which a certified public accountant gives a negative opinion or indicates the inability to give an opinion;
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the Company has not distributed profit pursuant to the laws and regulations, articles of associations or public undertakings within the most recent 36 months;
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the implementation of the Incentive Scheme is forbidden by the laws and regulations; and
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
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(II) None of the following circumstances has occurred to the Participant before each unlocking:
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions in the most recent 12 months;
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such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations in the most recent 12 months;
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occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies;
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC; and
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other material breach of relevant requirements of the Company as determined by the Board.
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(III) Unlocking conditions pursuant to the performance level of the Company:
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The following performance requirements must be fulfilled for unlocking of the Restricted Shares:
Performance
indicators
First unlocking
Second unlocking
Third unlocking
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Return on Average ROE not lower Average ROE not lower Average ROE not lower Equity than 9.8% for the than 10.3% for the than 10.8% for the (ROE) financial years of 2015financial years of 2015financial years of 20152016, and not lower 2017, and not lower 2018, and not lower than the listed than the listed than the listed expressway companies’ expressway companies’ expressway companies’ average ROE for the average ROE for the average ROE for the financial years of 2015financial years of 2015financial years of 20152016. 2017. 2018; and average ROE for the financial year of 2018 not lower than a ‘merit’ standard for expressway industry as published in the Stateowned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission’s “Corporate Performance Standards” for that year.
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Performance indicators First unlocking
Second unlocking Third unlocking
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Revenue Average revenue growth Average Revenue Growth Average Revenue Growth Growth not lower than 11% for not lower than 12% for not lower than 13% for the financial years of the financial years of the financial years of 2015-2016, and not 2015-2017, and not 2015-2018, and not lower than the listed lower than the listed lower than the listed expressway companies’ expressway companies’ expressway companies’ average revenue growth average revenue growth average revenue growth for the financial years for the financial years for the financial years of 2015-2016. of 2015-2017. of 2015-2018.
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Dividend Dividend payout ratio not Dividend payout ratio not Dividend payout ratio not Payout lower than 43% for the lower than 43% for the lower than 43% for the Ratio financial years of 2015financial year of 2017. financial year of 2018. 2016.
Note: (1) deducting the effects on the performance indicators by reason of the government (including but not limited to repurchase of the management rights of the highway by the government); (2) deducting the effects of equity financing on the performance indicators; and (3) when calculating the average performance of the listed expressway companies, deducting the extreme sample with material deviation.
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The annual appraisal results of the Participant will be used as the basis of unlocking of the Restricted Shares granted by the Incentive Scheme. The Restricted Shares could only be unlocked if the Participant passed the appraisal for the previous year.
- (V) If the Company did not fulfill the performance requirements or the Participant did not pass the appraisal, the Restricted Shares granted to the Participant could not be unlocked for the respective years and shall be cancelled by the Company upon repurchase at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
III. SCIENCE AND RATIONALITY OF THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT INDICATORS
Firstly, the performance assessment indicators set by the Company are in line with the basic requirements of laws and regulations as well as the Company’s articles of association. To facilitate the implementation of the Incentive Scheme, the Board has formulated the “Assessment Measures” with reference to the Company Law, Articles of Association, other relevant laws and regulations, as well as the actual circumstances of the Company.
Secondly, the Incentive Scheme assessment indicators can be divided into two levels, namely the corporate level performance assessment and individual level performance assessment. As for the corporate level performance indicators, the return-on-equity (ROE) has been selected among such comprehensive indicators as shareholder returns and corporate value creation, the revenue growth has
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been selected among such growth indicators as corporate profitability and market value, and the dividend payout ratio has been selected among enterprise’s income quality indicators. The indicator system is conducive in reflecting the Company’s profitability, market value growth and enterprise value creation. The indicators set are scientific and reasonable, with both pressure and power taken into account. What’s more, on the basis of historical data, and with consideration given to the Company’s historical performance, historical value and expected future development, challenging growth targets are set to promote the Participants to struggle for the realization of performance assessment indicators, inspire the Participants’ work enthusiasm and motivation, and ensure the realization of the Company’s strategic objectives. Individual level performance assessment indicators have rich connotation and can ensure the accurate and comprehensive assessment of the Participants’ work performance. In addition, the remuneration committee under the Board will confirm whether a Participant meets the conditions for him/her to exercise his or her rights in accordance with the “Assessment Measures” and the Participant’s performance assessment results in the previous year.
In light of the above, the assessment system of this Incentive Scheme is comprehensive, integrated and operable, with scientific and reasonable assessment indicators that are binding on the Participants, so can achieve the purpose of this Incentive Scheme.
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CHAPTER 9 ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND PROCEDURES OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES INCENTIVE SCHEME
I. METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED SHARES
During the period from the date of this announcement to completion of the registration of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants, in the event of any conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, consolidation or rights issue in relation to the Shares of the Company, adjustment to the number of Restricted Shares to be granted shall be made by the Company accordingly. The method of adjustment is set out below:
1. Conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue and sub-division of Shares
Q=Q0×(1+n)
Where: Q0 represents the number of Restricted Shares before the adjustment; n represents the ratio of increase per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of Shares (i.e. the number of Shares increased per Share upon issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of Shares); Q represents the adjusted number of Restricted Shares.
2. Rights Issue
Q=Q0×P1×(1+n)/(P1+P2×n)
Where: Q0 represents the number of Restricted Shares before the adjustment; P1 represents the closing price as at the record date; P2 represents the price of the rights issue; n represents the ratio of the rights issue (i.e. the ratio of the number of Shares to be issued under the rights issue to the total share capital of the Company before the rights issue); Q represents the adjusted amount of Restricted Shares.
3. Consolidation of Shares
Q=Q0×n
Where: Q0 represents the number of Restricted Shares before the adjustment; n represents the ratio of consolidation of Shares (i.e. one Share of the Company shall be consolidated into n Shares); Q represents the adjusted number of Restricted Shares.
4. Issue of additional Shares
Where the Company issues additional Shares, the number of Restricted Shares shall not be subject to any adjustment.
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II. METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE GRANT PRICE OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
During the period from the date of this announcement to completion of the registration of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants, in the event of any dividend distribution, conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, consolidation or rights issue of Shares of the Company, adjustment to the Grant Price shall be made by the Company accordingly. The method of adjustment is set out below:
1. Conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue and sub-division of Shares
P=P0/(1+n)
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price before the adjustment; n represents the ratio of increase per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue and sub-division of Shares to each Share; P represents the adjusted Grant Price.
2. Rights issue
P=P0×(P1+P2×n)/[P1×(1+n)]
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price before the adjustment; P1 represents the closing price as at the record date; P2 represents the price of the rights issue; n represents the ratio of the rights issue; P represents the adjusted Grant Price.
3. Consolidation of Shares
P=P0/n
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price before the adjustment; n represents the ratio of consolidation of Shares; P represents the adjusted Grant Price.
4. Dividend distribution
P=P0-V
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price before the adjustment; V represents the dividend per Share; P represents the adjusted Grant Price. After adjustment, P shall be more than 1.
5. Issue of additional Shares
Where the Company issues additional Shares, the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares shall not be subject to any adjustment.
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III. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES FOR THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The general meeting of the Company shall authorise the Board to adjust the Grant Price and the number of the Restricted Shares based on the actual circumstances at the time when the above situation occurs. The Board shall make timely announcement after making adjustment to the number of the Restricted Shares and the Grant Price in accordance with the abovementioned provisions. The Company shall engage a legal adviser to provide professional advice to the Board whether such adjustment is in compliance with the provisions of relevant regulations of the CSRC and supervision department of state owned assets, Articles of Association and the Incentive Scheme.
Any adjustment to the number or the Grant Price due to circumstances other than the aforementioned shall be considered by the Board, and submitted to the general meeting of the Company for approval by the Shareholders.
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CHAPTER 10 ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
In accordance with the requirements of “Accounting Standards for Enterprises No.11 – Payment of Shares” and “Accounting Standards for Enterprises No.22 – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments”, the Company shall, during the Lock-Up Period, on each balance sheet date, adjust the estimated number of Restricted Shares that may be unlocked in accordance with the latest number of Participants who have fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions and the performance indicators, and recognise the services received as the relevant costs or expenses and capital reserve in accordance with the fair value of the Restricted Shares on the Grant Date.
I. ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
1. Grant Date
The capital and capital reserve shall be recognized according to the status of the grant of Restricted Shares to Participants by the Company.
2. Every balance sheet date during the Lock-up Period
Pursuant to the requirements of the accounting standards, the services provided by the staff will be treated as costs and the owners’ equity or liability will be recognized on every balance sheet date during the Lock-up Period.
3. Unlocking Date
On the Unlocking Date, if the Unlocking Conditions are fulfilled, the Restricted Shares shall be unlocked; if all or part of the Shares are lapsed or cancelled since the same have not been unlocked, such Shares will be dealt with pursuant to the accounting standards and relevant requirements.
II. ESTIMATED IMPACTS ON THE OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF EACH OF THE PERIOD DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The Company will grant 16.99 million Restricted Shares to the Participants, confirm the fair value of the Restricted Shares on the Grant Date in accordance with the market price of the Company’s shares on the Grant Date, and determine the costs of payment of shares under the Incentive Scheme, which will be recognised in phases in accordance with the unlocking ratio. Since the market price of the Company’s shares on the Grant Date cannot be determined on the announcement date of the Incentive Scheme, the Company has, based on the average trading price of the A Shares for the last 120 trading days preceding the date of announcement of the draft of the Incentive Scheme, estimated the total costs of payment of shares under the Incentive Scheme in order to allow the investors to understand
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the impacts on the operating performance of each of the period due to implementation of the Incentive Scheme. According to the accounting standards of the PRC, and assuming the Grant Date is 1 December 2016, the effects of the costs on each accounting period are as follows:
| The number of | Total | |||||
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| Restricted Shares | costs | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| (million) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) | (RMB’000) |
| 16.99 | 50,971.9 | 1,592.9 | 19,114.5 | 18,264.9 | 8,495.3 | 3,504.3 |
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The above are the preliminary estimation based on the Company’s information and estimation at present. The actual amount will be calculated by the fair value of the Restricted Shares on the Grant Date.
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The total amount of the above may differ from the direct sum of each item as a result of round off differences.
According to the evaluation of the Company based on the information available, without taking into account the stimulus effects of the Incentive Scheme on the results of the Company, the amortization of the costs of Restricted Shares shall affect the net profit of each year during the Validity Period, although the extent of which would not be substantial. Taking into consideration the positive impact of the Restricted Share Incentive Scheme on the development of the Company, such as motivating the management team and increasing the operational efficiency, the benefits generated from the improvement in the Company’s results due to the Incentive Scheme shall far exceed the increase in costs.
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CHAPTER 11 PROCEDURES OF IMPLEMENTATION, GRANT AND UNLOCKING UNDER THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
I. PROCEDURES OF IMPLEMENTATION UNDER THE RESTRICTED SHARE INCENTIVE SCHEME
The “Written Reply of the Shenzhen SASAC to the Implementation of Long-term Incentive Scheme by Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd.” [S.G.Z.W.H. [2016] No. 120] issued by the Shenzhen SASAC is a clear reply to the Company’s implementation of equity incentive, agreeing the Company to implement long-term Incentive Scheme.
In accordance with the “Administrative Measures” and the requirements of relevant regulatory documents, the procedures for the implementation of the Incentive Scheme are as follows:
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(I) The remuneration committee of the Board is responsible to prepare the draft Incentive Scheme.
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(II) The Board shall consider and adopt the draft Incentive Scheme. Director who is also a Participant or in connection with a Participant shall abstain from voting.
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(III) Independent Directors and the Supervisory Committee shall express their views as to whether the draft Incentive Scheme can facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
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(IV) Before the shareholders’ meeting of the Company is convened, the Company shall internally publish the names and the positions of the Participants through its website or other channels for a period of no less than 10 days.
The Supervisory Committee shall review the list of the Participants and thoroughly consider opinions from the public. The Company shall publish the opinions of the Supervisory Committee on the review and the public opinions in relation to the list of the Participants 5 days before the Incentive Scheme is considered at a general meeting of the Company.
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(V) The Company shall carry out internal inspection on insider trading of the Company’s shares and derivatives within the 6 months prior to the publication of draft Incentive Scheme, and disclose whether there is any insider trading.
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(VI) The Company shall engage a law firm to issue legal opinions on the Incentive Scheme.
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(VII) The Company shall issue a notice to convene a general meeting, and publish the legal opinions.
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(VIII) When a general meeting is convened to consider the Incentive Scheme, the independent Directors shall solicit proxy voting rights from all Shareholders regarding the resolutions related to the Incentive Scheme.
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(IX) The terms of the Incentive Scheme shall be proposed and voted in a general meeting, and be adopted by more than 2/3 of the attending shareholders with voting rights. Except for the Directors, Supervisors and senior executives of the Company, as well as the shareholders individually or collectively holding more than 5% of the Company’s shares, the voting by other shareholders shall be separately counted and disclosed.
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(X) The Board of the Company is responsible to grant, unlock and repurchase the Restricted Shares pursuant to the resolutions adopted in a general meeting. The Supervisory Committee of the Company shall verify the list of the Participants on the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares and express its views.
II. PROCEDURES OF GRANT OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
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(I) The Incentive Scheme is approved at the general meeting.
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(II) Within 60 days after the Incentive Scheme is approved in the general meeting, the Board shall convene a meeting to consider whether the Participants have fulfilled the conditions for the grant of the rights pursuant to the Incentive Scheme and determine the Grant Date, and the independent Directors and the Supervisory Committee shall express their views.
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(III) The Company shall engage a law firm to issue legal opinions on whether the Participants have fulfilled the conditions in relation to the grant.
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(IV) The Company shall sign an “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares” with the Participants in order to define their respective rights and obligations.
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(V) The Participants shall pay the consideration for subscribing for the Restricted Shares into the account designated by the Company and have it verified and confirmed by a certified public accountant, otherwise such Participant shall be deemed as having waived his or her right to subscribe for the Restricted Shares.
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(VI) The Company shall keep a register for management of the Restricted Shares with reference to the agreements signed by the Participants, and such register shall record the names of the Participants, number of shares granted, the grant date and the serial number of the relevant “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares”.
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(VII) The Company shall apply to the relevant stock exchange for the grant of the Restricted Shares to Participants, and apply to the relevant registration and settlement company for the registration and settlement matters after the said application is confirmed by the relevant stock exchange.
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(VIII) After the registration of grant of the Restricted Shares is completed, the Company shall, upon approval by the Board, go through the formalities in relation to the registration with the industrial and commercial registration authority if the registration involves change in the registered capital of the Company.
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III. PROCEDURES OF UNLOCKING OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES
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(I) Before a Participant exercise his or her rights, the Board shall consider whether the conditions for the Participant to exercise his or her rights under the Incentive Scheme have been fulfilled and the independent Directors and Supervisory Committee shall express their relevant views. The Company’s legal adviser shall issue legal opinions on whether the conditions for the Participant to exercise his or her rights have been fulfilled.
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(II) As to the Participant who has satisfied the conditions for unlocking the Restricted Shares, the Company shall issue the Notice of Unlocking Restricted Shares 《限制性股票解鎖通知書》( ) and tender applications to the Stock Exchange to unlock the Restricted Shares, tendering application to the registration and clearing company to handle the relevant registration and clearing matters.
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(III) Restricted Shares held by Participants who have not satisfied the conditions for unlocking the Restricted Shares shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company according to the Scheme.
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(IV) Participants may transfer their unlocked Restricted Shares whereas the transfer of the Restricted Shares held by the Company’s directors and member of senior management shall comply with the requirements of the relevant laws, regulations and regulatory documents.
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CHAPTER 12 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY/ THE PARTICIPANTS
I. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
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The Company shall have the right to construe and execute the Scheme and shall evaluate the performance of Participants based on the Scheme, and supervise and review if the Participants have the right to execute.
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The Company has the right to require the Participants shall, perform their responsibilities based on the requirement of the position. If the Participants are incompetency in performing his duties or failure in appraisal, the unlocked Restricted Shares of the Participants shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company according to the Scheme upon the approval of the Board.
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If the Participants violate the laws and professional ethics, leak confidential information of the Company, and are negligent or gross misconduct in performance of duties, which may cause serious damage to the interests or reputation of the Company, the unlocked Restricted Shares of the Participants shall be repurchased and cancelled by the Company according to the Scheme upon the approval of the Board.
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The Company shall not provide any loans or any other forms of financial assistance for Participants (including providing guarantee for their loans) to acquire the Restricted Shares of the Scheme in accordance with the Restricted Shares Incentive Scheme.
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The Company shall pay individual income tax and other taxation on behalf of the Participants in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (國家稅收法規).
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The Company shall discharge its obligations in relation to timely reporting and information disclosure under the Scheme in accordance with the relevant requirements.
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The Company shall proactively procure the unlocking of Restricted Shares for Participants who have satisfied with the conditions for unlocking the Restricted Shares pursuant to the Scheme and the relevant requirements of the CSRC, SSE and the depository and clearing corporation. The Company shall not be held liable for losses incurred by the Participants who fail to unlock their Restricted Shares due to reasons caused by the CSRC, SSE and the depository and clearing corporation.
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II. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
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Participants shall, based on the requirement of the position, perform their responsibilities diligently in compliance with professional ethic and strive to contribute to the development of the Company.
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Participants shall lock up their granted Restricted Shares according to the requirements of the Scheme.
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The source of funding of Participants shall derive from their own funds.
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Upon completion of registration by the depository and clearing corporation, the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants shall have the same rights as shares, including but not limited to the rights to dividend, rights to rights issue and voting right conferred by such shares. However, any bonus shares, shares by conversion of capital reserve, rights issue shares and the shares placed to original shareholders upon issuance of new shares which are acquired by the Participants due to grant of Restricted Shares during the Lock-up Period, shall be locked simultaneously, and shall not be sold in the secondary market or otherwise transferred. The ending date of the Lock-up Period of such shares is the same as that of the Restricted Shares;
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When the Company declares cash dividends, the cash dividends which should be enjoyed by the Participants in connection with the granted Restricted Shares will be received by the Company after withholding and paying the individual income tax, and later will be returned to the Participants once such part of Restricted Shares are unlocked; If such part of Restricted Shares cannot be unlocked, the Company will cancel such part of Restricted Shares upon repurchase and make corresponding accounting treatment in accordance with the Scheme.
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During the Validity Period of the Scheme, the maximum gain which the Participants can obtain from the share option incentives shall not exceed 40% of their remuneration level (inclusive of the gain from the share option incentives). In the event that the gain from the share option incentive changes, the adjusted policy will be applied.
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The gains acquired by the Participants as a result of the Scheme shall be subject to individual income tax and other taxes and fees according to tax laws and regulations of the PRC.
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When the Participant no longer meets the conditions under the Incentive Scheme, or in other circumstances where the Company shall repurchase or cancel the Restricted Shares, the Participant shall cooperate with the Company to complete the repurchase of the Shares.
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CHAPTER 13 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INCENTIVE SCHEME IN CASE OF CHANGE IN THE COMPANY/THE PARTICIPANTS
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I. If any of the following events has occurred to the Company, the Incentive Scheme shall be terminated and the Restricted Shares which are granted to the Participants but not yet unlocked shall be cancelled by the Company upon repurchase at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower:
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(I) failure to engage an auditor to carry out auditing work in accordance with the relevant regulations and requirement;
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(II) issue of an auditors’ report with qualified or negative opinion or which indicates the inability to give opinion by a certified public accountant with respect to the annual financial report of the Company;
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(III) the state-owned controlling Shareholder, the supervisory committee or the audit department raising significant objections to the business performance or the annual financial report of the Company; and
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(IV) imposition of administrative penalties by security or other relevant authorities due to material non-compliance of the Company.
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II. If any of the following events occurs to a Participant, his/her right which has not been exercised shall be cancelled:
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(I) audited results indicate significant dereliction of duty;
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(II) violation of state laws and regulations or the Articles of Association;
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(III) during his/her tenure, having committed conducts in violation of the laws and regulations including receiving bribes, engaging in bribery, corruption or embezzlement, disclosing trade or technical secrets of the Company, carrying out related party transactions, which had significant negative effects on the Company’s reputation and image and resulted in losses to the Company;
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(IV) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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(V) such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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(VI) such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material non-compliance of laws and regulations during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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(VII) occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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(VIII) such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies; and
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(IX) other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
In violation of items (I), (II) and (III) of this provision, all gains obtained from the Restricted Shares shall be collected by the Company.
- III. In the occurrence of change of control, merger or division of the Company, the Incentive Scheme shall be terminated, the Restricted Shares granted and not yet unlocked shall not be unlocked and the Company shall repurchase and cancel such Restricted Shares based on the Grant Price.
If the termination takes place before the Incentive Scheme is approved in the general meeting, the termination shall be approved by the Board. If the termination takes place after the Incentive Scheme has been approved in the general meeting, the termination shall be approved by the general meeting.
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IV. If the employment relationship between the Company and a Participant is terminated as a result of objective reasons such as relocation, removal, retirement, death or civil incapacitation, the right to the Restricted Shares (provided that the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have been met in that year) shall be exercisable by the Participant within six months after the date of such termination, or else the rights lapse within six months. If the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have not been met, the Participant shall in principle not exercise the right to the Restricted Shares. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased by the Company at the Grant Price.
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V. If a Participant is re-designated to another position and remain to be employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, the grant, lock-up and unlocking of his or her Restricted Shares will remain to be carried out pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Scheme.
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VI. If the employment relationship between the Company and a Participant is terminated as a result of resignation or other personal reasons, the Participant’s right to the Restricted Shares shall no longer be exercisable. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased by the Company at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
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CHAPTER 14 ADJUSTMENT OF THE REPURCHASE PRICE OF THE RESTRICTED SHARES AND THE PROCEDURES OF REPURCHASING AND CANCELLING
When the Restricted Shares are repurchased by the Company for cancellation pursuant to the provisions of Incentive Scheme, the repurchase price shall be determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Incentive Scheme, unless otherwise adjusted thereunder.
I. ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE REPURCHASE PRICE
After the Grant of the Restricted Shares, in the event of any dividend distribution, public placement or private placement and Restricted Shares shall be repurchased for cancellation pursuant to the provisions of Incentive Scheme, no adjustment shall be made to the repurchase price.
After the Grant of the Restricted Shares, in the ex dividends or ex-rights event of any conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue, sub-division, consolidation or rights issue of Shares which had impact on the total amount or the price of the Shares, an adjustment to the repurchase price for the unlocked Restricted Shares shall be made by the Company accordingly. The method of adjustment in principle is set out below:
1. Conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue and sub-division of Shares
P=P0/(1+n)
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares; n represents the ratio of increase per Share resulting from the issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue and sub-division of Shares(i.e. the number of Shares increased per Share upon issue of Shares by conversion of capital reserve, bonus issue or sub-division of Shares); P represents the adjusted repurchase price.
2. Consolidation of Shares
P=P0/n
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares; n represents the ratio of consolidation of Shares (i.e. one Share of the Company shall be consolidated into n Shares); P represents the adjusted repurchase price.
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3. Rights issue
P=P0×(P1+P2×n)/(P1×(1+n))
Where: P0 represents the Grant Price of the Restricted Shares; P1 represents the closing price as at the record date; P2 represents the price of the rights issue; n represents the basis of the rights issue (i.e. the ratio of the number of Shares to be issued under the rights issue to the total share capital of the Company before the rights issue); P represents the adjusted repurchase price.
II. ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES FOR THE REPURCHASE PRICE
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The general meeting of the Company shall authorise the Board to adjust the number and price of the Restricted Shares to be repurchased with the reasons set out above. The Board shall make timely announcement after making adjustment to the number and price of the Restricted Shares to be repurchased in accordance with the abovementioned provisions.
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Any adjustment to the number and price of the Restricted Shares to be repurchased due to other reasons, after being reviewed by the Board, shall be submitted to the general meeting of the Company for consideration and approval.
III. PROCEDURES OF REPURCHASE AND CANCELLATION
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When it is necessary for the Company to repurchase and cancel the Restricted Shares that are not yet unlocked, the Board shall promptly convene a meeting to consider the proposal on the repurchase and cancellation, engage a law firm to give professional opinions concerning whether the proposal complies with the relevant laws, administrative regulations, “Administrative Measures” and the arrangements made pursuant to the Incentive Scheme, and submit the proposal to the general meeting for approval according to the laws. The proposal shall include but not limited to the reasons for the repurchase, the repurchase price of the shares, the basis for the repurchase price, the number of shares to be repurchase, the total amount required for the repurchase, the source of funding, changes to the Company’s share capital structure after the repurchase, the impact of the repurchase on the Company’s performance, and relevant accounting treatment, etc.
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After the proposal on the repurchase and cancellation of shares is adopted by the Board, the Company shall promptly publish an announcement on the intended repurchase and cancellation of the Restricted Shares which are already granted pursuant to the relevant requirements of the stock exchange.
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The Company shall, in accordance with Article 177 of the Company Law, notify its creditors and publish an announcement on the newspapers within 10 days after the resolution in relation to the proposal on the repurchase and cancellation of shares is approved in the general meeting.
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After publication of the announcement referred to in paragraph 3 above, the Company shall promptly submit an application for the repurchase and cancellation of shares together with the relevant legal opinions to the shares exchange, and go through relevant formalities for the repurchase and cancellation of the Restricted Shares. The Company shall promptly go through the formalities for the repurchase and cancellation of shares with the relevant registration and settlement company, and publish an announcement on completion of the repurchase and cancellation of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the requirements of the stock exchange.
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If the Company repurchases and cancels the Restricted Shares according to the provisions of this scheme, it shall apply to the stock exchange for the unlocking of such Restricted Shares, and within 10 business days after such unlocking, pay the amount for the repurchase to the Participants and complete the transfer of the corresponding Restricted Shares at the relevant registration and settlement company; the Company shall cancel such shares within a reasonable period of time after the transfer is completed.
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CHAPTER 15 SETTLEMENT MECHANISM FOR DISPUTE
In the event dispute arises between the Company and any Participant, it shall be resolved in the following manners.
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I. If dispute arises between the Company and any Participant:
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If the subject matter of the dispute is covered by the “Incentive Scheme”, the “Assessment Measures” or the “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares” entered into between the parties, it shall be resolved according to relevant provisions of the “Incentive Scheme”, the “Assessment Measures” or the “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares”.
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If the dispute is not covered by the “Incentive Scheme”, the “Assessment Measures” or the “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares”, it shall be resolved according to relevant laws, regulations, regulatory documents and base on the principle of fairness and rationality.
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II. If the Participant has violated relevant provisions of the “Incentive Scheme”, the “Assessment Measures”, the “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares” or any PRC laws or policy, the Company may base on the circumstances and have the right to notify the Participant to terminate the agreement in relation to the Incentive Scheme entered into with the Participant without bearing any liability. The Participant may, at any time within the valid period prescribed in the “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares”, notify the Company to terminate the agreement without attaching any conditions. If any losses are caused to the Company thereof, the Participant shall be liable for compensation.
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III. Any dispute arises between the Company and a Participant which is related to the Incentive Scheme shall be resolved through negotiation first. If such negotiation fails, either party may lodge a lawsuit to the People’s court with jurisdiction of the registered office of the Company.
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CHAPTER 16 SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION
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I. This Scheme shall be approved by the shareholders of the Company at the general meeting, subsequent to which it will become effective.
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II. This Scheme shall be interpreted by the board of directors of the Company.
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The following is the full text of the Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme for the purpose of incorporation in this circular. The Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme was prepared in Chinese only and set out below is an English translation of such report. In case of any discrepancies between the Chinese and the English versions of this report, the Chinese version shall prevail.
THE MANAGEMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND APPRAISAL MEASURES FOR THE INCENTIVE SCHEME
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 The Measures are prepared in accordance with relevant national laws, regulations and regulatory documents as well as the relevant provisions of the Articles of Association, together with the Company’s actual situations, with an aim to further improve the share incentives administration and assessment system of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited (the “ Company ”), ensure the successful implementation of the restricted A share incentive scheme (the “ Incentive Scheme ”) of the Company and stimulate senior management members, middle and core management and key staff (the “ Participants ”) of the Company, thus guaranteeing the implementation of the Company’s medium and long-term strategies and the fulfillment of its annual operating targets.
Article 2 The Measures followed the Principles as follows:
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Fairness, impartiality and objectiveness;
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Combination of short-term operating targets and long-term development targets;
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Combination of incentives and constraints.
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS
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Article 3 The General Meeting, as the institution vested with the supreme authority of the Company, is responsible for consideration and approval of the implementation, change and termination of the Incentive Scheme.
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Article 4 The Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) is the institution in charge of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme, and its subordinate Remuneration Committee is responsible for drafting and revising the Incentive Scheme, submitting the same to the General Meeting of the Company for approval and to the competent department for review, and handling the matters related to the Incentive Scheme within the authorisation by the General Meeting.
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Article 5 The Supervisory Committee is the supervisory institution of the Incentive Scheme and is responsible for reviewing the list of Participants, it shall provide opinion on the list of Participants as at the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares. It is also responsible for performing supervision over the compliance of the implementation of the Incentive Scheme
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with relevant laws, administrative regulations, department rules and the business rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and shall provide opinion on whether the Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, and express its views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
Article 6 Independent Directors shall issue independent opinions on whether the Incentive Scheme facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the shareholders as a whole, solicit proxy voting from all shareholders in relation to the Incentive Scheme, and express their views on events including the fulfillment of the conditions of the grant and exercise of the Restricted Shares, change of the Incentive Scheme, etc.
CHAPTER 3 RELEVANT PROCEDURES
Article 7 Procedures of implementation of the Incentive Scheme
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The remuneration committee of the Board is responsible to prepare the draft Incentive Scheme.
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The Board shall consider and adopt the draft Incentive Scheme. Director who is also a Participant or in connection with a Participant shall abstain from voting.
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Independent Directors and the Supervisory Committee shall express their views as to whether the draft Incentive Scheme can facilitates the sustainable development of the Company and whether the Incentive Scheme impairs the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole.
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Before the shareholders’ meeting of the Company is convened, the Company shall internally publish the names and the positions of the Participants through its website or other channels for a period of no less than 10 days.
The Supervisory Committee shall review the list of the Participants and thoroughly consider opinions from the public. The Company shall publish the opinions of the Supervisory Committee on the review and the public opinions in relation to the list of the Participants 5 days before the Incentive Scheme is considered at a general meeting of the Company.
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The Company shall carry out internal inspection on insider trading of the Company’s shares and derivatives within the 6 months prior to the publication of draft Incentive Scheme, and disclose whether there is any insider trading.
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The Company shall issue a notice to convene a general meeting, and publish the legal opinions.
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When a general meeting is convened to consider the Incentive Scheme, the independent Directors shall solicit proxy voting rights from all Shareholders regarding the resolutions related to the Incentive Scheme.
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The terms of the Incentive Scheme shall be proposed and voted in a general meeting, and be adopted by more than 2/3 of the attending shareholders with voting rights. Except for the Directors, Supervisors and senior executives of the Company, as well as the shareholders individually or collectively holding more than 5% of the Company’s shares, the voting by other shareholders shall be separately counted and disclosed.
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The Board of the Company is responsible to grant, unlock and repurchase the Restricted Shares pursuant to the resolutions adopted in a general meeting. The Supervisory Committee of the Company shall verify the list of the Participants on the Grant Date of the Restricted Shares and express its views.
Article 8 Procedures of grant of the Incentive Scheme
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The Incentive Scheme is approved at the general meeting.
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Within 60 days after the Incentive Scheme is approved in the general meeting, the Board shall convene a meeting to consider whether the Participants have fulfilled the conditions for the grant of the rights pursuant to the Incentive Scheme and determine the Grant Date, and the independent Directors and the Supervisory Committee shall express their views.
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The Company shall engage a law firm to issue legal opinions on whether the Participants have fulfilled the conditions in relation to the grant.
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The Company shall sign an “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares” with the Participants in order to define their respective rights and obligations.
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The Participants shall pay the consideration for subscribing for the Restricted Shares into the account designated by the Company and have it verified and confirmed by a certified public accountant, otherwise such Participant shall be deemed as having waived his or her right to subscribe for the Restricted Shares.
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The Company shall keep a register for management of the Restricted Shares with reference to the agreements signed by the Participants, and such register shall record the names of the Participants, number of shares granted, the grant date and the serial number of the relevant “Agreement on Granting the Restricted Shares”.
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The Company shall apply to the relevant stock exchange for the grant of the Restricted Shares to Participants, and apply to the relevant registration and settlement company for the registration and settlement matters after the said application is confirmed by the relevant stock exchange.
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After the registration of grant of the Restricted Shares is completed, the Company shall, upon approval by the Board, go through the formalities in relation to the registration with the industrial and commercial registration authority if the registration involves change in the registered capital of the Company.
Article 9 Procedures of unlocking of the Incentive Scheme
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Before a Participant exercise his or her rights, the Board shall consider whether the conditions for the Participant to exercise his or her rights under the Incentive Scheme have been fulfilled and the independent Directors and Supervisory Committee shall express their relevant views. The Company’s legal adviser shall issue legal opinions on whether the conditions for the Participant to exercise his or her rights have been fulfilled.
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As to the Participants who have satisfied the conditions for unlocking the Incentive Scheme, the Company shall issue the Notice of Unlocking Restricted Shares 《限制( 性股票解鎖通知書》) to them, propose their unlocking applications to the Stock Exchange in a centralized manner, and make application to the Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation for registration and settlement.
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As to the Participants who have not fulfilled the Unlocking Conditions, the Company shall repurchase and cancel the related Restricted Shares held by them according to the rules of this Scheme.
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Participants may transfer their unlocked Restricted Shares whereas the transfer of the Restricted Shares held by the Company’s directors and member of senior management shall comply with the requirements of the relevant laws, rules and regulations.
Article10 Adjustment procedures for the Grant Price and the number of Incentive Scheme
The Board shall make timely announcement after making adjustment to the number and the Grant Price of the Incentive Scheme in accordance with the provisions of the Incentive Scheme. The Company shall engage a legal adviser to provide professional advice to the Board whether such adjustment is in compliance with the provisions of relevant regulations of the CSRC and supervision department of state owned assets, Articles of Association and the Incentive Scheme.
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Article 11 Exercise of the rights and management of the earnings by the Participants
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When the Company declares cash dividends, the cash dividends which should be enjoyed by the Participants in connection with the granted Restricted Shares will be received by the Company after withholding and paying the individual income tax, and later will be returned to the Participants once such part of Restricted Shares are unlocked; If such part of Restricted Shares cannot be unlocked, then the Company will deduct related cash dividends of such part of Restricted Shares upon repurchase and make corresponding accounting treatment in accordance with the provisions of the Incentive Scheme.
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During the Validity Period of the Exercise, the maximum gain which the Participants can obtain from the share option incentives shall not exceed 40% of their remuneration level (inclusive of the gain from the share option incentives) at the time of granting this equity. In the event that the relevant policies changed, then shall exercise the Incentive Scheme in accordance with the revise policies.
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Gains from the Incentive Scheme earned by Participants shall be subject to individual income tax and other taxation in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (國家稅收法規).
CHAPTER 4 TREATMENT WITH SPECIAL SITUATIONS
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Article 12 If any of the following events has occurred to the Company, the Incentive Scheme shall be terminated and the Restricted Shares which are granted to the Participants but not yet unlocked shall be cancelled by the Company upon repurchase at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower:
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Failure to engage an auditor to carry out auditing work in accordance with the relevant regulations and requirement;
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Issue of an auditors’ report with qualified or negative opinion or which indicates the inability to give opinion by a certified public accountant with respect to the annual financial report of the Company;
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The state-owned controlling Shareholder, the Supervisory Committee or the Audit Department raising significant objections to the business performance or the annual financial report of the Company; or
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Article 13 If any of the following events occurs to a Participant, his/her right which has not been exercised shall be cancelled:
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audited results indicate significant dereliction of duty;
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violation of state laws and regulations or the Articles;
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during his/her tenure, having committed conducts in violation of the laws and regulations including receiving bribes, engaging in bribery, corruption or embezzlement, disclosing trade or technical secrets of the Company, carrying out related party transactions, which had significant negative effects on the Company’s reputation and image and resulted in losses to the Company;
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the relevant stock exchange during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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such Participant is deemed as an inappropriate candidate by the CSRC or its agency institutions during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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such Participant has received administrative penalties or is banned from the securities market by the CSRC or its agency institutions due to material noncompliance of laws and regulations during the term of the Incentive Scheme;
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occurrence of circumstances under which such Participant is prohibited from acting as a director or member of the senior management of a company, as stipulated in the PRC Company Law;
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such Participant is prohibited by the law from participating in equity incentive scheme of listed companies; and
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other circumstances as determined by the CSRC.
In violation of items 1, 2 and 3 of this provision, all gains obtained from the Incentive Scheme shall be collected by the Company.
Article 14 If the employment relationship between the Company and a Participant is terminated as a result of objective reasons such as relocation, removal, retirement, death or civil incapacitation, the right to the Restricted Shares (provided that the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have been met in that year) shall be exercisable by the Participant within six months after the date of such termination, or else the rights lapse within six months. If the exercisable period and performance appraisal conditions have not been met, the Participant shall in principle not exercise the right to the Restricted Shares. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased for cancellation by the Company at the Grant Price.
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If the employment relationship is terminated as a result of resignation or other personal reasons, the Participant’s right to the Restricted Shares shall no longer be exercisable. Restricted Shares which have not been unlocked shall be repurchased by the Company at the Grant Price or the market price at that time, whichever is lower.
CHAPTER 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF APPRAISAL
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Article 15 With respect to assessment of Incentive Scheme at Company’s level, the Remuneration Committee will assess with reference to the periodic report of the company and report the appraisal results to the Board for approval.
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Article 16 With respect to assessments at the Participant level, the annual performance appraisal results of the Participant will be used as the important basis. The Participant should set his/ her own performance objectives in accordance with performance objectives of his/her level of the organization and responsibility and obligation of the positions at the beginning of the year. The formulation of the performance objectives should be complied with the principle of SMART, namely specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timing. The performance objectives could be sub-divided into quantitative and qualitative objectives. With respect to quantitative objectives, effort value, reference value and threshold value could be individually determined, and by designing the corresponding formula, the actual achievement can be converted into appraisal scorings. With respect to qualitative objectives, key events method or hierarchical description method and others could be used to formulate the criteria of appraisal.
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Article 17 Appraisal period at the Participant level. The appraisal period is the accounting year preceding the unlocking of the Restricted Shares granted to the Participants. Appraisal will be conducted once a year during the term of the Share Incentive Scheme.
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Article 18 During the appraisal period, the Participants should perform self-assessment of his/her performance objectives according to the testing data or achievements, and the authorized approval officers will appraise according to the daily working records, performance indicators, results data and position descriptions. The human resources department will integrate the appraisal materials of the Participants and submit them to the remuneration committee for review and approval, then report their comments to the management of the company.
Article 19 The appraisal results of the Participants will be divided as follows:
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Appraisal Scoring of Appraisal
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Scoring of appraisal results appraisal results 4.6 ~ 5.0 Excellent 3.0 ~ 3.5 Basically passed 4.0 ~ 4.6 Good 3.0 or below Not passed 3.5 ~ 4.0 Passed
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- Article 20 The appraisal results of Participants will be used as the basis of grant under the Scheme. The Restricted Shares could only be unlocked if a Participant scores a Pass or above in the appraisal for the previous accounting year. If a Participant fails the appraisal or the results being basically passed, the Restricted Shares to be granted to the Participant for the respective years shall be repurchased and subsequently cancelled by the Company.
CHAPTER 6 SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
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Article 21 Where these Rules are in conflict with any of the promulgated laws, administrative regulations, local listing rules and the articles and association of the Company, the relevant laws, regulations, rules and articles shall be complied with.
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Article 22 The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the formulation, interpretation and modification of these measures.
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Article 23 These measures shall become effective upon approval by the General Meeting.
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1. RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Group. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this circular misleading.
2. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the interests and short positions of the Directors, supervisors and chief executives of the Company in the shares, underlying shares and debentures of the Company and any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) which were required to be (i) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests or short positions which the Directors and the chief executives were taken or deemed to have under such provisions of the SFO); or (ii) entered in the register kept by the Company pursuant to section 352 of the SFO; or (iii) notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers contained in the Listing Rules were as follows:
Long positions in ordinary shares of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited
| Approximately | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of | percentage of issued | |||
| ordinary shares | share capital of | |||
| held as at the | Shenzhen | |||
| Latest Practicable | International | Nature of | ||
| Name | Date | Holdings Limited | Interest | Capacity |
| Hu Wei | 120,716 | 0.01% | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Li Jing Qi | 902,214 | 0.05% | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Tse Yat Hong | 1,481,674 | 0.07% | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
Interests in share options of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited
| Share Option unexercised as at | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| the Latest Practicable Date | Nature of | ||
| Name | (note) | Interest | Capacity |
| Hu Wei | 1,050,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Wang Zeng Jin | 400,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Li Jing Qi | 1,330,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Zhao Jun Rong | 1,050,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Tse Yat Hong | 630,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
| Zhong Shan Qun | 1,050,000 | Personal | Beneficial Owner |
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Note: The share options were granted on 29 January 2014, and could be exercised during the period from 29 January 2016 to 28 January 2019, according to the grant provisions, with the exercise price HK$10.4 per share.
Save as disclosed above, as at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors, supervisors and chief executives of the Company was interested in the shares, underlying shares or debentures of the Company and any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO) which were required to be notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the SFO (including interests or short positions which the Directors, supervisors or the chief executives were taken or deemed to have under such provisions of the SFO) or which are required to be entered into the register maintained by the Company under section 352 of the SFO or which are required to be notified to the Company and the Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers.
Mr. Zhong Shan Qun is an executive directors of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited. Mr. Hu Wei and Mr. Zhao Jun Rong are vice-presidents of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited and Mr. Tse Yat Hong is the chief financial controller of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited.
3. COMPETING INTEREST
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors and their respective close associates were interested in any business, apart from the Group’s business, which competes or is likely to compete, either directly or indirectly, with the Group’s business.
4. INTERESTS IN ASSETS, CONTRACT OR ARRANGEMENT
As at the Latest Practicable Date, none of the Directors or supervisors of the Company is materially interested in any contracts or arrangement entered into by any members of the Group which is subsisting at the date of this circular and which is significant in relation to the business of the Group.
None of the Directors or supervisors of the Company has any direct or indirect interest in any assets which have been, since 31 December 2015, being the date to which the latest published audited accounts of the Group were made up, acquired or disposed of by, or leased to any members of the Group, or are proposed to be acquired or disposed of by, or leased to any members of the Group.
5. MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE
The Directors are not aware of any material adverse change in the financial or trading position of the Group since 31 December 2015, the date to which the latest published audited consolidated accounts of the Group have been made up.
6. LITIGATION
As at the Latest Practicable Date, no litigation or claim of material importance is known to the Directors to be pending or threatened against any member of the Group.
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In 2011, there was an immaterial litigation against the Group, and the details of which is set out in note XI.2.(1)(f) to the financial statements of the Group in the annual report of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 and note XI.2.(1)(g) to the financial statements of the Group in the interim report of the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2016.
7. SERVICE CONTRACTS
No service contracts that cannot be terminated by the Group within one year without compensation (other than general statutory compensation) have been or proposed to be entered into between the Group and the Directors as at the Latest Practicable Date.
8. EXPERTS
- 1) The following are the qualifications of the expert who has given opinion or advice contained in this circular:
Name Qualification
First Shanghai Capital Limited
a licensed corporation to carry out type 6 (advising on corporate finance) regulated activities under the SFO
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2) As at the Latest Practicable Date, First Shanghai Capital Limited had no beneficial shareholding interest in any member of the Group or the right (whether legally enforceable or not) to subscribe for or to nominate persons to subscribe for securities of any member of the Group.
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3) First Shanghai Capital Limited has given and has not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this circular, with inclusion of its letter or report and references to its name in the form and context in which it is included.
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4) As at the Latest Practicable Date, First Shanghai Capital Limited was not interested, directly or indirectly, in any assets which had since 31 December 2015 (being the date to which the latest published audited accounts of the Group were made up) been acquired or disposed of by or leased to any member of the Group or which are proposed to be acquired or disposed of by or leased to any member of the Group.
9. MATERIAL CONTRACTS
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the following contracts (not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) were entered into by members of the Group within the two years immediately preceding the date of this circular and are, or may be, material:
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1) the concession contract in relation to Outer Ring Section A entered into between the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality and Shenzhen Outer Ring Expressway Investment Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, on 18 March 2016;
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2) the joint investment and construction agreement in relation to the Outer Ring Section A entered into among Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd., the Company and Shenzhen Outer Ring Expressway Investment Company Limited on 18 March 2016;
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3) the agreement in relation to the toll adjustment of Nanguang Expressway, Yanpai Expressway and Yanba Expressway, the transfer of assets and the relevant compensation arrangement entered into between the Company and the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality on 30 November 2015;
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4) the equity interest and creditors’ rights transfer contract in relation to the transfer of the entire equity interest in and creditors’ rights of Guizhou Pengbo Investment Company Limited after regrouping and the equity interest transfer contract in relation to the transfer of 51% equity interest in Guizhou Hengtongli Property Company Limited after regrouping both entered into between Guizhou Shenzhen Expressway Property Company Limited, a 70%-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Shenzhen International Logistics Development Co., Ltd. on 30 December 2015;
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5) the share subscription agreement in relation to the subscription of shares issued by Bank of Guizhou Co., Ltd. to the Company entered into between the Company and Bank of Guizhou Co., Ltd. on 23 December 2015;
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6) the share transfer agreement in relation to the sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of Fameluxe Investment Limited entered into among the Mei Wah Industrial (Hong Kong) Limited, Sumgreat Investments Limited, Shenzhen Huayu Investment & Development (Group) Co., Ltd., and Mr. Chen Yangnan (陳陽南) on 30 October 2015; and
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7) the relocation compensation agreement on Meilin Checkpoint Urban Renewal Project of Minzhi Office Longhua New District of Shenzhen entered into between Shenzhen Meiguan Expressway Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Shenzhen International United Land Co., Ltd on 24 June 2015.
10. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
Copies of the following documents are available for inspection during normal business hours at the principal place of business of the Company in Hong Kong at Room 1603, 16/F, China Building, 29 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong within 14 days from the date of this circular (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays):
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1) the articles of association of the Company and its attachments thereto;
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2) the annual reports of the Company for the two years ended 31 December 2015;
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3) the Restricted A Shares Incentive Scheme;
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4) the letter from First Shanghai Capital Limited, the text of which is set out on pages 31 to 44 of this circular;
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5) the letter of consent from First Shanghai Capital Limited;
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6) the material contracts referred to in this Appendix; and
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7) this circular.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
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1) The joint company secretary of the Company are Mr. Luo Kun who holds a professional title of accountant in the PRC and Ms. Lam Yuen Ling Eva who is a fellow member of both The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
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2) The head office and the legal address of the Company is situated at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, PRC. The place of business of the Company in Hong Kong is at Room 1603, 16/F, China Building, 29 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong.
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3) The share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong is Hong Kong Registrars Limited at 46 Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong.
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4) In the event of inconsistency, the English text of this circular shall prevail over the Chinese text unless otherwise stated.
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深圳高速公路股份有限公司 SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00548)
NOTICE OF THE THIRD EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 2016
Notice is hereby given that the Third Extraordinary General Meeting 2016 (the “ EGM ”) of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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to consider and approve by way of separate resolutions in relation to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme and its summary:
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1.01 basis for determining the Participants of the Incentive Scheme and the scope of the Participants;
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1.02 Grant Price of the Restricted Shares and the basis of determination;
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1.03 source, number and allocation of the Restricted Shares;
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1.04 validity period, date of grant, lock-up period, unlocking period and black-out period of the Incentive Scheme;
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1.05 conditions of granting and unlocking the Restricted Shares;
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1.06 adjustment method and procedures of the Restricted Shares Incentive Scheme;
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1.07 accounting treatment of the Restricted Shares;
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1.08 procedures of implementation, granting and unlocking under the Incentive Scheme;
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1.09 rights and obligations of the Company/the Participants;
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1.10 implementation of the Incentive Scheme in case of change in the Company/the Participants;
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1.11 adjustment of the repurchase price of the Restricted Shares and the procedures of repurchasing and cancelling;
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1.12 settlement mechanism for dispute;
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to consider and approve the Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme;
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the Shareholders’ Meeting to authorize the Board to deal with the matters pertaining to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme of the Company, including:
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(1) the Shareholders’ Meeting authorizing the Board to implement the following matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme:
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(a) to determine the qualifications and conditions of the participation in the Incentive Scheme, to determine the list of the Participants and the respective number of Restricted Shares to be granted to each of the Participant, and to determine the Grant Price;
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(b) to determine the date of grant of the Restricted Shares and to procure the granting to and unlocking of the Restricted Shares of the Participants when the conditions have been fulfilled;
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(c) to review and confirm the unlocking qualifications and conditions of the Participants and to procure the unlocking of Restricted Shares for the Participants who are qualified under the Incentive Scheme;
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(d) if the number of shares and Grant Price need to be adjusted due to the Company’s exright, ex-dividend and any other reasons, to adjust the same in accordance with the principle and method under the Incentive Scheme;
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(e) to procure the repurchasing and cancelling of the locked Restricted shares held by the Participants which are required to be repurchased and cancelled under the Incentive Scheme, however, such repurchase and cancellation shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
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- (f) to formulate or amend the provisions for management and implementation of the Incentive Scheme from time to time on the basis that the terms of the Incentive Scheme remains unchanged, however, such amendments shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
- (g) to pass the resolution to terminate the implementation of the Incentive Scheme when the Board thinks fit, however, such termination shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
- (h) to sign, implement, amend or terminate any agreements in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
- (i) to implement all necessary procedures and matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme, except for those clearly stipulated by relevant documents belong to the rights of the Shareholders’ Meeting;
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(2) to authorize the Board, in relation to the Incentive Scheme, to approach the relevant government or regulatory authorities for any approval, registration, filing, authorization and consent; to sign, implement, amend or complete all documents to be submitted to the relevant government, authorities, organizations or persons; to amend the articles of association of the Company, to register the change of issued share capital of the Company; and to do all other things that are necessary, fit and proper in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
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(3) to approve the validity period of the authorization given to the Board be the same as the validity period of the Incentive Scheme;
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the connected transactions under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in connection with the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme, and to approve the Connected Participants to participate in the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme of the Company in accordance with its terms and conditions;
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the appointment of the shareholders’ representative supervisor of the seventh session of the supervisory committee of the Company, appointing Mr. Liang Xin as a shareholders’ representative supervisor of the seventh session of the supervisory committee of the Company, with immediate effect and until 31 December 2017;
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the appointment of the directors of the seventh session of the board of directors of the Company, appointing the following candidates as the directors of the seventh session of the board of directors of the Company, with immediate effect and until 31 December 2017:
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6.01 Mr. Liu Ji;
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6.02 Mr. Liao Xiang Wen;
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6.03 Mr. Chen Yuan Jun.
By Order of the Board HU Wei Chairman
Shenzhen, the PRC, 29 September 2016
Notes:
1. Eligibility for attending the EGM
Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the registers of shareholders of the Company at the close of business on 21 October 2016 shall have the right to attend the EGM after complying with the necessary registration procedures.
2. Registration procedures for attending the EGM
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i. Shareholders intending to attend the EGM should deliver to the Company, on or before 3 November 2016, either in person, by post or by fax, the reply slip (together with any required registration documents) for attending the EGM.
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ii. Holders of H shares of the Company please note that the register of holders of H shares of the Company will be closed from 22 October 2016 to 23 November 2016 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of H shares of the Company will be registered. Holders of H shares of the Company who intend to attend the EGM must deliver their instruments of transfer together with the relevant share certificates to Hong Kong Registrars Limited, the registrar of H shares of the Company, at Shops 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, at or before 4:30 p.m. on 21 October 2016.
3. Proxy
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i. Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the EGM are entitled to appoint, in written form, one or more proxies (whether a shareholder or not) to attend and vote on his behalf.
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ii. A proxy should be appointed by written instrument signed by the appointor or his attorney. If the written instrument is signed by the attorney of the appointor, the written authorisation or other authorisation documents of such attorney should be notarised. In order to be valid, for holders of A shares of the Company, the written authorisation or authorisation documents which have been notarised together with the completed proxy form must be delivered to the Company not less than 24 hours before the time of the holding of the EGM. In order to be valid, for holders of H shares of the Company, the above documents must be delivered to Hong Kong Registrars Limited, at Floor 17M, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, within the same period.
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iii. Shareholder or his proxy should produce identity proof when attending the EGM.
4. The terms used in this notice shall have the same meaning as defined in the announcements of the Company dated 26 September 2016 and 28 September 2016. For details of the resolutions set out in this notice, please refer to the abovementioned announcements.
5. In accordance with relevant provisions of the Administration Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies, Mr. Au Sing Kun, an independent director of the Company was appointed by other independent directors as the soliciting party to solicit voting rights from all shareholders of the Company in connection with resolutions No.1-4 related to Incentive Scheme to be considered at the EGM. For details, please refer to the Announcement on the Solicitation of Voting Rights by the Independent Directors dated 28 September 2016 of the Company.
6. Poll
Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Articles of Association of the Company, voting at the EGM on the resolutions set out in the notice of the EGM will be taken by poll. Pursuant to the Article of Association, the Company shall adopt the cumulative voting system for election of the directors. For details, please refer to the notes of the attached proxy form of the EGM.
7. Other matters
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i. The duration of the EGM is expected not to exceed one day. Shareholders or proxies who attend the EGM shall arrange for transport, food, accommodation and other relevant expenses at their own cost.
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ii. Address of Hong Kong Registrars Limited (for share transfer): Shops 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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iii. Address of the Company: Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, PRC Postal code: 518026 Tel.: (86) 755-8285 3339 Fax: (86) 755-8285 3411
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深圳高速公路股份有限公司 SHENZHEN EXPRESSWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 00548)
NOTICE OF THE SECOND CLASS MEETING 2016 OF HOLDERS OF H SHARES
Notice is hereby given that the Second Class Meeting 2016 of the Holders of H Shares (the “ HCM ”) of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited (the “ Company ”) will be held at the conference room of the Company at Podium Levels 2-4, Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, the PRC after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 (immediately after the conclusion of the Second Class Meeting 2016 of the Holders of A Shares of the Company to be held on the same date or adjournment) to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions by way of special resolutions:
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to consider and approve by way of separate resolutions in relation to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme and its summary:
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1.01 basis for determining the Participants of the Incentive Scheme and the scope of the Participants;
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1.02 Grant Price of the Restricted Shares and the basis of determination;
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1.03 source, number and allocation of the Restricted Shares;
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1.04 validity period, date of grant, lock-up period, unlocking period and black-out period of the Incentive Scheme;
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1.05 conditions of granting and unlocking the Restricted Shares;
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1.06 adjustment method and procedures of the Restricted Shares Incentive Scheme;
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1.07 accounting treatment of the Restricted Shares;
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1.08 procedures of implementation, granting and unlocking under the Incentive Scheme;
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1.09 rights and obligations of the Company/the Participants;
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1.10 implementation of the Incentive Scheme in case of change in the Company/the Participants;
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1.11 adjustment of the repurchase price of the Restricted Shares and the procedures of repurchasing and cancelling;
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1.12 settlement mechanism for dispute;
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to consider and approve the Management, Implementation and Appraisal Measures for the Incentive Scheme;
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the Shareholders’ Meeting to authorize the Board to deal with the matters pertaining to the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme of the Company, including:
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(1) the Shareholders’ Meeting authorizing the Board to implement the following matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme:
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(a) to determine the qualifications and conditions of the participation in the Incentive Scheme, to determine the list of the Participants and the respective number of Restricted Shares to be granted to each of the Participant, and to determine the Grant Price;
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(b) to determine the date of grant of the Restricted Shares and to procure the granting to and unlocking of the Restricted Shares of the Participants when the conditions have been fulfilled;
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(c) to review and confirm the unlocking qualifications and conditions of the Participants and to procure the unlocking of Restricted Shares for the Participants who are qualified under the Incentive Scheme;
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(d) if the number of shares and Grant Price need to be adjusted due to the Company’s exright, ex-dividend and any other reasons, to adjust the same in accordance with the principle and method under the Incentive Scheme;
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(e) to procure the repurchasing and cancelling of the locked Restricted shares held by the Participants which are required to be repurchased and cancelled under the Incentive Scheme, however, such repurchase and cancellation shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
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(f) to formulate or amend the provisions for management and implementation of the Incentive Scheme from time to time on the basis that the terms of the Incentive Scheme remains unchanged, however, such amendments shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
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- (g) to pass the resolution to terminate the implementation of the Incentive Scheme when the Board thinks fit, however, such termination shall be approved by the Shareholders’ meeting and/or the relevant regulatory authorities if any laws, regulations or authorities so require;
- (h) to sign, implement, amend or terminate any agreements in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
- (i) to implement all necessary procedures and matters in relation to the Incentive Scheme, except for those clearly stipulated by relevant documents belong to the rights of the Shareholders’ Meeting;
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(2) to authorize the Board, in relation to the Incentive Scheme, to approach the relevant government or regulatory authorities for any approval, registration, filing, authorization and consent; to sign, implement, amend or complete all documents to be submitted to the relevant government, authorities, organizations or persons; to amend the articles of association of the Company, to register the change of issued share capital of the Company; and to do all other things that are necessary, fit and proper in relation to the Incentive Scheme;
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(3) to approve the validity period of the authorization given to the Board be the same as the validity period of the Incentive Scheme;
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to consider and approve the resolution in relation to the connected transactions under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in connection with the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme, and to approve the Connected Participants to participate in the Restricted A Share Incentive Scheme of the Company in accordance with its terms and conditions.
By Order of the Board HU Wei Chairman
Shenzhen, the PRC, 29 September 2016
Notes:
1. Eligibility for attending the HCM
Shareholders of the Company whose names appear on the registers of holders of H shares of the Company at the close of business on 21 October 2016 shall have the right to attend the HCM after complying with the necessary registration procedures.
2. Registration procedures for attending the HCM
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i. Shareholders intending to attend the HCM should deliver to the Company, on or before 3 November 2016, either in person, by post or by fax, the reply slip (together with any required registration documents) for attending the HCM.
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- ii. Holders of H shares of the Company please note that the register of holders of H shares of the Company will be closed from 22 October 2016 to 23 November 2016 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of H shares of the Company will be registered. Holders of H shares of the Company who intend to attend the HCM must deliver their instruments of transfer together with the relevant share certificates to Hong Kong Registrars Limited, the registrar of H shares of the Company, at Shops 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, at or before 4:30 p.m. on 21 October 2016.
3. Proxy
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i. Holders of H shares entitled to attend and vote at the HCM are entitled to appoint, in written form, one or more proxies (whether a shareholder or not) to attend and vote on his behalf.
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ii. A proxy should be appointed by written instrument signed by the appointor or his attorney. If the written instrument is signed by the attorney of the appointor, the written authorisation or other authorisation documents of such attorney should be notarised. In order to be valid, for holders of H shares of the Company, the written authorisation or authorisation documents which have been notarised together with the completed proxy form must be delivered to Hong Kong Registrars Limited, at Floor 17M, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, not less than 24 hours before the time of the holding of the HCM.
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iii. Shareholder or his proxy should produce identity proof when attending the HCM.
4. The terms used in this notice shall have the same meaning as defined in the announcements of the Company dated 26 September 2016 and 28 September 2016. For details of the resolutions set out in this notice, please refer to the abovementioned announcements.
5. In accordance with relevant provisions of the Administration Measures on Share Incentives of Listed Companies, Mr. Au Sing Kun, an independent director of the Company was appointed by other independent directors as the soliciting party to solicit voting rights from all holders of H shares of the Company in connection with resolutions No.1-4 related to Incentive Scheme to be considered at the HCM. For details, please refer to the Announcement on the Solicitation of Voting Rights by the Independent Directors dated 28 September 2016 of the Company.
6. Poll
Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Articles of Association of the Company, voting at the HCM on the resolutions set out in the notice of the HCM will be taken by poll.
7. Other matters
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i. The duration of the HCM is expected not to exceed one day. Shareholders or proxies who attend the HCM shall arrange for transport, food, accommodation and other relevant expenses at their own cost.
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ii. Address of Hong Kong Registrars Limited (for share transfer): Shops 1712-16, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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