Annual Report 2015
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
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To put forward proposals at the shareholders’ meeting, a request in writing must be made by:
(i) shareholders representing at least 2.5% of the total voting rights of all shareholders of the
Company having the right to vote at the shareholders’ meeting; or
(ii) at least 50 shareholders of the Company having the right to vote at the meeting,
to the Company to give to shareholders notice of any resolution which may properly be moved and is
intended to be moved at an annual general meeting, or to circulate to shareholders any statement of
not more than 1,000 words with respect to the matter referred to in any proposed resolution or the
business to be dealt with at any general meeting.
The written request must be signed by all the shareholders concerned in one or more documents
in like form and deposited at the registered office of the Company for the attention of the Company
Secretary not less than six weeks before the meeting in the case of a requisition requiring notice of a
resolution at annual general meeting, and not less than seven days before the meeting in the case of
requiring circulation of statement. Upon the request verified to be valid, the Company will give notice
of the resolution or circulate the statement.
If a shareholder of the Company intends to propose a person other than a Director of the Company for
election as a Director of the Company at any general meeting, the shareholder concerned shall lodge
with the registered office of the Company for the attention of the Company Secretary (i) a written
notice of his intention to propose that person for election as a Director; and (ii) a written notice by that
person of his/her willingness to be elected as a Director together with the necessary information within
the period commencing no earlier than the day after the dispatch of the notice of the general meeting
and ending no later than seven days prior to the date of such general meeting.
Detailed procedures can be found in the following documents which are available on the Company’s
website:
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“Procedures for Shareholders to convene Extraordinary General Meetings and putting forward
proposals at General Meetings”; and
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“Procedures for Shareholders to propose a person for election as a Director”.
Enquiries to the Board
Enquiries may be put to the Board through the Company’s Investor Relations Department at 30/F.,
New World Tower, 18 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong (email:
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COMMUNICATION WITH SHAREHOLDERS
The Board and senior management maintain a continuing dialogue with the Company’s shareholders
and investors through various channels including the Company’s annual general meeting. The
Chairman, other members of the Board and the external auditor attend the annual general meeting
to meet the shareholders. The Directors will answer questions raised by the shareholders on the
performance of the Group. The Company holds press and analysts conferences at least twice a
year following the release of interim and full year results announcements at which the Executive
Directors and senior management of the Company are available to answer questions regarding the
performance of the Group. Our corporate website which contains corporate information, interim and
annual reports, announcements and circulars issued by the Group as well as the recent developments
of the Group enables the Company’s shareholders to have timely and updated information of the
Group. Shareholders can refer to the “Shareholders’ Communication Policy” posted on the Company’s
website for more details.
EMPHASISE INVESTOR RELATIONS
To ensure that the investors have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the Group, the
Group participates in different international forums and overseas roadshows on a regular basis
to elaborate the Group’s business development plans to global investors. We also show our key
development projects in both Mainland China and Hong Kong to the media and investors via site visits
and meetings, and establish timely and effective two-way communications with media and investors.
The Investor Relations Section is set out from pages 52 to 55 of this Annual Report.
