Arrangements for Electronic Dissemination of Corporate Communications
The English and Chinese versions of all the Company’s Corporate Communications* are available on the Company’s website and the HKEXnews website at www.hkexnews.hk (the “Website Version”).
Pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance and the Company’s Articles of Association, the Company adopts the following arrangements for the electronic dissemination of its Corporate Communications (other than Actionable Corporate Communications as mentioned below):
(a) Registered Shareholders:
The Company seeks consent from each registered shareholder of reading the Website Version of the Corporate Communications instead of receiving printed copies. If the Company does not receive a response indicating the registered shareholder’s objection within a period of 28 days, the registered shareholder will be deemed to have consented to receive the Website Version of the Corporate Communications only, an email notification (if a functional email address is provided) or a notification letter of the publication of the relevant Corporate Communications on website will be sent to the registered shareholder on the day of publication.
(b) Non-registered Shareholders:
The Company sends to each non-registered shareholder^ an email notification (if a functional email address is provided) or a notification letter of the publication of the relevant Corporate Communications on website on the day of publication, unless the non-registered shareholder has elected to receive printed copies of the Corporate Communications.
Actionable Corporate Communications include forms which seek shareholders’ instructions on how they wish to exercise their rights or make an election as shareholders. The Company will send such Actionable Corporate Communications to shareholders individually instead of just making them available on websites.
In case any shareholder has difficulty in gaining access to the Website Version of the Corporate Communications, the Company will, promptly upon receipt of the shareholder’s request in writing, send printed version of the Corporate Communications to him/her free of charge. The aforesaid request should be sent to the Company’s share registrar.
Shareholders may change their election for Corporate Communications in the following way:
(a) Registered shareholders may change their choice of language and/or means of receipt of the Corporate Communications at any time by giving not less than seven days’ notice by way of completing the Request Form below and sending it to the Company’s share registrar.
(b) Non-registered shareholders (i) should contact the intermediaries through which shares are held (e.g. banks, brokers, custodians, nominees or HKSCC Nominees Limited) and provide their email addresses to such intermediaries for receiving email notifications of publication of Corporate Communications on websites, if they wish to read the Website Version of the Corporate Communications; or (ii) may complete the Request Form below and send it to the Company’s share registrar, if they wish to receive printed copies of the Corporate Communications.
Shareholders' request for receiving printed copies of Corporate Communications will be valid until such request is revoked in writing or for one year from the date of receiving their instruction (whichever is earlier).
The Request Form or any request to be made to the Company’s share registrar as aforementioned should be sent to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited by post or by email, and its contact details are set out below:
Postal address
:
17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
(852) 2862 8555 (during business hours (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.),
Monday to Friday, excluding Hong Kong public holidays)
* Corporate Communications, in general, include (a) the annual report; (b) the interim report; (c) a notice of meeting; (d) a listing document; (e) a circular; and (f) a proxy form, issued by the Company. ^ Non-registered shareholder refers to such person or company whose shares are held in the Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS）and who has notified the Company from time to time through Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited to receive Corporate Communications.