The general meeting is the organ of authority of the Company, and shall exercise its functions and powers in accordance with laws including electing, removing and replacing directors and deciding on matters relating to their remunerations, deciding on the appointment, dismissal and non-reappointment of the accounting firm that undertakes the auditing business of the Company, examining and approving the report of Board of Directors, examining and approving the Company's profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans, deciding on matters such as the increase or reduction of the registered capital, repurchase of share capital, issue of debentures, merger, division, dissolution, liquidation and change of form of business of the Company, amending the Articles of Association of the Company, and deciding on other matters which, according to law, administrative regulation or the Articles of Association, need to be approved by shareholders in general meetings. The shareholders in a general meeting may authorize the Board of Directors to carry out matters on their behalf, or may sub-delegate the carrying out of such matters to the Board of Directors. The Articles of Association of the Company has clearly defined the scope of duties on the general meetings.
Pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Association, the general meetings are classified as annual general meeting (the “AGM”) and extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”). The AGM is convened once a year and within six months after the end of a financial year. A resolution will be proposed for consideration in respect of each independent matter. The details of the voting procedures will be set out in the notices of the general meetings in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association and the Listing Rules. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Listing Rules and the PRC Company Law, notices and circulars of general meetings are given to shareholders promptly, providing shareholders sufficient notice and time to consider the matters to be considered at the meeting, with details of the voting procedures set out in the notices of the general meetings. The Chairman of the Company should attend and chair the general meetings, and all the directors of the Company (in particular, the chairman of the committees of the Board) shall be invited to attend the general meetings to address any questions that may be raised by the shareholders at the general meetings. In addition, the Company has formulated the Rules of Procedure for the General Meeting which sets out the appropriate arrangements for convening, shareholders’ proposing, attending and voting at the general meetings. In accordance with the Listing Rules, all the resolutions were voted by poll in the general meetings held in 2024.
The resolutions at the general meetings were approved and passed by shareholders, and details of the relevant poll results were published on the websites of the Company and “HKExnews” of the Stock Exchange.