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Annual Report 2008
二零零八年年報
海爾電器集團有限公司
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd
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Corporate Governance Report
企業管治報告
Board of Directors (Cont’d)
INEDs (Cont’d)
The Company has received an annual confirmation of independence
from each of the INEDs pursuant to Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules and
considers that all INEDs to be independent as the date of this report.
Under the Code Provision A.4.1, non-executive directors should be
appointed for specific terms, subject to reelection. Currently, all INEDs
are not appointed for a specific term but are subject to retirement by
rotation at the annual general meetings of the Company in accordance
with Bye-laws. As such, the Board considers that sufficient measures
have been taken to ensure that the Company’s corporate governance
practices are no less exacting than those in the CG Code.
Supply of and access to information
Newly appointed Directors will receive induction packages containing
the duties and responsibilities of directors under the Listing Rules and
other applicable rules and regulations.
All the Directors are briefed and updated from time to time on the latest
legislative and regulatory developments to ensure that they are fully
aware of their responsibilities under the Listing Rules, applicable legal
and regulatory requirements.
In order to ensure that their duties can be properly discharged, the
Directors are entitled to seek advice from independent professional advisers
whenever deemed necessary by them at the Company’s expense.
Board Meetings
During the year ended 31 December 2008, apart from consents obtained
by means of written resolutions of all the Board members, the Board
had held four scheduled meetings at approximately quarterly intervals
to review and approve, among other things, the 2007 annual results
and 2008 interim results, discloseable and connected transactions and
continuing connected transactions of the Group. The Company’s board
meetings (the “Board Meeting(s)” ) are permitted to be held by means
of telephone or other means of electronic communication under the
Bye-laws.
Reasonable notices are served and comprehensive information is provided
to the Board members in advance of all the Board Meetings in order to
enable them to make informed decisions on all matters transacted at
the Board Meetings.
董事會 （續）
獨立非執行董事 （續）
於本報告日期，本公司已接獲各獨立非執行董事根
據上市規則第3.13條之規定就其獨立性發出之年度確
認，並認為全體獨立非執行董事均屬獨立人士。
根據守則條文A.4.1，非執行董事之委任應有指定任
期，並須接受重新選舉。現時，全體獨立非執行董
事之委任均無指定任期，惟彼等須根據公司細則於
本公司股東週年大會上輪流退任。因此，董事會認
為，本公司已採取足夠措施確保本公司之企業管治
常規與企業管治守則所載者同樣嚴謹。
資料之提供與取閱
新委任之董事將接獲一套就任須知，當中包括董事
根據上市規則以及其他適用規則及法規之職責與責
任。
全體董事均會不時獲介紹及更新法例及法規之最新
發展，以確保彼等全面瞭解其根據上市規則、適用
法例及規管規定之責任。
為確保董事能妥善履行其職責，董事有權在彼等認
為有需要時尋求獨立專業顧問之意見，費用概由本
公司承擔。
董事會會議
於截至二零零八年十二月三十一日止年度內，除透
過書面決議案以取得全體董事會成員之同意外，董
事會已舉行四次定期會議，即約每季舉行一次，以
審閱及批准（其中包括）本集團二零零七年年度業績
及二零零八年中期業績、須予披露及關連交易以及
持續關連交易。本公司之董事會會議（「董事會會
議」）獲准以電話或根據公司細則以其他電子通訊方
式舉行。
於所有董事會會議前，董事會成員均會事先獲發出
合理通知及獲提供全面資料，以讓彼等得以在董事
會會議上就所處理之一切事宜作出知情決定。
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