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Lenovo Group Limited • Annual Report 2007/08
44
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COMMUNICATION WITH SHAREHOLDERS
The Company is committed to safeguard shareholders’ interests and encourage shareholders to attend the
annual general meeting for which at least 21 days’ notice is given. Shareholders are therefore encouraged to
actively participate at such meetings. The 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Company held on July 20, 2007
was attended by, among others, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman
of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and representatives of external auditors,
PricewaterhouseCoopers to answer questions raised by shareholders at the meeting. Resolutions passed at the
2007 Annual General Meeting included: adoption of the Group’s audited accounts for the year ended March 31,
2007 together with the directors’ report and independent auditors’ report, declaration of final dividend, re-election
of retiring directors and authorization to fix directors’ fees, re-appointment of external auditors and authorization
to fix auditors’ fees and grant of a general mandate to the Board to issue and repurchase shares of the Company.
All the resolutions proposed at the 2007 Annual General Meeting were decided by way of poll voting. The poll is
conducted by Tricor Abacus Limited, the Company’s share registrar, as scrutineer and the results of the poll were
published on the Company’s website (www.lenovo.com/hk/publication) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s
website (www.hkex.com.hk).
Other than the 2007 Annual General Meeting, the Company also held an extraordinary general meeting on March
17, 2008 for the purpose of seeking the approval of the independent shareholders in respect of the disposal of
100% interest in the registered capital of Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. (% of votes cast in favour
of the resolution: 99.99996%).
This extraordinary general meeting was attended by members of the relevant Independent Board Committee of
the Company and representatives of the independent financial advisor to respond to questions and comments
raised by shareholders. The resolutions proposed at the extraordinary general meeting was duly passed by the
shareholders by way of poll voting.
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Lenovo is committed to enhancing relationships and communications with its existing and potential investors. The
Company continues its proactive approach to communicate with investors in a timely manner by using various
platforms such as webcast, conference calls, and face-to-face meetings. Lenovo maintains regular meetings with
investors and is widely covered by investment analysts.
During the 2007/08 fiscal year, Lenovo actively participated in various major investment conferences, and organized
a number of non-deal investor roadshows to meet with investors around the world. The Company continued its
efforts in organizing securities analyst meeting in Hong Kong in June 2007, enabling its management team to
elaborate company strategies in details with the investment community. The event was well attended by both buy-
side and sell-side investors. To further facilitate communication with investor, the Company newly introduced in
early 2008 an Investor Relations section on its Chinese corporate website (www.lenovo.com.cn) in addition to the
English website.