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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
49Corporate Governance Report
The principal methods used to communicate with
shareholders are these:
• The Finance Director makes himself available for
meetings with major shareholders, investors and
analysts over two-month periods immediately after the
announcement of the interim and annual results and at
certain other times during the year. In addition, the
Finance Director attended regular meetings with
analysts and investors in Hong Kong, analyst briefings,
investor group briefings, overseas roadshows and
investor conferences during the year.
• through the Company’s website. This includes electronic
copies of financial reports, audio webcasts of analyst
presentations given at the time of the interim and
annual results announcements, slides of presentations
given at investor conferences, latest news, public
announcements and general information about the
Group’s businesses
• through publication of interim and annual reports
• through the Annual General Meeting as discussed below.
Shareholders may send their enquiries and concerns to the
Board by post or email at [e-mail]. The
relevant contact details are set out in the Corporate and
Shareholder Information section of this Annual Report.
The Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting is an important forum in which to
engage with shareholders. The most recent Annual General
Meeting was held on 14th May 2014. The meeting was open to
all shareholders and to the press. The Directors who attended
the meeting are shown in the table on page 42.
At the Annual General Meeting, separate resolutions were
proposed for each issue and were voted on by poll. The
procedures for conducting a poll were explained at the
meeting prior to the polls being taken. The agenda items were:
• receiving the report of the Directors and the audited
financial statements for the year ended 31st December
2013
• re-electing Directors
• re-appointing the auditors and authorising the Directors
to set their remuneration
• a general mandate authorising the Directors to make
on-market share buy-backs
• a general mandate authorising the Directors to allot and
issue shares up to 20% of the number of shares then in
issue, provided that the aggregate number of the shares
so allotted wholly for cash would not exceed 5% of the
number of the shares then in issue
Minutes of the meeting together with voting results are
available on the Company’s website.
Shareholder engagement
Pursuant to Article 95 of the Company’s Articles of
Association, if a shareholder wishes to propose a person
other than a retiring Director for election as a Director at a
general meeting, he or she should deposit a written notice
of nomination at the registered office of the Company within
the 7-day period commencing on and including the day
after the despatch of the notice of the meeting. The
procedures for nominating candidates to stand for election
as Directors at general meetings are set out in the
Corporate Governance Section of the Company’s website.
If they wish to propose a resolution relating to other matters
to be considered at a general meeting, shareholders are
requested to follow the requirements and procedures set
out in the Corporate Governance Section of the
Company’s website.
Shareholder(s) representing at least 5% of the total voting
rights of all members may request the Board to convene a
general meeting. The objects of the meeting must be stated
in the related requisition deposited at the Company’s
registered office. Detailed requirements and procedures
are set out in the Corporate Governance Section of the
Company’s website.
Other information for shareholders
Key shareholder dates for 2015 are set out on page 108 of
this report.
No amendment has been made to the Company’s Articles
of Association during the year.