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VTech Holdings Ltd Annual Report 2013
Helping Children and the Elderly
VTech volunteers made active contributions to charities and
youth organisations in Hong Kong. These included working
with Hong Kong Children and Youth Services to provide
deprived youngsters a day camp on farming, joining The Hong
Kong Federation of Youth Groups’ story telling program for the
underprivileged kindergarten kids, partnering with the Hong
Kong Young Women’s Christian Association to arrange social
gatherings and individual home visits for the deprived senior
citizens, and participating in the activities organised by The
Hong Kong Society for the Aged (Sage) for the elderly people.
In US, VTech and its staff arranged our Thanksgiving “Turkey
Shoot” and made donations for the Meals on Wheel Northern
Illinoisprogram.OurHolidayGivingTreealsocollectedfunds
and gifts for the Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Ann
& Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the
Heartland Animal Shelter. We also contributed electronic
learning toys to The Toy Bank at the close of Toy Fair 2013,
which shared the donations with 21 different charities in their
network. We also arranged a “Make-A-Wish” campaign to raise
money for “Make-A-Wish”, which has enriched the lives of
children with life-threatening medical conditions through its
wish-granting work, by donating US$2 from every phone, baby
monitor and qualifying accessory purchase made on certain
VTech’s websites.
General Corporate Philanthropy
We continued to support the blood donation campaign and
charity sales organised by the Hong Kong Red Cross. It is also
the 5th year that VTech is recognised as a “Caring Company” by
the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
During the financial year 2013, the Group made charitable and
other donations in an aggregate amount of US$169,000.
SHAREHOLDER
COMMUNICATIONS
VTech is committed to enhancing our shareholder value and
communicating with our investors in an effective and timely
manner.
Shareholder Value
Through the successful implementation of our sustainability
initiatives in the respective areas, we believe that our shareholder
and business values could be enhanced, and with sustainable
growth in shareholder returns on investment and our business
performance.
Good corporate governance is also crucial for us to enhance our
shareholder value in a sustainable manner, and safeguard the long-
term interests of the company and our shareholder. The Group is
committed to the high standard of corporate governance, and it
has established governing committees including Audit Committee,
Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee, and Risk
Management and Sustainability Committee with defined scope of
responsibilities and terms of reference in the respective areas.
Investor Communications
In order to enable the shareholders to exercise their rights in
an informed manner, and to allow the shareholders and the
investment community to engage actively with the Company,
VTech has established a Shareholders Communication Policy to set
out the Company’s procedures in providing the shareholders and
the investment community with ready, equal and timely access to
balanced and understandable information about the Company in
a number of ways:
• Shareholdermeetings–shareholders’communicationatour
Annual General Meeting is one of the examples
• Investorconferencesandroadshows–wejoinedinvestor
conferences and arranged road shows on a regular basis.
During the financial year 2013, we held meetings with
investors in Hong Kong
• Shareholders’visits–weorganisedregularshareholders’visits
to our manufacturing facilities in mainland China
• Publicinformation–keyfinancialannouncementsare
webcast, accompanied by the detailed slide presentations
and other important financial information. Latest information
on the Group’s developments, financial data and stock
information can also be found at our corporate
website www.vtech.com
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