Rules of procedure of the general meeting of shareholders
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 in order to promote the standardized operation of Ife Elevators Co.Ltd(002774) (hereinafter referred to as “the company”), improve the efficiency of the proceedings of the general meeting of shareholders, protect the legitimate rights and interests of shareholders, ensure the legitimacy and effectiveness of the procedures and resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders and the exercise of functions and powers by the general meeting of shareholders according to law, in accordance with the company law of the people’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “the company law”) and the securities law of the people’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “the securities law”) These rules are formulated in accordance with the rules for the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies and other relevant laws, regulations, normative documents and the relevant provisions of Ife Elevators Co.Ltd(002774) articles of Association (hereinafter referred to as the articles of association).
Article 2 the company shall convene the general meeting of shareholders in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of laws, administrative regulations, these rules and the articles of association to ensure that shareholders can exercise their rights according to law.
The board of directors of the company shall earnestly perform its duties and seriously and timely organize the general meeting of shareholders. All directors of the company shall be diligent and responsible to ensure the normal convening of the general meeting of shareholders and exercise their functions and powers according to law.
Article 3 the general meeting of shareholders shall exercise its functions and powers within the scope specified in the company law and the articles of association. Chapter II general provisions of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 4 the general meeting of shareholders is the authority of the company and exercises the following functions and powers according to law:
(I) determine the company’s business policy and investment plan;
(II) elect and replace directors and supervisors who are not staff representatives, and decide on the remuneration of directors and supervisors;
(III) review and approve the report of the board of directors;
(IV) review and approve the report of the board of supervisors;
(V) review and approve the company’s annual financial budget plan and final account plan;
(VI) review and approve the company’s profit distribution plan and loss recovery plan;
(VII) make resolutions on the increase or decrease of the company’s registered capital;
(VIII) make resolutions on the issuance of corporate bonds;
(IX) make resolutions on the merger, division, dissolution, liquidation or change of corporate form of the company;
(x) amend the articles of Association;
（11） Make resolutions on the employment and dismissal of accounting firms by the company;
（12） Review and approve the guarantee matters specified in Article 5 of these rules;
（13） To review the purchase and sale of major assets by the company within one year that exceed 30% of the company’s latest audited total assets;
（14） Review and approve the change of the purpose of the raised funds;
（15） Review the equity incentive plan and employee stock ownership plan;
（16） Review other matters that shall be decided by the general meeting of shareholders in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules or the articles of association.
The functions and powers of the above general meeting of shareholders shall not be exercised by the board of directors or other institutions and individuals in the form of authorization.
Article 5 the following external guarantees of the company shall be examined and approved by the general meeting of shareholders:
(I) any guarantee provided after the total external guarantee of the company and its holding subsidiaries exceeds 50% of the latest audited net assets;
(II) any guarantee provided after the total amount of external guarantee of the company exceeds 30% of the total assets audited in the latest period;
(III) the guarantee provided for the guarantee object whose asset liability ratio exceeds 70%;
(IV) the amount of a single guarantee exceeds 10% of the latest audited net assets;
(V) guarantees provided to shareholders, actual controllers and their related parties.
The above guarantee matters of the company shall be deliberated and approved by more than half of all directors, and shall also be submitted to the general meeting of shareholders for deliberation after being deliberated and approved by more than two-thirds of the directors attending the meeting of the board of directors.
If the company provides guarantee for related persons, in addition to being deliberated and approved by more than half of all non related directors, it shall also be deliberated and approved by more than 2 / 3 of the non related directors attending the meeting of the board of directors and make a resolution, which shall be submitted to the general meeting of shareholders for deliberation.
When the general meeting of shareholders deliberates on the proposal to provide guarantee for shareholders, actual controllers and their related parties, such shareholders or shareholders under the control of actual controllers shall not participate in the voting. The voting shall be adopted by more than half of the voting rights held by other shareholders attending the general meeting of shareholders.
Where the company provides guarantee for the controlling shareholder, actual controller and their affiliates, the controlling shareholder, actual controller and their affiliates shall provide counter guarantee.
If the board of directors or the general meeting of shareholders violates the approval authority and deliberation procedures for external guarantees, the relevant directors and shareholders who violate the approval authority and deliberation procedures shall bear joint and several liabilities. The company has the right to decide to investigate the responsibility of the parties according to the loss, risk and seriousness of the circumstances.
Article 6 the general meeting of shareholders is divided into annual general meeting and extraordinary general meeting. The annual general meeting of shareholders shall be held once a year and shall be held within 6 months after the end of the previous fiscal year.
Article 7 under any of the following circumstances, the company shall convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders within 2 months from the date of occurrence:
(I) the number of directors is less than 5 or 2 / 3 of the number specified in the articles of Association;
(II) when the company’s outstanding losses reach 1 / 3 of the total paid in share capital;
(III) written request from shareholders who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the company’s shares;
(IV) when the board of directors deems it necessary;
(V) when the board of supervisors proposes to hold a meeting;
(VI) other circumstances stipulated by laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules or the articles of association.
If the company is unable to convene the general meeting of shareholders within the above-mentioned period, it shall report to the local office of the CSRC and the stock exchange where the company’s shares are listed and traded (hereinafter referred to as the “Stock Exchange”), explain the reasons and make an announcement.
Article 8 the place where the company holds the general meeting of shareholders is the place of domicile of the company or the place specified in the notice of the meeting. The general meeting of shareholders will be held in the form of on-site meeting. The company will also adopt safe, economical and convenient network and other ways to facilitate shareholders’ participation in the general meeting of shareholders in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, CSRC or the articles of association. If a shareholder attends the general meeting of shareholders in the above ways, he shall be deemed to be present.
Shareholders may attend the shareholders’ meeting in person and exercise their voting rights, or entrust others to attend and exercise their voting rights within the scope of authorization.
Article 9 when the company holds the general meeting of shareholders, it will hire a lawyer to give legal opinions on the following issues and make a public announcement: (I) whether the convening and convening procedures of the meeting comply with laws, administrative regulations and the articles of Association;
(II) whether the qualifications of the participants and the convener are legal and valid;
(III) whether the voting procedures and results of the meeting are legal and valid;
(IV) other legal opinions required by the company.
Chapter III convening of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 10 independent directors have the right to propose to the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
For the proposal of independent directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the board of directors shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and the articles of association, give written feedback on whether to agree or disagree to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders within 10 days after receiving the proposal.
If the board of directors agrees to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it will issue a notice of convening the general meeting of shareholders within 5 days after the resolution of the board of directors is made; If the board of directors does not agree to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it shall explain the reasons and make a public announcement.
Article 11 the board of supervisors has the right to propose to the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which shall be submitted to the board of directors in writing. The board of directors shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and the articles of association, give written feedback on whether to agree or disagree to convene the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders within 10 days after receiving the proposal.
If the board of directors agrees to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it will issue a notice of convening the general meeting of shareholders within 5 days after the resolution of the board of directors is made. The change of the original proposal in the notice shall be approved by the board of supervisors.
If the board of directors disagrees with the convening of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, or fails to give feedback within 10 days after receiving the proposal, it shall be deemed that the board of directors is unable to perform or fails to perform its duty of convening the general meeting of shareholders, and the board of supervisors may convene and preside over it by itself.
Article 12 ordinary shareholders (including preferred shareholders whose voting rights are restored) who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the company’s shares have the right to request the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, and shall submit it to the board of directors in writing. The board of directors shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and the articles of association, give written feedback on whether to agree or disagree to convene the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders within 10 days after receiving the request.
If the board of directors agrees to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it shall issue a notice of convening the general meeting of shareholders within 5 days after the resolution of the board of directors is made. The change of the original request in the notice shall be approved by the relevant shareholders.
If the board of directors does not agree to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, or fails to give feedback within 10 days after receiving the request, ordinary shareholders (including preferred shareholders with voting rights restored) who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the shares of the company have the right to propose to the board of supervisors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, and shall submit a request to the board of supervisors in writing.
If the board of supervisors agrees to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, it shall issue a notice of convening the general meeting of shareholders within 5 days after receiving the request. Any change to the original request in the notice shall be approved by the relevant shareholders.
If the board of supervisors fails to issue the notice of the general meeting of shareholders within the specified time limit, it shall be deemed that the board of supervisors does not convene and preside over the general meeting of shareholders. Ordinary shareholders (including preferred shareholders whose voting rights have been restored) who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the shares of the company for more than 90 consecutive days may convene and preside over the general meeting of shareholders on their own.
Article 13 if the board of supervisors or shareholders decide to convene the general meeting of shareholders on their own, they shall notify the board of directors in writing. At the same time, it shall be filed with the stock exchange.
Prior to the announcement of the resolution of the general meeting of shareholders, the shareholding ratio of the convening ordinary shareholders (including the preferred shareholders whose voting rights are restored) shall not be less than 10%.
The board of supervisors and convening shareholders shall submit relevant supporting materials to the stock exchange when issuing the notice of the general meeting of shareholders and Issuing the announcement of the resolution of the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 14 the board of directors and the Secretary of the board of directors will cooperate with the general meeting of shareholders convened by the board of supervisors or shareholders. The board of directors will provide the register of shareholders on the equity registration date. If the board of directors fails to provide the register of shareholders, the convener may apply to the securities registration and clearing institution for acquisition by holding the relevant announcement of the notice of convening the general meeting of shareholders. The register of shareholders obtained by the convener shall not be used for any purpose other than convening the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 15 for the general meeting of shareholders convened by the board of supervisors or shareholders, the expenses necessary for the meeting shall be borne by the company.
Chapter IV proposal and notice of shareholders’ meeting
Article 16 the contents of the proposal shall fall within the scope of the functions and powers of the general meeting of shareholders, have clear topics and specific resolutions, and comply with the relevant provisions of laws, administrative regulations and the articles of association.
Article 17 ordinary shareholders who individually or jointly hold more than 3% of the company’s shares (including preferred shareholders whose voting rights have been restored) may put forward interim proposals and submit them to the convener in writing 10 days before the shareholders’ meeting. The convener shall issue a supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders within 2 days after receiving the proposal and announce the contents of the interim proposal.
Except for the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the convener shall not modify the proposals listed in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders or add new proposals after issuing the notice of the general meeting of shareholders.
For proposals that are not listed in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders or do not comply with the provisions of Article 16 of these rules, the general meeting of shareholders shall not vote and make resolutions.
Article 18 the convener will notify all ordinary shareholders (including preferred shareholders whose voting rights have been restored) in the form of announcement 20 days before the annual general meeting of shareholders, and the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will notify all ordinary shareholders (including preferred shareholders whose voting rights have been restored) in the form of announcement 15 days before the meeting.
When calculating the starting period, the company shall not include the date of the meeting.
Article 19 the notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall include the following contents:
(I) time, place and duration of the meeting;
(II) matters and proposals submitted to the meeting for deliberation;
(III) explain in obvious words: all ordinary shareholders have the right to attend the general meeting of shareholders, and can entrust a proxy in writing to attend and vote at the meeting. The proxy need not be a shareholder of the company;
(IV) the date of equity registration of shareholders entitled to attend the general meeting of shareholders;
(V) name and telephone number of permanent contact person for conference affairs.
(VI) voting time and procedures of network and other methods.
The notice and supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall fully and completely disclose all the specific contents of all proposals. If the matters to be discussed need the opinions of independent directors, the opinions and reasons of independent directors will be disclosed at the same time when issuing the notice or supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders.
If the general meeting of shareholders adopts network or other means, the voting time and voting procedures of network or other means shall be clearly stated in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders. The starting time of online voting or other means of voting at the general meeting of shareholders shall not be earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the on-site general meeting of shareholders, and shall not be later than 9:30 a.m. on the day when the on-site general meeting of shareholders is held, and its ending time shall not be earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the day when the on-site general meeting of shareholders ends.
The interval between the date of equity registration and the date of the meeting shall not be more than 7 working days. Once the equity registration date is confirmed, it shall not be changed.
Article 20 Where the general meeting of shareholders intends to discuss the election of directors and supervisors, the notice of the general meeting of shareholders will fully disclose the details of the candidates for directors and supervisors, including at least the following contents:
(I) education background, work experience, part-time job and other personal information;
(II) whether there is any relationship with the company or the controlling shareholder and actual controller of the company;
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