Quectel Wireless Solutions Co.Ltd(603236)
Rules of procedure of the general meeting of shareholders
(revised in April 2022)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 in order to regulate the behavior of Quectel Wireless Solutions Co.Ltd(603236) (hereinafter referred to as “the company”) and ensure that the general meeting of shareholders exercises its functions and powers according to law, in accordance with the company law of the people’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “the company law”), the securities law of the people’s Republic of China, the rules for the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies, and the standards for the governance of listed companies These rules are formulated in the rules for listing shares of Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Quectel Wireless Solutions Co.Ltd(603236) articles of Association (hereinafter referred to as the “articles of association” or “articles of association”).
Chapter II nature and powers of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 2 the general meeting of shareholders of the company is composed of all shareholders and is the highest authority of the company.
Article 3 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 4 the general meeting of shareholders shall exercise its functions and powers within the scope specified in the company law and the articles of association.
Article 5 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. The extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be held from time to time. Under any of the following circumstances, the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be held within 2 months:
(I) the number of directors is less than 2 / 3 of the number specified in the company law or the articles of Association;
(II) when the company’s outstanding losses reach 1 / 3 of the total paid in share capital;
(III) at the request of shareholders who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the shares of the company;
(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.
Article 6 when convening a general meeting of shareholders, the company shall 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 the provisions of laws, administrative regulations, these rules 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) legal opinions on other relevant issues at the request of the company.
Chapter III convening of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 7 the board of directors shall convene the general meeting of shareholders within the time limit specified in these rules of procedure.
Article 8 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 will explain the reasons and make a public announcement.
Article 9 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 written 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 10 shareholders who individually or jointly hold more than 10% of the company’s shares shall 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. Any change to 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 written feedback within 10 days after receiving the request, the shareholders individually or jointly holding more than 10% of the company’s shares 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. Shareholders 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 by themselves. Article 11 Where 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 and report to the Shanghai stock exchange for the record.
Before the announcement of the resolution of the general meeting of shareholders, the shareholding ratio of the convening shareholders shall not be less than 10%.
The board of supervisors or convening shareholders shall submit relevant supporting materials to Shanghai 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 12 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 shall provide the register of shareholders on the date of equity registration. The register of shareholders obtained by the convener shall not be used for any purpose other than convening the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 13 for the shareholders’ meeting 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 14 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 15 shareholders who hold more than 3% of the company’s shares alone or in total may submit interim proposals and submit them to the convener in writing 10 days before the general meeting of shareholders is held. 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.
In addition to the provisions of 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 14 of these rules, the general meeting of shareholders shall not vote and make resolutions.
Article 16 the convener shall notify all shareholders in the form of announcement 20 days before the annual shareholders’ meeting is held, and the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting shall notify all shareholders in the form of announcement 15 days before the meeting is held.
When calculating the starting period, the company does not include the date of the meeting.
Article 17 the notice and supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall fully and completely disclose the specific contents of all proposals and all materials or explanations required to enable shareholders to make reasonable judgment on the matters to be discussed. If the matters to be discussed need the opinions of independent directors, the opinions and reasons of independent directors shall be disclosed at the same time when the notice or supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders is issued.
Article 18 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 an actual relationship between the controlling shareholder or the related party of the company;
(III) disclose the number of shares held by the company;
(IV) whether they have been punished by the CSRC and other relevant departments and the stock exchange.
In addition to adopting the cumulative voting system to elect directors and supervisors, each candidate for directors and supervisors shall be proposed in a single proposal.
Article 19 the notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall include the following contents:
(I) time, place and duration of the meeting;
(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 by network or other means.
The notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall determine the date of equity registration. There shall be at least 2 trading days and no more than 7 working days between the equity registration date and the online voting start date. Once the equity registration date is confirmed, it shall not be changed.
Article 20 after the notice of the general meeting of shareholders is issued, the general meeting of shareholders shall not be postponed or cancelled without justified reasons, and the proposals listed in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall not be cancelled. In case of delay or cancellation, the convener shall make an announcement and explain the reasons at least 2 working days before the originally scheduled date.
Chapter V convening of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 21 the company shall convene the general meeting of shareholders at its domicile or other places specified in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 22 the general meeting of shareholders shall set up a venue and be held in the form of on-site meeting. In accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations, CSRC or the articles of association, the company will also provide online voting to facilitate shareholders’ participation in the general meeting of shareholders. 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.
The time and place of the on-site meeting shall be convenient for shareholders to attend. After the notice of the general meeting of shareholders is issued, the venue of the on-site meeting of the general meeting of shareholders shall not be changed without justified reasons. If it is really necessary to change, the convener shall announce and explain the reasons at least 2 working days before the date of the on-site meeting.
If the company’s general meeting of shareholders adopts the network method, the network voting time and voting procedures shall be clearly stated in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders. The start time of online voting of 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 not later than 9:30 a.m. on the day of the on-site general meeting of shareholders, and its end time shall not be earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the day when the on-site general meeting of shareholders ends.
Article 23 the board of directors and other conveners shall take necessary measures to ensure the normal order of the general meeting of shareholders. Measures shall be taken to stop the acts of interfering with the general meeting of shareholders, making trouble and infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of shareholders, and timely report to the relevant departments for investigation and punishment.
Article 24 all shareholders or their agents registered on the equity registration date shall have the right to attend the general meeting of shareholders, and the company and the convener shall not refuse for any reason.
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 25 If an individual shareholder attends the meeting in person, he shall show his ID card or other valid certificates or certificates that can indicate his identity and stock account card; If an agent is entrusted to attend the meeting, he / she shall show his / her valid ID card, power of attorney of the shareholder and the principal’s stock account card.
The legal representative or the agent entrusted by the legal representative shall attend the meeting. If the legal representative attends the meeting, he / she shall present the stock account card of the legal person shareholder, his / her ID card and valid certificate proving his / her qualification as legal representative; If an agent is entrusted to attend the meeting, the agent shall also present his ID card and the written power of attorney issued by the legal representative of the legal person shareholder unit according to law.
Article 26 the power of attorney issued by a shareholder to entrust others to attend the general meeting of shareholders shall contain the following contents:
(I) the name of the agent;
(II) whether the agent has the right to vote;
(III) instructions to vote for, against or abstain from voting on each item included in the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders; (IV) date of issuance and term of validity of the power of attorney;
(V) signature (or seal) of the client. If the principal is a legal person shareholder, it shall be stamped with the seal of the legal person. Article 27 the power of attorney shall indicate whether the shareholder’s agent can vote according to his own will if the shareholder does not give specific instructions.
Article 28 the company shall be responsible for making the meeting register of the participants. The name of the conference is the name of the meeting (name of the unit), the ID number, the address of the domicile, the number of shares held or represented, the name of the agent, or the name of the unit.
Article 29 the convener and the lawyer employed by the company shall jointly verify the legitimacy of the qualification of shareholders according to the register of shareholders provided by the securities registration and clearing institution, and register the names of shareholders and the number of voting shares they hold. The registration of the meeting shall be terminated before the chairman of the meeting announces the number of shareholders and agents attending the meeting and the total number of voting shares held.
Article 30 when the company holds a general meeting of shareholders, all directors, supervisors and the Secretary of the board of directors shall attend the meeting, and the general manager and other senior managers shall attend the meeting as nonvoting delegates.
Article 31 the general meeting of shareholders convened by the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board of directors; If the chairman is unable or fails to perform his duties, a director jointly elected by more than half of the directors shall preside over the meeting.
The general meeting of shareholders convened by the board of supervisors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board of supervisors. When the chairman of the board of supervisors is unable or fails to perform his duties, a supervisor jointly elected by more than half of the supervisors shall preside over the meeting.
The general meeting of shareholders convened by the shareholders themselves shall be presided over by the representative elected by the convener.
When convening the general meeting of shareholders, if the chairman of the meeting violates these rules and makes it impossible for the general meeting of shareholders to continue, the general meeting of shareholders may elect one person to act as the chairman of the meeting and continue the meeting with the consent of more than half of the shareholders with voting rights attending the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 32 the chairman of the meeting shall announce the meeting at the scheduled time, and the meeting shall be held item by item in the order of topics and proposals on the agenda. The contents included in the agenda of the meeting shall be reported item by item, deliberated and voted item by item. Article 33 at the annual general meeting of shareholders, the board of directors and the board of supervisors shall make a report on their work in the past year to the general meeting of shareholders, and each independent director shall also make a report on his work.
Article 34 in addition to involving the company’s trade secrets, business sensitive information and being recognized as state secrets according to law, directors, supervisors and senior managers shall explain and explain the questions raised by shareholders at the general meeting of shareholders
