Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information Co.Ltd(002995)
Rules of procedure of the general meeting of shareholders
April, 2002
Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information Co.Ltd(002995)
Rules of procedure of the general meeting of shareholders
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 in order to regulate the behavior of Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information Co.Ltd(002995) (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 (hereinafter referred to as "the securities law"), the rules of the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies, the Listing Rules of Shenzhen Stock Exchange These rules are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations such as the guidelines for self regulatory supervision of listed companies of Shenzhen Stock Exchange No. 1 - standardized operation of listed companies on the main board, the rules for the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies and the provisions of Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information Co.Ltd(002995) 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.
If an emergency occurs during the shareholders' meeting and the meeting cannot be held normally, the company shall immediately report to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, explain the reasons and disclose the relevant information and the special legal opinion issued by the lawyer.
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.
Article 4 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 irregularly. In case of the circumstances that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be held as stipulated in Article 100 of the company law, the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall be held within 2 months.
If the company is unable to convene the general meeting of shareholders within the above-mentioned period, it shall report to the dispatched office of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "CSRC") and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the "Stock Exchange") where the company is located, explain the reasons and make an announcement.
Article 5 when convening the 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 II convening of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 6 the board of directors shall convene the general meeting of shareholders on time within the time limit specified in Article 4 of these rules and other provisions of these rules.
Article 7 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 shall 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 8 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 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 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 9 ordinary shareholders 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 the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, or fails to give 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 the 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 10 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 and report to the stock exchange for the record.
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 11 the board of directors and the Secretary of the board of directors shall 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. 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 12 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 III proposal and notice of shareholders' meeting
Article 13 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 14 shareholders who individually or jointly hold more than 3% of the company's shares 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.
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 13 of these rules, the general meeting of shareholders shall not vote and make resolutions.
Article 15 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 date, the company shall not include the date of the meeting.
Article 16 the notice and supplementary notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall fully and completely disclose all the specific contents of all proposals, as well as all the materials or explanations required to enable the shareholders to make a reasonable judgment on the matters to be discussed. And disclose other information necessary for shareholders to make a reasonable judgment on the matters to be discussed on the website designated by Shenzhen Stock Exchange. 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.
Article 17 Where the general meeting of shareholders intends to discuss the election of directors and supervisors, the notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall fully disclose the detailed information 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 its controlling shareholders and actual controllers;
(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.
When voting on the election of directors and supervisors at the general meeting of shareholders, the cumulative voting system may be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the articles of association or the resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders. When the proportion of shares owned by a single shareholder and its persons acting in concert is more than 30%, the cumulative voting system shall be adopted for the election of directors and supervisors.
The cumulative voting system mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to that when the general meeting of shareholders elects directors or supervisors, each share has the same voting rights as the number of directors or supervisors to be elected, and the voting rights owned by shareholders can be used centrally. The board of directors shall announce the resumes and basic information of the candidate directors and supervisors to the shareholders.
The cumulative voting system shall be implemented at the general meeting of shareholders, and the following principles shall be implemented:
(I) the number of candidates for directors or supervisors may be more than the number of candidates to be elected at the general meeting of shareholders, but the number of candidates voted by each shareholder shall not exceed the number of directors or supervisors to be elected at the general meeting of shareholders, and the total number of votes distributed shall not exceed the number of votes owned by shareholders, otherwise, such votes shall be invalidated;
(II) independent directors and non independent directors shall vote separately. When electing independent directors, the number of votes each shareholder has the right to obtain is equal to the product of the number of shares he holds multiplied by the number of independent directors to be elected, and the number of votes can only be cast on the candidates for independent directors of the company; When electing non independent directors, the number of votes each shareholder is entitled to obtain is equal to the product of the number of shares he holds multiplied by the number of non independent directors to be elected, and the number of votes can only be cast on the candidates for non independent directors of the company;
(III) the candidates for directors or supervisors shall determine the final candidate according to the order of votes, but the minimum number of votes of each candidate must exceed half of the total shares held by shareholders (including shareholders' agents) attending the general meeting of shareholders. If the number of elected directors or supervisors is less than the number of directors or supervisors to be elected at the general meeting of shareholders, all candidates for directors or supervisors who do not have enough votes shall be voted again. If they are still not enough, they shall be re elected at the next general meeting of shareholders of the company. If more than two candidates for directors or supervisors have the same votes, but only some people can be elected due to the limitation of the number of candidates to be elected, the candidates for directors or supervisors with the same votes shall be re elected by separate voting.
Article 18 the notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall specify the time, place and method of the meeting, and determine the date of equity registration. 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.
The notice of the general meeting of shareholders shall include the following contents:
(I) time, place, mode and duration of the meeting;
(II) proposals and matters submitted to 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.
(VII) 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.
Article 19 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 inform and explain the reasons at least 2 working days before the original date of the meeting.
Chapter IV convening of the general meeting of shareholders
Article 20 the company shall convene the general meeting of shareholders at the place of its domicile or the place specified in the articles of association.
The general meeting of shareholders shall be held in the form of on-site meeting, and shall adopt safe, economic and convenient networks and other means 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.
The company shall clearly specify the voting time and voting procedures by network or other means 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.
Article 21 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 22 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.
Article 23 shareholders shall present their stock account card, ID card or other valid certificates or certificates that can indicate their identity to the shareholders' meeting. The proxy shall also submit the power of attorney of the shareholder and the valid ID card of the individual.
(I) 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 show his / her ID card and valid certificate proving his / her qualification as legal representative; Entrusted agent to attend the meeting