Henan Zhongyuan Expressway Company Limited(600020)
Rules of procedure of the general meeting of shareholders
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 in order to regulate the behavior of Henan Zhongyuan Expressway Company Limited(600020) (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”), and the rules for the general meeting of shareholders of listed companies issued by the China Securities Regulatory Commission These rules are formulated in accordance with the Listing Rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange and other relevant laws, regulations, departmental rules and normative documents, as well as the Henan Zhongyuan Expressway Company Limited(600020) 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, the articles of association and these rules 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. 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 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 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.
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 ordinary shareholders who individually or jointly hold 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. Ordinary 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 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.
Before the announcement of the resolution of the general meeting of shareholders, the shareholding ratio of the convening ordinary shareholders 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 ordinary 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, announcing the name and shareholding ratio of the shareholders who put forward the interim proposal and the contents of the interim proposal.
Except for the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, after issuing the notice and announcement of the general meeting of shareholders, the convener shall not modify the proposals listed in the notice of the general meeting of shareholders or add new proposals.
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 shall not be voted and adopted at the general meeting of shareholders.
Article 15 the convener shall notify all ordinary shareholders in the form of announcement 20 days before the annual general meeting of shareholders, and the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders shall notify all ordinary shareholders in the form of announcement 15 days before the meeting.
Article 16 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.
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 by network or other means.
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 the securities exchange and other relevant departments have been punished.
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 18 the notice of the shareholders’ meeting shall specify the time and place 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.
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 make an announcement and explain the reasons at least 2 working days before the originally scheduled date; If the shareholders’ meeting is postponed, the notice shall also specify the date of the postponed 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.
Article 21 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 22 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 23 all ordinary 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 24 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 a proxy is entrusted to attend the meeting, the proxy shall also show his valid ID card and the power of attorney of the shareholder.
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; 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 25 the power of attorney issued by a shareholder to entrust others to attend the general meeting of shareholders shall specify the following contents:
(I) the name of the agent;
(II) whether it 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 26 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 27 If the power of attorney for proxy voting is signed by another person authorized by the principal, the power of attorney or other authorization documents authorized to sign shall be notarized. The notarized power of attorney or other authorization documents and the power of attorney of voting proxy shall be placed at the company’s domicile or other places specified in the notice of convening the meeting.
If the principal is a legal person, its legal representative or the person authorized by the resolution of the board of directors or other decision-making body shall attend the general meeting of shareholders of the company as a representative.
Article 28 the company shall be responsible for making the meeting register of the participants. The meeting register shall record the name (or company name), ID card number, residence address, the number of shares held or represented with voting rights, the name (or company name) of the principal and other matters of the participants.
Article 29 the convener and the lawyer 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 the 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 shall be presided over by the chairman. When the chairman is unable or fails to perform his duties, the vice chairman (if the company has two or more vice chairmen, the vice chairman jointly elected by more than half of the directors) shall preside over the meeting; When the vice 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, the vice chairman of the board of supervisors shall preside over the meeting; If the vice 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 shareholders’ meeting, if the chairman violates the rules of procedure so that the shareholders’ meeting cannot continue, with the consent of more than half of the shareholders with voting rights attending the shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders’ meeting may elect one person to act as the chairman of the meeting and continue the meeting.
Article 32 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 33 directors, supervisors and senior managers shall explain and explain the questions raised by shareholders at the general meeting of shareholders, except for the business secretary of the company
