Notice of 2014 Annual General Meeting
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DATANG INTERNATIONAL POWER GENERATION CO., LTD.
(a sino-foreign joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's
Republic of China)
(Stock Code: 00991)
NOTICE OF 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2014 annual general meeting (the "AGM") of
Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. (the "Company" or "Datang
International") will be held at Summer Room, 2/F, The Westin Beijing Financial
Street, 9B Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the People's Republic
of China (the "PRC") on 25 June 2015 (Thursday) at 9:30 a.m. to consider and,
if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS
1. to consider and approve the "Report of the Board of Directors (the "Board")
for the Year 2014" (including Independent Directors' Report on Work)
2. to consider and approve the "Report of the Supervisory Committee for the
Year 2014"
3. to consider and approve the "Proposal of Final Accounts for the Year 2014"
4. to consider and approve the "Profit Distribution Proposal for the Year
2014" (Note 1)
5. to consider and approve the "Resolution on the Appointment of Ruihua China
CPAs (Special Ordinary Partnership) and RSM Nelson Wheeler" (Note 2)
6. to consider and approve the "Resolution on the Change of Shareholders'
Representative Supervisor " (Note 3)
SPECIAL RESOLUTION
7. to consider and approve the "Proposal on Proposing to the General Meeting
to Grant a Mandate to the Board to Determine the Issuance of New Shares of
Not More Than 20% of Each Class of Shares" (Note 4)
CLOSURE OF THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY
Holders of H shares of the Company ("Holders of H shares") should note that,
pursuant to the articles of association of the Company (the "Articles"), the
register of members of the Company will be closed from 27 May 2015 (Wednesday)
to 25 June 2015 (Thursday) (both dates inclusive), during which period no
transfer of any H shares of the Company will be registered. Holders of H shares
whose names appear on the register of members of the Company on 27 May 2015
(Wednesday) are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM. In order to be entitled
to the attendance of the AGM, Holders of H shares are required to deposit the
transfer document together with the relevant share certificates at the H share
registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at
Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai,
Hong Kong at or before 4:30 p.m. on 26 May 2015 (Tuesday).
If the above ordinary resolution numbered 4 regarding "Profit Distribution
Proposal for the Year 2014" is approved by shareholders at the AGM and in order
to confirm shareholders' entitlement to the final dividend, the register of
members of the Company will be closed from 3 July 2015 (Friday) to 9 July 2015
(Thursday) (both dates inclusive) and no transfer of any H shares of the
Company will be registered. Holders of H shares whose names appear on the
register of members of the Company on 9 July 2015 (Thursday) are entitled to
the distribution of final dividend for the year 2014. To ensure the eligibility
of receiving the proposed final dividend, holders of H shares are required to
deposit the transfer document together with the relevant share certificates at
the H share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services
Limited, at Rooms 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road
East, Wanchai, Hong Kong at or before 4:30 p.m. on 2 July 2015 (Thursday).
By Order of the Board
Zhou Gang
Secretary to the Board
Beijing, the PRC
7 May 2015
Notes:
1. As audited by Ruihua China CPAs (Special Ordinary Partnership) and RSM
Nelson Wheeler, net profit attributable to the equity holders of the Company
for the financial year ended 31 December 2014 under PRC Accounting Standards
for Business Enterprises and International Financial Reporting Standards
amounted to approximately RMB1,798,360,000 and RMB1,767,420,000, respectively.
The Company withdrew 10% of the net profit of the parent company under PRC
Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises as statutory surplus reserve
amounting to approximately RMB349,350,000 for the year 2014.
The Company's profit distribution proposal for the year 2014 is as follows:
Based on the Company's total share capital (as at 31 December 2014, the
Company's total share capital was 13,310,037,578 shares), the Company proposes
to distribute a dividend of RMB0.13 per share (tax included) to all
shareholders and the total amount of the dividends to be distributed is
approximately RMB1,730,300,000.
2. The Board of the Company proposes to re-appoint Ruihua China CPAs (Special
Ordinary Partnership) and RSM Nelson Wheeler as certified public accountants
for carrying out the domestic and overseas auditing work of the Company,
respectively, for the year 2015. The appointment term is one year with the
audit fee amounting to approximately RMB15,770,000.
3. The replacement of Mr. Li Baoqing by Mr. Liu Chuandong as the
Shareholders' Representative Supervisor of the Company was proposed to be
tabled to the AGM for Shareholders' consideration and approval.
The biography details of Mr. Liu Chuandong is as follows:
Liu Chuandong, aged 52, post-graduate, is a senior accountant. Mr. Liu started
to work at Shandong Jining Power Plant in July 1981 and has successively served
as Deputy Chief Accountant and Head of the Finance Division of Shandong Jining
Power Plant, Head of the Accounting Division under the Finance Department and
Deputy Director of the Finance Department of Shandong Power Industry Bureau,
Chief Accountant of Jinan Yingda International Trust and Investment
Corporation, Chief Accountant of Shandong Power Generation Company, Deputy
Chief Accountant of the Shandong Branch Company of Huaneng Power International,
Inc., Deputy Director of the Fund Settlement Management Center of CPI Group,
Deputy General Manager of CPI Financial Co., Ltd., Deputy Head of Finance and
Asset Management Department of CPI Group, General Manager and Deputy Party
Committee Secretary of CPI Financial Co., Ltd., Director of Fund Settlement
Management Center of CPI Group, General Manager and Party Committee Secretary
of China Datang Finance Company Limited and Party Committee Secretary of CDC
Capital Holding Company. He took up the position of Director of the Financial
Management Department of China Datang Corporation as well as Party Committee
Secretary of CDC Capital Holding Company since May 2014.
Mr. Liu has long been engaged in corporate finance as well as operation and
management of power generation enterprises and has extensive experience in
finance and management of power generation enterprises.
The term of office of Mr. Liu, if elected, will commence on the date of
approval by the shareholders at the AGM to the expiration of the term of the
eighth session of the Board (i.e. 30 June 2016). As at the date of this notice,
Mr. Liu does not have any interest in the shares of the Company within the
meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. He has not been
subjected to any public sanctions by statutory or regulatory authority.
Save as disclosed above, Mr. Liu has not held any directorships in any public
listed companies in the past three years and has no relationship with any
Directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders (as
defined in the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the "Listing Rules")
on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"). Save as
disclosed above, there are no other matters concerning the appointment of Mr.
Liu that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders and the Stock
Exchange and there are no other matters which shall be disclosed pursuant to
Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules.
4. The Board agreed to propose to the general meeting to grant the following
mandates to the Board:
(1) To propose, subject to the requirements of note (2) of this resolution, to
generally and unconditionally authorise the Board to, within 12 months from
the date of approval of this resolution at the Company's shareholders'
general meeting, exercise all rights of the Company to allot or issue,
either separately or concurrently, domestic shares (A shares) and
overseas-listed foreign shares (H shares) and execute or grant any offers,
agreements and arrangements which may require the exercise of such rights;
(2) Pursuant to the approval of note (1) of this resolution, the Board may
allot or issue, either separately or concurrently, A shares and H shares
with the respective numbers of A shares and H shares to be allotted or
issued, either separately or concurrently, not more than 20% of the
respective number of the issued A shares and H shares of the Company;
(3) Subject to the restrictions of note (1) and note (2) of this resolution,
the Board may, within the given limits, determine the respective numbers of
A shares and H shares to be allotted or issued, either separately or
concurrently;
(4) Subject to the restrictions of notes (1), (2) and (3) of this resolution
and according to the Company's actual condition of the allotment or
issuance of new A shares and new H shares, either separately or
concurrently, the Board may increase the registered capital of the Company
and make appropriate amendments to Articles 18 and 21 to the "Articles of
Association of Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd".
5. Other Matters
(1) Each of the Holders of H shares entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, is
entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on his/her
behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
(2) If Holders of H shares have appointed more than one proxy to attend the
AGM, the proxies can only exercise their voting rights by way of poll.
(3) To be valid, Holders of H shares must deliver the proxy form, and if such
proxy form is signed by a person on behalf of the appointer pursuant to a
power of attorney or other authority, a notarised copy of that power of
attorney or other authority, to the Company's H share registrar,
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 17M Floor, Hopewell
Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, in not less than 24
hours before the time scheduled for holding the AGM.
(4) Holders of H shares who wish to attend the AGM are required to return the
notice of attendance by hand, post, cable or fax to the Company's office
address on or before 27 May 2015. Completion and return of the notice of
attendance will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending
and voting at the AGM in person.
(5) The AGM is expected to last for one hour. Attending shareholders and their
proxies shall be responsible for their own travel and accommodation
expenses.
The Company's office address:
No. 9 Guangningbo Street,
Xicheng District,
Beijing, the PRC
Postcode: 100033
Telephone: (8610) 8800 8669 or (8610) 8800 8682
Fax: (8610) 8800 8672
As at the date of this notice, the Directors of the Company are:
Chen Jinhang, Hu Shengmu, Wu Jing, Liang Yongpan, Zhou Gang, Cao Xin,
Cai Shuwen, Liu Haixia, Guan Tiangang, Yang Wenchun,
Dong Heyi*, Ye Yansheng*, Zhao Jie*, Jiang Guohua*, Feng Genfu*
* Independent non-executive Directors