Notice of Meeting
Beijing Datang Power Generation Com
26 March 2002
BEIJING DATANG POWER GENERATION COMPANY LIMITED
NOTICE OF H CLASS MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a class meeting of the holders of RMB denominated
ordinary shares of RMB 1.00 each in the registered capital of the Company which
are subscribed for and traded in Hong Kong dollars ('H Shares') will be held on
10 May, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the extraordinary general
meeting of the Company convened on the same day and at the same place shall have
been concluded or adjourned), at the conference room of the Company, 8/F, No.
482 Guanganmennei Avenue, Xuanwu District, Beijing, the People's Republic of
China (the 'PRC') to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following
resolutions as special resolutions (the 'H Class Meeting'):
(1) 'THAT subject to the passing of special resolutions (2) and (3) below and
conditional upon:
(a) approvals being granted by the shareholders of the Company by way of
special resolutions at an extraordinary general meeting (the
'Extraordinary General Meeting') and the holders of RMB denominated
ordinary shares with a nominal value of RMB 1.00 each in the registered
capital of the Company ('Domestic Shares') by way of special resolutions
at a class meeting of holders of Domestic Shares (the 'Domestic Class
Meeting'); and
(b) such approvals or consents being granted by the relevant PRC regulatory
authorities for the issue of the Convertible Bonds (as defined below)
and new H Shares to be issued upon the exercise (if any) from time to
time of the conversion rights attached to the Convertible Bonds (as
defined below),
the Company may issue up to US$300,000,000 in principal amount of bonds
convertible into new H Shares on such terms and conditions as the Directors
determine (the 'Convertible Bonds') and the Directors be and are hereby
authorized to issue the Convertible Bonds, such authority to expire twelve
months after the date of this H Class Meeting unless otherwise revoked or
varied by the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting or by holders
of H Shares or holders of Domestic Shares at their respective class
meetings.'
(2) 'THAT subject to the passing of special resolution (1) above and special
resolution (3) below, the Company may increase the registered capital of the
Company and make all appropriate and necessary amendments to the articles of
association of the Company at any time as the Directors think fit in order
to reflect the increase in the registered capital of the Company upon
conversion (if any) of the Convertible Bonds, and the Directors be and are
hereby authorized to carry out such increase, to make such amendments, to
attend to and handle all necessary procedures and registrations regarding
the amendments to the registered capital and articles of association of the
Company.'
(3) 'THAT subject to the passing of special resolutions (1) and (2) above and
conditional upon (a) approvals being granted by the shareholders of the
Company by way of special resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting
and the holders of Domestic Shares by way of special resolutions at the
Domestic Class Meeting; and (b) the issue of Convertible Bonds, the Company
may issue and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to issue from time
to time and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Convertible
Bonds, such number of new H Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant
to the exercise of the conversion rights (if any) attached to the
Convertible Bonds.'
By order of the Board of Directors
Yang Hongming
Executive Director and Company Secretary
25 March, 2002, Beijing, China
Notes:
(A) Holders of H Shares are reminded that pursuant to Article 37 of the articles
of association of the Company, the register of shareholders of the Company
will be closed from 11 April, 2002 to 10 May, 2002, both days inclusive,
during which period no transfer of shares will be registered. Holders of H
Shares, whose names appear on the register of shareholders of the Company on
11 April, 2002 are entitled to attend the H Class Meeting and to vote
thereat.
(B) Any holders of H Shares entitled to attend and vote at the H Class Meeting
is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote on his behalf.
A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
(C) Where a holder of H Shares appoints more than one proxy, his proxies may
only vote in a poll.
(D) To be valid, the proxy forms for the use of holders of H Shares and, if such
proxy is signed by a person on behalf of the appointor pursuant to a power
of attorney or other authority, a notarised copy of that power of attorney
or other authority must be delivered to the Company's H Share Registrar,
HKSCC Registrars Limited at Room 1901-5, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road
East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 24 hours before the time scheduled
for holding the H Class Meeting.
(E) Holders of H Shares who intend to attend the H Class Meeting are required to
return the notices of attendance to the Company's H Share Registrar, HKSCC
Registrars Limited at Room 1901-5, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East,
Wanchai, Hong Kong on or before 18 April, 2002 (3 weeks before the day of
meeting).
(F) Completion and return of the proxy forms and notices of attendance will not
affect the right of holders of H Shares to attend and vote at the H Class
Meeting.
(G) The H Class Meeting is expected to last for half an hour. Holders of H
Shares and their proxies attending the H Class Meeting shall be responsible
for their own transportation and accommodation expenses.
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