Proposed Appointment of Directors and Proposed Appointment of Supervisors
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(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock code: 02866) PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISORS The board of directors (the “Board”) of China Shipping Container Lines Company Limited (the “Company”) hereby announces that: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS As the term of office of the fourth session of the Board will be expired in June 2016, the Board has approved the following matters and proposed them to be considered at the shareholders’ general meeting: 1. re-elect Ms. Sun Yueying as an executive director of the fifth session of the Board 2. re-elect Mr. Wang Daxiong as an executive director of the fifth session of the Board 3. re-elect Mr. Liu Chong as an executive director of the fifth session of the Board 4. appoint Mr. Xu Hui as an executive director of the fifth session of the Board 5. re-elect Mr. Yang Jigui as a non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 6. appoint Mr. Feng Boming as a non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 7. appoint Mr. Huang Jian as a non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 8. appoint Mr. Cai Hongping as an independent non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 9. appoint Mr. Tsang Hing Lun as an independent non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 10. re-elect Ms. Hai Chi Yuet as an independent non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 11. re-elect Mr. Graeme Jack as an independent non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board 1 Please refer to Appendix I for the biographical details of the proposed directors of the fifth session of the Board. Save as disclosed herein, the above mentioned director candidates have not held any other positions in the Company and/or its subsidiaries. Save as disclosed herein, so far as the Directors are aware, the above mentioned director candidates have not held any directorship in any other publicly listed companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years. Save as disclosed herein, the above mentioned director candidates do not have other major appointment and professional qualifications, nor do they have any relationship with any directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company, nor do they have any interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance. Each of the above mentioned director candidates will enter into a service contract respectively with the Company for a term of service of three years commencing on the date when their respective appointment is approved by the shareholders at the general meeting. Pursuant to such proposed service contract, executive directors will not receive any remuneration from the Company as the directors, non-executive directors will not receive any remuneration from the Company, and remuneration of independent non-executive directors will be determined in accordance with the remuneration standards with regards to domestic or foreign independent non-executive director of the Company. Save as disclosed herein, there are no other matters relating to the above mentioned director candidates that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders and there is no information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”). OPINIONS OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS The independent non-executive directors of the Company believed that none of the abovementioned persons was found not qualified to be a director of the Company according to section 146 of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, after reviewing their biographical materials, and none of them was considered as a person being prohibited from entering the securities market with his/her prohibition unreleased by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The abovementioned persons satisfied the relevant requirements under the Guidelines of Shanghai Stock Exchange on Appointment and Conduct of Directors of Listed Companies. The procedures of nomination of the abovementioned director candidates by China Shipping (Group) Company were legal and valid. PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVISORS As the term of office of the fourth session of the supervisory committee of the Company (the “Supervisory Committee”) will be expired in June 2016, the Supervisory Committee has approved the following matters and proposed them to be considered at the shareholders’ general meeting: 1. re-elect Mr. Ye Hongjun as a shareholder representative supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee 2. appoint Mr. Hao Wenyi as a shareholder representative supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee 3. appoint Mr. Gu Xu as an independent supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee 4. appoint Ms. Zhang Weihua as an independent supervisor of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee 2 The two employee representative supervisors of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee shall be elected democratically by the meeting of the employee representatives of the Company and is not subject to shareholders’ approval. Please refer to Appendix I for the biographical details of the proposed supervisors of the fifth session of the Supervisory Committee. Save as disclosed herein, the above mentioned supervisor candidates have not held any other positions in the Company and/or its subsidiaries. Save as disclosed herein, so far as the Directors are aware, the above mentioned supervisor candidates have not held any directorship in any other publicly listed companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years. Save as disclosed herein, the above mentioned supervisor candidates do not have other major appointment and professional qualifications, nor do they have any relationship with any directors, senior management, substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company, nor do they have any interests in the shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance. Each of the above mentioned supervisor candidates will enter into a service contract respectively with the Company for a term of service of three years commencing on the date when their respective appointment is approved by the shareholders at the general meeting. Pursuant to such proposed service contract, shareholder representative supervisors will not receive any remuneration from the Company, and remuneration of independent supervisors will be determined in accordance with the remuneration standards with regards to domestic or foreign independent supervisor of the Company. Save as disclosed herein, there are no other matters relating to the above mentioned supervisor candidates that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders and there is no information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange. A circular containing, among other things, details of the above proposals, together with the notice of the shareholders’ general meeting, will be dispatched to the Shareholders in due course. By order of the Board of China Shipping Container Lines Company Limited Yu Zhen Joint Company Secretary Shanghai, the PRC 7 June 2016 The Board as at the date of this announcement comprises of Ms. Sun Yueying, Mr. Huang Xiaowen, Mr. Wang Daxiong and Mr. Liu Chong, being executive Directors, Mr. Ding Nong, Mr. Yu Zenggang, Mr. Yang Jigui, Mr. Han Jun and Mr. Chen Jihong, being non-executive Directors, and Ms. Zhang Nan, Mr. Guan Yimin, Mr. Shi Xin, Ms. Hai Chi Yuet and Mr. Graeme Jack, being independent non-executive Directors. * The Company is a registered non-Hong Kong company as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and it is registered under its Chinese name and under the English name “China Shipping Container Lines Company Limited”. 3 APPENDIX I BIOGRAPHIES Ms. Sun Yueying (孫月英) Born in 1958, has served as the chairman of the Board and an executive director of the Company since May 2016. She currently also serves as the chief accountant and a member of the Party leadership group of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited. Ms. Sun has served as the chief accountant of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company since 2000, and is currently the chairman of the board of directors of each of COSCO Finance Company Limited, COSCO Container Lines Japan Co., Ltd. (“COSCO Japan”) and COSCO International Ship Trading Company Limited. She also serves as a director of each of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (“China COSCO”, listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code of 1919 and on Shanghai Stock Exchange under the stock code of 601919) and China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code of 3968 and on Shanghai Stock Exchange under the stock code of 600036). Ms. Sun assumed various positions such as the deputy director of the finance department of Tianjin Ocean Shipping Company Limited, head of the general office and finance manager of COSCO Japan, the deputy general manager and the general manager of the finance and capital division and the deputy chief accountant of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, and the director of China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd.