Annual Report 2018

87 年報 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 企業管治報告 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT 董事以及本集團擁有內幕消息的僱員必須對未 公佈的內幕消息保持絕對保密並須確保本公司 及其顧問均嚴守消息保密直至公佈，若無法保 持所需的機密性，應在合理地切實可行的範圍 內盡快刊發公告，或如該內幕消息可能已外 泄，便應即時刊發公告向市場整體披露該消 息。 董事會需按照證券及期貸條例及上市規則的規 定監察內幕消息的披露及本公司會確保內幕消 息公平地向股東及其他持份者發放，以避免任 何人士在證券交易上處於佔優的地位。 股息政策 為維持高水平的企業管治常規，並符合最近有 關《企業管治守則》上市規則附錄十四之修訂， 規定所有上市發行人須根據新訂立守則之守則 條文 E.1.5 條在其年報中披露其股息政策，本 公司之股息政策已於二零一八年十二月十八日 獲董事會採納，該政策內容包括讓董事會決定 是否建議從利潤中分配股息及每股分配的股息 金額而製定可跟從的標準規則和指導方針。本 股息政策的目的是通過分享部分利潤來回報股 東，同時確保為本公司的未來發展前景保留足 夠的資金，並旨在力求在本公司增長與股東利 益之間取得平衡。 Directors or employees of the Group in possession of the inside information must maintain strict confidentiality of unpublished inside information until it is announced and ensure this is the strictest security of the information is observed within the Company and its advisers and if the necessary degree of confidentiality cannot be maintained, an announcement shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable; or if inside information has been advertently divulged, an announcement shall be issued immediately so as to disseminate such information to the market as a whole. The Board monitors the inside information disclosure having regard to the SFO and Listing Rules requirements and the Company ensure that the dissemination of inside information to the Shareholders and other stakeholders is dealt fairly in order to avoid any person having a privileged dealing position. DIVIDEND POLICY In order to maintain a high standard of corporate governance practice and be in line with the recent change of the Corporate Governance Code Appendix 14 of the Listing Rules which has stipulated a new code provision E.1.5 of the Code requiring all listed issuers to disclose its dividend policy in their annual reports, the dividend policy of the Company has been adopted by the Board on 18 December 2018, which includes setting standard rules and guidelines to be followed by the Board in deciding whether to recommend dividend out of the profits and the amount of dividend per share to be distributed. The objective of the dividend policy is to reward its Shareholders by sharing a portion of the profits, while also ensure that enough funds are retained for future prospects of the Company and strive for a balance between the growth of the Company and the benefits of the Shareholders.