Annual Report 2020

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2020 64 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED) CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS During the year under review, there was no significant change in the Company’s constitutional documents. SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS Set out below is a summary of certain rights of the shareholders of the Company as required to be disclosed pursuant to the mandatory disclosure requirements under Paragraph O of the Code. Convening of General Meeting on Request Shareholder(s) may request the Directors to call a general meeting pursuant to Sections 566 to 568 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. In accordance with Section 566 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, the Directors are required to call a general meeting if the Company has received requests to do so from members of the Company representing at least 5% of the total voting rights of all the members having a right to vote at general meeting. Such requests (a) must state the general nature of the business to be dealt with at the meeting; and (b) may include the text of a resolution that may properly be moved and is intended to be moved at the meeting. Such requests (a) may be sent to the Company in hard copy form (by depositing at the registered office of the Company at 1609, Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for the attention of the Board) or in electronic form (by email: info@cmcdi.com.hk) ; and (b) must be authenticated by the person or persons making it. In accordance with Section 567 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, the Directors must call a meeting within 21 days after the date on which they become subject to the requirement under Section 566 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance and such meeting must be held on a date not more than 28 days after the date of the notice convening the meeting. Putting Forward Proposals at AGM/General Meeting To put forward a resolution at an AGM, shareholders are requested to follow the requirements and procedures set out in Sections 615 and 616 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. Section 615 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance provides that the Company must give notice of a resolution if it has received requests that it do so from (a) the members of the Company representing at least 2.5% of the total voting rights of all the members who have a right to vote on the resolution at the AGM to which the requests relate; or (b) at least 50 members who have a right to vote on the resolution at the AGM to which the requests relate. Such requests (a) may be sent to the Company in hard copy form (by depositing at the registered office of the Company at 1609, Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong for the attention of the Board) or in electronic form (by email: info@cmcdi.com.hk) ; (b) must identify the resolution of which notice is to be given; (c) must be authenticated by the person or persons making it; and (d) must be received by the Company not later than (i) 6 weeks before the AGM to which the requests relate; or (ii) if later, the time at which notice is given of that meeting. Section 616 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance provides that the Company that is required under Section 615 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance to give notice of a resolution must send a copy of it at the Company’s own expense to each member of the Company entitled to receive notice of the AGM (a) in the same manner as the notice of the meeting; and (b) at the same time as, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, it gives notice of the meeting.