Annual Report 2024

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2024 75 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED) SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS (CONTINUED) 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. Pursuant to Article 100 of the Articles of Association of the Company, no person, other than a retiring Director, shall, unless recommended by the Directors for election, be eligible for election to the office of Director at any general meeting, unless notice in writing of the intention to propose that person for election as a Director and notice in writing by that person of his willingness to be elected shall have been given to the Company provided that the minimum length of the period, during which such notices are given, shall be at least 7 days. The period for lodgment of such notices shall commence no earlier than the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than 7 days prior to the date of such general meeting. Detailed procedures for shareholders to propose a person for election as a Director can be found on the Company’s website. Enquiries to the Board Shareholders have been provided with contact details of the Company on the Company’s website, such as telephone number, fax number, email address and postal address, in order to enable them to make any enquiries that they may have with respect to the Company. They can also send their enquiries to the Board using these means. In addition, shareholders can contact Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company, if they have any enquiries about their shareholdings and entitlements to dividend.