Annual Report 2021

125 舜宇光學科技（集團）有限公司 • 2021 年報 Directors’ Report 董事會報告 Save as disclosed herein, the Company has not been notified of any other person who had an interest or a short position in the Shares and underlying Shares (in respect of positions pursuant to equity derivatives) as recorded in the register required to be kept by the Company pursuant to section 336 of the SFO as at 31 December 2021. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS The Company has received from each of the independent non-executive Directors an annual confirmation of his independence pursuant to Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The Company considers all of the independent non-executive Directors to be independent persons. CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS AND CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS The Company has established connected transaction policy to strengthen internal control, protect the legitimate interests of the Shareholders and improve the corporate governance structure. This policy has defined the scopes of connected parties and connected transactions in accordance with the Listing Rules. It also requires the Company to disclose the related information of connected transactions, conduct the annual audit of continuing connected transactions and follow the principles of the connected transactions decision-making and abstaining rules. The Audit Committee shall, in accordance with its roles and functions, review whether the arrangements for connected transactions and continuing connected transactions are fair and reasonable. The Audit Committee judges whether the connected transaction is beneficial to the Company according to objective criteria, and if necessary, it will hire professional appraisers or independent financial advisers to give or provide advice. A director who has any interest in the connected parties shall abstain when the Board votes on the matter. If necessary, an independent board committee shall be established to evaluate and approve the conflict transactions, and the members of the committee shall not have any independent non-executive Director who has significant interests in the relevant transactions or arrangements. 除此處所披露者外，於二零二一年十二月 三十一日，概無任何其他人士知會本公司，彼 於股份及相關股份（與根據股本衍生工具所持 有的持倉量相關）中擁有記錄於根據《證券及期 貨條例》第 336 條要求本公司備存之登記冊上的 權益或淡倉。 委任獨立非執行董事 本公司已接獲各獨立非執行董事根據上市規則 第 3.13 條之規定而發出有關其獨立性之年度確 認函，本公司認為全體獨立非執行董事均為獨 立人士。 關連交易及持續關連交易 本公司已訂立關連交易制度，以加強內部監 控，保護股東合法利益，完善公司治理結構。 該制度已根據上市規則定義關連人士及關連交 易的範圍，並要求本公司披露關連交易的相關 信息，進行持續關連交易年度審核，且遵循關 連交易決策原則及迴避制度。 審核委員會根據其工作及職能，審閱關連交易 及持續關連交易的安排是否公平合理。審核委 員會根據客觀標準判斷該關連交易是否對本公 司有利，必要時應聘請專業評估師或獨立財務 顧問發表或提供諮詢意見。與關連人士有任何 利害關係的董事，在董事會就該事項表決時， 應當迴避。如有需要，須成立獨立董事委員 會，評估及批准衝突交易，且委員會成員不得 有任何於有關交易或安排中佔有重大利益的獨 立非執行董事。