Notice of EGM

Zhejiang Expressway Co 5 February 2001 Zhejiang Expressway Company Limited (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the 'EGM') of Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. (the 'Company') will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 22nd March, 2001 at 18th Floor, Zhejiang World Trade Centre, 15 Shuguang Road, Hangzhou 310007, the People's Republic of China (the 'PRC') to consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions: As Special Resolutions: 1. 'THAT the terms of the transfer agreement dated 2nd February, 2001 as supplemented by the supplemental agreement dated the same date (the 'Transfer Agreement') entered into between the Company and Huajian Transportation Economic Development Centre ('Huajian') in relation to the acquisition by the Company of an approximate 18.4% interest held by Huajian in Zhejiang Shangsan Expressway Co., Ltd. (the 'Acquisition'), a copy of which has been produced to the EGM marked 'A' and signed by the chairman of the EGM for the purpose of identification, be and are hereby approved, and that the execution of the Transfer Agreement by the Company be and is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed, and that any one of the directors of the Company ('Directors') be and is hereby authorised to do for and on behalf of the Company all things, including, but without limitation to, the execution of documents and the making of applications to relevant authorities or institutions for approval or registration, and the use of internal resources of the Company and/or the arrangement of bank loans and/or third party financing for funding the Acquisition, as he may consider necessary, expedient or desirable to give effect to and implement the transaction contemplated under the Transfer Agreement, and to waive compliance from or make or agree such variations of a non-material nature of any of the terms of the Transfer Agreement as he may in his discretion consider to be desirable and in the interest of the Company.' 2. 'THAT: (a) subject to paragraphs (b) to (d) of this resolution, the Company be and is hereby authorised, during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined), to allot, issue and deal with, either separately or concurrently, additional domestic shares in the share capital of the Company and to determine the terms and conditions for the allotment or issue of or otherwise dealing with such additional shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period; (b) the aggregate nominal amount of the domestic shares allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall not exceed 300,000,000 domestic shares representing approximately 10.31 per cent. of the existing issued domestic shares in the share capital of the Company at the date of the passing of this resolution and the said approval shall be limited accordingly; (c) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution is subject to the granting of approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission of the PRC; (d) the approval in paragraph (a) of this resolution shall authorise the Company to offer by way of subscription not more than 300,000,000 RMB-denominated ordinary shares in the Company ('A Shares') to the public in the PRC ('A Share Issue') and to apply for the listing and trading of the A Shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange of the PRC, details of which are set out below: (1) Type of securities to be issued: RMB-denominated ordinary shares; (2) Par value: RMB1.00 per share; (3) Number of A Shares to be issued: Not more than 300,000,000 shares, to be determined by the issue price of each A Share and the target proceeds arising from the A Share Issue; (4) Target subscribers: Natural persons and institutional investors in the PRC, who are A share stock account holders of the Shanghai Stock Exchange of the PRC; (5) Pricing process: Issue price range will be negotiated between the Company and the underwriters for the A Share Issue with reference to market demand. A 'book- building' process will be conducted to determine the issue price of each A Share; (6) Target proceeds: Not less than RMB1 billion; (e) for the purposes of this resolution 'Relevant Period' means the period from the passing of this resolution until the expiration of twelve months from the date of the passing of this resolution.' 3. 'THAT, subject to the passing of Special Resolution No.2 set out herein, the use of proceeds feasibility study report (the 'Feasibility Study Report'), a copy of which has been produced to the EGM marked 'B' and signed by the chairman of the EGM for the purpose of identification, and the use of proceeds set out therein be and are hereby approved, and in particular: (a) approximately RMB425,000,000 shall be used for funding the first stage of the construction to widen the Hongken to Guzhu section of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway; (b) approximately RMB860,000,000 shall be used for funding the second stage of the construction to widen the Shenshi to Hongken section of the Shanghai- Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway; (c) subject to the passing of Special Resolution No.1 set out herein, and subject to the respective approvals from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communication in relation to the Transfer Agreement and/or the transfer by Huajian of the approximate 18.4% interest in Zhejiang Shangsan Expressway Co., Ltd. to the Company being obtained by the Company and/or Huajian on or before the date of the EGM, the balance of the proceeds arising from the A Share Issue shall be used for funding the Acquisition; (d) any balance remaining after funding the projects/transactions contemplated in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above from the proceeds arising from the A Share Issue may be used as working capital of the Company; and (e) if the proceeds arising from the A Share Issue are not sufficient for funding the projects/transaction contemplated in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, the internal resources of the Company and/or bank loans will be used for funding such projects/transactions.' 4. 'THAT the report from the board of Directors dated 8th January 2001 on the status of the use of proceeds received from the issue of H shares of the Company in May 1997 (to which the report Zhetiankuaishen 2001 No. 2 prepared by Zhejiang Pan-China Certified Public Accountants is attached), a copy of which is produced to the EGM and marked 'C' by the chairman of the EGM for the purpose of identification, and be and is hereby approved.' 5. 'THAT, subject to the passing of Special Resolution No. 2 set out herein, upon completion of the A Share Issue, the existing and new shareholders of the Company be and are hereby entitled to mutual sharing of the undistributed profits of the Company.' 6. 'THAT subject to the passing of Special Resolution No. 2 set out herein, the board of Directors be and is hereby authorised to handle all matters relevant to the A Share Issue, including, inter alia, as set out below: (1) exercising all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with the A Shares and to determine the terms and conditions for the allotment or issue or otherwise dealing of such shares and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which would or might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period; (2) determining the timing, the issue size, the issue price and the issue mechanism of the A Share Issue; (3) upon completion of the A Share Issue, making all necessary amendments to the articles of association of the Company (the 'Articles of Association') to reflect the revised share capital structure and any other necessary amendments and submitting all necessary applications or filing all necessary documents with the relevant state authorities for the change in the share capital of the Company; (4) executing documents relating to the A Share Issue, including but without limitation to all agreements and documents in relation to the use of proceeds arising from the A Share Issue as set out in the Feasibility Study Report; and (5) dealing with all other relevant matters relating to the A Share Issue and the listing and trading of the A Shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange of the PRC.' 7. 'THAT the following articles in the Articles of Association be and are hereby amended in the manner as set forth below, such amendments to become effective upon approval by and being recorded in the minutes of the EGM and the obtaining of all requisite approvals from and registrations with relevant government authorities of the PRC: Article 1 The following sentence be added after the sentence 'The Company's business licence number is 14204209-5': 'Pursuant to the approval document 2000 Wai Jing Mao Zi Yi Han Zi No.521, MOFTEC approved the transformation of the Company into a foreign investment joint stock company with limited liability. The Company obtained its new business licence on 5th December, 2000 from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The Company's new business licence number is Qiguzhezongzi No.002202.' Article 19 Article 19 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: 'Since the incorporation of the Company, a total of 4,343,114,500 Ordinary Shares have been issued, of which 1,433,854,500 Shares are overseas listed foreign shares, representing approximately 33% of the total number of Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue. The capital structure of the Company is as follows: 4,343,114,500 Ordinary Shares, of which 2,432,500,000 Domestic Shares are held by the promoter of the Company Zhejiang Provincial High Class Highway Investment Company Limited, 476,760,000 Domestic Shares are held by Huajian Transportation Economic Development Centre, and 1,433,854,500 shares of overseas listed foreign shares ('H Shares') are held by holders of H Shares.' By Order of the Board Zhang Jingzhong Secretary to the Board Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the PRC 5th February, 2001 Notes: 1. Eligibility for attending the EGM Holders of H Shares who intend to attend the EGM must deliver all transfer documents and the relevant share certificates to the share registrar for the H Shares of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited (which address is set out in paragraph 5 below), at or before 4:00 p.m. on 19th February, 2001. 2. Registration procedures for attending the EGM (i) Holders of H Shares and domestic shares intending to attend the EGM should return the reply slip for attending the EGM to the Company by post or by facsimile (address and facsimile numbers are shown in paragraph 5 below) such that the same shall be received by the Company on or before 2nd March, 2001. (ii) A shareholder of the Company or his/her/its proxy should produce proof of identity when attending the meeting. If a corporate shareholder appoints a legal representative to attend the meeting, such legal representative shall produce proof of identity and a copy of the resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of such shareholder appointing such legal representative at the meeting. 3. Proxy (i) A shareholder eligible to attend and vote at the EGM is entitled to appoint, in written form, one or more proxies to attend and vote on his/her/its behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder. (ii) A proxy should be appointed in writing which is signed by the appointor or his/her/its attorney. If the appointor is a corporation, the same shall be affixed with its common seal or signed by its director(s) or duly authorised representative(s). If the form of proxy is signed by the attorney of the appointor, the power of attorney or other authorisation document(s) of such attorney should be certified by a notary public. (iii) To be valid, the power of attorney or any other authorisation document(s) (which have been certified by a notary public) together with the completed form of proxy must be delivered, in the case of holders of domestic invested shares, to the Company at the address shown in paragraph 5 below and, in the case of holders of H Shares, to Hong Kong Registrars Limited at the address shown in paragraph 5 below, not less than 24 hours before the time designated for the holding of the EGM. (iv) A proxy may exercise the right to vote by a show of hands or by poll. However, if more than one proxy is appointed by a shareholder, such proxies shall only exercise the right to vote on a poll. 4. Closure of Register of Members The register of members of H Shares of the Company will be closed from 20th February, 2001 to 21st March, 2001 (both days inclusive), during which no transfer of shares will be registered. 5. Miscellaneous (i) The EGM will not last for more than one day. Shareholders who attend shall bear their own travelling and accommodation expenses. (ii) The address of the share registrar for the H Shares of the Company, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, is at: 2/F, Vicwood Plaza 199 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong (iii) The legal address of the Company is at: 19th Floor, Zhejiang World Trade Center 15 Shuguang Road Hangzhou 310007 PRC Telephone No.: (+86)-571-7985588 Facsimile No.: (+86)-571-7985599
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