INTERIM PROCEDURES CONCERNING CAPITAL ACCRETION THROUGH ADDITIONAL ISSUES OF B-SHARES BY DOMESTIC LISTED COMPANIES
Article 1 This set of procedures has been formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as Company Law), the Regulations of the State Council on Domestic Listed Shares for Overseas Investors and Detailed Rules for Regulations of the State Council on Domestic Listed Shares for Overseas (hereinafter referred to as Detailed Rules), and other related laws and regulations with a view to promoting the development of the market for B-shares and standardize the increases of capital by listed companies concerned (hereinafter referred to as “companies”) by additional issues of B-shares (excluding rights issues). Article 2 A company to place additional B-shares for capital accretion should be in conformity with the following conditions: (1) The uses of the fund raised from the placement should be in whole conformity with the industrial policy of the State, the plan (2) The shares issued for a previous placement of the company (including placement for capital accretion or placement of rights, the (3) The interval between the announcement of the prospectus for the previous placement of B-shares of the company and announcement (4) There was no major act violating the law in the latest three years of the company; (5) The contents of the company’s articles of association are in conformity with the Company Law and other related provisions; (6) The methods for calling and holding of general meetings of shareholders, the methods for voting at the meetings, and the contents (7) Information disclosure concerned is made according to provisions of relevant laws and regulations; (8) The company made profits in the latest three consecutive years, being able to distribute dividends to its shareholders; (9) The financial and accounting statements of the company for the latest three years do not have false records and no important imformation (10) The prescribed minimum of issue price for the additional placement of B-sharese for capital accretion or the range of the issue (11) The proportion of the foreign-funded shares in the total capitalization of the company after the additional placement of B-shares (12) Other conditions as provided by the Securities Committee of the State Council. Article 3 In general meeting of shareholders, the following matters concerning an additional placement of B-shares for capital accretion of (1) number of shares to be issued in the said placement; (2) principles or conditions for determining the issue price; (3) term of validity of the resolution on the said placement; and (4) authorization and requirements to the board of directors of the company for the handling of specific matters of the said placement. The board of directors of the company should put the above items into the notices on holding of the general meeting to shareholders Article 4 Whereas the general meeting of shareholders authorizes the board of directors to make specific arrangements for the additional placement Article 5 A company placing additional B-shares for capital accretion may accretion prepare a brief memorandum or other forms of information (1) type, face value, total volume and price of the shares in the current placement, net asset value per share before the placement (2) explanation of the uses of the capital raised from the current placement; (3) names of the underwriter(s) and other related intermediaries, program and principles for the current placement; (4) major changes to the company’s operational conditions since the latest public disclosure of documents (prospectus on the stock (5) other contents as required by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Article 6 Whereas a company offers the B-shares to be issued for capital accretion to unitary subscribers including lump sum purchase of all Article 7 The reporting materials on a company’s placement of additional B-shares for capital accretion should be prepared according to a standard Article 8 This set of procedures shall come into force as of the date of its promulgation. Appendix: Standard Forms for Reporting Materials on Placement of Additional B- Shares for Capital Accretion by Companies Listed within the Territory The materials to be reported to the China Securities Regulatory Commission by a B-share company (hereinfter referred to as “company”) I. Paper, Cover and Number of Copies of the Reporting Materials 1. Paper: Paper in the size of 209 X 295 (equal to A4 paper) shall be used. 2. The cover should present: (1) The words of “Reporting Materials on Additional Placement of B- Shares for Capital Accretion”; (2) Name of the reporting company; (3) Date of reporting; (4) Date of acceptance; (5) Date of meeting to examine the issue; (6) Date on which the document of approval is signed. (The items (4) – (6) should be filled up by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.) 3. Number of copies: (1) Six copies of the reporting materials should be submitted initially, at least one of which shall be the original copy; (2) After pre-examination ends, 12 copies of the reporting materials that have been revised should be submitted, at least one of which II. Contents of Reporting Materials on Placement of Additional B-Shares for Capital Accretion Chapter One Documents on the Said Issuance Issued by the Local Government or the Central Government Department in Charge of the Company 1-1 Agreement of the local government or the central government department in charge of the company for the placement of additional Chapter Two Documents of Authorization and Appendices on the Additional Placement 2-1 Resolution of the current general meeting of shareholders 2-2 Explanation of the basic conditions about the current general meeting of shareholders (including the conditions about the attendance 2-3 Notice on convening the current general meeting of shareholders (duplicate of the announcement) and the explanation of the conditions 2-4 Application for the company’s placement of additional B-shares for capital accretion 2-5 Resolutions of the board of directors and minutes of the meeting Chapter Three Related Conditions about the Previous Stock Issue (Including Rights Issue or Additional Issue for Capital Accretion, 3-1 The conditions about the uses of the capital raised from the previous stock issue, and explanation of the conditions about the 3-2 The Prospectus on Stock Issue or Prospectus on Rights Issue for the Previous Stock Issue 3-3 Explanation of the conditions about information disclosure since the previous stock issue 3-4 Historical changes of stock right composition of the company (may be shown in figures or tables) 3-5 Business license for enterprise legal person Chapter Four Explanatory Materials about the Feasibility of Capital Uses 4-1 The feasibility study report on the uses of the capital to be raised from the current issuance of additional B-shares for capital 4-2 Documents of approval issued by the competent government departments to the proposal of fixed assets investment Chapter Five Brief Informations about the Placement 5-1 A memorandum or other forms of explanatory information on the additional placement (A version in foreign language shall also be 5-2 Appendices to the explanatory information 5-2-1 Financial statements and attached notes and audit reports (including audit in and out of the territory) of the company for the 5-2-2 Report on profit forecast (if available) 5-2-3 Letter of legal opinion 5-2-4 Examination records of the underwriter’s lawyer on the prospectus of the information memorandum 5-3 Summary of the prospectus Notes: (1) With the agreement of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, a brief introduction to the placement may not necessarily be (2) Before the China Securities Regulatory Commission works out separate rules, the summary of the prospectus may be prepared with Chapter Six Appendices to the Reporting Materials for Issuance 6-1 Opinion (if available) of the holders of State shares on the current placement of additional B-shares for capital accretion 6-2 Articles of association of the company 6-3 Underwriting agreement 6-4 Agreement of the underwriting consortium (if available) 6-5 Letter of commitment issued by a stock exchange on agreeing to arranging the listing of the additional B-shares for increasing 6-6 Analysis report on the prospects of the additional B-shares placement for capital accretion and the issuance program made respectively Chapter Seven Business Qualification Certificates for Intermediaries 7-1 Qualification certificates for competent securities organizations dealing in foreign funded-shares listed within the territory 7-2 Qualification certificates for other intermediaries (accounting firms, law firms) and their signers dealing securities business Notes: (1) The page number of each page must be consistent with the page numbers in the contents (2) Examples for marking page numbers. For example, the page numbers for the 4-1 section of Chapter Four shall be marked as: 4-1-1,
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