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(Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)
PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A letter from the Board (as defined in this circular) is set out on pages 2 to 4 of this circular.
A notice convening the SGM to be held at Jade I & II, Level 3, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, International
Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 at 11 a.m. (or sosoon thereafter as the annual general meeting of the Company convened for the same place and day shall have
been concluded or adjourned), is set out on pages 7 to 8 of this circular. A form of proxy for use at the SGM
is also enclosed with this circular. Whether or not you intend to attend the SGM, you are requested to
complete the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the
Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office, Tricor Tengis Limited at 26th Floor, Tesbury Centre, 28Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible and in any event not later than forty-eight (48)hours before the time appointed for holding the SGM or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of
the form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at the SGM or any adjournment
Responsibility Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Letter from the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
— Biographical Details of Directors Proposed for Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notice of SGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
This circular, for which the Directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility,
includes particulars given in compliance with the Listing Rules for the purpose of giving
information with regard to the Group. The Directors, having made all reasonable enquiries,
confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this circular is
accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no
other facts the omission of which would make any statement contained herein or this circular
In this circular, the following expressions have the meanings set out below unless the context
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in
Bermuda with limited liability and the Shares of which are listedon the Main Board of the Stock Exchange
has the meaning ascribed to it in the Listing Rules
Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC
8 May 2013, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing
of this circular for the purpose of ascertaining certain informationcontained herein
The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the StockExchange
the People’s Republic of China and, for the purposes of thiscircular, excluding Hong Kong, the Macau Special AdministrativeRegion and Taiwan region
the Securities and Futures Ordinance, Cap 571 of the Laws ofHong Kong
a special general meeting of the Company to be convened for
appointments of Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive Directorand Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun as an independent non-executive Director
ordinary shares of HK$0.10 each in the capital of the Company
has the same meaning ascribed to it in the Listing Rules
海 爾 電 器 集 團 有 限 公 司*(incorporated in the Bermuda with limited liability)
PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The purpose of this circular is to give you notice of the SGM to be held on Tuesday, 28 May 2013
and to provide you with information regarding the ordinary resolutions to be proposed at the SGM to
enable you to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the proposed resolutions at
the SGM regarding the proposed appointments of Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive Director and
Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun as an independent non-executive Director.
The Board proposes to appoint Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive Director and Mrs. Eva
Cheng Li Kam Fun as an independent non-executive Director with effect from 1 June 2013.
Reference is made to the announcement of the Company dated 25 April 2013 regarding the
retirement of Mr. Wu Yinong as an independent non-executive Director with effect from conclusion of
the 2013 annual general meeting of Shareholders to be held on 28 May 2013. Following the retirement
of Mr. Wu Yinong, the number of independent non-executive Directors and the members of the audit
committee will fall below the minimum number required under Rules 3.10(1) and 3.21 of the Listing
Rules and the required composition of the nomination committee and remuneration committee will fall
below the requirements under Rules 3.25 and code provision A.5.1 of Appendix 14 of the Listing Rules.
Subject to the Shareholders’ approval at the SGM, following the appointment of Mrs. Eva Cheng LiKam Fun as an independent non-executive Director, the Company will fulfil the requirements of
minimum number of independent non-executive directors under Rules 3.10(1) and 3.10(A) of the Listing
Rules. The Company will make further announcement regarding changes to the composition of the
Company’s audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee in fulfillment of therequirements of the composition of the Company’s audit committee under Rule 3.21 of the ListingRules, the requirements of the composition of remuneration committee under Rule 3.25 of the Listing
Rules and the composition of nomination committee under code provision A.5.1 as set out in Appendix
The biographical details of Dr. Wang Han Hua and Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun are set out in
In order to ascertain the entitlements of the Shareholders to attend the SGM, the register of
members of the Company will be closed from Monday, 27 May 2013 to Tuesday, 28 May 2013 (both
days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares will be registered. In order to qualify for
attending and voting at the SGM, all transfer documents accompanied by the relevant share certificates
must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong Kong, Tricor
Tengis Limited, at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than4: 30 p.m. on Friday, 24 May 2013.
The SGM will be held at Jade I & II, Level 3, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, International
Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 at 11 a.m. (or
so soon thereafter as the annual general meeting of the Company convened for the same place and day
shall have been concluded or adjourned), for considering, and, if thought fit, approving the proposed
appointments of Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive Director and Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun as an
independent non-executive Director. A notice of the SGM is set out on pages 7 to 8 of this circular. A
form of proxy for use at the SGM is enclosed with this circular. Whether or not you intend to attend and
vote at the SGM in person, you are requested to complete and return the accompanying form of proxy in
accordance with the instructions printed thereon and return it to the Company’s branch share registrarand transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s RoadEast, Wanchai, Hong Kong as soon as possible but in any event not less than 48 hours before the time
appointed for holding the SGM or any adjournment thereof. Completion and return of the proxy form
will not preclude you from attending and voting at the SGM or any adjourned meeting thereof should
Pursuant to Rule 13.39(4) of the Listing Rules, any vote of shareholders at a general meeting must
be taken by poll. Therefore, all resolutions proposed at the SGM shall be voted by poll. An
announcement on the poll results will be published by the Company on the date of the SGM in the
manner as prescribed under Rule 13.39(5) of the Listing Rules.
The Board is of the view that the proposed appointments of Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive
Director and Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun as an independent non-executive Director are in the interest
of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Board recommends the Shareholders
to vote in favour of the relevant resolutions to be proposed at the SGM.
Your attention is drawn to the additional information set out in the appendix to this circular.
The following are the biographical details of the Directors proposed to be appointed at the SGM:
Dr. Wang Han Hua, aged 49, obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of
Nebraska of the United States in 1994. He took position as the chief executive officer of Allyes
Information Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.* (好耶信息技術(上海)有限公司), an internet companyproviding full digital marketing solutions of data, technology and product to its customers, in December
2012. Prior to this, Dr. Wang had been the president of Amazon (China) Holding Company Limited
from May 2005 until November 2012 and was responsible for the sale, marketing, cooperation and the
construction of B2C E-commerce ecological chain of Amazon in China. Prior to joining Amazon
(China) Holding Company Limited, Dr. Wang served a number of positions with Motorola Mobility
Technologies (China) Company Limited Beijing branch company* (摩托羅拉移動技術(中國)有限公司北京分公司) between 1998 and 2005 including as marketing director, director of strategy and corporateplanning, vice president of the Asia Pacific region and general manager of the mobile telephone
It is proposed that subject to the Shareholders’ approval at the SGM, Dr. Wang will not enter into
any service agreement with the Company but will enter into an appointment letter with the Company
pursuant to the latest Listing Rules, terms of which, among others, will have a term which continues
until terminated by either party by serving to the other party a written notice of not less than three
months notice but subject to retirement by rotation at the general meetings of the Company in
accordance with the Bye-laws. Dr. Wang’s remuneration package will be determined with reference tohis qualification, experience, and duties and responsibilities towards the Group and prevailing market
conditions. Subject to Shareholders’ approval of Dr. Wang’s appointment at the SGM, the Company willmake further announcement regarding the remuneration package of Dr. Wang.
Save as disclosed above, Dr. Wang does not hold any other major appointments or qualifications
and have not held any position or directorship in any other listed companies during the last three years
preceding the Latest Practicable Date. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Dr. Wang does not have any
interests in any shares or underlying shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO
nor does he have any relationship with any Director, senior management, substantial or controlling
shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Dr.
Wang does not hold and has not held any position with the Company or other members of the Group.
Save as disclosed above, there is no information that needs to be disclosed pursuant to Rules
13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules nor are there other matters relating to the proposed appointment
of Dr. Wang as a non-executive Director that need to be brought to the attention of the Shareholders
pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(w) of the Listing Rules.
Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun, aged 60, graduated from the University of Hong Kong with
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Master of Business Administration degrees.
Mrs. Cheng began her career with Amway Hong Kong in 1977. In 2011, she retired from her
positions as executive vice president of Amway Corporation and executive chairman of Amway China
Co. Ltd. During her 34 years with Amway, Mrs. Cheng’s area of responsibilities covered markets in theGreater China and Southeast Asia regions.
Mrs. Cheng’s leadership was well recognized in the business community. She was twice named the
‘‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’’ by Forbes Magazine in 2008 and 2009. CNBC awarded Mrs. Cheng with the ‘‘China Talent Management Award’’ in its 2007 China Business Leaders Awards.
Mrs. Cheng is currently an independent non-executive director of Esprit Holdings Limited and
Trinity Limited, companies listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, and Amway (Malaysia)
Holdings Berhad, a company listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Mrs.
Cheng is also a director of Nestlé S.A. which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. In the areas of public
and community service, Mrs. Cheng is the founding/honorary chairman of the Amway Charity
Foundation. In Mainland China, Mrs. Cheng is a member of the executive committee of the All-China
Women’s Federation, executive director of the Spring Sprout Special Fund under the China NextGeneration Education Foundation and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference— Guangdong Commission. In Hong Kong, Mrs. Cheng is honorary president of the All-ChinaWomen’s Federation Hong Kong Delegates Association, honorary president of the Hong KongFederation of Women, and permanent honorary committee member of The Chinese General Chamber of
It is proposed that subject to the Shareholders’ approval at the SGM, Mrs. Cheng will not enter
into any service agreement with the Company but will enter into an appointment letter with the
Company pursuant to the latest Listing Rules, terms of which, among others, will have a term which
continues until terminated by either party by serving to the other party a written notice of not less than
three months notice but subject to retirement by rotation at the general meetings of the Company in
accordance with the Bye-laws. Mrs. Cheng’s remuneration package will be determined with reference toher qualification, experience, and duties and responsibilities towards the Group and prevailing market
conditions. Subject to Shareholders’ approval of Mrs. Cheng’s appointment at the SGM, the Companywill make further announcement regarding the remuneration package of Mrs. Cheng.
Save as disclosed above, Mrs. Cheng does not hold any other major appointments or qualifications
and have not held any position or directorship in any other listed companies during the last three years
preceding the Latest Practicable Date. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mrs. Cheng does not have any
interests in any shares or underlying shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO
nor does she have any relationship with any Director, senior management, substantial or controlling
shareholders (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company. As at the Latest Practicable Date, Mrs.
Cheng does not hold and has not held any position with the Company or other members of the Group.
Save as disclosed above, there is no information that needs to be disclosed pursuant to Rules
13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules nor are there other matters relating to the proposed appointment
of Mrs. Cheng as an independent non-executive Director that need to be brought to the attention of the
Shareholders pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(w) of the Listing Rules.
海 爾 電 器 集 團 有 限 公 司*(incorporated in the Bermuda with limited liability)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special general meeting (the ‘‘SGM’’) of Haier Electronics
Group Co., Ltd., (the ‘‘Company’’) will be held at Jade I & II, Level 3, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong,International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 28 May 2013
at 11 a.m. (or so soon thereafter as the annual general meeting of the Company convened for the same
place and day shall have been concluded or adjourned), for the purpose of considering and, if thought
fit, passing the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
To appoint Dr. Wang Han Hua as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from
To appoint Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun as an independent non-executive director of the
Company with effect from 1 June 2013; and
Each of Dr. Wang Han Hua and Mrs. Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun be is hereby approved to
receive emolument for acting as a non-executive director of the Company and an independent
non-executive director of the Company respectively each in such sum as determined by the
board of directors of the Company with reference to their respective qualifications,
experience, and duties and responsibilities towards the Company and its subsidiaries and
In order to ascertain the entitlements of the Shareholders to attend the SGM, the register of members of the Company will
be closed from Monday, 27 May 2013 to Tuesday, 28 May 2013 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of
Shares will be registered. In order to qualify for attending and voting at the SGM, all transfer documents accompanied by
the relevant share certificates must be lodged with the branch share registrar and transfer office of the Company in Hong
Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, 24 May 2013.
Any shareholder of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the SGM is entitled to appoint another person as his/her
proxy to attend and vote on his behalf in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company. A shareholder of the Company who
is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion. A proxy need not be a
A form of proxy for use at the SGM is enclosed. In order to be valid, the form of proxy together with the power of attorney
or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of such power or authority, must be lodged with the
Company’s branch share registrar and transfer office in Hong Kong, Tricor Tengis Limited, at 26/F., Tesbury Centre, 28Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the SGM or anyadjournment thereof.
Where there are joint registered holders of any share(s), any one of such joint holders may attend and vote at the SGM,
either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share(s) as if he/she was solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such
joint holders are present at the SGM or any adjourned meeting thereof (as the case may be), the most senior shall alone be
entitled to vote, whether in person or by proxy. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the
names stand in the register of members of the Company in respect of the joint holding.
Completion and return of the form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder of the Company from attending and voting in
person at the SGM or any adjournment thereof if he/she so desires. If a shareholder of the Company attends and votes at the
SGM after having deposited the form of proxy, his/her form of proxy will be deemed to have been revoked.
Voting of the ordinary resolutions as set out in this notice will be by poll.
As at the date of this notice, the executive directors of the Company are Ms. Yang Mian Mian (Chairman), Mr. Zhou Yun Jie and
Mr. Li Hua Gang; the non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Liang Hai Shan and Ms. Janine Junyuan Feng; the
independent non-executive directors of the Company are Mr. Wu Yinong, Mr. Yu Hon To, David and Dr. Liu Xiao Feng; the
alternate director of the Company is Mr. Gui Zhaoyu (alternate to Ms. Janine Junyuan Feng).
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