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(Stock code: 0151) Terms of Reference for the Remuneration Committee of Want Want China Holdings LimitedLast revised: 1 April 2012
Adoption date: 18 February 2008
Definitions1. For the purposes of these terms of reference (the Terms):
Board means the board of directors of the Company.
Company Secretary means the company secretary of the Company.
Directors means the members of the Board.
Group means the Company and its subsidiaries and associated companies at the relevant time or, where the context so requires, in respect of the period before the Company became the holding company of its present subsidiaries and associated companies, the present subsidiaries and associated companies of the Company or the businesses operated by its present subsidiaries and associated companies or (as the case may be) its predecessor.
Listing Rules means the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (as amended from time to time).
Remuneration Committee means the remuneration committee established by the resolution of the Board in accordance with clause 3 of these Terms.
Senior Management means the chairman, chief executive, vice chairman, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, company secretary and any other officer of the Group determined by the Board from time to time as senior management of the Company.
Shareholders means the shareholders of the Company.
2. The word "remuneration", as used in these Terms, includes without limitation any salaries, bonuses, allowances, benefits (in cash or in kind), pension rights or arrangements, reimbursements, compensation payments (including any compensation payable for loss or termination of office or appointment), incentive payments and share options.
Constitution
3. The Remuneration Committee was established by resolutions
of the Board on 18
February 2008.
4. The members of the Remuneration Committee shall be
appointed by the Board from time to time from among the
Directors and shall consist of not less than three members, a
majority of whom shall be independent non-executive
Directors. A quorum shall be two members. The chairman of the
Remuneration Committee shall be appointed by the Board and
shall be an independent non-executive Director.
5. Each member of the Remuneration Committee shall disclose
to the Remuneration
Committee:
(a) any personal financial interest (other than as a
Shareholder of the Company) in any matter to be decided by
the Remuneration Committee; or
(b) any potential conflict of interest arising from a
cross-directorship.
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Any such member shall abstain from voting on resolutions of the Remuneration Committee in relation to which such interest exists and from participating in the discussions concerning such resolutions, and shall (if so required by the Board) resign from the Remuneration Committee.
Frequency and conduct of meetings
6. Meetings shall be held at least once a year. The chairman
of the Remuneration Committee shall convene a meeting upon
request by any member of the Remuneration Committee.
7. As far as practicable, an agenda and accompanying board
papers should be sent in full to all Directors in a timely
manner and at least 3 days before the intended date of a
meeting of the Remuneration Committee (or such other period
as agreed by its members).
8. Senior Management is obliged to supply the Remuneration
Committee with adequate information in a timely manner, in
order to enable it to make informed decisions. The
information supplied must be complete and reliable. Where a
Director requires more information than is volunteered by
Senior Management, the relevant Director should make
additional necessary enquiries. The Board and each Director
shall have separate and independent access to the Senior
Management.
9. The chairman of the Remuneration Committee, or in his or her absence, another member of the Remuneration Committee, or failing this, the duly appointed delegate of a member of the Remuneration Committee, shall attend the Company's annual general meetings and be prepared to respond to any Shareholder's questions on the Remuneration Committee's activities.
Authority
10. The Remuneration Committee is authorised by the Board to
perform its duties within these Terms. It is authorised to
seek any remuneration information it requires from the
Directors and/or Senior Management who are directed to
co-operate with the Remuneration Committee.
11. The Remuneration Committee is authorised by the Board to
obtain external independent professional advice and to secure
the attendance of outsiders with relevant experience and
expertise if it considers this necessary. The Remuneration
Committee shall be provided with sufficient resources to
perform its duties. The Remuneration Committee should be
exclusively responsible for establishing the selection
criteria, selecting, appointing and setting the terms of
reference for any external remuneration consultant who
advises the Remuneration Committee.
12. The duties of the Remuneration Committee shall
include:
(a) making recommendations to the Board on the Company's
policy and structure for all Directors' and Senior Management
remuneration and on the establishment of a formal and
transparent procedure for developing remuneration policy;
(b) either:
(i) determining, with delegated responsibility, the
remuneration packages of individual executive Directors and
Senior Management; or
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(ii) making recommendations to the Board on the remuneration
packages of individual executive Directors and Senior
Management;
(c) making recommendations to the Board on the remuneration
of non-executive
Directors;
(d) considering salaries paid by comparable companies, time
commitment and responsibilities and employment conditions
elsewhere in the Group;
(e) reviewing and approving Senior Management's remuneration
proposals with reference to the Board's corporate goals and
objectives;
(f) reviewing and approving compensation payable to executive
Directors and Senior Management for any loss or termination
of office or appointment in order to ensure that it is
consistent with contractual terms and is otherwise reasonable
and appropriate;
(g) reviewing and approving compensation arrangements
relating to dismissal or removal of Directors for misconduct
to ensure that they are consistent with contractual terms and
are otherwise reasonable and appropriate;
(h) ensuring that no Director or any of his associates is
involved in deciding his own remuneration;
(i) forming a view in respect of service contracts that
require Shareholders' approval and advising Shareholders
(other than Shareholders who are Directors with a material
interest in the service contracts and their associates) as to
whether the terms are fair and reasonable, advising whether
such contracts are in the interests of the Company and its
Shareholders as a whole and advising Shareholders on how to
vote; and
(j) reviewing the Group's policy on expense reimbursements
for the Directors and
Senior Management.
13. In carrying out its duties under these terms of
reference, the Remuneration Committee should:
(a) consult the chairman of the Board and/or the chief
executive about their remuneration proposals for other
executive Directors and have access to independent
professional advice if necessary;
(b) seek to provide the packages needed to attract, retain
and motivate Directors to run the Company successfully,
without paying more than necessary;
(c) judge where to position the Group relative to other
companies. They should be aware what comparable companies are
paying and should take account of relative performance;
(d) be sensitive to the wider scene, including pay and
employment conditions within the
Group and elsewhere, especially when determining annual
salary increases;
(e) ensure that the performance-related elements of
remuneration form a significant proportion of the total
remuneration package of executive Directors and are designed
to align their interests with those of Shareholders and to
give the Directors incentives to perform at the highest
levels; and
(f) ensure that share options offered by the Company to its
Directors or Senior Management (if any) are in accordance
with Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules, as applicable.
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14. Without prejudice to the generality of the terms of
reference to the Remuneration
Committee set out above, the Remuneration Committee
shall:
(a) operate the Company's share option schemes (if any) or
other incentives schemes (if any) as they apply to, and
recommend to the general meeting of Shareholders grants of
options to be made to Directors and/or Senior Management. It
shall recommend to the Board the total aggregate amount of
any grants to employees (with the specific grants to
individuals to be at the discretion of the Board) and make
amendments to the terms of such schemes (subject to the
provisions of the schemes relating to amendment);
(b) liaise with the trustee of any employee share scheme
which is created by the
Company for the benefit of employees, Senior Management or
Directors;
(c) review the terms of executive Directors' service
contracts from time to time; and
(d) advise the Board in relation to the preparation of the
Board's remuneration report (if
any) to Shareholders.
15. Minutes of the Remuneration Committee's meetings shall be
kept by a duly appointed secretary of the meeting (who should
normally be the Company Secretary), and such minutes shall be
available for inspection at any reasonable time on reasonable
notice by any Director.
Minutes of meetings of the Remuneration Committee shall
record in sufficient detail the matters considered by the
Remuneration Committee and decisions reached, including any
concerns raised by Directors, members or dissenting views
expressed. Draft and final versions of minutes of such
meetings should be sent to all members of the Remuneration
Committee for their comment and records respectively, within
a reasonable time after such meetings.
16. Without prejudice to the generality of the duties of the
Remuneration Committee set out in these Terms, the
Remuneration Committee shall report back to the Board and
keep the Board fully informed of its decisions and
recommendations, unless there are legal or regulatory
restrictions on its ability to do so.
17. These Terms shall be updated and revised by the Board
from time to time as and when necessary in light of the
changes in circumstances and regulatory requirements.
18. The Remuneration Committee shall make available these Terms, explaining its role and the authority delegated to it by the Board, by including them on the Stock Exchange's website, the Company's website and on any other website as deemed appropriate by the Remuneration Committee.
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