The alteration and rectification of each part of the shareholders’ register shall be carried out in accordance with the laws of the place where the register is maintained.

All the fully paid-up H Shares can be freely transferred in accordance with these Articles of Association. However, the Board of Directors may refuse to recognize any instrument of transfer without giving any reason, unless:

(1) A fee (for each instrument of transfer) of two dollars and fifty cents Hong Kong dollars or any higher fee as agreed by the Stock Exchange has been paid to the Company for registration of any instrument of transfer or other document which is related to or will affect ownership of or change of ownership of the shares;

(2) The instrument of transfer only involves H Shares;

(3) The stamp duty chargeable on the instrument of transfer has been paid;

(4) The relevant share certificate and upon the reasonable request of the Board of Directors any evidence in relation to the right of the transferor to transfer the shares have been submitted;

(5) If it is intended to transfer the shares to joint owners, then the maximum number of joint owners shall not exceed four;

(6) The Company does not have any lien on the relevant shares.

If the Company refuses to register any transfer of shares, the Company shall within two months of the formal application for the transfer provide the transferor and the transferee with a notice of refusal to register such transfer.

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Article 55 No changes in the shareholders’ register due to the transfer of shares may be made within thirty days before the date of a shareholders’ general meeting or within five days before the record date for the Company’s distribution of dividends.

Article 56 Where the Company decides to convene a shareholders’ general meeting, distribute dividends, liquidate or carry out other activities which would require the determination of shareholdings, the Board of Directors shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining shareholdings. A person who is registered in the register as shareholders of the Company at the end of the record date shall be a shareholder of the Company.

Article 57 Any person aggrieved and claiming to be entitled to have his name (title) to be entered in or removed from the register of shareholders may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for rectification of the register.

Article 58 Any person who is a registered shareholder or who claims to be entitled to have his name (title) entered into the register of shareholders in respect of shares in the Company may, if his share certificate (the “original certificate”) relating to the shares is lost, apply to the Company for a replacement new share certificate in respect of such shares (the “Relevant Shares”).

If a shareholder of Domestic Shares loses his share certificate and applies to the Company for a replacement new share certificate, it shall be dealt with in accordance with article 144 of the Company Law.

If a shareholder of Overseas Listed Foreign Shares loses his share certificate and applies to the Company for a replacement new share certificate, it may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of the place where the original register of holders of Overseas Listed Foreign Shares is maintained, rules of the stock exchange or other relevant regulations.

If a shareholder of Overseas Listed Foreign Shares listed in Hong Kong (H Shares) loses his share certificate, the issue of a replacement new share certificate shall comply with following requirements:

(1) The applicant shall submit an application to the Company in a prescribed form accompanied by a notarial certificate or a statutory declaration stating the grounds upon which the application is made and the circumstances and the evidence of the loss, and declaring that no other person is entitled to have his name entered in the register of shareholders in respect of the Relevant Shares.
　
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