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China Mobile Limited
Annual Report 2012
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Notice of the Annual General Meeting
Notes:
1. Any member entitled to attend and vote at the annual general meeting is entitled to appoint one or, if he is the holder of two or more shares, more
proxies to attend and, on a poll, vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
2. In order to be valid, a form of proxy together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy
thereof, must be deposited at the Company’s registered office at 60/F, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong at least 36 hours before the
time for holding the annual general meeting. Completion and return of a form of proxy will not preclude a member from attending and voting in person if
he is subsequently able to be present.
3. The Board of Directors has recommended a final dividend of HK$1.778 per share for the year ended 31 December 2012 and, if such dividend is
declared by the members passing resolution number 2, it is expected to be paid on or about 26 June 2013 to those shareholders whose names appear
on the Company’s register of members on 10 June 2013. Shareholders should read the announcement issued by the Company on 15 March 2013
regarding the closure of register of members and the withholding and payment of enterprise income tax for non-resident enterprises in respect of the
proposed final dividend.
4. To ascertain shareholders’ eligibility to attend and vote at the annual general meeting, the register of members of the Company will be closed from 24
May 2013 to 30 May 2013 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares in the Company will be effected. In order to be entitled to
attend and vote at the annual general meeting, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s share
registrar, Hong Kong Registrars Limited, Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, not later than
4:30 p.m. on 23 May 2013.
To ascertain shareholders’ entitlement to the proposed final dividend upon passing resolution number 2, the register of members of the Company will be
closed from 6 June 2013 to 10 June 2013 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares in the Company will be effected. In order to
qualify for the final dividend, all transfers, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged with the Company’s share registrar, Hong Kong
Registrars Limited, Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, not later than 4:30 p.m. on 5 June
2013.
5. Concerning resolution number 5 above, the directors of the Company wish to state that they will exercise the powers conferred thereby to repurchase
shares of the Company in circumstances which they deem appropriate for the benefit of the shareholders. The explanatory statement containing the
information necessary to enable the shareholders to make an informed decision on whether to vote for or against the resolution to approve the
repurchase by the Company of its own shares, as required by the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange will be set out in a
separate circular from the Company to be enclosed with the 2012 Annual Report.