Annual Report 2019

舜宇光學科技（集團）有限公司 • 2019 年報 107 Directors’ Report 董事會報告 APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS The Company has received, from each of the independent non-executive Directors, an annual confirmation of his independence pursuant to Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The Company considers all of the independent non-executive Directors independent. CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS AND CONTINUING CONNECTED TRANSACTIONS The Company has established connected transaction policy to strengthen internal control, protect the legitimate interests of shareholders and improve the corporate governance structure. This policy has defined the scope of connected parties and connected transactions. It also requires the Company to disclose the related information of connected transactions, conduct the annual audit of continuing connected transactions and follow the principle of the connected transactions decision-making and abstaining rules. The Audit Committee shall, in accordance with its roles and functions, review whether the arrangements for connected transactions and continuing connected transactions are fair and reasonable. The Audit Committee judges whether the connected transaction is beneficial to the Company according to objective criteria, and if necessary, it will hire professional appraisers or independent financial advisers to give or provide advice. A director who has any interest in the connected parties shall abstain when the Board votes on the matter. If necessary, an independent board committee shall be established to evaluate and approve the conflict transactions, and the members of the committee shall not have any independent non-executive director who has significant interests in the relevant transactions or arrangements. The independent non-executive Directors of the Company review the Group’s continuing connected transactions every year and confirm that such transactions meet the following requirements: 1. concluded in the Group’s daily businesses; 2. conducted in accordance with normal or better commercial terms; and 3. conducted in accordance with the agreement on relevant transactions, with fair and reasonable terms and in line with the overall interests of shareholders of the Company. The Company has also hired an external auditor to review the Group’s continuing connected transactions. As disclosed under Note 42 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements, none of the related party transactions entered into by the Company during the year ended 31 December 2019 constituted a connected transaction or continuing connected transaction under the Listing Rules. For the year ended 31 December 2019, the Company has not entered into any connected transaction or continuing connected transaction. 委任獨立非執行董事 本公司已接獲各獨立非執行董事根據上市規則 第 3.13 條之規定而發出有關其獨立性之年度確 認函，本公司認為全體獨立非執行董事均為獨 立人士。 關連交易及持續關連交易 本公司已訂立關連交易制度，以加強內部監 控，保護股東合法利益，完善公司治理結構。 該制度已定義關連人士及關連交易的範圍，並 要求本公司披露關連交易的相關信息，進行持 續關連交易年度審核，且遵循關連交易決策原 則及迴避制度。 審核委員會根據其工作及職能，審閱關連交易 或持續關連交易的安排是否公平合理。審核委 員會根據客觀標準判斷該關連交易是否對本公 司有利，必要時應聘請專業評估師或獨立財務 顧問發表或提供諮詢意見。與關連人士有任何 利害關係的董事，在董事會就該事項表決時， 應當迴避。如有需要，須成立獨立董事委員 會，評估及批准衝突交易，且委員會成員不得 有任何於有關交易或安排中佔有重大利益的獨 立非執行董事。 本公司的獨立非執行董事每年會審閱本集團的 持續關連交易，且確認該等交易滿足： 1 、在 本集團的日常業務中訂立； 2 、按照一般商務 條款或更佳條款進行；及 3 、根據有關交易的 協議進行，條款公平合理，且符合本公司股東 的整體利益。本公司亦已聘請外部核數師審閱 本集團之持續關連交易。如綜合財務報表附 註 42 所披露，本公司截至二零一九年十二月 三十一日止年度訂立的關連人士交易並無構成 上市規則項下的關連交易或持續關連交易。截 至二零一九年十二月三十一日止年度，本公司 並未訂立任何關連交易或持續關連交易。