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Cordlife Group Limited
Annual Report 2016
Corporate
Governance Report
COMMUNICATION WITH SHAREHOLDERS
Principle 14: Shareholder Rights
Principle 15: Communication with the Shareholders
The Company strives for timeliness and transparency in its disclosures to shareholders and the public and is also
committed to gathering the views of its shareholders and to address their concerns, where possible. In addition to
the regular dissemination of information through SGXNET on a timely basis, the Company also responds to enquiries
from investors, analysts, fund managers and the press. An external investor relations firm, Financial PR, has also been
appointed to address such enquiries.
The Group CEO and/or CFO meets with investors, fund managers and analysts and attends relevant investor
roadshows regularly to gather feedback and understand their views on the Company.
The Company does not practise selective disclosure as all price-sensitive information is always released timely through
SGXNET for the information of all shareholders. In the event of any inadvertent disclosure made to a selected group,
the Company makes the same disclosure publicly to all others as soon as practicable via SGXNET and through any
other practicable means including the use of Internet websites.
Principle 16: Conduct of Shareholders Meetings
The AGM is the principal forum for dialogue and interaction with all shareholders. The Board welcomes shareholders
to voice their views and ask the Board questions regarding the Company and the Group at the AGM. A shareholder
who is entitled to attend and vote at the AGM may either vote in person or vote by proxy by sending in the instrument
of proxy at least forty-eight hours before the time of the general meeting. The Company also allows shareholders who
hold shares through their CPF approved nominees to attend the AGM as observers.
The chairmen of the Board committees and key management personnel are invited to attend the AGM of the Company
and are present and available to address questions at general meetings. In addition, the external auditors of the
Company are also present to address shareholders’ queries about the conduct of the audit and the preparation and
content of the auditors’ report.
Each item of special business included in the notice of the meeting will be accompanied by an explanation of the
effects of a proposed resolution. Unless the resolutions proposed at a meeting are interdependent and linked so as to
form one significant proposal, separate resolutions shall be proposed for substantially separate issues at the meeting.
All the resolutions are put to the vote at the forthcoming AGM would be voted on by poll and the detailed results of the
poll will be released to the public via SGXNET.
The Company will also prepare minutes of general meetings that include substantial comments or queries from
shareholders and responses from the Board and Management, and will make such minutes or notes available to
shareholders upon their request.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DEALINGS IN SECURITIES
[Listing Manual, Rule 1207(19)]
In line with Rule 1207(19) of the Listing Manual as well as insider trading laws in Singapore, the Company has in
place a policy prohibiting share dealings by Directors and employees of the Company for two weeks before the
announcement of the Company’s first three quarter results and one month before the release of the Company’s full-
year financial results.
The Directors and employees of the Company are also expected to observe insider trading laws at all times, even
when dealing in securities outside of the prohibited periods. In addition, the Directors, Management and officers of
the Group are discouraged from dealing in the Company’s securities on short-term considerations.
