Directors’ Report ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 97 (xiii) Rights on a compromise or arrangement If the court sanctions a compromise or arrangement between the Company and its Shareholders, provided an option is not to be exercised under the paragraph headed “Rights on Reorganisation or Merger” in this section below, the option can be exercised up to 20 days before and during the period of six months commencing on the date when the court sanctions the compromise or arrangement. (xiv) Rights on winding up If a notice is given by the Company to its Shareholders to convene a general meeting for the purposes of considering or approving a resolution to voluntarily wind-up the Company, to the extent that an option is vested, it may be exercised at any time to the extent that it is vested, before the relevant resolution has been passed or defeated or the meeting adjourned indefinitely, conditionally on the resolution being passed. If the Company is wound up by the court, to the extent that an option is vested and exercise is permissible by law, it may be exercised within one month of the winding-up order and will then lapse. This sub-clause does not apply if the winding-up is for the purpose of a reconstruction or amalgamation. (xv) Rights on reorganisation or merger If there is a variation in equity share capital of the Company or upon any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Company, the Board may adjust the terms of the Tier 1 ESOP or the option price for outstanding options with effect from the date of the relevant event, so that the value of the shares subject to the options is equal to the value of those shares immediately before the occurrence of the event; and the exercise price payable to exercise an option will be the same as that immediately before the occurrence of the event. No such adjustment can reduce the option price to less than the nominal value of a Share. (xvi) Outstanding options granted under the Tier 1 ESOP As at 31 December 2023, options to subscribe for an aggregate of 7,799,856 Shares, representing approximately 0.19% of the issued shares of the Company, are outstanding. Details of the holders are set out below: Number of options Name of Participant Exercise price Exercise period held at 1 January 2023 Exercised during the year Cancelled during the year Held at 31 December 2023 (Note 3) Executive Director Mr Jinchu Shen (Notes 1, 2) US$0.46 10 years from 20 January 2016 7,799,856 – – 7,799,856 Notes: 1. The options are granted to Laurels Capital Investments Limited. Laurels Capital Investments Limited is wholly owned by The Shen Trust. In respect of The Shen Trust, the settlor is Rosy Fortune Limited (the sole shareholder of which is Mr Jinchu Shen). Mr Jinchu Shen has a deemed interest under the SFO in the options held by The Shen Trust solely in his capacity as the sole shareholder of the settlor of The Shen Trust. 2. The options were granted on 20 April 2017 at exercise price of US$0.46. The vesting period of above outstanding options is vested daily on a straight line basis to 20 January 2021. 3. No share options were granted, lapsed or were cancelled for the year ended 31 December 2023. No further share options under the Tier 1 ESOP have been granted since the listing. As the Tier 1 ESOP was adopted prior to the Company’s listing and its terms are not subject to the provisions of Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules, pursuant to Rule 17.02(1)(b) of the Listing Rules, no options or awards may be granted under Tier 1 ESOP after the Company’s listing. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STRATEGIC REPORTS
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