ESR Interim Report 2020 (EN)

27 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OTHER INFORMATION ESR Interim Report 2020 (viii) Grant of options An offer of the grant of an option shall be made to a participant by letter or in such form as the Board may from time to time determine specifying the number of Shares, the subscription price, any condition (including but not limited to imposition of any performance target(s) and/or vesting scale), the Period in respect of which the offer is made, the date by which the option must be applied for being a date not more than 28 days after the offer date (the “ Acceptance Date ”) and further requiring the Participant to undertake to hold the option on the terms on which it is to be granted and to be bound by the provisions of the scheme. Such offer shall be personal to the participant concerned and shall not be transferable. An option shall be deemed to have been granted and accepted and to have taken effect when the duplicate letter or such other form constituting acceptance of the offer of the grant of the option duly signed by the Grantee together with a remittance in favor of the Company of HK$1.00 (or such equivalent in other currency as the Board may specify) by way of consideration for the grant thereof is received by the Company on or before the relevant Acceptance Date. Any offer may be accepted in respect of less than the number of options for which it is offered provided that it is accepted in respect of options representing Shares constituting a board lot for dealing in Shares or a multiple thereof. To the extent that the offer is not accepted within 20 business days from the date on which the letter containing the offer is delivered to that selected participant, it shall be deemed to have been irrevocably declined. As of 30 June 2020, no share options had been granted under the Post-IPO Share Option Scheme. (ix) Time of exercise of an option An option may, subject to the terms and conditions upon which such option is granted, be exercised in whole or in part by the grantee giving notice in writing to our Company in such form as the Board may from time to time determine stating that the option is thereby exercised and the number of Shares in respect of which it is exercised. (x) Duration The Post-IPO Share Option Scheme shall be valid and effective for the period of 10 years commencing on the date of adoption of the Post-IPO Share Option Scheme. The remaining life of the Post-IPO Share Option Scheme is about 9 years and 2 months as at the date of this report. Save as disclosed above, no other share option schemes were entered into by the Company. STAFF AND REMUNERATION The Group had 634 employees as at 30 June 2020. The Group provided competitive remuneration package to its employees and encouraged training programs to improve their knowledge and skills, and promoted cross-market and cross-cultural cooperation to nurture their sense of belonging to the Group. The remuneration packages are determined with reference to the experience, level of responsibilities, time commitment and contributions of each individual, the Company’s performance and the prevailing market conditions. Any discretionary bonus and other merit payments depend on the profit performance of the Group and individual performance of Directors, senior management and other employees. The remuneration levels are sufficient to attract and retain directors to run the Company successfully without paying more than necessary. The Group reviews its remuneration policy on a regular basis. During the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020, the remuneration of the Group (including salaries, retirement benefits, other welfares and post employment benefits) to all employees including Directors was amounted to US$57,329,000, representing an increase of 31% compared to period from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019. We have share option schemes in place to act as incentive to recognise the contributions made by the employees, executives, officers and directors of the Group, to retain them for the continuing operation and development of the Group and to attract suitable personnel for further development of the Group. For further details, please refer to the paragraph “KM ESOP, Tier 1 ESOP and Post-IPO share option scheme’ under this section.