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REPORT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />

Independent non-executive Directors:<br />

Karen Yifen CHANG<br />

Desmond MURRAY<br />

HE Yi<br />

The biographical information of the Directors are set out in the section headed “Profiles of Directors and<br />

Senior Management” on pages 17 to 21 of the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2012.<br />

None of the members of the Board are related to one another.<br />

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br />

The positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer are held by Mr CHENG Chuan-Tai and Mr Bruno<br />

Robert MERCIER respectively. The Chairman provides leadership and is responsible for the effective<br />

functioning and leadership of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer focuses on the Company’s business<br />

development and daily management and operations generally. Their respective responsibilities are clearly<br />

defined and set out in writing.<br />

Independent Non-executive Directors<br />

During the year ended 31 December 2012, the Board at all times met the requirements of the Listing Rules<br />

relating to the appointment of at least three independent non-executive Directors representing one-third<br />

of the Board with at least one of whom possessing appropriate professional qualifications or accounting<br />

or related financial management expertise.<br />

The Company has received written annual confirmation from each of the independent non-executive<br />

Directors in respect of his/her independence in accordance with the independence guidelines set out in<br />

Rule 3.13 of the Listing Rules. The Company is of the view that all independent non-executive Directors<br />

are independent.<br />

Non-executive Directors and Directors’ Re-election<br />

Code provision A.4.1 of the CG Code stipulates that non-executive Directors shall be appointed for a<br />

specific term, subject to re-election, and that every director, including those appointed for a specific term,<br />

shall be subject to retirement by rotation and re-election at the annual general meeting in accordance<br />

with the <strong>Art</strong>icles of Association of the Company, at least once every three years.<br />

Each of the non-executive Directors of the Company is appointed for a specific terms of three years and<br />

is subject to retirement by rotation once every three years.<br />

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<strong>Sun</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>Limited</strong><br />

Annual Report 2012

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